Should i get back into Final Fantasy?

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:54 pm

Final Fantasy MCMXIIIV Fabulous Akimoochu Pinto Crystal wrote:Old wise strong guy - "Oh shi - we must save ze crystal. Without ze crystal the world will fall into chaos! Ze planet will destroy itself from ze inside out!"

Blonde girl-man - "But i am angsty and in love. Also, i can't remember stuff. I r sky pirate."

"Smart" girl with large breasts - "I have large breasts."

Bad guy - "She has large breasts and i'm crying inside now DIE!!!"

Other party members - "We are here to be action figures!"

How many of these things have you actually played? Out of 28 separate games i've only played through 5 of them. My last Final Fantasy experience was VII, Tactics and a couple years ago the remake of part 1 that was on GBA.

I was reading in Wiki that they plan on producing 6 more games based on VII over the next 10 years and even more based on XIII for an even longer period of time, not to mention the regular numerous spinoffs and sequels.

That's amazing to me. To catch up i'd have to put alot of playtime into something where nothing has to make sense.

Still, for some reason i actually am a bit interested in XIII. I thought about getting all the old ones just to catch up. Not so sure i want to spend that much time and effort on something that in the end might just feel kind of shallow and manufactured though. My opinion declined the moment i saw The Spirits Within and... well, Tidus. God he's lame.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:57 pm

FF XII was actually kind of good and can be had on the cheap. Give it a whirl.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:05 pm

FFXII is great. Made by Ogre Battle / FFT / Vagrantstory guys you know!

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:09 pm

I stopped caring about Final Fantasy after VIII. I think Square has made them too graphics and story-focused (part of games I generally couldn't care less about) for their own good. Every game feels like a spectacle.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:09 pm

im a FF tactics man myself. both the PS and the GBA versios are great (in that order)

Ayanami · Post by **Ayanami** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:36 pm

FF1 - Ok.
FF2 - Terrible
FF3 - Awesome
FF4 - Awesome
FF5 - Awesome
FF6 - Probably the best one.
FF7 - Terrible
FF8 - Terrible
FF9 - Real Bad
FF10 - Terrible
FF11 - Does not count.
FF12 - Awesome. The series has redeemed itself with this one.

That is my view on them any way.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:39 pm

no you should play goemon

scrilla4rella · Post by **scrilla4rella** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:41 am

FF1-Okay
FF2 - Terrible
FF3 - Awesome
FF4 - Awesome
FF5 - Awesome
FF6 - Probably the best one.
FF7 - Awesome
FF8 - Okay
FF9 - Good
FF10 - Complete shit
FF11 - Does not count.
FF12 - Awesome. The series has redeemed itself with this one.

here's my list

Krooze L-Roy · Post by **Krooze L-Roy** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:00 am

circuitface wrote:Should i get back into Final Fantasy?

Personally, I'd stick with more conventional forms of masochism. Like high heels on testicle, or hanging from meat hooks.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:04 am

FF1- Good
FF2 - Barf
FF3 - Good
FF4 - Amazing!
FF5 - Sucks
FF6 - Boring
FF7 - Emo
FF8 - Emo
FF9 - Too much colors
FF10 - "Elements? Magic?"
FF11 - WTF?
FF12 - MMO without people to cyber with (sux)

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:22 pm

FF4: not bad
FF5: Not bad
FF6: Very Good
FF7: very Good but way overated
FF7: Dirge of cerberus, very bad devil may cry rip off.
FF7: crisis core, action/rpg, supposedly pretty good
FF8: card mini game saved it, Good if the plot doesn't annoy you
FF9: Not played

FF10: Protagonist destroyed the game, but Its actually worth playing, plot and presentation not to mention battle system are enjoyable, some great bosses. Had tidus been removed and replaced by Jecht I'd have liked it

FFX-2: AVOID stupid atempt at cgi porno, very bad.
FF11: MMORPG not played
FF12: Depends, Good plot and presentation but very boring battles, lots of walking, espers are useless, weapons are dull, No random battles though.

Dragon Quest 8 better than any off them imho.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:31 pm

FF1- Good
FF2 - nice! much better than its bad rep
FF3 - good
FF4 - really good
FF5 - really good
FF6 - without any doubt the best one.
FF7 - average
FF8 - terrible
FF9 - terrible
FF10 - didn't bother to play it
FF11 - didn't bother to play it
FF12 - Awesome, probably second best in the series

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:43 pm

I played those

FF1: Quite good
FF2: Much better
FF7: Awesome though remake of it would be better
FF7 DoC: Man That game is average and sometimes is annoying... unless you know what weapons to upgrade first... the best part of it is final chapter and final boss period others suck
FF10: Poor
FF12: Awesome though it gets kinda boring of tactical gameplay over and over, i want some fast action!

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:19 pm

I stopped liking the series when the characters became full sized and realistic.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:29 pm

Or you could just skip 'em all and play Earthbound instead.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:42 pm

Jon wrote:FF XII was actually kind of good and can be had on the cheap. Give it a whirl.

Agreed. I LOVE the combat style!

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:49 pm

lol it practically plays itself, okay you can control them individually but theres no point. I have to admit there is a sense of satisfaction from having a nice set of gambits take care of a boss for and hour solid without any input from the player.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:15 pm

III: 4/10
IV: 6/10
V: 5/10
VI: 5/10
VII: 9/10
VIII: 6/10
IX: 7/10
XII: 8/10

DBH87 · Post by **DBH87** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:55 pm

No, FF is pants

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:05 pm

I got the ps-x redux's i missed before along with VIII and IX. If the aforementioned two please me then i'll probably skip 10 and 11 and pick up 12 and maybe the remake of III that's on DS.

So far i'm actually enjoying part II and V as i'd never really gotten a chance to play them before. I feel like i'd be having more fun playing the originals over an emulator but at least this way i get to see the added cinema's.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:07 pm

circuitface wrote:I thought about getting all the old ones just to catch up.

The thing about the FF series is that most of them, when you get right down to it, are completely unrelated, so there's really not much "catching up" to do anyways. If you only like one game out of the entire series, just play that, and forget all the others, since they're not likely to enhance your experience with the one much, if at all.

That said, I think I must be the only person on here who actually enjoyed FFX.

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:12 pm

Your not, secretly I really enjoyed X

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:13 pm

I know most of them are unrelated but it's still a series and i feel the need to follow the progression faithfully before i jump into the new one. I just thought it was kind of lame that the U.S. I, II, III and VII and Tactics are the last of them i actually played.

Not sure why i skipped over VIII when it was released because i remember i really enjoyed VII.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:16 pm

FF9 is UNDERrated in any way, and why do people hate part 8 so much?

its my most favourite no doubt.

At all the final fantasy series is the best of all, go back to it, i want so, too !

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:43 pm

circuitface wrote:I know most of them are unrelated but it's still a series and i feel the need to follow the progression faithfully before i jump into the new one.

Either way, if you encounter one that you don't like you don't need to feel guilty about skipping it (or just plain giving FF a break and playing something else - personally, I played FF9 back when it first came out, any only just now have I bothered to pick up FFX) - I haven't played the entire series through, let alone in any sort of order, but even at that it's pretty obvious that some people will adore certain parts of the series, for various reasons, and others will despise them and love others. I don't think that even the most hardcore FF fanboy can honestly say that he loves each and every game - they're simply too different to all appeal to anyone.

JacobXScum · Post by **JacobXScum** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:57 am

Ayanami wrote:FF1 - Ok.
FF2 - Terrible
FF3 - Awesome
FF4 - Awesome
FF5 - Awesome
FF6 - Probably the best one.
FF7 - Terrible
FF8 - Terrible
FF9 - Real Bad
FF10 - Terrible
FF11 - Does not count.
FF12 - Awesome. The series has redeemed itself with this one.

That is my view on them any way.

Agree except i switch 3 and 6, and i haven't played 12. Strange. People usually fellate the newer ones, and by newer i mean from 7 on, and i feel like the odd man out saying how bad they are.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:10 am

fellate
A verb
1. fellate, blow, go down on
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

JacobXScum · Post by **JacobXScum** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:18 am

Thanks for the clarification. And yes, most people give blowjobs to the new Final Fantasy games. And i may have to correct myself. I know the numbering system for this series is different in the USA and Japan. 6 may actually be my favorite. Whichever one has the mech armors is my favorite.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:30 am

FF12 is pretty nice, actually

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:50 am

After playing a good 2 hours into FF8 i'm about ready to give it a blowjob. It's really cool so far.

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