Final Fantasy X

[Listener]

Sure, I've played it before, and beaten it, but I bought it again this weekend for $10 and am playing it again.

The scene where Yuna throws herself off the building still makes me choked up.  Unfortunately, were that scene to be written by an American author instead of a Japanese one, as Yuna fell instead of opening her hands she'd have given Seymour two middle-finger shots before summoning Valefor.

I'm about 70% through the plot of the game now, although once you get to the end of FFX, you spend a lot of time doing special side quests and such, and that takes almost as long as getting through the plot.  The game CAN be beaten in 30-40 hours, but I think I'll get at least 60 out of the replay, especially if I play blitzball and breed chocobos.

Good replay value.

[Beefy]

I only ever played part 7, though I do own the movie.

[ReBurn]

I still play part 7 from time to time.  Thank goodness for PS2 backward compatability.

[Listener]

7 and 8 are on my list of things to buy and replay.  (7 is... never actually played 8 but I want to)

I have the movie as well, and I played and defeated X-2, but it wasn't very good (the entire fourth act out of five is spent basically having telephone conversations... it took three hours and I about threw the controller through the TV).

I have already preordered FF7: Advent Children, the sequel movie to FF7, but the American release keeps getting delayed.

[DownSouth]

I got one of the Final Fantasy games for Christmas.

[Bishamonten]

FFX had one the best training/specialty systems.  The orb-usage let you build some really diverse characters.

[Listener]

FFX had one the best training/specialty systems.  The orb-usage let you build some really diverse characters.

Totally.  I love the Sphere Grid.  I wish that X-2 had had the same thing, instead of generic Experience Points.

This time around, I took Kimahri (who starts in the middle) up through Tidus's section to get him Haste, then moved him to Lulu's to get black magic.  Yuna will be next to get black magic, and maybe Rikku.

[Listener]

28 hours of gameplay in six days and nights.

I really have no life.

I think the one thing I really hate about this game is that there's no button combination to skip cutscenes.  Last night I was fighting one of the tougher Seymour opponents and I died.  So I went back to the save point where I'd left off and returned to where Seymour was located.

And had to sit through the five minute cut-scene again.  Before promptly being killed.

I beat him the third time around.

I think you can press Start to skip the animated cutscenes, but the ones that are "in-game" you're basically stuck with sometimes, and it gets old... it's like Brian sitting on the couch and mouthing the words to that Behind the Music with Leif Garrett.

[Bishamonten]

Unskippable cut scenes are one of the armpits of gaming, overshadowed only by the horrible "escort mission".

[Listener]

Unskippable cut scenes are one of the armpits of gaming, overshadowed only by the horrible "escort mission".

Yeah, that escort mission in the original Syndicate game was a bitch.  I got stuck on it for like a month.

[ignom]

I've never played any of them.

[Listener]

I've never played any of them.

FF7 and FF10 are probably the best ones, at least in my opinion.  You can get them both for about $10 to $12 each.  With 40-70 hours of gameplay that's a damn good deal.

[Listener]

Beat the game last night.  And just like last time, I actually cried a little during the ending (when Yuna realizes that Tidus doesn't actually exist now that Sin is gone, and she confesses her love to him, and he hugs her but he's so insubstantial that she can't really feel it, then he jumps off the front of the airship and slaps five with the shade of his father as he disappears).

The writing in FFX is really that amazing, that in about 80 hours of gameplay you can grow so close to the characters that you actually show emotion when the end of the game comes along.

[ReBurn]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

[DownSouth]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

[ReBurn]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

Don't I wish.  But alas, alack, they remain clothed.

[Alice]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

Don't I wish.  But alas, alack, they remain clothed.

She kicks high.

[Beefy]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

Don't I wish.  But alas, alack, they remain clothed.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball Hint - X-ray Vision
NOTE: From a post on the IGN Boards.

I've finally found what a lot of you are looking for - NUDITY. You need a see-through visor and a few minutes to kill at the pool. Only some swimsuits fall under this glitch; some do not.

At the pool, let your girl lay on the chair until the menu goes away. Now move the camera so that you're looking at the girl's body through the visor (the camera is at the girl's head).

You should notice that the swimsuit (depending on the swimsuit) is not visible through the visor, but the girls skin is. An there are nice little stars covering the naughty bits.

I've tried this with Christie, Hitomi, Lisa and Leifang wearing the Emu. I tried with other swimsuits and it works only with some suits and not others. Try with Tina wearing the Gimlet.

You can try it with the Venus, but it only makes the string vanish. Leaving the jewels held in place by will power. Enjoy!

http://www.cheatscodesguides.com/xbox-cheats/dead-or-alive-xtreme-beach-volleyball/

[Alice]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

Don't I wish.  But alas, alack, they remain clothed.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball Hint - X-ray Vision
NOTE: From a post on the IGN Boards.

I've finally found what a lot of you are looking for - NUDITY. You need a see-through visor and a few minutes to kill at the pool. Only some swimsuits fall under this glitch; some do not.

At the pool, let your girl lay on the chair until the menu goes away. Now move the camera so that you're looking at the girl's body through the visor (the camera is at the girl's head).

You should notice that the swimsuit (depending on the swimsuit) is not visible through the visor, but the girls skin is. An there are nice little stars covering the naughty bits.

I've tried this with Christie, Hitomi, Lisa and Leifang wearing the Emu. I tried with other swimsuits and it works only with some suits and not others. Try with Tina wearing the Gimlet.

You can try it with the Venus, but it only makes the string vanish. Leaving the jewels held in place by will power. Enjoy!

http://www.cheatscodesguides.com/xbox-cheats/dead-or-alive-xtreme-beach-volleyball/

Guys are weird.

[Gamplayerx]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

Don't I wish.  But alas, alack, they remain clothed.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball Hint - X-ray Vision
NOTE: From a post on the IGN Boards.

I've finally found what a lot of you are looking for - NUDITY. You need a see-through visor and a few minutes to kill at the pool. Only some swimsuits fall under this glitch; some do not.

At the pool, let your girl lay on the chair until the menu goes away. Now move the camera so that you're looking at the girl's body through the visor (the camera is at the girl's head).

You should notice that the swimsuit (depending on the swimsuit) is not visible through the visor, but the girls skin is. An there are nice little stars covering the naughty bits.

I've tried this with Christie, Hitomi, Lisa and Leifang wearing the Emu. I tried with other swimsuits and it works only with some suits and not others. Try with Tina wearing the Gimlet.

You can try it with the Venus, but it only makes the string vanish. Leaving the jewels held in place by will power. Enjoy!

http://www.cheatscodesguides.com/xbox-cheats/dead-or-alive-xtreme-beach-volleyball/

Guys are weird.

Good lord.  Are they aware that there are real naked women they can look at?

[ReBurn]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

Don't I wish.  But alas, alack, they remain clothed.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball Hint - X-ray Vision
NOTE: From a post on the IGN Boards.

I've finally found what a lot of you are looking for - NUDITY. You need a see-through visor and a few minutes to kill at the pool. Only some swimsuits fall under this glitch; some do not.

At the pool, let your girl lay on the chair until the menu goes away. Now move the camera so that you're looking at the girl's body through the visor (the camera is at the girl's head).

You should notice that the swimsuit (depending on the swimsuit) is not visible through the visor, but the girls skin is. An there are nice little stars covering the naughty bits.

I've tried this with Christie, Hitomi, Lisa and Leifang wearing the Emu. I tried with other swimsuits and it works only with some suits and not others. Try with Tina wearing the Gimlet.

You can try it with the Venus, but it only makes the string vanish. Leaving the jewels held in place by will power. Enjoy!

http://www.cheatscodesguides.com/xbox-cheats/dead-or-alive-xtreme-beach-volleyball/

Guys are weird.

Good lord.  Are they aware that there are real naked women they can look at?

Real naked women mind it when you look at them through x-ray visors.

[Gamplayerx]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

Don't I wish.  But alas, alack, they remain clothed.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball Hint - X-ray Vision
NOTE: From a post on the IGN Boards.

I've finally found what a lot of you are looking for - NUDITY. You need a see-through visor and a few minutes to kill at the pool. Only some swimsuits fall under this glitch; some do not.

At the pool, let your girl lay on the chair until the menu goes away. Now move the camera so that you're looking at the girl's body through the visor (the camera is at the girl's head).

You should notice that the swimsuit (depending on the swimsuit) is not visible through the visor, but the girls skin is. An there are nice little stars covering the naughty bits.

I've tried this with Christie, Hitomi, Lisa and Leifang wearing the Emu. I tried with other swimsuits and it works only with some suits and not others. Try with Tina wearing the Gimlet.

You can try it with the Venus, but it only makes the string vanish. Leaving the jewels held in place by will power. Enjoy!

http://www.cheatscodesguides.com/xbox-cheats/dead-or-alive-xtreme-beach-volleyball/

Guys are weird.

Good lord.  Are they aware that there are real naked women they can look at?

Real naked women mind it when you look at them through x-ray visors.

You just made me think of a scene from Sixteen Candles.

[Alice]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

Don't I wish.  But alas, alack, they remain clothed.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball Hint - X-ray Vision
NOTE: From a post on the IGN Boards.

I've finally found what a lot of you are looking for - NUDITY. You need a see-through visor and a few minutes to kill at the pool. Only some swimsuits fall under this glitch; some do not.

At the pool, let your girl lay on the chair until the menu goes away. Now move the camera so that you're looking at the girl's body through the visor (the camera is at the girl's head).

You should notice that the swimsuit (depending on the swimsuit) is not visible through the visor, but the girls skin is. An there are nice little stars covering the naughty bits.

I've tried this with Christie, Hitomi, Lisa and Leifang wearing the Emu. I tried with other swimsuits and it works only with some suits and not others. Try with Tina wearing the Gimlet.

You can try it with the Venus, but it only makes the string vanish. Leaving the jewels held in place by will power. Enjoy!

http://www.cheatscodesguides.com/xbox-cheats/dead-or-alive-xtreme-beach-volleyball/

Guys are weird.

Good lord.  Are they aware that there are real naked women they can look at?

Real naked women mind it when you look at them through x-ray visors.

You just made me think of a scene from Sixteen Candles.

When Farmer Ted is trapped under the glass table and then Jake pushes everything off of said table, and then Farmer Ted sees Jake and screams, "JAKE!!!" with a resonance in his voice that sounds like a pig squealing?

[Gamplayerx]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

Don't I wish.  But alas, alack, they remain clothed.

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball Hint - X-ray Vision
NOTE: From a post on the IGN Boards.

I've finally found what a lot of you are looking for - NUDITY. You need a see-through visor and a few minutes to kill at the pool. Only some swimsuits fall under this glitch; some do not.

At the pool, let your girl lay on the chair until the menu goes away. Now move the camera so that you're looking at the girl's body through the visor (the camera is at the girl's head).

You should notice that the swimsuit (depending on the swimsuit) is not visible through the visor, but the girls skin is. An there are nice little stars covering the naughty bits.

I've tried this with Christie, Hitomi, Lisa and Leifang wearing the Emu. I tried with other swimsuits and it works only with some suits and not others. Try with Tina wearing the Gimlet.

You can try it with the Venus, but it only makes the string vanish. Leaving the jewels held in place by will power. Enjoy!

http://www.cheatscodesguides.com/xbox-cheats/dead-or-alive-xtreme-beach-volleyball/

Guys are weird.

Good lord.  Are they aware that there are real naked women they can look at?

Real naked women mind it when you look at them through x-ray visors.

You just made me think of a scene from Sixteen Candles.

When Farmer Ted is trapped under the glass table and then Jake pushes everything off of said table, and then Farmer Ted sees Jake and screams, "JAKE!!!" with a resonance in his voice that sounds like a pig squealing?

No.  The part when Farmer Ted and the two other dweebs are going to the party and they're wearing visor thingies.

[Listener]

I felt that way at the end of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball.

Is that the one where they play topless?

Don't I wish.  But alas, alack, they remain clothed.

She kicks high.

I've seen the preview for the Dead or Alive movie.  Despite myself, despite how crappy it's going to be, I will probably still see it.

I still remember the original DoA for the Playstation (I think), where you could turn "Bouncing Breasts Mode" on or off.