I just wasted 45 minutes on it, after which I had to turn my PS off, and I lost hours of play because I didn't save before going into the forest.

Why'd they have to make it so confusing? Someone console me.

What happens in the second flashback? I forget.

it's the annoying one with the Cetra. Lots of light blue backgrounds :(

I pretty much hate all of the Laguna scenes. The second one is the worst, just as you're finally given freedom to work up and organise your team, you're given this lame attempt at cutesy comic relief.

omg Laguna lost the map lol! He is such an endearing character

Hey Kiros and Ward, face palm time!!!!!!!!!!

I just wasted 45 minutes on it, after which I had to turn my PS off, and I lost hours of play because I didn't save before going into the forest.

Why'd they have to make it so confusing? Someone console me.

How about no. shouldn be stupid and hopefully it teaches you to save your game. Besides that flashback can be done in about about 20 minutes plus the 4 battles at the end.

Well for an expert, they have to do the whole switch/level toggling and the bomb detonations. You can still go forward and advance without having to do all those.

Yeah but the bomb things play a part in the game later on when you visit lunatic pandora once again.

it's the annoying one with the Cetra. Lots of light blue backgrounds :(


Oh the Centra one. Liked the music.

It was kinda boring, then again I think they all are. Luckily I saved before the forest like you should always do. Just to be safe.

Ironically, I lost current during the first Laguna flashback and had to play it all over again.

It was kinda boring, then again I think they all are. Luckily I saved before the forest like you should always do. Just to be safe.

I had no reason to believe that going into the forest would trigger a flashback, but I'll be more careful in saving my game next time :)

if u want 2 do it right u have 2 do the following;

1. after u fight the esther soldiers head forwards and go down the ladder
2. go down the hallway and walk over the second trap door u should hear a click press x wen your on the door and you'll have 2 options choose the one where you unlock the trap door and go right.
3. go up and u should b in a room with a boulder in it go forward into the door and you should see a mini torpedo thing press x and press the option that tells u to move the farthest boulder then press x again on the torpedo thing and select the nearest boulder.
4. then head the usual way untill u c another boulder and press x on it then head 2 the save point SAVE go forward and you'll only have 2 fight 1 esther soldier and on disc 3 quistis can learn a blue magic move.

If you feel that the random battles in there are too distracting, easy. Just work up Diablo's enc-none and use that during the sequence.

Yeah but to get Encounter-None you need to get like 130 AP, not exactly something you'd always get at that point


(but I always do)

I like Ellone. She's a hot little number.

God I agree with this topic, I HATE ALL THE DAMNED FLASHBACKS. ALL

I like Ellone. She's a hot little number.

you're getting creepy in your old age.

you're getting creepy in your old age.

EH?! WHAT'S 'AT YA SAY?! MY HAIR IS ACTIN' GAY?! Yeah, it all over the place this mornin'... *mumbles*... I want my cane...

Every flashback is a waste of 10-60 minutes of realtime and just pisses me off.. especiall y when he fughts that dragon with the gunblade...

God I agree with this topic, I HATE ALL THE DAMNED FLASHBACKS. ALL

Shut up, you ignorant new guy. Gosh, it's all your fault that I have all this pent up anger with nobody else to direct it at simply because I've never seen you before!

I'm never talking to you ever.

Shut up, you ignorant new guy. Gosh, it's all your fault that I have all this pent up anger with nobody else to direct it at simply because I've never seen you before!

I'm never talking to you ever.

:( thats why Ihatetobethenewguy is my name. :(

I think Thieves is just an angry individual.

Those flashbacks are even more tedious when you go for a 2nd or 3rd playthrough. That one was annoying but I think i was more annoyed at the one in that town with all the monsters after that Cetra one. So I guess the third flashback.

Oh man, why did you have to remind me of those goddamn awfull flashbacks? :(

ya flashback were annoying I agree but hated having switch junctions over and over because I would forget if I switched or not.
in the second flashback I took a long time on that one.

and the the winhill one I thought was pretty pointless since alls you do is just go to the end of town and back.

If you feel that the random battles in there are too distracting, easy. Just work up Diablo's enc-none and use that during the sequence.

That's the obvious solution yes :) I don't see what the problem is for other folks though? Each 'flashback' character corresponds to someone else in the game (Laguna/Squall for example) so any levelling you do in the 'dreamworld' will correspond back to the 'normal' world.

I think if people actually have a little patience and give the alternate scenes a chance then they might actually learn something about the other characters instead of FAQ'ing it up on ign.com for a plot analysis.

rofl.

spakledwomb is gay.

I didn't touch the trap or the bomb detonation thing and lost the "Old Key" twice.

How will this affect the game later?

I didn't touch the trap or the bomb detonation thing and lost the "Old Key" twice.

How will this affect the game later?

if you dont do the detinator & the trap thing u wont be able to get a power generator which will enable quistis to use ray bomb a very effective move.

Heh very effective...but I want to believe that no one uses Quistis unless they have to. That's how I played it anyway. But I always did wonder about that trap thing.

if you dont do the detinator & the trap thing u wont be able to get a power generator which will enable quistis to use ray bomb a very effective move.

i hate this game

Technically, you can still get the power generator even if you don't do the detonator/trap things in the flashback. It's possible to get one by mugging a blitz over level 30, but the odds of getting it each time are 1/255, or 0.39%(according to the guidebook).

Laguna+company are incredibly tedious to play as. I hated the Ruby Dragon flashback most of all. Watching him have NO GAME with Julia is almost just as bad.

Heh very effective...but I want to believe that no one uses Quistis unless they have to. That's how I played it anyway. But I always did wonder about that trap thing.
Well, Quistis did prove herself useful to my party during the Deling City sewers part of the game on disc 1. Degenerator helped a lot then.

i wish the laguna battle music was the battle music for the whole game...just keep looping it till our brains turn to mush

I liked that music. Especially the one on the Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec cd.

I've heard a concert version of "The Man with the Machine Gun" before.

There is a second Laguna? Oh wait... My mistake.

Laguna is pretty awesome, especially the time he took on a Ruby Dragon with a broken sword... http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif

I don't remember a broken sword... I remember he HAD a sword, but he also had that machine gun...

boss battle music was really kickass too...got u pumped up for the fight, even though most were a piece of cake...just wait for ur summon bars to fill up, heal...bam done

True.

He had a gunblade. A cheaply made prop gunblade being used for the play.

Oh yeah.

Heh very effective...but I want to believe that no one uses Quistis unless they have to. That's how I played it anyway. But I always did wonder about that trap thing.
Thats the same way I played I really liked using rinoa and selphie though so its not like I didn't used any of the girls

I used all the characters... Except Zell whenever I could help it. I hated using him.

Zell didn't get powerful enough or maybe I didn't use him enough but I was happy when irvine came to the party so I could use him instead of zell.

Yeah, Irvine was cool, especially later in the game, when you got his main weapon.

I liked having Zell in my party. I know he's not that powerful, but he was cool nonetheless. I guess because he relies on his fists instead of a gun or sword.

He seemed too.... geeky, to me.

More of a comic relief. I have a friend that's like that. Most people would find him geeky, but he says random stuff that lightens the mood (no matter what mood I'm in, he's a laugh riot) and I think he's worth keeping around.

I've heard a concert version of "The Man with the Machine Gun" before.
There was one? Well in any case, I liked "The Man with the Machine Gun". I still use it as my ringtone (wow, has it been 6 months already?).

He seemed too.... geeky, to me.

I thought that I was the only person In the world who thought so

No madame, you're not the only one who thought so.

Face Palm is win.

Huh?

Zell is actually potentially the most powerful character in the game, in terms of HP damage dealt. Punch Rush/Booya/Repeat. 4000 HP per attack with Str ~230, 8+ sec can do like..44 attacks, easy. So like..44 times 4000 (176,000) vs "Lion Heart", which is 9999 times 17 (169,983).

I still don't like Zell, no matter what you say.

I dont like Zell...dont even know what he does at the research lab and at the Lunatic Pandora because I never use him...

He does.... - drum roll - .... nothing.

as I thought

I dunno why he was even added to the game... Maybe for comic relief... but whatever's so comical about him, I'll never know.

omg the moment I entered that flashback I wanted to quit the whole game. But I did it in 20 minutes or so

I sort of... went blank for like 5 minutes, then was like, 'Oh, is it time to play again?' Haha. Boring as hell, says I.

hey zell gave iron mike the big inspiration for his face tat, u have to give him props on that

Oh geez, he DID give him the inspiration. What a dumb character.