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Wrapping Up
2008-06-03 07:04:00 At this point, I think I?m ready to move on to Final Fantasy V. I?ve been playing this game for so long that I?m itching to get on to something new. It?s actually embarrassing how long it took me to... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Marriage?
2008-06-03 00:04:00 I’d like to make more comments about the ending, but unfortunately the Japanese in the ending came at me pretty fast, and I have to confess, I missed quite a bit of it. Over the past year,... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Zeromus 3, Us 1!
2008-06-01 20:53:00 Yes! Finally! Victory! I?m actually not sure if we would have needed the kitchen knife or not, but this time we managed to take Zeromus down! The fight was still long, but this time I did a much... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Time Travel for a Kitchen Knife
2008-05-31 18:49:00 I stood there and looked at my party, sitting outside the entrance to the Palace of the Moon. I thought about how much more time it was going to take to get all the way back down to that final battle... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
I Run
2008-05-31 06:42:00 With our confidence at an all-time low, we hack our way once more through the boss fights over the last few levels of the Moon Palace. As we approach the end, we reverse our path, fight a few more... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Zeromus 3, Us 0
2008-05-30 03:57:00 Sigh. This battle went much better than the last one, but in the end Zeromus overpowered us. I?m guessing that I managed to get about 40,000 or so hit points on him, but he attacks too quickly and... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Approaching Zeromus, Part III
2008-05-29 03:12:00 As I lick my wounds and grind my way toward Zeromus again, I think about some strategy for this next attempt… First, we don?t appear to start doing damage to each other until Cecil uses the... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Zeromus 2, Us 0
2008-05-27 04:40:00 Oh, snap. The same damn thing happened. Slower speed didn?t help us at all, as Zeromus still bashed our party about like ragdolls. I don?t think I put more than 20,000 hits on him before we were all... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Approaching Zeromus, Part II
2008-05-26 06:01:00 We hack our way through the various monsters in the Moon Palace again. I?ve done this section before, and this time things go a little faster and a little smoother. After about an hour or so of... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Ouch, by Zeromus
2008-05-25 00:24:00 Well, I found the end. In more ways than one. We reached yet another jump point in Final Fantasy IV?s Moon Palace, found ourselves at the bottom of a set of stairs. Standing at the top were Golbez... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Does This Place Ever End?
2008-05-24 06:04:00 Man, how far does this Moon Palace Basement go? I started with over 400 high potions, and I?m down to less than 100. Random encounters now are frequent and tough. I haven?t seen a save point for... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Groundhog Day, Starring My Final Fantasy Party
2008-05-22 20:08:00 The Moon Palace?s Basement is such a sprawling place, and filled with such an amazing collection of bosses and enemies. Detailing each one of the boss fights would get fairly repetitive, but as we... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Dark Bahamut
2008-05-22 04:18:00 This Moon Palace Basement is one hell of a huge basement. We got spun around a bit as we hacked our way through the sixth and seventh floors. By chance, we walked across some sort of invisible... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
To the Heart of the Moon
2008-05-19 21:18:00 After saving our game and replenishing our potion supply, we make yet another trip into the basement of the Moon Palace. We battle our way through the various dragons and sorcerers that attempt to... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Murasame
2008-05-18 19:18:00 Well, after talking about how good Final Fantasy IV was at forcing the player to make meaningful purchasing decisions for most of the game, I now find myself with over 900,000 gil. Humm. So much for... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
A Foray into the Crystal Palace Basement
2008-05-18 00:55:00 We quickly head off through the caverns that lead to the Crystal Palace. Once there, we learn that the palace goes much deeper than we had thought before. Behind the area where we initially met... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Our Buddy Golbez
2008-05-16 19:54:00 Or not. I thought for sure we?d be fighting Golbez, but the most remarkable things ensued once we had destroyed the giant?s brain. The tale gets a bit long and winding, so I?ll do the Reader?s Digest... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Revenge on the Giant?s Brain
2008-05-15 21:53:00 Once again we initiate the fight against Final Fantasy IV?s Giant?s Brain. This time, however, we have a plan, and it works perfectly, almost. We quickly demolish the defensive orb, then turn our... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Eaten by a Giant?s Brain
2008-05-15 06:20:00 Aha! I didn?t have to travel much farther to learn more. Almost immediately after our fight with the Elemental Lords, we come upon the mechanical heart of the beast. We?ve got to destroy this in... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
The Four Elemental Lords
2008-05-14 06:25:00 When we last left off in our saga of Final Fantasy IV, our heroes were just set to begin a battle with the Four Elemental Lords inside the giant robot that Golbez had summoned on Earth. I’ll... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Slight Delay?
2008-05-12 05:24:00 Life is quickly getting back to normal, but I still have a couple of loose ends to tie up. Sorry that I missed the May 10 return, but things look very good for May 12 or May 13. On the whole, things... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Will Resume Posting on May 10, 2008
2008-04-07 00:49:00 Hi All, I’m very sorry for the disappearance again. I was hoping to be able to maintain posting through March and April, but that looks to have been a bit too optimistic. I had a stretch over... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Mechwarrior Final Fantasy Style
2008-03-02 06:55:00 When we arrive on Earth, we land near the Tower of Babel. It turns out that Golbez has already awakened the massive Mechwarrior. It lumbers out of the tower and starts destroying mountains. Then help... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
FuSoYa
2008-03-01 00:11:00 Well, that was different. The older man goes by the name of FuSoYa, and he is benevolent. Instead of trying to beat us silly, he tells us a story. Neat. The story gets a bit complicated, but these... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Crystal Palace of the Moon
2008-02-29 00:09:00 Encouraged by our success against Bahamut, we pack up supplies and head out on what appears to be a winding journey to the Moon?s Crystal Palace. I thought this would take forever, as there appears... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Bye Bye Bahumut!
2008-02-28 00:03:00 I?d be more confident if I had a better strategy for this rematch with Bahamut, but I don?t. All I?ve got at the moment is to have Rosa cast ?Reflect,? and then we?ll adjust from there. If all works... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Critical Earth Mission: Kitchen Knife
2008-02-27 00:02:00 Once again our consciousness gnaws at us: we feel guilty that we haven?t reported back to Yang?s wife that he is now recovering nicely in the underground world. To appease our Catholic guilt, we once... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Bahamut Burns
2008-02-25 23:44:00 As we reoriented ourselves on our return to the moon, we noticed a cave that we hadn?t seen before. It looked separate from the caves that appear to connect to the palace, so we decided to try this... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
The Frying Pan of Love
2008-02-24 20:58:00 Well, once we got to the moon, we magically remembered that Yang had a wife in Fabul. Funny how that just popped into our collective consciousness. Anyway, the temptation to save Yang was a bit too... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Final Fantasy IV: You Rank it!
2008-02-21 16:56:00 We’re long overdue for a poll! I’m closing in on the end of Final Fantasy IV, and it’s time to see how this game fares with readers of this blog. So fire away! What do you think of... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Da? Moon!
2008-02-21 06:44:00 It felt great to take the Falcon up through the hole in the underground ceiling and get back into the fresh air of the overworld. We didn’t spend much time there, however, as we raced off to... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Speaking of Moons?
2008-02-20 06:21:00 Tomorrow, we head to the Moon, and if you?re thinking our luck is changing, I?d guess you?re right. What am I talking about, you ask? Well, I?m talking about the strangest coincidence to grace this... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Revenge Served Cold
2008-02-20 06:11:00 Boo yah! The Gods finally smiled on us today, as we made our third attempt at defeating the omnipotent and deadly Malboro Gang, otherwise know as the Green Spaghetti Blobs. Things actually got off... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Pwned Again
2008-02-19 00:43:00 Good grief, Charlie Brown. Once again I plowed down to the long line of chests in the Sylvan cave. This time, however, I never made it to the Malboro gang, who inhabit the fourth chest. I was rushing... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Argh!!!! Smoked by Malboros
2008-02-17 23:22:00 Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. When we tried to open the very next chest in Final Fantasy IV?s Sylvan Cave, we got... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Sylvan Cave Again
2008-02-16 23:48:00 Well, we plowed forward with great enthusiasm in the tough Sylvan Cave. Using a pen and paper to map the place helped somewhat. By and by we found ourselves in a long ?secret room? with a couple of... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Excalibur!
2008-02-15 22:43:00 The Wheel of Fortuna may be starting to spin us on a roll of good fortune. We revisit Kokkol the Blacksmith, and he proudly hands us a wonderful new sword: Excalibur! This sword raises Cecil?s attack... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Mysidia and Moon Ships
2008-02-15 05:46:00 With little desire to head back into the caves down here, I decide to head back up and look for Mysidia, which seemed to be our clue for getting the ship to travel to the moon. Over the past week,... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Great Weapons!
2008-02-14 05:16:00 (Some very short gaming sessions this week. Trying to hang in there, but work is starting to get overwhelming again…) We race back to the underworld and head southeast to Kokkol?s Smithy. Once... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Adamantite Is Us!
2008-02-12 06:58:00 We head to the northeast corner of the underworld, where there is a large black hole. Using the Falcon we bore our way up to the overworld, ripping the top of the mountain off near the town of Agart.... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Kokkol the Blacksmith
2008-02-10 21:02:00 Once again denied by the whims of the Final Fantasy IV gods, we leave the Sylvan Cave behind. Perhaps there is something I am missing elsewhere that will enable me to waken Yang. With that in mind,... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Yang Lives!
2008-02-10 06:57:00 After a bit more random wandering through Final Fantasy IV?s Sylvan Cave, we come upon a rather strange site: a large building sitting in the middle of the cave. We enter and find ourselves in some... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Cave of Summons, Take II
2008-01-30 23:22:00 After resting at the dwarf castle for a night and replenishing our potions, we head back to Final Fantasy IV’s Cave of Summons. Once there we waste little time in getting to work. More... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Cave of Summons
2008-01-29 23:30:00 We spend some time exploring Final Fantasy IV?s underworld, and find two caves of possible interest. We settle the Falcon down beside one of them and make our way inside. We find ourselves in what... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Sigh.
2008-01-27 17:25:00 Just before we exit the Sealed Cave, we hear Golbez?s voice, summong Kain to him. I knew it was too good to be true. Sure enough, Kain falls under Golbez?s influence again. He highttails it out of... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Demon Wall
2008-01-26 23:23:00 I knew it. I just knew Final Fantasy IV wouldn?t let us off this easy. Just as I start to think that we?re safe, the cave rumbles and shakes, and we?re attacked by a massive Demon Wall, which makes... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Dark Crystal!
2008-01-26 05:17:00 We exit the Sealed Cave and make a quick journey back to Final Fantasy IV?s underworld town of Tomra. There we buy some armor upgrades, stock up on potions again, and head back towards the Sealed... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Doors, Doors, & More Doors
2008-01-24 23:07:00 Good grief, Charlie Brown. So much for thinking the way is clear. There are more doors in Final Fantasy IV?s Sealed Cave than in Home Depot. This wouldn?t be so bad if they were relatively easy to... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Death to Door
2008-01-23 19:08:00 Short session last night. Only about five minutes before I crashed from exhaustion. Good progress, however… Once again we use the dwarven necklace to open Final Fantasy IV’s Sealed Cave,... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy.
Death by Deadly Door
2008-01-23 04:12:00 Well, that was easy. Final Fantasy IV’s Sealed Cave was just a short hop away from Tomra. We set the Falcon down, approach the door, and use the necklace to open the thing. The necklace works... This full article can be read at http://www.gamingtales.com/fina-lfantasy. |
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