Comments on: Of Dwarfs and Dolls http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Drake http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1809 Drake Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:03:05 +0000 http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1809 I wouldn't know how to mod the 360 even if I could. Oh no, I leveled up too fast! I haven't even gotten to the Emperor's son yet (I've been doing a lot of missions for the theives and assassins guilds) and now I'm on level 4. I was wondering why those goblins in the sewers seemed a little harder. I'll have to do some gladiator fights to get my combat skills up. I wouldn’t know how to mod the 360 even if I could. Oh no, I leveled up too fast! I haven’t even gotten to the Emperor’s son yet (I’ve been doing a lot of missions for the theives and assassins guilds) and now I’m on level 4. I was wondering why those goblins in the sewers seemed a little harder. I’ll have to do some gladiator fights to get my combat skills up.

]]> By: Mike Blitz http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1805 Mike Blitz Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:03:06 +0000 http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1805 Chocobo, Not too long of a cliffhanger, though! :) Anonymous, Yes, in writing this up, I needed to look at a walkthrough to get some of the details straight, and I stumbled onto a description for this battle. Apparently if you do things right, you can beat the six dolls before they morph into the one larger doll. There are two sets of three dolls, and if you kill one set of the three dolls first, you'll avoid the huge doll. Of course, I didn't know this when I fought the battle, so I had a more difficult time of things. As usual. :) Chocobo,
Not too long of a cliffhanger, though! :)

Anonymous,
Yes, in writing this up, I needed to look at a walkthrough to get some of the details straight, and I stumbled onto a description for this battle. Apparently if you do things right, you can beat the six dolls before they morph into the one larger doll. There are two sets of three dolls, and if you kill one set of the three dolls first, you’ll avoid the huge doll. Of course, I didn’t know this when I fought the battle, so I had a more difficult time of things. As usual. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1804 Anonymous Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:34:02 +0000 http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1804 Me and my friend were playing the psx version of final fantasy and im not quite sure, but i think we managed to kill all the six dolls BEFORE they morphed to that big doll! Me and my friend were playing the psx version of final fantasy and im not quite sure, but i think we managed to kill all the six dolls BEFORE they morphed to that big doll!

]]> By: Chocobo Knight http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1801 Chocobo Knight Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:57:27 +0000 http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1801 Oh no, a cliffhanger! And yeah, the dolls are freaky, and so is that one in the picture... Oh no, a cliffhanger! And yeah, the dolls are freaky, and so is that one in the picture…

]]> By: Mike Blitz http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1799 Mike Blitz Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:14:50 +0000 http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1799 Drake, Yeah, those dolls in the game were pretty freaky, if I remember right. I really enjoyed the half of Oblivion that I played. I've actually liked all of Bethesda's major RPGs (Daggerfall, Morrowind, and Oblivion). They are so sprawling and wide open. I'm also a big fan of the character development model they use, which is more in line with that of Final Fantasy II, where your character develops skills that he/she uses. This gives you a ton of flexibility in how you play a character. I actually played the PC version of Oblivion, and heavily modded the game to change the combat model and treasure distribution model, which I liked least in the game, so some of the advice I'd have wouldn't really apply to the 360 version. You can't mod a 360 game, can you? All in all, though, I think the only place you can screw up your game is if you make some highly used non-combat skills your major skills, and then level too fast because of it. Basically, the level of your opponents scales to your level (in most places), and you level by raising your major skills. So if you've got some non-combat major skills that rise fast, your overall level will rise too fast and leave your important combat skills behind. Suddenly, the game will get real hard. Fortunately, even in this case, you can just adjust the difficulty slider and move on. It's funny you mention this game, though. I was just thinking about it the other day, because my four-year-old Windows computer just died and I'm in the process of building a new one. With the new computer I'd be able to see Oblivion in all its glory. Drake,

Yeah, those dolls in the game were pretty freaky, if I remember right.

I really enjoyed the half of Oblivion that I played. I’ve actually liked all of Bethesda’s major RPGs (Daggerfall, Morrowind, and Oblivion). They are so sprawling and wide open. I’m also a big fan of the character development model they use, which is more in line with that of Final Fantasy II, where your character develops skills that he/she uses. This gives you a ton of flexibility in how you play a character.

I actually played the PC version of Oblivion, and heavily modded the game to change the combat model and treasure distribution model, which I liked least in the game, so some of the advice I’d have wouldn’t really apply to the 360 version. You can’t mod a 360 game, can you?

All in all, though, I think the only place you can screw up your game is if you make some highly used non-combat skills your major skills, and then level too fast because of it. Basically, the level of your opponents scales to your level (in most places), and you level by raising your major skills. So if you’ve got some non-combat major skills that rise fast, your overall level will rise too fast and leave your important combat skills behind. Suddenly, the game will get real hard. Fortunately, even in this case, you can just adjust the difficulty slider and move on.

It’s funny you mention this game, though. I was just thinking about it the other day, because my four-year-old Windows computer just died and I’m in the process of building a new one. With the new computer I’d be able to see Oblivion in all its glory.

]]> By: Drake http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1798 Drake Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:36:53 +0000 http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1798 Hey, Mike, I remeber reading a while back in a comment that you had played Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I just picked it up today at my local Gamestop for the Xbox 360. I played the previous game in the series years ago and was just wondering if you had any pointers? Hey, Mike, I remeber reading a while back in a comment that you had played Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I just picked it up today at my local Gamestop for the Xbox 360. I played the previous game in the series years ago and was just wondering if you had any pointers?

]]> By: Drake http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1797 Drake Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:13:55 +0000 http://www.gamingtales.com/finalfantasy/of-dwarfs-and-dolls.htm#comment-1797 I don't know which is more scary, the dolls in the game or the doll in that pic! I don’t know which is more scary, the dolls in the game or the doll in that pic!

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