Hardly retro hardware but now with the new version coming out it’s definitely obsolete. Even so I’m still lovin my rp2+. Even my RP3+ hasn’t been able to replace it.

Its a great form factor, is capable of emulating a bunch of decent systems, and functions as a general purpose android device.

FF7 is a game I never played back in the day even though the commercials are still burned into my brain.

While I’m not a huge Final Fantasy guy, I figured I owed it to myself to try and make my way through it. The prerendered scenery mixed with cool stylized polygonal characters is great.

Hope everyone is taking their daily recommended dose of pointless nostalgia gaming ;)

  • drcouzelis@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I’m in a similar situation. I never played FF7 when it came out but started working my way through it recently.

    The game is enormous, almost intimidatingly big. But I think the hardest thing preventing me from really getting into it was the Materia system for weapons and items. I just can’t seem to wrap my head around it! XD

    • directive0@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I noticed that part too and just sort of randomly started equiping stuff. Usually I’m lost in RPGs so I’m just rolling with it.

    • demonsword@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Plenty of guides and walkthroughs out there explain everything in detail. The best ones even avoid spoiling stuff when they can. There’s no shame in reading one when you’re feeling lost.

  • xyzzy@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Before last year, I had only played Final Fantasy I & II in the PSX Origins collection for the numbered entries. I had also played Tactics and Tactics Advance, which I was obsessed with when they first came out.

    Then starting last year I played VII (the original), Crisis Core Reunion, Final Fantasy III (Pixel Remaster), and I’m currently mostly through IV.

    VII never captured my imagination as much as it probably would have in the '90s, but I enjoyed it. I had this impression of the game taking place entirely in a cyberpunk world, and I was slightly bemused to discover that only the first quarter of the game is like that. After that it becomes a standard Final Fantasy game. I did laugh when

    end game spoiler

    the kaiju attacks started and they started playing a riff on the Godzilla theme music.

    I mean, what a weird and eclectic game. I think it would have been stronger and more cohesive if it stayed in the cyberpunk theme rather than switching gears to bright and sunny, chocobos, and snowboarding…

  • Haru@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Don’t really have much opinion on the hardware but FFVII is a great game for on the go gaming, those era of games are usually on my go to lists, especially when travelling many hours. Glad to see people new to it finding some joy in the game.

  • rich@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I used to run a rpi2 but then the MiSTer replaced it and then some. Absolute zero latency or input delay, hardware FPGA emulation. Running SNES or PSX perfectly replicated on a 1440p display natively is just woah

    Been playing FF7 for the first time myself on it, it’s fantastic. Never played it in the 90s, had more Nintendo then.

  • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Bought the original RP2 and have hated it since day one. Everything is the lowest quality it could be and even with a factory restore and update, it’s got constant graphical issues in Android, not even in games, but text itself is corrupted all over the place. Hate that thing with a passion.