Are these Final Fantasy games worth it?
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I personally think 4 is the best. FUCK YEAH! CECIL!
You should wait for FF15! It will be Brilliant! ....who am I kidding.. It will only have one battle in the whole game. The rest of the game will be Cutscenes. *sigh*
You should wait for FF15! It will be Brilliant! ....who am I kidding.. It will only have one battle in the whole game. The rest of the game will be Cutscenes. *sigh*
Eh, 8 and 9 weren't complete trainwrecks, though the magic system in 8 is more than a little annoying (you'll find yourself grinding to collect spells eventually), and the "plot twist" toward the end was worthy of a massive /facepalm.
9... I guess I don't have anything specific against 9, it was just kinda... meh.
Worth playing once through each, if you're into that sorta thing.
9... I guess I don't have anything specific against 9, it was just kinda... meh.
Worth playing once through each, if you're into that sorta thing.
Someone's first Final Fantasy is nearly always their favourite. Here's my opinions.
7 - Good all-round, except the text boxes hang for an enragingly long time (sounds a ridiculous complaint but you will definitely notice).
8 - The first I played so my favourite. Gameplay terrible, characters horrible, but a good story that stays interesting for four discs (even if it gets a little ridiculous)
9 - The main character has a tail.
10 - The best gameplay, tactical and well-balanced, a very good story that suffers from bad voice acting.
12 - Horrible. The absolute worst gameplay (by the end you literally press no buttons at all) a boring story about politics and the main character has nothing to do with anything. Retarded.
13 - Does a strange thing where the story and characters are really good in the first half, when the gameplay is terrible, and then picks up the battle mode in time to abandon everyone's plot threads and deliver a bizarre ending.
Or just play Grandia.
7 - Good all-round, except the text boxes hang for an enragingly long time (sounds a ridiculous complaint but you will definitely notice).
8 - The first I played so my favourite. Gameplay terrible, characters horrible, but a good story that stays interesting for four discs (even if it gets a little ridiculous)
9 - The main character has a tail.
10 - The best gameplay, tactical and well-balanced, a very good story that suffers from bad voice acting.
12 - Horrible. The absolute worst gameplay (by the end you literally press no buttons at all) a boring story about politics and the main character has nothing to do with anything. Retarded.
13 - Does a strange thing where the story and characters are really good in the first half, when the gameplay is terrible, and then picks up the battle mode in time to abandon everyone's plot threads and deliver a bizarre ending.
Or just play Grandia.
8 was a really good game, 9 was shit. 10 Could have been better but after trying to play 12... it could have been much worse.
I suppose that's mainly because Final Fantasy isn't really a series. None of the games have anything to do with eachother, except for X/X-2. Some of the terminology is the same, but other than that, 'Final Fantasy' is just an umbrella name. They could have named all the games something unique and nothing would have changed.Onyx Oblivion said:
Every week there are at least two threads like this. So I'm not going to do another summary plot of opinion on each FF I've played.
If you like FF as a series, and your an completionist, play the bloody games. Both are them are fun, the stories are interesting, the characters good even if they are cliche. (I'm talking to you FF8)
I will give one personal opinion though, if you like having brain matter instead of brain mush, skip FF13.
If you like FF as a series, and your an completionist, play the bloody games. Both are them are fun, the stories are interesting, the characters good even if they are cliche. (I'm talking to you FF8)
I will give one personal opinion though, if you like having brain matter instead of brain mush, skip FF13.
As a person whose favourite game is FF8 you're going to get a bit of bias from me. I do understand why people don't like it, but general consensus or the overall approval of a game is never equal to what an individual experiences. That being said, there really isn't a truly bad main series Final Fantasy game. Some are subjectively better than others, but that doesn't make the lesser ones bad games.
So of course, the answer to your question would be: No, they are not bad. However, by my line of thinking your claim of 10-13 being really bad would put us at disagreement so I suppose you can take my opinions with a grain of salt.
Also, I agree with this:
So of course, the answer to your question would be: No, they are not bad. However, by my line of thinking your claim of 10-13 being really bad would put us at disagreement so I suppose you can take my opinions with a grain of salt.
Also, I agree with this:
HappyPillz said:
qft, exactly, 12 is underrated, I actually enjoyed the whole story not revolving around the character you control, you have a part in "saving the world" and its the not the same old formula about the fate of the world solely resting on your actions, cause to be frank I ALWAYS find it abit ridiculous playing a character under 19 and a some old wizened fellow tells meSapient Pearwood said:
"Hey put some shit in your backpack, its time the save the world from "insert enemy title"!!!!
While I haven't read this whole thread I just wanted to point out that Spoony is ridiculous. Not because he is negative about Final Fantasy but because he points out the most trivial things.. especially in FFX and proceeds to make them seem far larger of a problem than they really are. Also.. when he was previewing FFXIV (Yes I know it's a bad MMO but it's currently getting better) and pointing out what he didn't like about it without really knowing anything about what was going on made me laugh. More so when he was literally drooling all over the guy he was interviewing for Guild Wars 2 knob.
Anyway.. personally I thought FF9 was the best in the series but here we go!
7 - One of the highest points in the FF series and for gaming in general. Because of this people like to call it the overrated FF just for the sake of it
8 - Doomed to not be as well received by gamers due to FF7's success, The draw system was a little meh but other than that it was an excellent game
9 - Amazing.. in my opinion of course. Personified what FF really is
10 - Great game. Voice acting was dreadful though.. XD
11 - I absolutely loved it! It had the FF feel even though it was an MMO and it was insanely difficult which I enjoyed. Wasn't nearly as solo friendly or casual as it is now for the first good 5 years or so
12 - Good. Fell a little short to me when it came to the characters and the plot though
13 - Good. I felt it had a nice story, which I was able to understand from start to finish with no problem but the combat.. well, you can pretty much go on auto pilot if you want until later in the game. Emphasis wasn't really on picking individual attacks but switching paradigms at the right time.
14 - Bad.. it's slowly gaining speed and becoming a better game but it still has a ways to go. Even as a FF "Fanboy" I can say the screwed the pooch on this one at launch
So really the only "bad" FFs were 13 and 14 and I use bad loosely.. except for 14, it's just bad.. for now! FF X-2 is just misunderstood really. An all girl main cast?! The story pick ups and the game play is descent though
This is all opinion of course
Anyway.. personally I thought FF9 was the best in the series but here we go!
7 - One of the highest points in the FF series and for gaming in general. Because of this people like to call it the overrated FF just for the sake of it
8 - Doomed to not be as well received by gamers due to FF7's success, The draw system was a little meh but other than that it was an excellent game
9 - Amazing.. in my opinion of course. Personified what FF really is
10 - Great game. Voice acting was dreadful though.. XD
11 - I absolutely loved it! It had the FF feel even though it was an MMO and it was insanely difficult which I enjoyed. Wasn't nearly as solo friendly or casual as it is now for the first good 5 years or so
12 - Good. Fell a little short to me when it came to the characters and the plot though
13 - Good. I felt it had a nice story, which I was able to understand from start to finish with no problem but the combat.. well, you can pretty much go on auto pilot if you want until later in the game. Emphasis wasn't really on picking individual attacks but switching paradigms at the right time.
14 - Bad.. it's slowly gaining speed and becoming a better game but it still has a ways to go. Even as a FF "Fanboy" I can say the screwed the pooch on this one at launch
So really the only "bad" FFs were 13 and 14 and I use bad loosely.. except for 14, it's just bad.. for now! FF X-2 is just misunderstood really. An all girl main cast?! The story pick ups and the game play is descent though
This is all opinion of course
Play em and judge em for yourself.
Personally I've only played a couple of the games, but of them 6 was my favourite. The much applauded 7 wasn't bad by any means either, but I found it got pretty tiresome after a while and frankly I didn't like any of the characters nor the story in general. Still, not bad. The others I've played were all years and years ago, they've since blurred together so that I have no clue which is which though I remember enjoying them at the time. We're talking NES and SNES era here, so make of that what you will, I've no clue of the naming conventions.
The only one I actually hated, which was coincidentally also the last Final Fantasy game I would ever play, was 8. I deplored that game then, and I continue to deplore it now. I tried to like it, oh I did, but how that backfired! My multiple attempts to slog through the game in some vain hopes it would become good only resulted in creating within me a burning hatred which has since then tainted my very perception of Final Fantasy as a series, resulting in me having not touched the series since. I can think of nothing I like about the game save perhaps that it had very good, if wasted, CGI for its time. Beyond that the whole experience is a black stain upon my subconscious which only years of intensive therapy has managed to lessen to the point where I'm capable of subduing the manic depression, flashbacks, nightmares, and urge to kill indiscriminately... until now anyway, thanks for bringing those disgusting memories back into the light.
Back to the shrink I go!
But seriously, play em for yourself. For some mysterious reason many people seem enjoy 8, perhaps you'll be among them so go ahead and try. Ain't my job to judge peoples taste in games after all... that would be Yahtzee's. Lucky bastard!
Personally I've only played a couple of the games, but of them 6 was my favourite. The much applauded 7 wasn't bad by any means either, but I found it got pretty tiresome after a while and frankly I didn't like any of the characters nor the story in general. Still, not bad. The others I've played were all years and years ago, they've since blurred together so that I have no clue which is which though I remember enjoying them at the time. We're talking NES and SNES era here, so make of that what you will, I've no clue of the naming conventions.
The only one I actually hated, which was coincidentally also the last Final Fantasy game I would ever play, was 8. I deplored that game then, and I continue to deplore it now. I tried to like it, oh I did, but how that backfired! My multiple attempts to slog through the game in some vain hopes it would become good only resulted in creating within me a burning hatred which has since then tainted my very perception of Final Fantasy as a series, resulting in me having not touched the series since. I can think of nothing I like about the game save perhaps that it had very good, if wasted, CGI for its time. Beyond that the whole experience is a black stain upon my subconscious which only years of intensive therapy has managed to lessen to the point where I'm capable of subduing the manic depression, flashbacks, nightmares, and urge to kill indiscriminately... until now anyway, thanks for bringing those disgusting memories back into the light.
Back to the shrink I go!
But seriously, play em for yourself. For some mysterious reason many people seem enjoy 8, perhaps you'll be among them so go ahead and try. Ain't my job to judge peoples taste in games after all... that would be Yahtzee's. Lucky bastard!
Well my personal feelings are:
FF1: Boring
FF2: Boring
FF3: Mediocre
FF4: HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS AMAZING WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? HNNNG
FF5: Offt, not as good as 4 but still very good
FF6: OMG THIS IS BETTER THAN 4!
FF7: Better than 4, worse than 6
FF8: Wtf is going on again. "Time compression, drawing...". Eh, I can dig it I guess
FF9: Hmmmm, back to crystals again are we? FUCK YEAH!
FF10:Ffs Tidus shut the fuck up, this game is too good for your stupid voice acting
Every other FF: They can all fuck off
FF1: Boring
FF2: Boring
FF3: Mediocre
FF4: HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS AMAZING WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? HNNNG
FF5: Offt, not as good as 4 but still very good
FF6: OMG THIS IS BETTER THAN 4!
FF7: Better than 4, worse than 6
FF8: Wtf is going on again. "Time compression, drawing...". Eh, I can dig it I guess
FF9: Hmmmm, back to crystals again are we? FUCK YEAH!
FF10:Ffs Tidus shut the fuck up, this game is too good for your stupid voice acting
Every other FF: They can all fuck off
FFX I loved and 13 was OK I hope FF13-2 will be OK and Verses 13. I really hope they are at least 6 or 7 out of 10.
This is a tender topic for many I think.
Personally I cringe when I see people not saying FF7 is the best FF, just because I am so incredibly biased towards it. Got such strong nostalgia tied up with it. I've downloaded some mods for the PC version of FF7 (updates the graphics, etc), and planning to play it again. Afraid I'll just cry my way through the game in nostalgia tears though.
And you know what? I've only played FF6 and FF12 besides FF7. I really liked FF6, it was incredible too. I'm kinda enjoying FF12 at the moment, but the main character annoys me and the story doesn't grip me. And I just reached a point where it's bloody hard so I dunno if I can get past it.
People seem to have mixed feelings about FF8.
Personally I cringe when I see people not saying FF7 is the best FF, just because I am so incredibly biased towards it. Got such strong nostalgia tied up with it. I've downloaded some mods for the PC version of FF7 (updates the graphics, etc), and planning to play it again. Afraid I'll just cry my way through the game in nostalgia tears though.
And you know what? I've only played FF6 and FF12 besides FF7. I really liked FF6, it was incredible too. I'm kinda enjoying FF12 at the moment, but the main character annoys me and the story doesn't grip me. And I just reached a point where it's bloody hard so I dunno if I can get past it.
People seem to have mixed feelings about FF8.
