Any Final Fantasy fans?

[Magdolin]

I'm not sure if there is a thread about this already. But I wanted to know if there was any fans Final Fantasy out there. You see I'm a fan, and wanted to see if anybody else would like to gine comments. I really like Final Fantasy 10, FF8, and FF7 a lot. And in those three, my faorite character's are Aeris, Rikku, Lulu, Auron, and Selphie. Comments, anybody?



You can also say what you did, or didn't like about it too.

[Cure]

My favorite Final Fantasy is VII, but I much prefer the other series' like Chrono Trigger/Cross, Kingdom Hearts, and Mario RPG. Well, Kingdom Hearts is a mix of all FF's, so I guess it doesn't count. But anyway, everyone always drools over Cloud and Sephiroth, but I've always liked Cid Highwind. Now that I think about it, Brodie kinda reminds me of him. :lol:

[Magdolin]

Haha! I have a few pictures of cid.

[Deathknight]

I only like the older ones (1-6), never cared for any of the others. FF6 pwns though.

[Barkworm]

Yeah, I'm a fan, too but only since VI. XII is probably the most underrrated FF game, gameplay-wise it's by far the best in the series.

[KROW]

I'm partial to VI, myself. It was the one game that I played the most after it was released. I even tried to buy it from the rental store for $20. Kefka was one of the most entertaining FF villains of all time. That laugh was priceless.

I got lost in the loop once the franchise became Playstation-exclusive. It wasn't until FFX that I got back into playing. Although X is not everyone's bread and butter, I have to admit that it was a pretty nice re-introduction for me. Oh, and the music for the battle against Jecht was awesome, too.

[Dr. Doom]

Let me recount all of the one that I've actually played substantially.

-IX is my absolute favorite and one of my favorite games overall, peroid. It seems to be kinda the black sheep of the series, which is ironic, because from a conceptual standpoint, it was a throwback to the early games. I just love all the characters, the gameplay, the systems, the music (oh my god, the music)...and it was probably one of if not the best looking game on the PSX.

-I'm also a huge fan of VII for many of the same reasons...as some of you will recall, I avoided VII like the plague for many years because all the various fanpeople had turned me off to it and made me feel like it was over rated. I just didn't wanna buy into the hype. However, when Advent children finally came out here, I just couldn't restrain myself any longer. I actually managed to sit down and played the game first, and really had a blast with it. Again, great story, great characters, great gameplay, supurb music. I also became absolutely obseesed with Vincent as a character. I always thought he was cool before, but actually enccountering him in the game made a world of difference. I even loved Dirge Of Cerberus, even though I admit it's not the best game, mostly because I was getting to run around as Vincent and it was a great extention of the original game's story. And Steve Blumis my favorite VA! I might have actually included DoC by itself on this list but I suppose it'll just be grouped together with VII, since it is, as I said, an extention.

-VIII is kind of another case altogether. It provides a good story, but I reallly didn't care for the gameplay. I really liked Irvine, too, he reminded me a lot of Gambit.

-VI I absolutely love, I really do. One of the few exceptions to my apparent and unwanted stigma against playing older games. I played almost to the end and stopped for some inexplicable reason, and it's remained one of my greatest modern failures in gaming to this day. I just recently bought it for GBA, so hopefully I'll be able to put an end to my shame finally. I love the ridiculous amount of characters, and Uematsu really did some of his best work on this game. So much outstanding music.

-And that brings us to X. I'd like to say THIS is the black sheep of the series, but the fact of the matter is, it's one of the most popular no matter how you look at it. The battle system, I must admit, was phenominal. Pretty much every aspect of it. Switching folks in and out, having everyone be realy good at takkign out a specific type of enemy, etc etc. The summons were....interesting, to say the least. It was a good idea. Not sure if I like it more than just plain old "summon and watch the animation" deal, but it was definmitely an idea with merit, especially because waztching the same animation over and over again got rather tedious with all the random encounters, no matter how awesome it was. On the poor side though, I absolutely LOATHED Tidus. I couldn't stand him at all, he pretty much soiled an otherwise solid game for me. Don't get me wrong, James Arnold taylor is a FANTASTIC voice actor, but the character and the dialogue was broken, period. And speaking of dialogue, the transition to voice actors from text was...awkward to say the least. that and the complete lack of an overworld or a more traditional leveling system really sucked a lot of the "Final Fantasy" out of the game.

Those are the only one's I've actually played in depth. Putting them in order from favorite to leats favorite, I'd probably end up having to say IX, VII, VI, VIII, X.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

In a nutshell yes I have been a FF fan over the years and I think they were highly influential on the gaming world and really important in some very big graphic milestones. (Not to say there aren't others because there are so many amazing VGs)
I played FF almost from the beginning up. I remember VI, VII, and VII the best because I was a bit older and have replayed them the most. VII and VIII are still my faves because the characters were so dynamic and the stories were great and just stayed with me for a long time. I stopped playing as much until Tactics came out which I really liked and I have played XII but got a little tired of all the darn side quests for the clan.
I played Dirge of Cerberus right before that but I am just not the best FPS player and mostly I got it to dive into Vincent's story anyway.
I have a lot of Tifa collectibles because I think of just loved her the most.
I also love the Moogles!!

[Dr. Doom]

DoC Is probably more of a third person shooter than anything else, really. That might seem like an insignificant sort of correction, but there are stylistic differences between 1st and 3rd.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

yeah I always read it as being a kinda 3rd person shooter I think it was even described that way in release, but I was never good at any type of shooters. I get jumpy.
I have been told it is quite entertaining actually...haha

[Ra]

I like Final Fantasy, but I strangely never own any of the games (That reminds me, I need to get together some money to get my copy of XII soon...).

My first taste of the Final Fantasy series was at my cosiun's house about two summers ago. I was board, and there was nothing to do since everyone my age was at school, so I thumbed through his PS2 collection. It suddenly striked me that he had a number of Final Fantasy games at his disposal. Having heard whispers about it on the internet, I plonked in his version of IX, and from that moment on I could see why everyone loves the francise so much.

IX is probably my favorite game so far. I've only played X, IX, and VIII, but I just love IX with a passion. I guess the story line just sucked me in like crazy. Besides, I died instantly in X due to confusion of what to do, so I stuck to things I knew I could handle... *laughs*

I'm also a hyped up Kingdom Hearts fan, if that counts... *grins sheepishly*

[Scandia]

That would be me! I have played almost all of the numbered games. My favorite is FF6. I have cosplayed a lot of the female characters- Rosa, Terra, Tifa, Rinoa, Garnet, and Yuna. Haven't played FF12 yet- don't have the time or mental energy to do so.

[GK Punk]

I've been a fan since the first one came out for the NES. 6 is probably my favorite.

[Barkworm]

IX used to be my favourite but I don't really feel like playing it anymore because the game is so goddamn slow. VI, X and XII might be my favourites. XII's story is not as engaging as usual but it's just an awesome game.

[GK Punk]

I liked 12 a lot actually. Once I got used to the battle system I thought it was a great game.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

I like Final Fantasy, but I strangely never own any of the games (That reminds me, I need to get together some money to get my copy of XII soon...).

My first taste of the Final Fantasy series was at my cosiun's house about two summers ago. I was board, and there was nothing to do since everyone my age was at school, so I thumbed through his PS2 collection. It suddenly striked me that he had a number of Final Fantasy games at his disposal. Having heard whispers about it on the internet, I plonked in his version of IX, and from that moment on I could see why everyone loves the francise so much.

IX is probably my favorite game so far. I've only played X, IX, and VIII, but I just love IX with a passion. I guess the story line just sucked me in like crazy. Besides, I died instantly in X due to confusion of what to do, so I stuck to things I knew I could handle... *laughs*

I'm also a hyped up Kingdom Hearts fan, if that counts... *grins sheepishly*

Oh I am a very hyped up Kingdom Hearts fan. I am kicking myself for not mentioning KH. I played the first one and was instantly hooked and was crazed to get ahold of CoM and KH II

[Magdolin]

I've always liked FF8, and FF10

I like all your opinions guys. ^_^ I would like to play FF12, but my sister is a bit hooked on RE4. T_T

[Nightwatcher]

Final Fantasy IV (II for the SNES) was the game that got me into RPGs. I loved the story and they had a character named Rydia and since my sister's name was Lydia I thought it was cool at the time. I bought the Game Boy advance version that lets you play as any of the characters (except FuSoYa) which is pretty sweet.

I love FFVII (and have beaten it like 37 times) and of course Tactics (if you guys are including those). I started VIII like 13 different times and never finished it. I beat IX once and I liked it but never had the urge to play it again. I bought Tactics Advance but have yet to really get into it heavily.

I bought 10 and Kindom Hearts used one day. I beat KH and loved it. Before I could start FFX my PS2 broke and I just gave it to my friend since I didn't plan to get a new one. He said it was fun.

Favorite characters are Vincent from VII, Cid from IV, Mustadio from Tactics and Barrett from VII.

[愛]

I've been a loyal fan of Final Fantasy ever since it came out on NES. As a child, I never did beat the first game. Now that I'm older, I can beat it. Most FF games have a lot of respect from me. I even played FFVIII recently, and I have to admit, I enjoyed playing it. I'm currently playing FFXII right now, and it may be the worst of the series for me. I can't get over the battle system at all. The story is rather slow, but I do enjoy the characters. Some of them, anyway. I just think they tried too hard to change a formula that's been working for decades.

Anyway, my favorites are most definitely VI, VII, IV, IX, and Tactics. Oh man, Tactics. That game is unreal on all fronts. They need to bring that series back on the console.

[Dr. Doom]

They're remaking Tactics on PSP.

[愛]

Did I say bring that series back on a portable? I didn't think so! READ THE POST BEFORE YOU POST YOURS!

[Dr. Doom]

The informantion was relevant!!!! STFU!!!!

[Nightwatcher]

Tactics was the bees knees. Too bad I broke my PS2 and lost my copy.

[Kendamu]

All of the Final Fantasies are at least somewhat interesting and pretty enjoyable to me (except VIII and IX). However I do have some distinct favorites.

I like the original Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Final Fantasy VII. I think I like Final Fantasy VII the best, though. By that I mean I like the entire milked-to-death Compilation. It combines a lot of my favorite things together such as: battles involving both swords and guns, cyberpunk, fantasy, dystopian society, apocalyptic elements, and post-apocalyptic elements.

As "overrated" as it may be, my middle finger and my fanboyism of all the things I listed make a good combination to anyone who tries to go beyond stating their negative opinion of FFVII and tries to ruin the enjoyment factor for me.

Oh, and my favorite character is Zack from FFVII though I do like Cloud as well. I see them both as different aspects of my own moods. Cloud kind of reminds me of when I'm feeling kind of spaced out, uncomfortable with something, or when I don't feel like asking for help with something and I choose to sufer in silence while figuring it out myself. Zack, on the otherhand, reminds me a lot more of when I'm in an outgoing mood and I feel confident enough to arm wrestle the entire human race at once while clearly reciting "MacBeth" backwards in Arabic with rocks in my mouth.

[愛]

I'm not gonna lie, after getting used to the FFXII's combat system, and actually enjoying grinding levels, I'm going to say the game is pretty solid. The characters are growing on me, the story gets more and more interesting as I go, and it's an all-out fun game. I never thought I'd say it, but I say FFXII is a better game than most Final Fantasy games. :ohwell:

[Kendamu]

It looks enjoyable, actually. The combat system reminds me of FFXI.. only faster since it's not an online game.

[Barkworm]

I'm not gonna lie, after getting used to the FFXII's combat system, and actually enjoying grinding levels, I'm going to say the game is pretty solid. The characters are growing on me, the story gets more and more interesting as I go, and it's an all-out fun game. I never thought I'd say it, but I say FFXII is a better game than most Final Fantasy games. :ohwell:
See, I'm always right.

[愛]

It looks enjoyable, actually. The combat system reminds me of FFXI.. only faster since it's not an online game.

I'd play FFXI if I had someone to play with. I'm not playing with a bunch of small-eyed people. They're fun to play with, but I need some English.

[Kendamu]

なんだよ！かこいいじゃない！日本語はいいですよ！英語はうるさいとまずいですね。

Just kidding.


(Yes, you need a Japanese font to see that)

[愛]

:ohwell: Are you taking me for an idiot? My name and sig is Jap all over.

[Peanut]

Final Fantasy = tripe

OH SNAP!

[Kendamu]

:ohwell: Are you taking me for an idiot? My name and sig is Jap all over.
Not you, just one of the other thousand mouths to feed around here who might go "Why do I only see squares/qustion marks?"

[Peanut]

So, from that sentence I take it that English is your second language?

[Kendamu]

No, I just got distracted while typing. I fixed it.

Classes start soon, though. So, give me some time to start studying Japanese again and my Engrish should start bleeding through. Apparently I can only be truly fluent in one language at a time even if it's at the cost of my native language.

[Zany Orange Dude]

My personal favorite is FFX. Auron was epic, constantly kept him in my party.

[Andrew NDB]

My favorite Final Fantasy is easily IV. It just doesn't get any more epic than that. The overworld, the underworld, the moon, demons, aliens, and at the end you get the girl and become King... what's better than that? It was a real joy to play the sequel "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years" last year on Wii... really brought me back, though I wish they'd done a lot more with it.

Final Fantasy I was cool for its time. It came out the same time as Dragon Warrior, so they both kind of have the same place in my heart. Final Fantasy was a little tougher, and longer.

Final Fantasy II (yes, the real II, not IV that was packaged as "II" on SNES) I didn't get to play until years later on a NES emulator after the translation came out. Still haven't gotten through it.

Final Fantasy III I also didn't get to play until years later on a NES emulator after translation. If memory serves I got quite far... I think to a part where you have to fight Bahamut on a mountain. I never finished it.

V was a special treat for me to play on translated SNES rom. I played the hell out of this. After I learned Square was skipping V to release VI as "III" on SNES, angry, as a kid I would write Square letters every month basically begging them to release Final Fantasy V in some form. They almost did, too. It almost came out as "Final Fantasy Extreme," then later as some kind of PC game with speech, but none of this happened for whatever reason. Anyway, after playing the game I was a little disappointed. Butz had no character and I didn't care about any of the others. The job swapping system (a carry-over from III, actually) was kinda neat, though, and maybe the best and most sensible ever in an FF game -- you can switch jobs at will, learn abilities, then you can REMOVE all jobs and pick from the different abilities you've learned.

VI was decent, and a far better and more complete story than VII's. Even the developers of VII have admitted they had to rush the third act and have apologized for that... it has no ending.

VIII had a hell of a story, and what a mind trip when you think about it after watching the end. It's like this big temporal loop. When it came out there was a lot of hype about it being the "first Final Fantasy love story" but I felt that aspect was pretty short-changed and "cutesy." They could have done a lot more to that end.

IX was amazing, just amazing. I think the more cutsey/anime like character designs detracted the VII and VIII crowd, which ultimately hurt the reception of the game. Too bad.

X had an amazing, amazing storyline. Very powerful... a world being besieged by its own God, time travel, "is he a dream or isn't he"... pretty powerful story threads.

X-2 was OK, and I like the quick, convenient job swapping system and the return of the ATB system. Unfortunately, the weakest end boss in the entire FF series seriously hurts the game. A very happy ending, though.

XI I played for about 4 years straight pretty heavily, so I'm pretty qualified to speak of this game. Fun if you're in a great LS that does stuff regularly, but as a game on its own you probably just ought to stop playing after doing all the story stuff. Playing through the first time, beating the Shadow Lord definitely gave me the chills.

XII I've owned for years, but have never played too much into beyond a few hours. Not because it sucks... I dunno... it's just difficult for me to get completely engrossed into. And I've had so many other games on my plate, and not a huge inclination to play. I will, though, soon.

XIII I really dug. In many way, it's the same story as X's... the whole, Man vs. Their Own Religion. The chapter when you get to freely roam around the planet is great, but the rest of the game is definitely the most limiting exploration-wise the series has ever, ever been. For shame. Super linear. Really makes me miss the days when you can just hop in your airship and cruise around and go wherever you want.

XIV I got when it came out. *!@*ing stupid. It's just XI all over again, the exact same races to choose from and absolutely nothing new. You would think that after the better part of a decade they'd improve the character customization options, too... only barely. In fact, the game -- while very pretty -- offers even LESS than FF XI. No housing, nothing resembling an economy (no Auction House, for example), no coherent way to form or join parties (or even much incentive to), no nothing. Lame. Eventually they're putting out 2.0 of this to coincide with the PS3 release... apparently they're completely scrapping the existing engine and most things from the game and making everybody start over, but they might as well really. This game stinks.

Looking forward to XIII-2. Hopefully it improves on the things that were pretty damn limiting in the first game.

[Hermano Dyvas]

Final Fantasy VIII is one of my all-time favorite games. I really liked IX too but VIII is my absolute favorite.

[愛]

Good f*cking lord, this thread is almost 5 years old.

[Candy Kappa]

Thread necromancers have done it again :P

I like the games up to VII, hated VIII, IX was good. And X was just horrible, Tidus whining was so un-freaking-believable annoying. X-2 was a boring pile of fan-service.

And after that I stopped playing Final Fantasy

[clanmalkav]

I'm still partial to the original on NES. I haven't played any of the titles since XI though; I spent way too much time on that one.

[Andrew NDB]

So this is out already, I think. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. From all available info it looks like it's a large scale remake of the original FF I. Garland, Chaos, Light Warriors and all.

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I dunno... kinda looks like more FF XV/Kingdom Hearts type stuff. Jumping around smashing everything, etc.. That's not very Final Fantasy at all. Also, it appears to be failing: https://www.eurogamer.net/stranger-of-paradise-is-fourth-lowest-launch-for-a-final-fantasy-spin-off-in-japan

[superstaff]

I dunno... kinda looks like more FF XV/Kingdom Hearts type stuff. Jumping around smashing everything, etc.. That's not very Final Fantasy at all. Also, it appears to be failing: https://www.eurogamer.net/stranger-of-paradise-is-fourth-lowest-launch-for-a-final-fantasy-spin-off-in-japan

Yep. It's not Final Fantasy. It's Square Enix getting their grimy paws on this franchise, and running it into the ground with their masturbatory game fetishes that they litter all over the recent FFs and KH stuff.

As you can probably tell, I am not a fan of modern FF. The last great FF game was FFX. XII and XIII had interesting concepts, though were overall extremely flawed... I don't count XI and XIV as 'real' FF. FFXV was just absolute garbage, and XVI looks like a redux of that, which was super disappointing since I was hoping XVI would be a return to form............ That's what I get for being optimistic that modern developers would 'get' why people like JRPGs. This looks like more of the same, too.

Whatever. I have Three Houses, Ys IX, and Gotham Knights to finish/play...

[Leo656]

I thought a lot of people said that FFXV was a lot better with all the DLC, or otherwise the "complete" edition they released later? I confess, I don't really keep up, but I swore that I'd heard that even though it "wasn't Final Fantasy" the biggest problem with the game was that it shipped half-finished, and that people actually liked the game once they got to play it as it was intended.

I thought that's what I'd heard, but again, I really don't pay all that close attention. My wife got me the complete or "Royal" or whatever edition a while ago, I just haven't played it yet.

[superstaff]

Meh. It was half-finished (as many games are nowadays, yay...), but even with the 'completed' DLC, the game still reeks to me. It isn't Final Fantasy, to me.

[Leo656]

Understood, but as I've mentioned elsewhere I don't always get incredibly hung up on that. My only concern is whether or not a game is fun, Not whether or not it adheres to labels. But I get that varies from person to person.

[superstaff]

Understood, but as I've mentioned elsewhere I don't always get incredibly hung up on that. My only concern is whether or not a game is fun, Not whether or not it adheres to labels. But I get that varies from person to person.

I want games to be fun, too. But I also don't want them to be lazy or inconsistent or poorly done. The modern FF games tend to take themselves really seriously too...but also not (this is especially true in XV), it's really weird.

[Andrew NDB]

I thought a lot of people said that FFXV was a lot better with all the DLC, or otherwise the "complete" edition they released later?

Yeah, the latter. The release date game was missing the entire final post-apocalyptic stage/maps, I guess. Like, when you get to the end it just skips you right to the boss battle. I didn't play it on launch so I couldn't say for sure but that's what I've read.

On the surface you can kind of see they were trying to redo FF VI a little bit. The whole "World of Ruin" change halfway into the game happens here, too. But inside it's just emo crap, effeminate males, and jumping and smacking stuff. And the big stupid suicide drama. Ugh. I beat the game and didn't even want to bother playing the DLC with the individual character stuff. I was done.

[Sumac]

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is a very freeform take on the ideas from original game. Not a remake at all, for better or worse.

[Andrew NDB]

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is a very freeform take on the ideas from original game. Not a remake at all, for better or worse.

I just read a Wiki on it. Apparently it's a straight up prequel. Like, the ending really ends with where FF1 begins.

Jack arrives in the kingdom of Cornelia, intent on destroying Chaos whose darkness has begun to plague the world, and is quickly joined by two other warriors, Ash and Jed, who have a similar mission. They petition the King of Cornelia to allow them to enter the Shrine of Chaos and destroy Chaos itself. While the King and his court are skeptical of Jack, Ash and Jed being the prophesied Warriors of Light due to the fact they are a party of three instead of four and possess only black crystals, the King allows them access to the Shrine of Chaos.

Jack and his party enter the Shrine of Chaos and seemingly defeat Chaos, only to reveal that the person they fought is a young girl named Neon, who similarly possesses a black crystal like them. She explains that she had also sought out to destroy Chaos ten years ago, but realized that Chaos is simply a myth created by humans to rationalize the existence of darkness. She had originally planned to absorb all the world's darkness to become the singular entity of Chaos that could be defeated by a band of heroes, but failed. Jack is skeptical of her story, and maintains that Chaos does exist and he will find it. Neon decides to accompany Jack's party as the fourth Warrior of Light. As they return to Cornelia, they muse about how all four of them have lost their memories, and Jack reasons it's to prevent them from making personal attachments that could interfere with their duty. The King then tasks the Warriors with restoring the Crystals of Wind, Fire, Earth, and Water to save the world.

To find the crystals, the Warriors meet with Astos, the King of the Dark Elves, who points them in the direction of the Wind Crystal. While searching for the Wind Crystal, the Warriors are transported to the Flying Fortress, a space station orbiting the planet. They defeat the Fiend of Chaos guarding the Wind Crystal, Tiamat, who reverts to another defeated hero named Sophia. The Wind Crystal is restored and Sophia decides to join the Warriors. As they journey to the Earth Crystal, the Warriors begin to recover fragments of their memories as they defeat monsters and absorb the darkness mist they expel into their crystals, and remember they all come from a faraway land beyond Cornelia. They subsequently find the Earth and Fire Crystals, defeating the respective Fiends Lich and Marilith. On the way to the Water Crystal, Neon admits to the Warriors that unlike them, she was born in Cornelia and now remembers that she was given her crystal by Astos. They then proceed to defeat the Fiend Kraken and restore the Water Crystal.

With the four Crystals restored, the Warriors return to Cornelia, only to find the darkness more prevalent than before. They are welcomed coldly and accused of being servants of Chaos just as monsters and darkness-infected pirates attack. After repelling the assault, the Warriors confront Astos looking for answers. Astos explains that he is an observer left behind by the Lufenians, a highly advanced civilization capable of interdimensional travel, tasked with reporting the balance of light and darkness in Cornelia. Astos then attacks the Warriors, and upon his defeat, they begin to recover more of their memories. It is revealed that Jack and his friends are in fact Strangers, Lufenian agents tasked with traveling to Cornelia to destroy the excess darkness Lufenia disposes of there. Jack and his friends have in fact been sent to Cornelia many times before, though their memories are temporarily erased on every deployment. However, if the Strangers fail to destroy the darkness, Lufenia simply resets the world. Disgusted by Lufenia's meddling in and manipulation of Cornelia, Jack and his friends secretly plotted with Astos to find a way to break Lufenia's hold over Cornelia. Astos reveals that Lufenia fears the darkness because if it combines with human emotion, it creates chaos, which is the one force they cannot control. He also reveals that upon his death, the darkness he has stockpiled in his body will be released and cover the entire world.

Jack and his friends rush back to Cornelia, but are unable to save Princess Sarah or any of the people. As Princess Sarah dies in his arms, Jack recovers more memories and remembers that he and Princess Sarah had fallen in love with each other. Seeing their chance, Ash, Jed, Neon, and Sophia attack Jack, forcing him to kill them in self defense and absorbing their collected darkness so he can become Chaos. He then forces open a portal back to Lufenia and absorbs Darkness Manifest, truly becoming Chaos. Fearful of chaos infection, Lufenia severs their connection with Cornelia, but warn Jack that Warriors of Light will rise to resist him. This gives Jack the epiphany that he can use his power to create conditions on Cornelia that will cause true Warriors of Light native to Cornelia to rise so they will no longer have to rely on Lufenia for protection. He then finds himself transported 2000 years in Cornelia's past by Ash, Jed, Neon, and Sophia, who have become his Four Fiends. As his friends lay the groundwork to create the Warriors of Light, Jack embraces his family name Garland and waits in his throne room as the Warriors of Light arrive to challenge him.

[Andrew NDB]

And today I purchased it and played the first bits. Hm. At the moment I'm not sure I'd say it's worth the $59.99 price tag it's at at all (there is the "illusion of exploration" factor, but also FMV bits that suddenly look jarringly low-res), but it's interesting. The story is strong and I like Jack Garland (the reviewers say he's pretty toxic/annoying... but I can imagine pretty clearly who is writing those now). It's like a love letter I never knew FF 1 would ever get. And when you check the overworld map, you'll note it is IDENTICAL to the FF1 map. Every island, every landmark, desert, etc.

From what I read of that story Wiki, it'll be a crazy FF 8-style time paradox thing, but from what I gather it DOES absolutely work and synch up 100% as a straight up prequel to FF 1. Aesthetically there's just stuff you didn't really "See" in FF 1 like the look of some more modern looking buildings in towns and people dressing in T-shirts and sneakers and stuff, but there is still plenty of people with plate armor with a general medieval aesthetic beyond that. Castles look like castles, the Cornelia king looks like you'd imagine, and so on.

[Sumac]

Jack is like all stupid stereotypes about male heroes from 80s presented unironically, which would have made him pretty stupid and annoying, if it was not for the setting, where he looks like a Christmas tree at the Moon.

I am not sure, whether or not developers were intentionally going for this or they thought Jack was indeed super cool, but they ended with, well, this, so, I guess it is a net profit. It is quite sad that game won't reach cult meme status like Metal Gear Raiden, but, well, not everyone can be a saucy Jack.

[Andrew NDB]

I've been playing the FF Pixel Remaster collection on Switch. I (re)played through all of FF1 and now went through all of FF2 and beat it. What an interesting game! I can see it as a spiritual predecessor to FF IV, what with dragoon and dark knight stuff and even Mysidia and an attention to character and story for the first time, not just nameless characters. It's also pretty hardcore in that you literally kill the main bad guy about halfway through it, then you have to travel to Hell and kill him again, lol.

[Sumac]

I've been playing the FF Pixel Remaster collection on Switch. I (re)played through all of FF1 and now went through all of FF2 and beat it. What an interesting game! I can see it as a spiritual predecessor to FF IV, what with dragoon and dark knight stuff and even Mysidia and an attention to character and story for the first time, not just nameless characters. It's also pretty hardcore in that you literally kill the main bad guy about halfway through it, then you have to travel to Hell and kill him again, lol.
GBA and PSP versions add to that story: after his death Emperor was separated into two beings - one ended in Hell, another - in Heaven. So after finishing of his Hell self, you fight his Heaven version.

I think, that how it goes.

[Prowler]

I could have sworn I posted in this thread before or a very similar one, in fact.

Anyway, I've only played two FF games in my life so far: FFX and FF X-2. And I only beat the former. I got bored with X-2 after a while. I liked FFX and got its HD remaster some years ago and enjoyed playing it again.

I plan on playing VI, VII and VIII someday.

[Bahamut810]

I could have sworn I posted in this thread before or a very similar one, in fact.

Anyway, I've only played two FF games in my life so far: FFX and FF X-2. And I only beat the former. I got bored with X-2 after a while. I liked FFX and got its HD remaster some years ago and enjoyed playing it again.

I plan on playing VI, VII and VIII someday.

6 and 7 are both huge hits with the JRPG crowds in their time, and I love them. 8 is hit or miss for people, I appreciate the story but the mechanics are a double grind. Dont sleep on 9! Its awesome as well!!

[Andrew NDB]

8 is hit or miss for people, I appreciate the story but the mechanics are a double grind.

Yeah, it's like everyone is a Blue Mage (drawing spells from monsters instead of getting hit with them, basically). Sort of. Reminds me a little bit of Final Fantasy 2 in that way. It kind of tricks you, though, in FF8. You see your levels going up but your stats aren't much.

I'm onto FF3. I thought I remember it better than this but that was a little bit surprising to see the "main" continent is but a small floating island above the real world. It's interesting that neither FF1, FF2, or FF3 seem necessarily superior to one another, just incredibly different. FF1 is your pure, grind and beat the bosses odyssey. FF2 is that, too, but it's a more layered story with a LOT of character deaths. At times it's a little strained, though. Like, you lose Leon (the 4th buddy in the party) in the opening of the game... then it turns out he became a Dark Knight and budding leader within the Empire (even though the opening tells us they're all only 16 years old? eh). He is going to fight and try to kill all of his friends at the end when the only reason he doesn't is because the Emperor is still alive in Hell so he needs to kill him and everyone just kind of shrugs and becomes friends? Weird. FF3 gets things back to basics from a story perspective, though essentially with the job system it's a blend of FF1 with FF2's system... anybody can be or do anything you want, it's just within jobs now.

I know I'll have to play FF IV The After Years on the PSP version, but I think I'll play the Pixel Remaster version of IV. A real shame they didn't just include The After Years within the Pixel Remaster set.

[TMNTFanatic4Life]

I’ve only played and beaten FFVII, FFVII and FFX.

FFVII is my favorite but FFVIII is a close second for me. I beat the Level 100 Omega Weapon so there’s that lol But I I also beat Ultima Weapon a levelish 40 run. I pretty much built the strength of the team via Cards…..lots and lots of hour card playing to convert them
Ohio powerful spells and such. Got a complete set of cards too

[Sumac]

I know I'll have to play FF IV The After Years on the PSP version, but I think I'll play the Pixel Remaster version of IV. A real shame they didn't just include The After Years within the Pixel Remaster set.
I think PSP version also includes some sort of Interquel which connects FF4 and After Years.

[Andrew NDB]

I think PSP version also includes some sort of Interquel which connects FF4 and After Years.

Oh yeah! Forgot about that. Is there any significant new stuff in the PSP FF4 or the PSP After Years vs. the Wii version?

[Sumac]

Oh yeah! Forgot about that. Is there any significant new stuff in the PSP FF4 or the PSP After Years vs. the Wii version?
AFAIK, no.
Outside of some possible facelift they should be about the same.

[Andrew NDB]

AFAIK, no.
Outside of some possible facelift they should be about the same.

I was going to play the PSP FF IV because of the facelift and apparently a couple of bonus dungeons, bosses... but man, the music in the FF Pixel Remasters is pretty breathtaking by comparison. The PSP FF IV just sounds like SNES MIDI music.

[Sumac]

I was going to play the PSP FF IV because of the facelift and apparently a couple of bonus dungeons, bosses... but man, the music in the FF Pixel Remasters is pretty breathtaking by comparison. The PSP FF IV just sounds like SNES MIDI music.
Here's mod, which, supposedly, can replace PSP OST with the one from Pixel Remasters. (https://www.reddit.com/r/FinalFantasy/comments/zutoii/final_fantasy_rest_pixel_remaster_soundtrack_mod/)
Haven't tested it myself.

[Andrew NDB]

Here's mod, which, supposedly, can replace PSP OST with the one from Pixel Remasters. (https://www.reddit.com/r/FinalFantasy/comments/zutoii/final_fantasy_rest_pixel_remaster_soundtrack_mod/)
Haven't tested it myself.

I've tested it and am almost halfway through the game now!

To be clear, I've managed to patch the mod to the FF IV Complete Edition for PSP to give it the orchestral music from the FF IV Pixel Remaster version. I've got it running on my laptop and was able to hook it to my 80" TV which I can play with my PS5 controller and a 15 foot cord. Plays beautifully!

I've been on a Dragon Quest and now Final Fantasy kick for a little minute now. I did Dragon Quest I & II HD 2D Remix back-to-back (great games!) and then I'm kind of playing DQ VIII on 3DS here and there while also playing FF III Pixel Remaster and now FF IV Complete Edition (PSP). I'll probably get through about FF V Pixel Remaster by the time Dragon Quest VII Reimagined drops in February.

[sdp]

These are the FF games I've played and in the order I've played them:

VII, I NES, IX, VIII, I&II (GBA), Tactics PS1, IV GBA, VI PS1, X-2. I don't think i've played any other FF game since I was an early teen haha But I think I've played most of the great ones, the only oness I finished were I, IV and VI.

Too bad all the rereleases Squarenix does are terrible, i'd pick them up again but I like the 8 bit graphics on FF 1 and i don't know the pixel remasters look odd for the SNES games.

[ssjup81]

I’ve played some of them, but not as many as I would’ve liked. I’ve played…

Final Fantasy IV (US II)
Final Fantasy VI (US III)
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy XI
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy XIV

I missed out on XV, wasn’t too interested but it hadcrossover stuff in XIV. I did want XVI, though, but life has gotten in the way. I still haven’t fully played through the Dawntrail arc of the game, despite having had it all this time.

The reason I never played like VII, VIII, or X was because I didn’t have a PSX at the time, I had the N64, but my friend did. When I finally got a PS2, he lent me some of his PSX games. I never got around to VII, the overshadowed VIII, and the underrated IX, which I had the most interest in. It definitely didn’t disappoint. Great game. I wanted X at the time, but didn’t have the money.

[Andrew NDB]

XV was awful. A great big dumb suicide melodrama. Then XVI went the same route!

[ssjup81]

XV was awful. A great big dumb suicide melodrama. Then XVI went the same route!In all honesty, I knew nothing of XVI, just that it was online as well. Well, at least I managed to get that car mount from XV in XIV. :lol:

[Andrew NDB]

In all honesty, I knew nothing of XVI, just that it was online as well.

XVI is not online. You basically only have 1 extra party member, ever, and a dog that doesn't help much. And 90% of the game is watching long movie sequences where it occasionally asks you to mash the X or square button at the right times to advance the movies.

HORRIBLE game.

Well, at least I managed to get that car mount from XV in XIV. :lol:

What I didn't realize when I played XV is that in the endgame content you can change the car into a flying vehicle. Though I'm not entirely sure how "endgame content" even works in XV since the main character suicides at the end.

Also, the main character in XV was a character in Tekken 7. Likewise, the main character of XVI is a character in Tekken 8.

[ssjup81]

XVI is not online. You basically only have 1 extra party member, ever, and a dog that doesn't help much. And 90% of the game is watching long movie sequences where it occasionally asks you to mash the X or square button at the right times to advance the movies.

HORRIBLE game. Dang, I thought it had online elements.What I didn't realize when I played XV is that in the endgame content you can change the car into a flying vehicle. Though I'm not entirely sure how "endgame content" even works in XV since the main character suicides at the end. Well at least there’s that.:lol:Also, the main character in XV was a character in Tekken 7. Likewise, the main character of XVI is a character in Tekken 8.This I knew. I know some were complaining of the slots being occupied by FF characters that don’t fit in the Tekken universe. It’s like Ronaldo in Fatal Fury City of the Wolves. Salvatore was a weird addition but it oddly works since Salvatore is literally a character. Also, the guy who plays that Salvatore character is an actual SNK fan have been since he was a kid. Ronaldo, he doesn’t fit at all. >_<

[Mad Dog McMutt]

I own and have beaten 1-9 except for FF8. I have tried to play to the end of that game a couple of times and I just can't do it. I actually dislike everything about 8. There is nothing likeable about it except for the music. I also have a whole bunch of spin off Final Fantasy games.

[Andrew NDB]

I own and have beaten 1-9 except for FF8. I have tried to play to the end of that game a couple of times and I just can't do it. I actually dislike everything about 8. There is nothing likeable about it except for the music. I also have a whole bunch of spin off Final Fantasy games.

8 was impossible for me until I realized I was completely playing it wrong. Once I figured out you're supposed to bank items or whatever into characters and that was what made them strong (and not purely leveling) it was a breeze. The card game from 8 is way better than the one from 9, too.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

8 was impossible for me until I realized I was completely playing it wrong. Once I figured out you're supposed to bank items or whatever into characters and that was what made them strong (and not purely leveling) it was a breeze. The card game from 8 is way better than the one from 9, too.

I knew about the mechanics and I still didn't like them. My problem was getting burned out before I managed to play through it all. I thought the card game in 8 was good until they start making all of these crazy rules later on in the game.