30cd3e No.15651547
If could sum up my experience with the Final Fantasy series, it's this: "non-committal". I never stuck by one entry long enough to see its end credits.
>FF1
Played it a little. Stopped after I saved the first princess. Grinding a lot for a barebones story got tiring fast.
>FF4 & FF4 DS
Played them a little. Stopped after beating the mist dragon. Can't remember why though. I think I got sidetracked with high school assignments back then.
>FF6
Played it until halfway. Then got stuck because I saved at a wrong place. Although uncompleted, it's become my overall favorite FF now.
>FF12
Played it a little. Far enough to recruit the playboy and bunny girl. Then the disc got scratched. Still my 2nd favorite though.
It's been a decade since I played any mainline FF game. I felt that, for now, it's the perfect time to get back into the series and play them until the very end. Starting with FF6, then FF12, then FF4. After that, I dunno which I'll go for next. FF15 looks interesting, I suppose.
How about you, anons? How's your experience been with the fifteen main FF games? Any favorites? Any bad ones you hate? I'll probably skip playing FF11 and FF14 myself because I'm not committed enough to be an mmo guy.
6e65a7 No.15651565
11 was/is the best in the series, nothing can change this.
1598cf No.15651571
I actually really like FF1. It's so basic but sometimes that's just what I'm in the mood for.
cd1b97 No.15651601
>>15651547
>Played it a little. Stopped after I saved the first princess. Grinding a lot for a barebones story got tiring fast.
so at most you played for 30 minutes?
>grinding
Garland is easily killed at level 2
30cd3e No.15651616
>>15651601
After you cross the bridge, to be specific. I think I got to some sea port or something. It's been ages since I played it, so I dunno.
I know I shouldn't have expected an NES game to tell a deeply compelling plot, but the hours of grindy gameplay for a barebones story to unfold…. it just didn't sit well with my impatient teenaged self.
Maybe I could give FF1 another shot, now that I'm older and more patient. Who knows.
b39c56 No.15651652
Can anyone tell me why ffta2 is such a trainwreck on quite a few levels compared to ffta or fft.
6e59b1 No.15651653
>>15651547
>makes a thread about games that he never even played fully
Typical /v/ faggotry. Fuck outta here.
ebb333 No.15651683
I've started to play FFII with the Chaos Rush translation hack. One thing I've found a bit worrisome is that it's really difficult to tell if there's any difference at all between the damage my Fire 3 spells do depending on whether or not I have a weapon and shield equipped. I'm still very early in the game and only have about 20 INT on Maria so perhaps the difference shouldn't be huge but does anyone know if the hack screws up these penalties? I haven't gone a thoroughly tested it or anything, just concerned/paranoid. Related, I thought something was really screwed up because Maria would nearly always go after Frionel and Guy even though she has the highest agility, but it turns out turn order is based on evasion, not agility, and those two have much better shields.
cd1b97 No.15651685
>>15651616
Try the ps1, gba, or psp version
They fix (in some cases optionally if you like it) the bullshit where if your character's target dies they attack the empty slot instead of switching targets
FF2 is where the series got a handle on storytelling, with a forward-moving plotline instead of towns of people just waiting for you to do your thing
PSP version a best–it has an extra chapter where the party character's who died team up to fight their way out of hell
cecf2f No.15651693
>>15651652
Not sure why, but it's annoying. White mages got nerfed into oblivion (no mitigation, only healbot + condition removal), kept the shitty race-based class restrictions that no one wanted, and the story in FFTA2 was just terrible.
FFTA, while it had flaws too, had a pretty nice story. Not as good as WotL necessarily, but still nice. FFTA2's was just bland and uninspiring.
4dc51a No.15651694
I was laying in bed last night and thought to myself that FF8 is basically a walking simulator. I mean, all the games in the series and by extensions RPGs in general are too.
Don't get me wrong, I grew up with them, and FF8 in particular is actually my favorite. But if you strip away the random encounters and boss fights you basically have … nothing. You can walk around, talk to characters, and in most cases, there is no lose state.
ebb333 No.15651698
>>15651685
No, NES/Famicom is the best version of FFI. Missing an attack if you target a dead is fine and adds an extra layer of complexity to the combat, people just complain because they're not used to it. The mechanics of the original games are very good but the gba remake and after seriously dumbs the game down to the point where it's pretty much braindead. PS1 is respectable as long as you play on normal mode and turn redirecting/life and stone in battle off, but still easier. The new graphics are mostly nice, but the advanced classes don't look nearly as distinct as in the NES version and some of them look a lot worse and more generic (Knight, WW, and BW). The Sky Castle is way less atmospheric in appearance and Tiamat is apparently now a big fan of carnival music.
f35e3f No.15651700
>>15651694
>If you take away battles from an RPG it becomes a walking simulator
No fucking shit anon. You discovered that by yourself?
b39c56 No.15651701
>>15651693
Agreed I think it was the shitty watering down of core classes into useless ones..green mage wtf were they smoking. ffta while it had its flaws It felt complete ffta2 feels like alot of shit was incomplete and they just said %@% it and released it anyways.
4dc51a No.15651703
>>15651700
>If you take away the gameplay you have a game with no gameplay
I know I know, it's a stupid train of thought, but I never really analyzed it deeply or gave it much consideration until now, y'know?
f35e3f No.15651715
>>15651703
It just sounded really silly since it's not a deep realization or anything, but I won't bully you further
>>15651698
How does the PSP version fare in your opinion, in regards to difficulty?
f0955d No.15651723
>>15651616
If you pick a party of warriors/monks/maybe a red mage you can walk straight through the game with the only grind being like a half hour at the Peninsula of Power and beat the final boss at level 25. It's hell of a lot better than Dragon Quest in terms of grind.
ebb333 No.15651731
>>15651715
The GBA remake and anything made after that are very easy, which includes the PSP version. You level much more quickly so you're generally overpowered for everything, revival can be done in battle, there's items in the game that just shouldn't be there like phoenix downs, and you can save everywhere. It's much easier than the original versions where death is pretty much an inevitably and you have to be able to deal with it.
ebb333 No.15651757
>>15651723
Most of the grinding actually takes place early, so that's probably part of what gets people annoyed with it, especially if they decide they need everything you can buy in Elfland before heading off to Marsh Cave. After that you shouldn't have to grind too much unless you chose a crappy party. Black Belt really isn't worth it if you're trying to beat the game with minimal grinding. He needs to get close to 30 to surpass the Fighter in damage, and that would still only be during the very end game.
f35e3f No.15651761
>>15651731
I see. I've actually only played the gba version to the end, and boy was it easy. I remember trying out the psp one at some point but stopped to do something else. I'm a faggot about NES jrgps' clunkiness in general so I try to play the remakes that aren't (too) dumbed down, seems in this case it would be the PS1 one
47e033 No.15651766
== FINAL FANTASY IS ALL THAT I PLAY, ALL OTHER GAMES ARE GAY ==
Remember when you could say something like that without SJWs sperging out?
0500ef No.15651778
>>15651547
>FF1
I finished the GBA version, maybe you could try it out if you're looking for something more modern. It has an insanely high random battle frequency though.
>FFIV
Don't play easy type, make sure you get the Jap fan translation of the original and you're good. You can try the After Years, but I have nothing to say about it, I never touched it.
>FFVI
It's the easiest game to complete, in my opinion. Just grind Magi Tower until everyone gets enough points to acquire all the spells from all the Espers. Kefka can't stand up against a full party that can spam Ultima.
>FFXII
Never played it, it's supposed to be better than X and X-2.
f0955d No.15651802
>>15651757
Oh yeah, Marsh Cave. You'd probably need to kill giants for a bit until your party is tough enough to kill/run away from everything. The plus side with the Black Belt is that he doesn't use weapons or armor so you can spend the savings decking out the others. I don't remember if money is actually an issue in the later half though.
a4fc96 No.15652062
>>15651778
FF12 is a love it or hate it type of entry, it had a lot of influence from FFXI, hence why it plays fast and loose with user input like gambits automating most things.
My opinion is that its an exceptional game, however i also think FFXI is the greatest MMO ever made as well, so I'm hard biased here. Ultimately its the type of game someone has to play to get a real idea of where they stand with it.
dde6be No.15652089
>couldn't even invest more than five minutes in FF1
f142a7 No.15652133
of the first 6, ff2 (origins version) might actually be my favorite despite the fact that it's, as a game, a pile of shit and completely broken. I think it's because it's so easy, had average to above average music and had an enjoyable setting and theme. 1 and 3 I found garbage because it was so fucking boring there wasn't any incentive to refrain from grind/overlevel instead of beating it the correct way, 3 especially with the final dungeon 2-3 hours long without saves. the others and also 1 were simply boring shit with uninteresting characters and shit story (yeah 6 has a lot more story compared to earlier installments and it happens to suck)
ebb333 No.15652615
>>15651761
>>15651731
>>15651715
I screwed up here and forgot to mention one of the bigger differences between the versions. In the original and PS1 versions the game uses a spell charge system to limit the amount of magic you can use. Each tier has a certain amount of charges you can use on the spells in that tier you've learned. It's relatively unique and generally more limiting in an interesting way since it makes you want to save for your spells for the best places. GBA and after use a regular MP system so the tiers don't have as much meaning.
>>15651802
I'm pretty sure you're thinking Earth Cave instead of Marsh Cave since you wouldn't naturally find Giants before Marsh Cave, but Earth Cave has a big section with a ton back to back of Giant trap tiles on the first floor. You could still do with some grinding before Earth Cave, but since you have to go through it twice and the first boss isn't too hard that should make it a bit more smooth as long as you have a good plan for Lich. I think Black Belt's money savings is overstated. Fighter has to buy a short sword, some iron armor, and some cheap helmets, gloves, and shields in the first half of the game. Maybe a Silver Sword too if you really want the upgrade before Lich, but you can get by with just the magic swords until the Ice/Flame swords in Volcano/Ice Cave/Castle of Ordeals. You end up finding a lot of that gear too, with a free short sword and iron armor available in Marsh Cave and a bunch of silver helmets/shields/gloves lying around. Considering that the Black Belt doesn't do nearly as much damage, has less health, and takes a lot more damage than the Fighter in this portion of the game I think the extra money you have to spend is worth it. Black Belt could probably do with a Silver Bracelet before Lich anyway which is pretty expensive, though you could get away without one if you grind enough. And in the second half of the game the Knight doesn't have to buy any gear besides a ProRing if you don't want to wait for the late chests, all the really good armor and weapons are found in chests for free. Black Belt has to pay for a very expensive 50,000 Gold Bracelet which is pretty much mandatory.
e34e13 No.15653002
First time through the Underground Waterway in FFIV(((II))) stuck with me long after the game is long exhausted. That comfy music and seeing the deep rivers scroll by in the background made it seem like there was a lot of secret stuff down there waiting to be found. Plus I had just read the hobbit for the first time.
Simple now but seemed mind blowing compared to the NES/GB
031fe6 No.15653068
>>15651683
Playing through FF8 at the moment and I've got 50 hours so far. The worlds brilliant, the styles amazing and yet the draw system is so broken. I don't mind a bit of grinding but having so many GFs breaks the game when you only have 3 party members. You just stack them up and then transfer everything between the 3 members you're using.
It's a shame it won't get any more development of it's world. It's arguably the best looking world of any FF game.
221667 No.15653295
I've only played 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13.
Out of those, I only beat 6, 7, 8, and 10. Didn't make it very far into 1, because I immediately recognized how shit it was compared to Phantasy Star 1. Got to the final disk of FF9 before it stopped reading. The disk looked immaculate, and my PS didn't have problems running any other games. Always meant to get back to it, but so far haven't. 11 I only made it to about the mid-game before canceling my sub. It was just a stop-gap between PSO and PSU anyhow.
I haven't bought a FF game since 11, and played and beat 13 on a rental. That's when I gave up on the series. Never played any of the main-series sequels, except for Crisis Core, which I pirated and beat. Other than that, I played some FFTA but never beat it. Some FF Adventure, but also never beat it. Downloading Chocobo's Magical Dungeon 2 now. Might give Crystal Chronicles for the NGC a try as well. I know a place I can get it cheap, and I still have my old GBA and the Link cable (which I only got to play NiGHTS GBA that was a download from PSO Ep I & II).
5b4e0e No.15653424
>I
Got halfway through, quit.
>II
Played the intro, quit.
>IV
Maybe got 1/4 of it done.
>VI
Around a half of it, probably 3/5ths.
>VII
Maybe 3/4?
>VIII
About 4/5ths.
>IX
The only one that I actually finished.
>X
Got to the final boss and quit, never regretted it, didn't even look the ending up on jewtube.
>XII
Finished the first 2-3 dungeons and quit, but I plan on trying it again, I don't think I gave it a fair chance.
I don't normally drop games like this, but FF is a very special series in the sense that the games usually have a good start, decent middle, but turn into a slog by the end.
I can't fucking stand YET ANOTHER random encounter which just prolongs the time it takes to beat it unnecessarily or even reach a boss.
In fact, fuck the random encounter mechanic, it is one of the worst things that I have ever seen implemented in video games.
If I feel like taking a fight, I will, if I don't, I won't. If this means that I am underlevelled for a boss fight because I skipped all the grinding, fine, I'll make do with items.
b6e7a6 No.15653439
>>15653424
>Only finished the best one
/thread
4b3512 No.15653440
>>15653424
Try one of the mods for ff6 it changes up the mechanics and makes people into more classes instead of a magic free for all Makes it alot funner…in my opinion
e2d08f No.15653451
I quit Final Fantasy VII the 3/4th way through right around the part where it forced me to play with certain party members I never bothered using or leveling throughout the rest of the game, let alone get them good gear, making the ensuing encounters a complete pain in the ass. Fuck any RPG which gives you more party members than you can assign as active, and then forces you to play with certain ones at a point in the game where they're bound to be underleveled. Make it fucking clear I'm supposed to level my party in a balanced way before you pull this kind of shit.
a8b17a No.15653462
>>15653451
They auto level, should be enough to get farther provided you get decent equipment.
8e0304 No.15653573
>>15653451
7 is braindead easy for elementary kids, what the hell is wrong with you?
4342b5 No.15653787
isn't ff basically just rpg maker tier for the first like 8 iterations?
279e90 No.15653791
>>15651547
>FF1
Great aesthetics but actually a shit NES JPRG, you should play Dragon Warrior instead. The remake on GBA is worthwhile.
>FF2
shit game, but the dialogue options was a cool idea
>FF3
Introduces Job system with is a cool idea but never really played it fully
>FF4
Not bad. This game is when Final Fantasy actually got its act together but the U.S. version is for casuals, play a Japanese translation.
>FF4 The after years
Never played it.
>FF5
In terms of combat and gameplay, this is the best game in the series.
>FF6
Not a bad combat system but a step-down form 5. However, In terms of storytelling, this is the best game in the series and all-around best overall package. Although some of the tropes introduced in this game might seem a bit cliche now only because every single JRPG tried to copy FF6.
>FF7
Is a is just a watered down 3D reimagined version of FF6 with FMV's. Not a bad game in and of itself but it was the high water mark that denoted was when Square started to cater to a "Broader demographic" and started to invest RND into graphics as opposed to focusing on making good games. We will call these cancerous nuFans the FMV loving proto-tumblr fans. These people who are most likely Emo Furfags who like to Cosplay as Cloud.
>FF8
It had nice graphics for PS1.
>FF9
A game that nobody played because it was released so close to the end of the PS1 lifespan that people were already playing PS2 games before they even knew it existed. It has some charm because it tries to honor the classic FF games but ultimately isn't that good and is overrated by hipsters because its a game that is lesser known due to its release window being so close to the release of PS2.
>FF10
First genuinely awful Final Fantasy game. As bad as any of the prior game where this game took the cake as being streamlined cinematic trash. This is the game that the FMV loving proto-tumblr fans love most in the entire series.
>FF10 - 2
FF10 with the job system form FF3 & 5. (a step in the right direction)
>FF11
a mmo meme. I don't even think anyone played it.
>FF12
Instead of going back to the SNES formula 12 was an attempt to salvage FF by doing something experimental. Not really that bad, but also not what was traditionally considered FF and it's not what the FMV loving proto-tumblr fans wanted either.
>FF13
>FF13-2
>FF13-3
this is the culmination of all FMV loving proto-tumblr fans dreams rolled into three meme games.
>FF14
a mmo meme that people play.
>FF15
a game that had alot of potential because its component parts were better then every game in the last ten years but form some unknown reason decided to gut the combat system entirely.
26189b No.15653936
>People playing easymode FF1
Never play any FF1 past origins.
The only place you might want to grind is around elfland, and that's only cause the marsh cave is a bitch (especially if you don't know where you're going). Otherwise grinding is actually harmful to you, you want to get your class change at as low of a level as possible to be OPTIMAL.
279e90 No.15653944
>>15653936
now you are just being retarded.
e8a8b1 No.15653984
>>15653936
This, on the NES original, the WSC and PS1 versions of I are worth playing. Every I remake after the PS1 version completely changes the mechanics.
b6e7a6 No.15654003
>>15653791
>FF9 overrated by hipsters
Suck start a shotgun. I've played every final fantasy, only finished 1,2,3,9, and 10. The only Final Fantasy game overrated by hipster's is 7. That game is fucking gutter trash that is only famous because every shit game journalist tells all the sheep that it is.
ebb333 No.15654030
>>15653936
I agree on the versions. But you're not really right about getting class change as soon as possible. It's certainly nice and will speed up the game, but you're not hurting yourself if you get it later. Ninja and Knight are pretty much guaranteed to get all of their spell charges and class changing early is actually really bad for the Master's M. Def. All the other classes benefit greatly from class change, but can't miss out on anything by changing too early or too late.
6e81b0 No.15654073
>>15653791
>this entire post
I guess it isn't a true FF thread without a ton of shitty opinions.
26189b No.15654076
>>15654030
I usually rush the Ice cave as soon as I can get the canoe so I have those spell charges as soon as possible, and very rarely use black belt/master anyway. So yeah, it's not a massive deal or anything, but any time spent grinding in FF1 is usually much better spent making forays into the next dungeon to discover the proper progress route. You'll get xp/money on the way and have a good idea for when you make the real attempt.
I suppose people consider having to make multiple dungeon runs when you make wrong turns or run out of resources 'grinding' nowadays anyway though.
a4fc96 No.15654106
>>15653791
>no one played FFXI
>before the WoW themepark meme it was one of the highest played MMOs
Guess you were born after 2005
a8b17a No.15654108
>>15654003
>7
>overrated
You mean 6? Because the only thing people say about 7 is it's overrated, which is itself a contemporary critique based on a 15 year old stereotype of its fanbase and says nothing about the quality of the game. 6 is the only outright shit FF that has a dedicated following that is both insecure over later games and treating a plainly mediocre game witg reverence.
53d527 No.15654114
>>15654108
Finally someone who agrees with me. 6 is fucking boring as shit, I'll never understand the constant dicksucking for that game.
121fdc No.15654157
>>15651547
Beat 1 back in highschool because my dad played it a loy
Beat 2 because I had an autistic mission to finish all the ones in the main series
Made it to the end of 3 and stopped playing because I hated the game
Beat 4 and 6 when I found my dad's old super Nintendo and games when I was 13
Beat 5 shortly after those on an emu
Beat 7 in grade 4 when my friend sold it to me
Beat 8 in grade 3. Dad saw it at the store and thought I might enjoy the series
Beat 9 around grade 5,had to save up my paper route money
Beat 10 right after it came out
Played a bit of 11 and 14 because lolmmo
Bought 12 the day the Wii came out because Wii's had sold out. Finished it a couple months later
Beat 13 despite not liking it because of how much I spent. Got 13-2 because it was 20 bucks and it wasn't to bad. Didn't bother finishing 13-3.
I finished 15 for the same reason as 13 but holy fuck do I hate that game with a burning passion.
b6e7a6 No.15654253
>>15654157
>Only one he hasn't beat is 3
Anon, you gotta go back and beat 3 now.
221667 No.15654319
>>15654108
The only reason why anybody remembers FF6 at all is because of the Opera House scene. Or the opening intro movie, since it was kind of slick for an SNES game and 80% of the players never made it past that.
b48196 No.15654433
>>15654108
>>15654114
>>15654319
>VI is bad VII is great
found the VII babies.
1490e5 No.15654469
>>15654433
VI is a bad game. V is far superior to VI. People who like VI are VI babies who played it as Final Fantasy III.
ff5c24 No.15654951
Story:
>Best
FF X
>Wrost
FF I/ FF II
>Overrated
FFVII
>Underrated
FFVIII
Gameplay:
>Best
FFVII
>Wrost
FFVIII
>Overrated
?
>Underrated
FFVI
Atmosphere
>Best
FFVI
>Wrost
FFVIII
>Underrated
FFIX
>Overrated
FFVII
b6e7a6 No.15655112
>>15654951
>Makes a list backwards
Fuck you. I agree though.
708fb6 No.15655133
>>15654433
VI is pretty terrible. The god awful opera scene is embarrassing, none of the towns are unique, interesting, or have any meaningful purpose in the world. They all look the same and exist solely as a pit stop for the player. None of the characters are very interesting and the story is directionless. An incidental hero makes sense, someone who found themselves in the position to make things right but an incidental villain? Kefka was a mistake. There is no defending 6. 6ipsters have no ground to stand on.
ef756e No.15655142
>Play tons of old JRPGs
>Most of them are at the very least fun or ok
>Play FFI to FFVI for the first time
>Find all of them to be terrible
No offense but it's like Square was latte to a lot of things. Also the plot of all of them (which is supposed to be their main appeal… with a few exceptions) are bad. I don't see what people see on FFVI's plot, for example. Also terra is not the main character.
708fb6 No.15655149
>>15655142
>Also terra is not the main character.
6 is pretty unliked in Japan because the combat system is trash and so is the story. You stopped before the games got good.
f80afc No.15655165
>>15655142
Which JRPGs are you comparing FF1 to?
279e90 No.15655174
>>15654106
>if you don't like shitty MMO's then you are underage
I'm 37
>>15654073
spotted the FMV proto-tumblr fan.
788808 No.15655210
>>15655174
You didn't say that. You said that "no one played it" which is demonstrably false even by today's standards since they have enough people playing to keep charging a subscription and making new content.
If you just wanted to say it's shit from the beginning then just say it you fucking idiot.
121fdc No.15655211
>>15654253
Part of me wants to but I really really hated that game.
ef756e No.15655219
>>15655165
Dragon Quest, SMT, Mother among others.
f80afc No.15655296
>>15655219
Of those examples only Dragon quest preceded FF1. It shouldn't come as a surprise that it feels dated in comparison to games that came after it.
000000 No.15655313
>>15651571
This anon is right. Back when FF was always stock characters Fighter, Black Mage, etc before it got invaded by emofags and really took off with FFVII was the best.
708fb6 No.15655316
>>15655313
found the shit eater, go suck wizardry cock
bbc386 No.15655480
>>15653295
>Phantasy Star
Completely off topic for the thread, but apparently PSIV got a "relocalization" patch recently. I certainly approve of trying to correct translation issues where needed, but the guy that made it is apparently a huge WDfag, which makes me wonder if it can even be trusted that he didn't shit stuff up more often than fixing it.
>>15653424
>I can't fucking stand YET ANOTHER random encounter which just prolongs the time it takes to beat it unnecessarily or even reach a boss.
>In fact, fuck the random encounter mechanic, it is one of the worst things that I have ever seen implemented in video games.
>If I feel like taking a fight, I will, if I don't, I won't. If this means that I am underlevelled for a boss fight because I skipped all the grinding, fine, I'll make do with items.
It's a shame that more games of the sort don't utilize something like the encounter skip mechanic certain Wild Arms games allowed (2,3 and ACF), which admittedly saw the mechanic get more nuanced and balanced after the first appearance.
Either that, or the encounter rate ought to be properly balanced. Looking at classic era Tales, Phantasia SFC had a notably obnoxious encounter rate, so much so that when it was remade for the Playstation, the rate was toned down, almost too much so, to the point you might actually have to go hunting for enemies to fight at times. Eternia learned from both had a very nice middle ground for such in my opinion, whilst still letting the player further manipulate it through dark and holy bottles. Though, I do still prefer the way most of the main games after it, 3D console ones anyhow (being the bulk of what exists in English), have on-screen encounters to let you pick your fights a bit better, and Tales having real time action combat, getting in fights is more of a draw anyhow.
30cd3e No.15658628
>>15655149
>6 is pretty unliked in Japan
Japan is different to us in a lot of ways. I hear that while FF7 was a big deal in America, the big deal in Japan was FF4. Which explains all the FF4 remakes and rereleases and After Years.
678845 No.15661020
FFIX and FFVI are completely overrated.
a4fc96 No.15661024
>>15658628
FF4 was a big deal in general to JRPGs, for its time it was one of the best if not the greatest jrpg ever made next to DQ3. For the things that DQ3 did for jrpgs in terms of mechanics and the like FF4 did for story and character development
4f9c02 No.15661297
>>15651571
this tbh, especially doing a solo min level rdm run to jewsploit your party into being as op as possible
5abfcb No.15661327
>>15651547
well tactics is objectively the best one, followed by 8, then six, then gba tactics games. the rest are literally unplayable to someone who has played any other rpg.
65bc94 No.15661357
>>15661020
I used to like IX then I found out that its that fat fuck Jim Sterling's favourite game. It's got the mark of fucking Cain now.
23dc20 No.15661376
The main problem with final fantasy is that square often sacrificed gameplay to spend more time on more "sophisticated" (on-rails) story scenarios, art and music. I love final fantasy VI but I can't play it these days without a fanmade patch. Not after having also experienced the likes of smt and phantasy star IV.
e8a8b1 No.15661475
I can't deal with IX's loading times for random battles; in FFX it takes 3 and a half seconds to go from triggering a random battle to being able to input commands, in the PAL version of IX it was 17 seconds.
a4fc96 No.15661550
>>15661327
>tactics and 8 are the best final fantasies
A man of culture, you literally cannot name 2 more replayable FF games than those. Don't get all the hate for 8 honestly, shitty story maybe but incredible gameplay
a4fc96 No.15661558
>>15661376
Phantasy Star IV is on par with chrono trigger for the best jrpg of its era imo, it doesn't get talked about as much but it was incredible.
a88cd1 No.15663760
>>15651547
I liked a handful of the old ones for various reasons: III had a cool job system, and some elements like the magic system reminded me of D&D; VI was just all around amazing–writing, music, boss fights, and visuals were all just on point, and in fact it may be my favorite.
However, when I think of FF now, I consider myself a fan of the new stuff more so than the old. I like Fabula Nova Chrystalis and whatever you want to call the XII/XIV/Vagrant Story universe, and think that the whole shared mythos thing is a cool idea. I never liked an MMO before but played XIV for a year when Stormblood came out and had a great time, doing all the challenges and max-leveling the classes. I'll pick it up again, even, when the next expansion gets announced. Not only does XIV have possibly my favorite soundtrack in the entire franchise, but also some minor "bests", like best Shiva, best Biggs & Wedge, a sick Omega/Shinryu fight. probably one of the best Empires as well.
5e6b51 No.15663791
>asshole skipped 7
Dude you're stupid.
121691 No.15663818
To me, FF9 was the best one. It took the usual "underdog" class, the thief, and made it the protagonist. In general it took established elements and character arctypes of the series and put them on their head. At the same time it was a love letter to the existing final fantasy games, it embraced its origins while being original. This game was meant to close off the chapter of the "classic" final fantasy games with one last firework that also marks a new beginning as FF wanted to reinvent itself afterwards.
d4ae8c No.15663823
>>15658628
I played the ff4 PSP remake and enjoyed it, it was a bit outdated gameplay wise and a bit grindy but with the new graphics and some gameplay changes too I think it held up pretty well. If I had played it growing up I probably would have loved it.
d4ae8c No.15663836
>>15663818
I really loved ff9 up until Disc 3. I didn't like how the game became dungeon after dungeon after dungeon at that point. I enjoyed the system of spending an hour or so exploring a village, 15 minutes the world map then a half an hour or so dungeon. That sort of narrative path got ruined in disc 3, yeah the word opened up but it just felt like a grindfest with minor story dumps at the end of the dungeon.
21d258 No.15663996
>1
I hate having to make commitments. I go in with a conservative team of one fighter, one thief, one white mage, and one red mage and, 1/4 of the way through, I wish I made a lopsided team of two black mages, one black belt, and one fighter.
>2
This game's a real ball crusher and there's not enough porn of leila.
>3
I like how your party is made up of four kids that start the game off bickering with each other but I don't like needing points to change classes.
>4
being able to have up to 5 characters at a time is cumbersome.
>5
Now this is where it's at. It's got lots of different classes to freely choose between and they can hybridize with each other so a samurai can use black magic.
>6
Beautiful art style but the gameplay is really bloated when you have so many characters with so many gimmicks and plain old normal attacking will do you just fine.
>7
This game has the best character. There's something inherently cool about a guy who leaves his AK-47 at home, opting to poke monsters to death with a spear.
>8
I haven't played this in a long time. Not since I saw SpoonyOne's review on it.
>9
I never played it.
>10
This entry has the best gameplay. Every character has a role and every enemy requires a different strategy to take on.
>11
I could never afford an MMO subscription.
>12
I couldn't stand it. They got rid of turn-based combat in favor of whatever this shit was. At this point, I stopped caring about future entries.
5e6b51 No.15664433
>>15663996
Why did he have all those guns in his house?
Were they actually Shera's?
9a2f1c No.15664552
>>15661357
That sack of shit flip flops so much he's probably changed his favorite game 20 times since then.