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Yah, I'm loving this thing. Check this out : Chrono Trigger - Wind Scene http://picosong.com/t5ui/ and FFIV - Rosa's theme http://picosong.com/t56c/ Still sounds like midi, but at least it sounds like PSX era Midi, haha. I mean, Rosa's theme here wouldn't sound out of place on the FFIX...

So, I came across this page : http://solmire.com/ Which allows you to take any midi file, upload it, have each midi instrument be replaced with a higher quality soundfonts (essentially recordings of real instruments playing the various notes ordered which can then be read and used by a...

I had forgotten about that...

That's actually a fair point, and should be considered. It's not like there's a limit to the extent of an analysis you could put to a scenario like this. That could be a very real concern to some people - but again, that would be an actual reason you could articulate and argue as opposed to...

That we cannot find it does not however mean that it isn't there, or that in the cases where we can identify no discernible reason to hold to a negative position, that the lack of an understanding of the underlying causes means we aren't warranted in throwing that position under the bus. There...

I think I understand where you're coming from just fine and have done so for quite some time. My problem is that you don't seem to understand that where you're coming from makes no sense, and saying "well, it's just the way I feel, so that's the end of it" is not a constructive mind-set to be...

This is why I hope they go with less rather than more - that they reinvent the entire thing and treat as a stand-alone thing. At least by doing that, they can maybe perhaps hopefully write a plot that makes sense within itself this time around. I could forgive the nonsense in the over-saturized...

Of course. But I also think it's worth mentioning that games are abstract by nature. What separates a "game" from just another activity, is its abstraction and the entertainment value of that abstraction. You don't play tag, or poker to simulate something real - you do it for your enjoyment of...

So let's say we have an open ended system that has a default setting that is set up exactly like you want, but also a non-default option that allows everyone else to whatever they want - How do you square your opinion off with such a set-up? At the end of the day all you're saying here is - I...

Which allowed almost for the exact same amount of customization as the international version - it just didn't allow you to do it from the very get-go. Again, letting the player choose his character's purpose does not mean that a character does not have "an actual purpose". This very line is...

Unless Reeve is some kind of fighting man, which doesn't seem all that likely, I don't think so. Considering the risk involved as well, it would make more sense for him to use the robot. What interests me more is how Cait Sith will be pulled off in the remake, in general, because it's such a...

If he did, I'm pretty sure he dropped the soap, which is why he's so butt-hurt about everything. BADAM-TSSSS

Open ended character systems do not exclude skill-trees. Again, you're not understanding the argument - nor the distinction between a static, and closed system, as opposed to a dynamic and open one. The only thing I am criticizing here is systems where character progression is tied and limited...

Non-sequitur and argumentum ad populum. Even worse, it's a strawman - because I am making some argument to the effect that the materia system is the best system ever - I am arguing for open-ended systems period. How many RPGs can you count that limit you to one skill tree per character? FF3...

My point isn't that those characters look more Asian to me than the others. I am saying that to me, all those characters look pretty Asian (perhaps with the exception of Aerith, but that's mostly to do with lighting and the angle, as I've seen plenty of other images of her where she retains the...

As a person who lives in Japan, personally I would say that in many ways a large part of the cast (especially those with less masculine features) does look more Japanese to me than western. (Cloud, Vincent, Yuffie, Tifa, Aerith, Reno, pretty much all the kids etc.) The small noses, oval faces...

Not angry. If having your opinion challenged makes you feel as if the person challenging it is angry with you, then perhaps it's you who're being overly protective of your opinion. And no, the beauty of opinion is not that anyone is right - at least not in a meaningful sense. Yes, the opinion...

It would make a lot of sense of Hojo was from Wutai. His name surname (Hojo) is Japanese, and the only other character I can think of with a Japanese surname is Yuffie (Kisaragi) and she's from Wutai as well. Since Wutai is the symbolic version of Asia in the world of FFVII, it would make sense...

I seem to remember Garnet being gone longer than you Clement, but that might simply be my dislike for Eiko's character making it feel that way. Don't get bogged down on Eiko though, when my example specifically stated both Eiko and Garnet. Now, I liked Garnet, so it was a non-issue for me, but...

The point I am trying to make here though, has nothing to do with personal preference. The point is that the materia system allows for both of our personal preferences, whilst a static system does not. I'm not saying I like characters to be a blank slate - I am saying that by characters being...