Too lazy to find the old topic.

[KingOfDoma]

Went down to the FFV wiki page.

Looks like it's Cannoneer, Gladiator, Necromancer, and Prophet for the new classes.

I am incredibly curious as to how those will all work out. ^_^ <p><hr />
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[pd Rydia]

Wacky.

Also includes a dungeon, a la FFIVA, and a bestiary and "music box." <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">dictionary.com | encyclopædia dramatica
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[KingOfDoma]

Huh. The way things are going, we could see two crazy things in FFVI-A.

General Leo as a playable character.

And Dino Forest as a stage.

But, SPECULATION. All it is. <p><hr />
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[pd Rydia]

General Leo will never be playable. Not unless they pull an FFII-esque type mini-game after the game type thing, and since that's already been done... <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">dictionary.com | encyclopædia dramatica
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[KingOfDoma]

True. In-game deaths that are plot-important seem to want to stick. And FF6 wouldn't really be right if people started visiting the afterlife...

... Maybe ????? ?

[pd Rydia]

If you really want more playable characters, Cid would be plausible. But seriously, FF6 had playable characters out the wazoo--the most of any FF, IIRC. That's one of the bits I loved best about it, coming from the background of FFIV being my first FF.

Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind the extra content coming in the form of extra sidequests which flesh out characters' backstories. I always had a soft spot for that manner of sidequest, and I think FF6 could have done better to some of their characters. <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">dictionary.com | encyclopædia dramatica
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[Capntastic]

Having Cid as a playable character would be amusing, and there'd be a reasonable way to attain him!

Furthermore: I don't like the dungeons in FF games that much. They're not interesting to me at all.

[PriamNevhausten]

Well, technically, General Leo has always been a playable character. As much so as Aeris was, in fact. Just not for quite as long. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[Endesu]

True. A single town and a number of battles that you are doomed to lose.

But you can play as him!

And Zero, dungeons in RPGs are usually horrible, tedious affairs, designed to kill your brain. There's not much one can do about it beyond not having dungeons at all, which seems impossible, at least in the formation of an RPG. (I personally believe Phantasy Star's dungeons are a thousand times worse than any Final Fantasy's, though. Higher encounter rate, too!) <p><hr />
<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Curtis: Dannyboy, look at you. You've changed considerably, into a badass, if I may.
Dan: Yeah, you've changed a lot too, into an old man! I went to see the devil, now it's your turn!
Curtis: Oh, my pupil, so tenacious of life, guess I have to kill you again.
Dan: Shut up, before you run out of breath!
Curtis: I got rid of those smiles, there's no one left to disturb our game. Just you, and me.
Dan: Sounds fair, 'cuz I hate holding back, even for an old fart like yourself.
Curtis: Talk all you want, I won't need six bullets for you.
Dan: Or four for you.</span>
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[pd Rydia]

I like dungeons, myself. Though the dungeons FF7 onwards--or rather, in the 3d medium, or at least attempted 3d--generally disappoint me. They leave me visually confused, and with less of a feeling of accomplishment after completing them. <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">dictionary.com | encyclopædia dramatica
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[PriamNevhausten]

Indeed, but that's because combat is not difficult. As such, encounters feel like entirely unnecessary (and unrewarding) speed bumps.

You know what games have had excellent dungeons? The more recent Zelda games (N64 on), Lufia 2, and to a slightly lesser extent Shadow Hearts 2 and 3. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[Endesu]

Note that I entered 'usually'. I expected (no, hoped) that there would be a few solid examples of good dungeons.

I will admit that the dungeons I played in Ocarina of Time (all the way up to... oh, that Volcano, I think) were less a never-ending series of mazes and random encounters, more a series of chances to utilise your special abilities and skills, which are what a dungeon should come across as.

I also like the dungeons in Dark Cloud (and DC2) if only because they're relatively simple and enable you to leave and/or save at the end of each 'floor'.

Baroque's dungeons I like, as well, but if only because of the pure ambience. The dark, gritty, steampunk-esque environments (and liberally mixed with a dose of bizarre monsters) helps make up for the pure tedium of yet another floor.

Also, on topic for FFV: they could reasonably do some sort of side-story entry, just with the Warriors of Dawn. You know, *Spoiler*, *Spoiler*, *Spoiler*, and , of course, *Spoiler*. Possibly as a prequel to the main story of FFV. <p><hr />
<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Curtis: Dannyboy, look at you. You've changed considerably, into a badass, if I may.
Dan: Yeah, you've changed a lot too, into an old man! I went to see the devil, now it's your turn!
Curtis: Oh, my pupil, so tenacious of life, guess I have to kill you again.
Dan: Shut up, before you run out of breath!
Curtis: I got rid of those smiles, there's no one left to disturb our game. Just you, and me.
Dan: Sounds fair, 'cuz I hate holding back, even for an old fart like yourself.
Curtis: Talk all you want, I won't need six bullets for you.
Dan: Or four for you.</span>
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[pd Rydia]

Yeah, that'd be neat. I always liked *spoilers*.

Anyway, what about the dungeons in Illusion of Gaia? I liked those. Especially Mu. Mu is [heart]. <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">dictionary.com | encyclopædia dramatica
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[KingOfDoma]

Ooh.

Check the image.

It's really a freakin' cannon! Joy!

[BrainWalker]

Wow. Dude brings in a fucking cannon. That's pretty hardcore. I bet that thing is a bitch to carry around all the time, though. Although perhaps only slightly more of a bitch than carrying around a fully stocked armory and apothecary all the time. <p><div style="text-align:center"></div></p>

[Zemyla]

It doesn't compare to carrying a Dune Buggy, Ice Digger, and Hovercraft at the same time, though. <p>-----
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[Capntastic]

Or being able to turn into a goddamn jet fighter.

[FF Fanatic 80]

....^_^

...what in the Goddess' name is he so happy about? o_O

...you don't have a bloody clue, do you?

That's the game our looks are based off of, remember?

...and?

Take a wild bloody guess what he's going to do, once those new 'sprites' things are made public for it.

Hehe, pirates! ^_^

.....

...Goddess help us all. x_x