Any Final Fantasy fans?
 

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.

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:

Haha! I have a few pictures of cid.

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

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.

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.

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!!

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.

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

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*

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

They're remaking Tactics on PSP.

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

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

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

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.

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:

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

See, I'm always right.

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.

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)

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

Final Fantasy = tripe

OH SNAP!

Not you, just one of the other thousand mouths to feed around here who might go "Why do I only see squares/qustion marks?"

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.