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Final Fantasy series going downhill.. - Page 5
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mIsUZu
New Zealand528 Posts
do us proud nony | ||
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Wolfsnare
Canada32 Posts
The battle system was good but was seriously flawed. Once you get to a high enough level you can forget about offensive magic because it's a waste of time. 1. it's very slow to use. You would cast magic while at the same time you could have hacked at the enemy twice to do more damage. and number 2. You could only use 2 spells at a time while your 3rd spell that you cast using your other character is queued to wait for those 2 to finish. That even applies to enemies as well. If they are casting magic then you have to wait longer to cast any second or third spell at the same time. The game did have interesting things such as enemies dropping loot and rare equipment like in MMO's, the loot then went to selling it for more rare items. No more random encounters. Hunting down rare monsters and marks was fun except for the 1 hour+ long fight with yiazmat. The game was easily exploitable though as you can reach level 50+ and get overpowered weapons early before you reach the first dungeon. Of course you need patience to do that. This is what kept me hooked on playing it and not the rest of the game. With that being said I don't know how any of you can judge SE for trying new things instead of beating you over the head with the same old gameplay over and over. If they give you more of the same then other people will complain of its tediousness. I'm an old school FF gamer and I've played these games since FF1, I'm glad they keep changing the experience from one game to the next. One thing I learned from all these final fantasy discussions is that everyone WILL have different opinions on every FF game. Just take it for what it is. There are 3 generations of FF games and I thought FF6, FF7 and FF10 (soundtrack was not that great as there was only a few themes that were memorable and the main theme was just used over and over with different variations) were the best of each generation and were also my favorites. FF4 and FF9 also hold a special place in my gaming heart. I agree with most of you that an epic FF game has to include great gameplay/battle system, a great storyline, a memorable soundtrack and characters that you can get attached to. Those are my personal benchmarks and in my opinion the only 2 FF games that achieved all of those were FF6 and FF7. P.S. I hope this wasn't too long to read. | ||
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
On October 05 2008 00:20 MCMcEmcee wrote: ouch, saying Xenogears > FFVII is pretty harsh, what with Xenogears being complete trash. now now, dont even go there  Xenogears beats all Final Fantasy games out of the water in terms of storyline and immersion factor. FF7 is better than it though, but not by far. | ||
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FaCE_1
Canada6183 Posts
Since some ppl post there FF top list Mine: FF6 (advance) FF7 FF4 (advance) FF12 FF2 (the japan 2) | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14900 Posts
On October 05 2008 05:47 Ozarugold wrote: I love how everyone ignores X-2, it's like it's even consider a part of the series. Lol~ I liked 4 the best, it's simplicity made me fall in love with it~ X-2 never happened, just like rocky 5 | ||
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fAnTaCy
United States893 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
So the director/writer of FFXIII is in fact the guy who did FFX-2. And the guy responsible for the battle system is the one who did the battle system for FFX (and also directed Front Mission games, among the worst TRPGs out there released by real companies). I don't think that exactly inspires confidence, but who knows. | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
the writer or FFX-2??? thats horrible | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On October 05 2008 13:27 fusionsdf wrote: oh god the writer or FFX-2??? thats horrible Wait sorry, I was unclear. The director of FFX-2, Motomu Toriyama, is supposedly both director and writer for FFXIII (and FFXII: Revenant Wings). FFX-2 writers are afaik not involved and do other things. | ||
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A3iL3r0n
United States2196 Posts
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MrHoon
10183 Posts
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[X]Ken_D
United States4650 Posts
2. FF 4 3. FF 4 4. FF 4 5. FF 4 Beaten the SNES FF4 and DS version. Still just as great as I remember them. It's fucking challenging too. On October 05 2008 15:37 MrHoon wrote: I love how people say FF7 had great storyline when it was a blatant ripoff of Phantasy Star RPG It was the only real rival to the Final Fantasy series. Phantasy Star is still unlike anything RPG I had played. Now it plays as a WOW type game which they should made a spinoff. It's sad how Phantasy Star has fallen  | ||
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
And VIII, IX and X all had great stories and game systems, dunno why so many VII and Tactics fan boys hate on them. | ||
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yubee
United States3826 Posts
On October 05 2008 02:35 tonight wrote: i hated you, currentlyI hated Tactics | ||
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TonyL2
England1953 Posts
It was good when they always made big changes each game like materia, junction, the gem stuff in 9, sphere grid and so on. But I miss the lack of overworld, so boring just teleporting via airship rather than flying around. | ||
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Krohm
Canada1857 Posts
On October 05 2008 21:28 TonyL2 wrote: Hah I like most of them but 1 wasn't so great, and 2 was just awful. 12's characters were so boring, there wasn't even a proper lead. It was good when they always made big changes each game like materia, junction, the gem stuff in 9, sphere grid and so on. But I miss the lack of overworld, so boring just teleporting via airship rather than flying around. You're right Tony, I really miss the overworld. I was greatly disappointed with FFX when I realized, no overworld in this game. | ||
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ssystem
United Kingdom337 Posts
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Epicfailguy
Norway893 Posts
My rankings: 9 7 8 10 FF9 has the best re-play value, and thats why I like it the most now. If I only had played these games once, I think I'd like FFVII the best, because of how huge the game is, and how wicked the story is. | ||
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tonight
United States11130 Posts
On October 05 2008 21:10 yubee wrote: i hated you, currently I even bought the game like 5years later thinking I would now like it because I'm "older", but no I still could only get through the game once and complained about it the whole time. It's just not my type of game. | ||
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BloodyC0bbler
Canada7876 Posts
As for people hating tactics, that i understand as tactics based games are a very very aquired taste, but the storyline of it is what makes it so epic. | ||
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