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.

[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]

Originally Posted by 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*

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.