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Baigan 2007-08-07 23:11:51 Our party hacks its way into through the sewers of Baron. The fighting is manageable but somewhat challenging. After a short time, we arrive at the large castle. The castle is deserted, and we stalk...
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My Kingdom for a Landing Strip 2007-08-12 14:34:09 We headed northeast from Troia in the Enterprise. Below us sprawled endless forests. Shortly, we came to an forested island with a cave on it. This was easy, I thought. Only one problem: There’s no...
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Which of the Early Final Fantasy Games is Best? 2007-08-12 01:04:02 Time for a new poll! I’m now approaching the mid-point in Final
Fantasy IV, and I thought it might be appropriate to see what everyone here thinks is the best of the early Final Fantasy
games....
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Troia 2007-08-11 21:07:01 We find Troia easily, land the Enterprise, and wander around the town. There town is rather dull, and the weapons and armory offer nothing in the way of improvements. After a bit, we leave town and...
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Palom and Porom: Stoned 2007-08-10 13:53:48 I turn back the clock and have our party redo the fights against Baigan and Cagnazzo. Things go much smoother the second time through. Cagnazzo falls quickly when we hit him with the “Baio” spell in...
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Run Away! 2007-08-14 17:08:50 So much for killing stuff with a purpose. We enter the cave, hit our first encounter, and nearly get wiped out. Three of our fighters are seemingly frozen, and only Cid is able to fight. I think...
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Black Chocobo 2007-08-13 17:26:35 Well, that was easy. The first time I visited Troia, I was brutally tired and playing at two in the morning. I completely forgot that I had visited two strange buildings in the town. One was a sort...
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Cave of the Dark Elf, Part III 2007-08-19 16:57:03 Armed with a pile of high potions, boatloads of arrows, and more determination, we begin our third foray into the Cave of the Dark Elf. We now know the fastest routes through the place, and make...
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Cave of the Dark Elf, Part II 2007-08-18 16:56:20 Resupplied with potions and more arrows for Cecil’s bow, we head back to the Cave of the Dark Elf. This time we clear the first level with relative ease, and surprisingly the fighting on the second...
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Cave of the Dark Elf, Part I 2007-08-17 16:56:17 Argh. This could be tricky. Without the use of metal weapons and armor, we are at a distinct disadvantage. On the first level of the Cave of the Dark Elf, porcupine thingies attack us and rip us to...
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Final Fantasy Retrospective 2007-08-16 17:23:56 Thanks to regular poster Edjemaster for this information about Gametrailers.com’s excellent 13-part Final
Fantasy Retrospective series. This video series takes a look back in time and follows...
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Invisible Fat Chocobo 2007-08-16 11:07:43 The Fat Chocobo was supposed to be in the Chocobo forest north of Troia. I looked everywhere. I found secret tunnels in the forest that lead to open spaces and ones that lead nowhere. I searched...
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New Toys from Zot 2007-08-22 14:53:41 As we battle our way up the Tower of Zot, we stumble onto quite a few chests. For the first time in a while, these actually hold weapons and armor that are improvements over our existing gear. Cecil...
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Tower of Zot: Up Up and Away 2007-08-20 12:18:57 Well, we bring the crystal back to Troia, its proper guardians. They allow us to borrow it for a bit, and we set back out to the Enterprise to trade it with Kain for Rosa.
For a second there, I was...
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RIP: Tellah 2007-09-19 15:52:44 Finally back to the game…
I had a sense we were near the top of the Tower of Zot, and I was right. As we make our way up to the sixth level, we encounter Kain and Golbez. From this point on,...
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Getting Back on Track… 2007-09-11 22:08:29 It’s been about three weeks since I last played Final Fantasy IV and last posted here. When I made that last post, about the Tower of Zot, I was actually a couple of hours beyond that in the...
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Sorry for the Disappearance… 2007-09-10 21:49:59 I’m sorry about the sudden disappearance. Work suddenly went brutally crazy for a couple of weeks, and it involved a ton of writing. I needed a few days to decompress after that.
I’m...
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Merry Christmas! 2007-12-24 13:50:18 *Sneaks back into the blog*
I’m a little afraid to read through the previous post that has 30 comments since I last posted. Very sorry for the disappearance again. I got a little ahead of...
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, Merry Christmas
Quick Update… 2008-03-05 17:24:16 Got a bit overwhelmed with work this week. I’m hoping to make our next post by Saturday, maybe Friday if things go well.
Sorry for the delay.
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Mechwarrior Final Fantasy Style 2008-03-01 23:55:13 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...
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FuSoYa 2008-02-29 17:11:29 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...
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Crystal Palace of the Moon 2008-02-28 17:09:05 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 CrystalPalace
. I thought this would take forever, as there appears...
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Bye Bye Bahumut! 2008-02-27 17:03:29 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...
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Critical Earth Mission: Kitchen Knife 2008-02-26 17:02:23 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...
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Bahamut Burns 2008-02-25 16:44:11 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...
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The Frying Pan of Love 2008-02-24 13:58:13 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...
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Final Fantasy IV: You Rank it! 2008-02-21 09:56:12 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...
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Da’ Moon! 2008-02-20 23:44:11 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...
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Will Resume Posting on May 10, 2008 2008-04-06 17:49:11 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...
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Slight Delay… 2008-05-11 22:24:48 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...
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