• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    FFVIII had those gun swords that had no gun functionality whatsoever. I kept thinking “this will be the upgrade that lets me shoot the gun, or launch the blade, or supercharge the blade with an explosive hit, or something to justify the fact that the handle is a revolver.” Each successive upgrade, it increased my expectations that the gun function would be awesome, because otherwise it would have been an earlier upgrade.

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      3 months ago

      Don’t you press R1 when your attack hits to pull the trigger for extra damage? You do use the revolver part, just only in close combat.

      Or did I hallucinate that? It’s been over 20 years since I played it.

      • TheLightItBurns@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        No, I’m replaying 8 via the mobile remaster right now and that is what you can do and how the game essentially explains why it happens. It only works with Squall and Seifer as well.

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        3 months ago

        It’s explained in a battle but it’s easy to miss. I completely missed it my first playthrough

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      3 months ago

      Pressing R1 at the time you hit your opponent with a sword attack fires the gun for extra damage with proper timing.

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        3 months ago

        When you fight Seifer, you can also press R1 when he attacks you and he will do extra damage to you