By balancing I mean more that things such as Slash-All with Long range Materia is more effective, and does higher damage than most conventional spells with All paired. It's just kinda lame that you also have MP as a limitation on magic compared to nothing at all on ability materia. I hope that elaborates a little.

Cool ^^ I'll have to remember that next time. I think the main reason I never knew this was simply because I don't actually get along with the card game (I find it to be boring). shameful I know, but there it is. Maybe I'll give it a proper go when I return to it.

Unless things have chnaged substantially since I last read up on the game (and signed up to the beta - which was last year on both) you have the ability to create player maps, scenarios and housing, etc. I think they just call the whole thing 'modules' and you can make them available to other people, and basically…

Never underestimate the power of sardines!

Never underestimate the power of sardines!

I think I know what some people mean when they refer to IX dragging, but I don't think it's the story, rather that difference in leveling compared to both prior iterations of the series. VIII was so pathetic as a level system that it took no time at all to reach level 100 if you wanted to. Even VII is pretty darn easy…

I agree with you about the cast. I think its#s one of the most solid of almost any RPG I've ever played (even putting to shame a lot of Western RPGs thanks to the brilliant localisation). Steiner starts off as a complete jerk, but you understand his reasons so well, and his developing relationship with Beatrix is…

Not to dispute that the system is easily breakable, but don't you first need the 1st Edition to make the sword? I'm not trying to be antagonistic - I'm genuinely curious. I just assumed you needed each given issue before you could make the weapons, and to my knowledge, the 1st Edition isn't possible to collect until…

As you say, Advent Children adjusts the story a little, and from what you say Crisis Core does even more, which suggests they are using the fact the original game was so vague to stretch out ideas. With regards to Sephiroth's form in the former though, I suspect it was more an attempt at disarming Cloud. He knew he'd…

I don't mean ''GTA-lite'', as I think being a criminal in this game would be stupid.

As good as it looks, one thing stands out to me as being a shame: I don't see them allowing us to explore the city like a sandbox. Imagine being able to drive and fly around it with decent controls (and not like the mini games one of the older versions had).

Tera and Champions Online both managed to play very well with controllers, and the way I hear it, there are a base of five hot bar buttons for TESO. Adding them to the left and right hand mouse buttons would be basically the four shoulder buttons, three face ones, and then I'd assume one for jump, so I reckon…

If we had any game with access to that many options for movement and combat, it's arguably be the best action game ever made; being able to cut ropes and use them like that, or generally be able to tunnel, climb walls and so on whilst in combat, and seamlessly? I'd pre-order it right now. The thing is, from what I…

You should do a follow-up listing some of the more unusual (and definitely real) hybrid individuals.

To this day, every game I play -any- game where I'm running through a large environment, I hear the Cosmo Canyon theme in my head. The rhythm suits the pounding of feet against the ground when running, and... Ah, memories.

I agree that's what gives the game lasting appeal. I think for example, that FF VIII and IX, good as they are, are perhaps a little weak in their execution of a good villian. I like the twist with Edea a lot, and I liked Kuja, but Ultimecia and Necron were either rarely mentioned or never referenced until the last…

The Disgaea series has some fantastic flavour text, and generally have enjoyable stories (depends what type of story you're after, as each one has a slightly different feel to it).

I see Cloud as one of the sprites, and a myriad of other faces (Tera, Kain, etc), so it looks like the title's fairly self-explanatory. One wonders though why they don't do something a little more... I dunno, interesting, and not limited to iOS. I'm also a bit surprised at how small the sprites are, given the inherent…

I agree about her 100%. She's so brilliant at subverting all we 'know' about the force and Star Wars lore. I see her as a flip side to Jolee Bindo (where he errs more towards light, albeit only as much as an average person. I think Kreia takes it though, simply because she's very tough to argue with, yet is more…

I always saw it as more of a to and fro between Sephiroth and Jenova with regards to who was doing the actual manipulation. To all intents and purposes, everything Sephiroth does fits with Jenova's other name of 'calamity from the skies'. Whether or not he'd have even gone down the route he did 5 years prior without…