RRPG Final Fantasy Retrospective - Episode 6 (Final Fantasy VIII & IX)

[@jimmykrabklaw1216]

7, 8, and 9 are my favorites in the series. 8 is a bit complicated but once you get your mind around the junction system it is pretty easy build your characters. The summons are easily some of the best in the series and paying attention to what skills your teaching your gf can get you a ridiculously powerful team, particularly if you get the extra stat boost skills that improve your stats further with every level up.

[@davemarx7856]

In America, our ff commercials consist of about 30 frames of indecipherable activity followed by every main character looking up at sssomething while a nice song plays. Every time.

[@Zanji1234]

I'm male ans 33....and sitting here crying while hearing melodies of life....the ending of ff9 was soooo good

[@expendable6373]

Zanji1234 I'm with u, man. So many nostalgic value

[@herbertortiz9159]

I cried, too!

[@bunsmasterbunny]

Why does you being male have anything to do with you having emotion?

[@theSato]

Being male or age 33 really doesn't matter, everyone should be willing and able to experience emotion, even through fictional media, through suspension of disbelief, nostalgia, and other factors.

[@akiinmoonlight79]

FF7,8&9 are like the holy trinity of the jrpg series. they are timeless masterpieces

[@foxhoundbridges4851]

dont forget tactics lol

[@akiinmoonlight79]

@@foxhoundbridges4851 also 6&10

[@joe95883]

Hopefully like Final Fantasy VII, Remakes of VIII & IX may someday be a possibility.

[@Bjorick]

doubt it, they skipped 5 and 6 to go for the more popular 7, so they'll likely skip 8 and 9 to go for the more popular X plus, it's going to take a decade for them to finish VII anyways

[@akebo92]

@@Bjorick I think 9 remake was actually one of the leaks on that Nvidia thing and so far most of those leaks are coming true, so hopefully this one is too

[@billythenarwhal1579]

​@Bjorick 9 is likely getting a remake announced soon.

[@joe95883]

@@billythenarwhal1579 And just leaving 8 for some other time…. Humph…

[@herbertortiz9159]

Was I the only one who cried when “Melodies of Life” played?

[@danielramsey6141]

Nope

[@cultured-fuel543]

I cry every time I hear Melodies of Life.

[@th3azscorpio]

This was a great video analysis, and commentary on two very great games; but especially my personal favorite- Final Fantasy IX. Both games give me some of the best, and warmest memories, but IX will especially have a special place in my heart. It was my first Final Fantasy, and I'm glad I played it first. The PS1 era was the golden era of the franchise, and the one that is most remembered fondly. Also, I love the way you ended this video. Absolutely perfect.

[@davemarx7856]

That segment where you just let "memories of life" keep playing really plucked at my heartstrings. ... then Garnet chucks her tiara at that lady and I laugh and cry at once.

[@Mrgoddamnwalls]

Love the quality of these videos, I will watch the whole playlist!

[@TheSpaceHamster]

I love these retrospectives - wish I found your channel sooner. Great work!

[@Ulostdgame]

I have seen a few other youtubers. Doing retrospectives on the Final Fantasy games. But i have to say yours are the definitive versions. Great job!

[@fighterxaos1]

Thanks for the dedication bruv. :)

[@RRPGReviews]

Anytime, bro!

[@TheMutedMic]

Vivi....my little dude....I just finished FF IX for the first time yesterday 😭

[@johnnyscifi]

Kieran Vivi's my bruh!!!

[@herbertortiz9159]

Me too!!!

[@expendable6373]

Amazing, amazing ❤️ you deserve much more praise than you have here! Congrats, man

[@GOxissdeh]

This review is a masterpiece

[@GenAqua]

Squall/Leon, Seifer, Raijin, Fuujin, Selphie and Vivi were in Kingdom Hearts.

[@RRPGReviews]

Yes, they were. :)

[@GenAqua]

@@RRPGReviews They were both in this game and Kingdom Hearts. Wierd that Leon, Seifer, and Selphie never interact in that game. But you could make the excuse that they live in separate worlds and are not aware of each other, but still.

[@codfishproductions]

Great stuff, thanks for making it

[@RRPGReviews]

You're welcome! Honestly, it was hard for me to make this episode after how much of a quality-filled time I spent with doing all things FFVII related in the last episode. In the end, I think this episode turned out great as is!

[@mcihay246]

The name of the Chocobo in the forests isn't named after Bartz' Chocobo. The name is however vaguely referenced regarding a baby chocobo in the Black Mage Village. That being Bobby Corwen, or Boco.

[@RetroPowerUp]

Another excellent episode! I don't have much to say about FF8 or FF9 because I never did beat them or get very far in them. I'm hoping to play them soon though. Looking forward to the FFX episode, that's one of my favorites of the entire series.

[@RRPGReviews]

While I think Final Fantasy X is a great game on its own, I think the vast consensus agree that the game and its sequel only began the difficult years that Square had upon them after their releases. Not saying their bad, but some of the decisions they made were questionable that brought about underwhelming results in the end. I still like it for what it is, but some things could have been done to make it a better game. I'd say it suffered the same fate as Donkey Kong 64 after its release.

[@raffosandrone7087]

Retro Power Up start with 9

[@herbertortiz9159]

You should at least play Final Fantsy IX. It’s incredible.

[@zacklegend2158]

i hope thy will remake final fantasy ix

[@raffosandrone7087]

Zack Legend you're not the only one

[@papabones8753]

No way. Final Fantasy 9 is perfect the way it is. They would make all in 3d. The prerendered backgrounds make this game perfect and look timeless. Some of the polygons might be dated but I still think the look of the game is perfect.

[@Changetheling]

I hope they don't. I don't want to see Freya using designer clothes or Vivi drinking Coca-Cola. I don't want to hear unnecessary voice acting ruining it's fantastic fairy tale premise. It's people like you who turned this otherwise respectable and solemn franchise into a homoerotic disaster with cinematic delusions of grandeur and entangled plots. Learn to enjoy things in their original state, willya. People like you already ruined Kingdom Hearts.

[@Changetheling]

Usually, Spanish translations of Final Fantasy titles were embarrassing, to say the least (I'm pretty sure they still are... I wouldn't know), but FF IX's Spanish version was AMAZING, brimming with personality, care and consideration. Also: Freya best waifu.

[@Joshua-hg8ru]

39:31 music is on point lol

[@RRPGReviews]

I never thought of it, that way! Now that I look at that, I'm amazed that I pulled that off. XD

[@666tickets]

That voice from the first FF 8 commercial sounds familiar. Was that the same guy who does the promo packages for WWE?

[@RRPGReviews]

I'm not sure, but he sure sounds like Don LaFontaine (the guy who did the voices from the movie trailers in the old days).

[@666tickets]

No, Don sounds a bit different. Edit: I take it back. I can't find any information, so I go with Don.

[@thelonleypancake]

i am new to your videos, but i must say these are fantastic

[@MegamanNG]

I need to get Final Fantasy VIII. Is it any good? I already got Final Fantasy IX via PSN but maybe getting it in PS4 wouldn't be that bad.

[@RRPGReviews]

Final Fantasy VIII is good if you want to just have fun and experience the story. However, if you plan on wanting to ace the game at 100%, then it does have a bit of a learning curve in multiple areas like Triple Triad, the Junction System, Guardian Forces, Weapon Creation, etc.

[@LoptukqrickL11]

Good retrospective, but I disagreed with the pronunciation of almost every name/place in the FF8 world lol

[@scootchmagoo5429]

I really appreciate your videos, they have a lot of interesting facts and evoke nostalgia. But some parts are kind of dry, you sound like you're just reciting Wikipedia pages about the game. Again, I appreciate the effort you put in.

[@RRPGReviews]

Truth be told, some of them are from Wikipedia as the information on certain things like development actually come from sources within the pages of those games. Not to mention, I even use Final Fantasy Wiki as a source of information because the sources provide the links to interviews and factual tidbits of the games, as well. Granted, not everything I say comes from the Wikipedia pages as I do write in my own words when working on the scripts. It's a long and tedious process, but it helps get the job done.

[@scootchmagoo5429]

Thanks for replying., dude.

[@RRPGReviews]

Scootch Magoo Anytime. Also, when I do the voiceovers for the scripts I work on, some parts are very hard to say because the wording doesn't sound right, so I make some adjustments where the process is much easier. That's why some parts of what I say sound dry in the delivery. To be more frank, this episode was hard for me to work on because the previous episode was probably the most fun and most passionate I was towards to seek perfection in Episode Five's delivery. This was probably the hardest to work on because I was having trouble trying to figure out what I could do to surpass the fifth episode, but I'm satisfied with the end result of this episodes, in general. It didn't surpass what I had hoped for since I set my sights to surpass every single episode, but I still thought it was a great one in its own right. Thanks for sharing your concern, and thanks for your support, too! ;)

[@scootchmagoo5429]

Oh no problem dude. I was looking up an FF7 retrospective afew nights ago and your video put a big smile on my face :)

[@InTheMindOfDavid]

I’m not much of a fan of FFVIII, but only because of some of the mechanics and system that Square decided to throw into the mix, one of those being “Draw. The other would be aspects of the “Junction” mechanic because it’s not very intuitive. Granted this is a PSOne JRPG, not many were very intuitive to begin with. Lol another would be the whole enemy scaling thing. Not that I don’t like a challenge, but if I just spent two hours running into battles so I can farm magic for my junction slots, and I’ve leveled 5 or 8 times I want that to show in later battles. Kinda like a reward from the game saying “Hey man I know you just spent 3 hours farming magic getting 99 of every spell in this area so you can customize your characters’ junctions to the maximum; so how about this, you’re going to be able to take this boss, bend it over the kitchen sink, and fuck it right in the ass.”

[@danielmclean3733]

Where did you get all those guardian force titles??

[@RRPGReviews]

Guardian Force titles? Those are what each of them are called in the game, and they show their names in the GF menu and when you select to summon them in battle.

[@danielmclean3733]

I stand corrected

[@strawhat8070]

Great video, the way you pronounce renzokuken makes me sad though :(

[@tylerconley8761]

some of the pronunciations just.. make my english teacher ears CRINGE so badly lol.. great content though man, love the vids

[@keithm7004]

there's a video in your ads

[@christophermeade1532]

Nice video!

[@davemarx7856]

😎[ That Kuja chick is fiiiine.] 《Dude, that's a dude.》 😐 😨 [....]

[@itsbort]

2:37 no need to thank me

[@Dzeath1]

Is FF X video coming by any chance?

[@RRPGReviews]

I'm still working on it. I plan on releasing an update video, sometime soon, as to why it has been taking so long to get the video up.

[@Dzeath1]

RRPGReviews thats great news. Looking forward to it

[@rhaspados666]

you doing a compilation of ff7 episode?

[@RRPGReviews]

The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII was covered in the last episode along with Final Fantasy VII, itself.

[@rhaspados666]

thanks

[@Joshua-hg8ru]

what plays at 55:24?

[@RRPGReviews]

It's called "Crossing the Hills" as it's the first world map theme for Final Fantasy IX.

[@Joshua-hg8ru]

lol, maybe I should just get around to playing all the FF games so i know the music you use throughout the retrospective

[@kibakun01]

Next is X, X-2 and XI?

[@RRPGReviews]

The next episode covers Final Fantasy X & X-2. Final Fantasy XI Online will have its own episode after that.

[@kibakun01]

Date of premiere next episode?

[@RRPGReviews]

I don't know. I'm currently working on FFX, right at this time.

[@speedhacks9151]

dang squall Leonhart lol

[@MrStoltverd]

Man, I've been loving these series... but almost 2.30 minutes of intro every time is excessive.

[@RollingWithNat20]

did u just call the guardian forces eidolons? U lucky u good at this or i would have a fanboy argument lol.

[@RollingWithNat20]

Also combing 8 n 9 in a single video is a bummer and only reallly hurts you as poster, we all here for the ff review. (edit: well again cause u good at this :P)

[@boomgaming1209]

bro can you please review some episodes of season 2 of nickeloldeon s tmnt

[@RRPGReviews]

Dude, this is not the place to ask me about that kind of stuff. I'm not doing anymore reviews of Nickelodeon's TMNT, anytime soon.

[@Bigleg2]

I play ix now but viii is my favorite. Viii have better audio imo. In ix there is no main musical motive that bare in my mind. Anyway ix is very good also.

[@ElricSowrd]

Sorry I'm late on watching, for somereason I didn't get the Notification for this Video. Anyway I appreciate that you mostly used PC footage for both FFVIII & FFIX, but I'm disappointed that you didn't use Texture filter for FFVIII and the Video is over an hour after I SPECIFICALLY said not to because my Browser can't handle Videos that are over an hour. You could've just gave FFVIII & FFIX their own Episodes.

[@RRPGReviews]

I don't like the texture filter for FFVIII as it made the smooth, blocky texture of the characters look extremely awful. Also, I said that whatever video I do where it is over an hour in length that I'll split them up in multiple parts after they have been up for over 6 months, so I don't know why you are being awfully cranky just because whatever you use can't let you view videos for over an hour. This is the last episode where two, separate games in the series are covered for a single episode as the rest of the games are mostly by themselves, going forward. Any game that has a sequel, companion piece, etc. is going to be covered in that same episode as the last video with FFVII and its Compilation were all in at once. Lastly, the retrospective I am doing is done by my own rules and how I see fit, so saying that what specific games should have their own episodes is none of your concern. I appreciate you enjoying the retrospective for what it is, by far, but anything that I do and what I plan are based on my decision and my decision, alone. I'm sorry that any of my videos that are over in hour in length can't be covered with whatever browser you are using, but tough decisions had to be made to ensure the quality of my episodes because I do not like the idea of making separate episodes for separate games as that would bring about quantity instead of quality. That is just how it is when I work on my content, and I don't appreciate you telling me what to do just because you can't even use something else that can make videos on KZbin go past the hour mark as that is sort of petty. Like I said, I appreciate your support on the work I do and put into this retrospective, but if you can't respect the fact of what decisions I made in order to make the episodes go in the direction I perceive them, then tough titty. That is all.

[@ElricSowrd]

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[@RRPGReviews]

Vignesh Jayaram Please refrain from any name-calling or negativity. He's actually a nice guy, and he has been very supportive of my retrospective series.

[@ElricSowrd]

RRPGReviews Thanks.

[@Deeplycloseted435]

I think FFVIII could have been GREAT, but....the junction system and having to draw spells SUCKED. I know you can increase HP to insane levels by junctioning tents....but that just means it was poorly designed. I dug the story at first, liked the look, the music was fine. As with a lot of JRPGs, its like they spend years on the first 20 hours of the game, and then a week on the last ten hours. They cop-out and just give you tons of dialogue trying to explain plot holes and so much that matters not. A few tweaks though, some changes to the story and battle/junction system and it could be great.

[@Bjorick]

man, that's frustrating, it's heart-ily, like heart-ee, not her-tilly

[@RRPGReviews]

It is hard with how they pronounce some of the characters with their first names and surnames, but I was actually saying "har-tilly" and not "her-tilly". It's more one of those cases where one can say, "You say toe-may-toe; I say toe-mah-toe". :P

[@Bjorick]

@@RRPGReviews no, that's fair, i used to say chocobo in a weird way (cho-bo), skipping the 'co' in the middle, and it drove my friends nuts. But you spend so much time with the games and saying it to yourself, it's always so jarring/frustrating to hear it differently (especially multiple times lol) i enjoy the vids, giving them a second watch years later with more perspective, if nothing else :P

[@breezywarhead8489]

Is it me or pocket edition look like Ix lol

[@MajestyXXII]

Cid Kramer = frasier crane aka Kelsey grammer

[@NineTails87]

I don't understand why so many people prefer 9 over 8 today. The combat and options in 9 are so limited. Seems people only like the game for its light hearted demeanor, setting, and characters.

[@jimmykrabklaw1216]

I like them both a lot. 9 is a lot easier to wrap your head around. Personally i prefer 8 but it is more complicated, but once you wrap your mind around how the junction system works and how the GFs learn abilities you get way more control over how your characters evolve. Both games stories have decent balance of light and dark tones. 8 certainly has a more introspective protagonist who starts out cold and distant, which i can see why that may turn some people off.

[@th3azscorpio]

NineTails FF9 was just an overall better story; with likable, more developed, and relatable characters. Each of the characters get welly developed. All of the characters serve a distinct purpose, challenges, and all build a personal relationship with the protagonist. The story is much better written; with all the events wrapping up nicely. While I'll always love VIII- mostly for nostalgia reasons, it wasn't really a great game from neither a story, nor a gameplay standpoint. The characters were very bland, and mostly just acted for the sake of the plot. The antagonist were equally bland, and lacked a general overall motive. The whole love story between Squall and Rinoa was very forced, and felt awkward. The plot was weird, confusing, and just overall didn't have weight. FFVIII however did have an amazing soundtrack, great graphics, and really amazing character designs. I personally didn't mind the junction system. I thought it was a unique take on the battle system.

[@mcihay246]

@@th3azscorpio Impressive analysis. Both good and bad points that you've shared regarding FFVIII. I will mention however that IX isn't perfect. Tetra Master is harder to understand, and is required to partake in the main plot which is also a problem. Some character arcs seem rushed also. Not including Zidane, Garnet, Vivi and Steiner. Another thing regarding Final Fantasy IX is that it's a fantasy. Whereas VII and VIII were bordering or an outright science fiction. Hence why IX exists.

[@mcihay246]

Sure it's "lighthearted" when there's four instances of mass genocide, and a young black mage having an existential crisis after learning that they don't have long to live.

[@th3azscorpio]

@@mcihay246 While certain character arcs were rushed- such as my favorite, Freya; at least it was quality character development. Most of the characters received the necessary character development. The story, it's narrative, and pacing were very nicely done. It was a my first Final Fantasy, so it will always have sentimental value to me, but I can still look at it objectively, and see it's flaws, and it's positives. .

[@sirwilliambake]

Holy shit, that intro music was annoying

[@jmarra07]

Interesting video, although I get the feeling you''re getting a good 60% of the name pronunciations wrong. Also "yOu DoN't KnOw EdEa'S GeNdEr!", so you don't know if she's female or not. Loser. I'm joking...