never bet on the bard
January 15, 2020 5:09 PM Subscribe
Try and figure out what the hell is happening in FFT Battleground, a twitch stream that's a cross between the classic generative beat-em-up sports betting hijinks of Salty Bet and the turn-based chocobo-adjacent combat of PS1 classic Final Fantasy Tactics.
They turned my favorite RPG of all time into a gladiatorial, auto-battling, gambling hall?
Half of me wants to love this forever and half of me wants to go full Jesus-throwing-moneylenders-out-of-the-temple on this.
It has my attention.
posted by Groundhog Week at 6:17 PM on January 15, 2020 [5 favorites]
Half of me wants to love this forever and half of me wants to go full Jesus-throwing-moneylenders-out-of-the-temple on this.
It has my attention.
posted by Groundhog Week at 6:17 PM on January 15, 2020 [5 favorites]
I'd forgotten what a pretty game FFT was, especially for the PS1.
This, however, is madness.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 7:07 PM on January 15, 2020
This, however, is madness.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 7:07 PM on January 15, 2020
God, please help us sinful children of Ivalice.
posted by Brocktoon at 7:42 PM on January 15, 2020 [8 favorites]
posted by Brocktoon at 7:42 PM on January 15, 2020 [8 favorites]
I have come to the conclusion to NEVER try to figure out what the hell is happening on ANY twitch.tv channel, whether it's a live gamestream, a casual Jackbox game, a kittencam, or a marathon of old TV shows (which includes Bob Ross, MST3K, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:23 PM on January 15, 2020
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:23 PM on January 15, 2020
This is more entertaining than I expected.
posted by codacorolla at 8:27 PM on January 15, 2020
posted by codacorolla at 8:27 PM on January 15, 2020
One thing I will say is that Saltybet's integrating betting system is miles and miles better... it's very hard to do anything with the betting system in this one other than constant !allin.
posted by codacorolla at 8:33 PM on January 15, 2020
posted by codacorolla at 8:33 PM on January 15, 2020
> This, however, is madness.
No, this is Sparta!
posted by I-Write-Essays at 10:36 PM on January 15, 2020
No, this is Sparta!
posted by I-Write-Essays at 10:36 PM on January 15, 2020
Interesting! But not the Fast Fourier Transform based Battle Royale i was hoping for. I shall gave to work out what that would be, exactly.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 10:38 PM on January 15, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by Jon Mitchell at 10:38 PM on January 15, 2020 [4 favorites]
Jon Mitchell : Final Fantasy Tactics. At least that's my assumption not being able to look at the video at work, but the above comment about Ivalice pretty much solves that.
posted by nobeagle at 11:21 AM on January 16, 2020
posted by nobeagle at 11:21 AM on January 16, 2020
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