Please stop formatting for a while

February 27, 2007

I’d like to ask everyone who is currently helping out with the formatting to take a break of it. I think I found a way to automate the formatting part. I’ll still need you for copy and pasting the lines over the Japanese, but if things run well the whole TheCheat formatting part will become obsolete. Even with this many people the formatting will take a year at the current pace, I hope my method will work.

I apologize if you are already far into the formatting. I can’t yet say if my idea will work out, so we may need to it the hard way in the end after all. I’ll have more details by the weekend.

Posted by KaioShin at 8:00pm
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Formatting - does anyone want to help?

February 11, 2007

As you know I’m currently working mainly on script formatting. And as I also mentioned before it’ll take weeks and it’s boring work. It requires no hacking knowledge at all though, even my sister could help with it (she won’t though >_<).

Because of this I thought about a way to accelerate the patch development a lot. I’m seeking help with this^^

If anyone out there always wanted to help with a game translation, and without knowing all the complicated hacking stuff even - now is your chance! The benefits are that the patch will see completion sooner, you will be part of the project, and of course you’ll get access to the latest beta versions once they are ready before anyone else.

Believe me, this stuff is not difficult, all you need to do is copy and paste lines, nothing more. It’s a damn lot though, so think about it beforehand. Formatting a file will take a few hours, but I think the benefits are well worth it. If you really (and I mean really, it’s -work-) want to help drop me a comment and leave a valid email address. I’ll contact you with instructions then.

I’d really appreciate it when someone (or even several) would like to help, please think about it.

Posted by KaioShin at 11:15pm
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Final Fantasy XII

February 01, 2007

After all the work I did last week I decided it was time for a short break to regain strength. Lately I had the habit to start games (usually RPGs), play them for several days and stop then right in the last third. This is a very bad habit, so I wanted to change something about it, namely to finish a game from that list. My choice fell upon Final Fantasy XII. Yesterday night at half past three in the night I finally beat it - what a great game it was.

The story run pretty thin in the last part of the game, but I really really liked the gameplay. The new battle system makes battles so incredibly fluid. I had lot’s of fun blasting through the hordes of enemies. Sometimes it felt a bit hack’n’slash, but once you reach the next boss all that was forgotten. In those all what makes a great RPG system is back - strategy. Without a well picked set of gambits, a good feeling for timing buffs and healing and a bit of luck you can’t win these (unless you powerleveled for hours, lame :p ).

I was especially happy about the vast set of optional quests to do, most importantly the monster hunts. These are optional boss battles in their own right and can be even more insane than the normal bosses, depending on your level and special conditions. I propably had my greatest fight in any Final Fantasy ever against Gilgamesh. Holy shit that one was INSANE. The battle took 75 minutes but it felt like 15! No kidding, this was insanely intense. I was constantly busy with healing, buffing, keeping my party alive while I slowly did some damage. I will propably forever remember the game for this fight, great stuff.

Posted by KaioShin at 6:29pm
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