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Final Fantasy VII: Crysis Core.
Okay, the Story was...meh.. but unlike other Final Fantasys the gameplay didn't put me to sleep..
Final Fantasy VI is in a close second place.
Okay, the Story was...meh.. but unlike other Final Fantasys the gameplay didn't put me to sleep..
Final Fantasy VI is in a close second place.
Can I say Dissidia, or is everyone gonna skin me then? (I know it's not a "true" Final Fantasy, but I love the depth and difference of it as a fighter...) Ok, so Dissidia probably doesn't count...
I'm a "new-school" Final Fantasy-player though, started with VII and moved upwards (skipped XI though), the only older Final Fantasy I've played is IV on the DS. So far I've had a great time with most of them (except XII, but I'm literally less than an hour in, so it might grow on me...) but I'd have to say my favourite is actually VIII
I'm a "new-school" Final Fantasy-player though, started with VII and moved upwards (skipped XI though), the only older Final Fantasy I've played is IV on the DS. So far I've had a great time with most of them (except XII, but I'm literally less than an hour in, so it might grow on me...) but I'd have to say my favourite is actually VIII
XII is my personal favorite, since I dislike random encounters, and I love both its combat and its Gambit system, so much in fact that since I played it I find it impossible to go back and replay games like Lost Odyssey, I can't stand them. XII is also probably the most hardcore single player RPG I have ever played. The story is passable and easy, but the optional content is where the true game is. There is an enormous amounts of sidequests to do, and if you complete everything you will be able to unlock some of the longest, hardest and most satisfying boss fights you have ever seen in gaming (one of them took me about 11 hours to beat).
However it does have a lot of problems, most if not all of which are due to the fact that those guys over at Squeenix have seriously mixed up bad game design for challenge. For example, they seem to think that taking away your minimap, normal map and compass in the middle of MASSIVE mazes and having you run around like a chicken for hours before going on the internet to download a fucking map is challenging and not bad game design. They also seem to think that deliberately omitting save points before hard bosses who WILL kill you SEVERAL times before you can beat them and making you reload a save point from 2 hours ago and having to reclear some massive dungeon for another try is not bad game design. And of course, they seem to think that quest logs are not necessary so you usually have no idea where the hell you are supposed to go to complete your optional stuff, and they dare to include quests with descriptions like "Hey, I want you to kill this rare monster, but I don't know where it is. K,see ya!", again totally confusing terrible design for challenge.
Bottom line: You WILL scream and break stuff while playing this game, that is if you want to see the fights that are really worth seeing. But if you are one of those psychotics that starts a game with the mindset "I won't let this game beat me" and repeat this to yourself every, like, 20 minutes, then you will have an absolute blast.
However it does have a lot of problems, most if not all of which are due to the fact that those guys over at Squeenix have seriously mixed up bad game design for challenge. For example, they seem to think that taking away your minimap, normal map and compass in the middle of MASSIVE mazes and having you run around like a chicken for hours before going on the internet to download a fucking map is challenging and not bad game design. They also seem to think that deliberately omitting save points before hard bosses who WILL kill you SEVERAL times before you can beat them and making you reload a save point from 2 hours ago and having to reclear some massive dungeon for another try is not bad game design. And of course, they seem to think that quest logs are not necessary so you usually have no idea where the hell you are supposed to go to complete your optional stuff, and they dare to include quests with descriptions like "Hey, I want you to kill this rare monster, but I don't know where it is. K,see ya!", again totally confusing terrible design for challenge.
Bottom line: You WILL scream and break stuff while playing this game, that is if you want to see the fights that are really worth seeing. But if you are one of those psychotics that starts a game with the mindset "I won't let this game beat me" and repeat this to yourself every, like, 20 minutes, then you will have an absolute blast.
I like the combat, but the characters and story were so bad I just quit playing it after a while. So boring...Just_Karol said:
