Final Fantasy

[granville]

I've not played any main Final Fantasy game past 9 (yet). I'd consider myself a casual fan of the series. I've not beaten them all. I enjoyed most of what i've played, with the exception of VIII. I find it boring, needlessly complicated in terms of gameplay, and probably invented the "emo" mentality of many protagonists. I felt it tried way too hard to be epic and cinematic, yet ended up being way too ridiculous. The "funny" moments didn't cut it for me in that new realistic character style. Worked really well using chibi cartoony sprites or whatever.

I find 7 overrated, but still good. 6 would be my favorite. 4 is fun. I even liked 3. I enjoyed some of the Crystal Chronicles spinoffs to an extent. Oddballs though they are.

So i'm by no means a rabid fan of the series. But this topic, what is its purpose? Just like the FF fanboys wondering why people could hate on FF, what possible reason would YOU have of questioning why someone would LIKE something. I have my hates and likes, but i've never pondered over or made a topic questioning other people's tastes in entertainment. You could spend that time playing a game YOU like.

 

[elixirdream]

I played almost every FF but i didn't beat some of them because they are too boring... (8, 10 and 12)!
If only i would spend another few hours then i would have beat them all.

For those who actually follow FF since it started would know that Square Enix used to produce top notch game in terms of graphics, storyline and music on FC and SFC!

I am not saying FF7 doesn't deserves the credit but i think FF7 is overrated! The game simply came out at the right time and console!

In my opinion those who actually like FF would not like FF because of FF7! It would be how FF carries itself since FF4 onwards.

The best FF for me would always be FF5, FF6, FF4, FF7 and FF13....

anyway, i still prefer the earlier FF where you can your characters JOB! is fun to have a character that can have multiple skills.

My view of FF13...Many complained the game is linear which i have to agree with that. However, the game is just FUN! the storyline is never dull like other FF.... Infact, i would say the story is better than FF7!

- The battle is the best part of the game! Is still being a turn based game but ATB had evolved and makes you feel like you are in a real time battle.

- Training and grinding is no longer important in this game. Strategy would be the key element for you to defeat some of the beast.

- With proper strategy you can kill some gigantic monsters with more than 100K HP in a minute.