Final Fantasy

POSTED BY: rockxwl
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 20:40
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ROCKXWL

Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:04 PM

For everything Final Fantasy, especially the games since Advent Children has its own thread already.

Regardin the best game, I am limiting my list to games I've played (VI - X-2 and Tactics). In my opinion the best FF games of all time are as follows:

1. a TIE between FFVI and FFVII. VI is pretty commonly regarded as the best RPG game ever made and VII brought Final Fantasy and RPG's in general into the new generation of systems. They were both equally monumental achievements for their time. Plus, they have the two greatest villains in video game history, huzzah for Sephiroth and Kefka!

2. Final Fantasy VIII. OK, I'm really biased because VIII was the first FF game I ever owned and played so it holds a special place in my heart. Squall Leonhart is my favorite video game character of all time. There is nothing about this game I don't like.

3. Final Fantasy IX. CHARMING. This was Square's thank-you to all the people who have been with Final Fantasy since the beginning. It's just a brilliant, light-hearted, and fun game even though the story by the end is as dark as any video game I have ever played.

4. Final Fantasy Tactics. Damn, damn good.

5. Final Fantasy X. Tidus was a bit annoying to me at first but I got used to him. Fun game, I love it and have played through it to 100% several times but its at the bottom for me because it was fairly linear, not all that difficult, and a bit shorter than I would have liked.

"What'd you all order a dead guy for?"

LIGHTMEDARK

Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:19 PM

I hear more often that Chrono Trigger is the best RPG ever made, and I tend to agree ;p (though I seriously have a huge soft spot in my heart for Earthbound)

Best for me, hmmm...

FF VII (note, i started the series on VI)
FF X and FF VI tie
FF Tactics
FF IV
FF IX
FF V
FF VIII

Alright, don't think I've missed any that I've played. I really liked Squall from FF VIII, but I don't think I cared much for too much else in that game. Maybe I'll give it a run through again sometime now that I'm older. I want to play FF X-2 sometime along with the other ones I've missed.

JADEHAND

Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:23 PM

VII
VIII
Tactics
X
IX
VI
V
I don't remember much about the others.
The ONLY problem I had with VIII was the DRAW spell thing. interesting concept, worked well... if the result of each attempt had been 10X the actual result, it wouldn't have sucked.

Dirge of Cerebus soon! Yay Vincent!
and XII returns to the world of Tactics. political intrique.
and the few screen shots I've seen for XIII (PS3) look amazing. Not that XII doesn't.

"I have been here many times before In a life I used to live
But I have never seen these streets so fresh Washed with morning rain
I have seen this face a thousand times Every morning of my life
But I never saw these eyes so clear Free of doubt and pain
Like the whole world has been made again."
Made Again (Brave)-Marillion
visit WWW.Marillion.com for a better way of life.

LIGHTMEDARK

Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:44 PM

Yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to XII and XIII. XII has a good team behind it. The DRAW thing bothered me a bit. I really should go back and give it a go, though (if i ever find time, eesh)

JADEHAND

Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:59 PM

I'm very interested in Dirge of Cerebus, revisiting the world of VII. different style of game, but the familiar world and people. Should be fun.

"I have been here many times before In a life I used to live
But I have never seen these streets so fresh Washed with morning rain
I have seen this face a thousand times Every morning of my life
But I never saw these eyes so clear Free of doubt and pain
Like the whole world has been made again."
Made Again (Brave)-Marillion
visit WWW.Marillion.com for a better way of life.

LIGHTMEDARK

Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:01 PM

Yeah, I'm certainly interested in that, as well.

EST120

Friday, July 14, 2006 12:24 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by rockxwl:
For everything Final Fantasy, especially the games since Advent Children has its own thread already.

Found this funny FF7 parody on YouTube from Robot Chicken on Cartoon Network.

DEEPGIRL187

Friday, July 14, 2006 12:29 PM

My favorites:

Final Fantasy X: This still remains my favorite. To me, it has the strongest plot line out of all the games.

Final Fantasy VII: Since this was one of the first FF games I played, it will always hold a special place in my heart. Sephiroth has to be the best villian in Final Fantasy history.

Final Fantasy VIII: I have to admit, I wasn't a fan of this one at first. In my impressionable youth, I didn't know that FF games weren't in linear order, so I expected this to be a sequel to VII. Silly me. Once got over my naivety, it became one of my favorites.

Final Fantasy IX: The only reason this is at the bottom of the list is because I haven't finished it yet. My brother took it with him when he moved, and I haven't had the chance to get a new copy. What I have played, I really enjoyed.

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EST120

Friday, July 14, 2006 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by LightMeDark:
I hear more often that Chrono Trigger is the best RPG ever made, and I tend to agree ;p

Chrono Trigger was pretty awesome. Only got to play about half of it in college because one of my roommates had it. Once the school year ended, I could not play anymore.

I did find an emulator for it on my computer, but it never ran correctly. 2x

ROCKXWL

Friday, July 14, 2006 2:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by LightMeDark:
I hear more often that Chrono Trigger is the best RPG ever made, and I tend to agree ;p (though I seriously have a huge soft spot in my heart for Earthbound)

Very true about Chrono Trigger and I probably have to agree with that too. Also I hear what you're saying about Earthbound, I love it, it's one of the best games most of us will never play.

A hint about VIII, since people tend to complain about the draw system. Always ALWAYS junction your magic stat as high as it will go and equip as many magic+ abilities for all of discs 1 and 2 and most of 3 (or until your magic stat is around 130 or higher). Higher magic = better draws. About halfway through disc 1 each character will be drawing the max of 9 spells per draw, greatly decreasing the time it takes to get all three party members 100 of each type of magic. Also, make sure you get 100 of every spell because then you became uber quite quickly.

"What'd you all order a dead guy for?"

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