Stratagey guides, or no? - Page 3

October 26, 2007, 10:41 AM

well I played this game along with I and III(NES) by just having a peek of the whole game. I mean I don't take it that seriously I just play it for the challenge in the essence of having fun freely but these first 3 FFs sure are hard so I can't help looking for guides in the net when I needed too.

November 7, 2007, 2:49 AM

Hey I would love to find a strategy guide that actually helped... I'm stuck at the very very very beginning. I can't get past that marsh with the evil monsters. I got past it but the hard monsters still showed up and even though I step, save, step, save... I eventually get a fight every time I take a step. I can't get past it so no I don't use strategy guides

November 7, 2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark Tidus

Hey I would love to find a strategy guide that actually helped... I'm stuck at the very very very beginning. I can't get past that marsh with the evil monsters. I got past it but the hard monsters still showed up and even though I step, save, step, save... I eventually get a fight every time I take a step. I can't get past it so no I don't use strategy guides

Are you talking about the Marshe's North of Fynn?....if so you're not supposed to be going that far up just yet, not until much later in the game. You need to go to Fynn, do what you need to do there, return to Altair, get Mindw and the Canoe and the head east over the lake.

That's one prob with II. Majority of the world map is connected to each other, making it very easy to pass into areas that your going to get utterly raped in.

November 13, 2007, 6:18 PM

When I first started playing rpg's, which for me was when Dragon Warrior came out for the NES, there were no guides. Sure there was Nintendo power, but umm that's not really saying much. You used to actually be able to call a Nintendo support line and they could answer questions for you if you were stuck. Kinda amusing looking back on that now.

Since then I have learned to love strat guides. I think the first one I got was for FF3(US), which I ordered through the mail. I got it after I had already beat the game twice, and I enjoyed playing through with it to get everything I had missed, and feel I had done all there was to do in the game.

Pretty much that is how I used them after that. I would beat the game without one then go back and use it on the next play through. Now I break them out on my first play through. As I got older, got married, have kids, I can't do all nighter sessions or play for days straight like I used to. So I maximize my first time through. It isn't the same, there is a bit of that cheating feeling, but I still enjoy it.

December 4, 2007, 2:22 PM

Sadly enough, I had to/am using a guide for FF1&2 Dawn of Souls (GBA). Some of the dungeons are like the Marsh cave, and you want to get out of there quickly.

December 6, 2007, 4:11 PM

When I purchased FF Origins for the PS1 off Amazon, it came with a deal with the strategy guide too, so I purchased that as well. I know that the first time I tried playing FFI with a strategy guide I was still confused and lost at times, so the strategy guide is going to be used more to stay on track and such. I don't feel like walking around aimlessly on a continent not knowing which city to go into next.

December 12, 2007, 8:14 PM

i didnt use a strategy guide but it may have helped me because i gave up in the dungeon. I have a strategy guide for FFX and FFX-2 and i love using them because it ensures me of getting all the items that i most likly miss. If i dont buy the strategy guide ill usually go online and look for a walkthrough.

March 8, 2008, 8:01 PM

I tried to play this game without a guide, but after playing for a few days, I had no bloody clue what to do. So I gave in and found a decent guide on GameFaqs. It didn't spoil the enjoyment of the game or anything, since I no longer wanted to throw it out of the window xD

March 8, 2008, 8:21 PM

No, because then that would ruin the fun of actually fighting your way to the end. I never use Strategy Guides and so far I remember checking one once, and it was for Silent Hill, and it was useless because the page with the answer to the riddle was missing. Besides, using Strategy Guides for FF games is not worth buying the guide at all.