Final Fantasy Discussion Thread

[Kotowboy]

I was bored, so i took a picture of my final fantasies



Its been one hell of a ride

No X-2 

[Phoenix87x]

Yeah, there was no way that was happening. I rented it when it was first out, but it never went past the one time, lol.

[Lynxo]

So I've played about 10 hours of Final Fantasy XV and man, are there many side quests. They're not that interesting though. The main quest is not that interesting either.

But there is still a great deal of charm about it. And I kinda like the combat system. And the world in itself is gorgeous and really fun to explore! It surprised me that the game opened up right away like it did.

I'll probably not play too many of the side quests, but I will definitely finish this.

[Kotowboy]

Bro was waiting ages for FF XV and he also finished the main quest in a week or so. He said if you have 99 Phoenix Down and Potions - you basically can't lose any battle.

[Skeever]

I basically disagree with Lynxo. Main quest is great (especially if you've done your homework, watched the anime, watched Kingsglaive, etc). But do agree about side quests - they're lame, especially in a post Witcher 3 world.

[Kotowboy]

As i've said elsewhere... I don't go and watch a film to find out afterwards that some plot hole was explained in a prequel comic or novel etc...

If it's not in the FILM then it didn't happen as far as i'm concerned.

A game or film should be a stand-alone thing.

[Kotowboy]

My bro sent me FFXV for an early Christmas present. I'll play it and report back !


- Please install for half an hour

- Please update for one hour


Remember when you could just play a game immediately ?

[Phoenix87x]

My bro sent me FFXV for an early Christmas present. I'll play it and report back !


- Please install for half an hour

- Please update for one hour


Remember when you could just play a game immediately ?

I was thinking the exact same thing when I first put it in.

After waiting all day at work, then sitting in traffic and finally getting home excited to play a game, just to have to sit there for 2 hours seriously sucks.

Back in the day I put final fantasy 7 into the PS1 and I was playing with in a few mins. That's something I definitely miss about those days.

[Kotowboy]

I've got FF7 HD on my PS4. I can play it it even less time.

My bro had a PS3 and he hated it. Any time he wanted to play any game - he had to update it for an hour. Every time.

[ariich]

I've got FF7 HD on my PS4. I can play it it even less time.

My bro had a PS3 and he hated it. Any time he wanted to play any game - he had to update it for an hour. Every time.

The PS3 updates all the bloody time, it's really annoying.

Does the PS4 update less?

[Kotowboy]

Yes a lot less.

[Serah Farron]

Final Fantasy is awesome. My parents were into Final Fantasy and they played the first released games and have bought every single FF game that was made.

I wasn't introduced until Final Fantasy XIII, when my namesake Serah Farron came out and I have been playing FF since then.

It really is a brilliant game and among my favorites.

[Casino-95]

Here are some thoughts on the games I've played:

FF1 - I've beaten the PSX version three times.  Very grind heavy, and I always get lost and need to use a walkthrough.  For some reason, that never bothered me.  Maybe I'll play it again someday.

FF3 - I only beat the PSP version once.  I did have fun leveling my character's jobs, but I wasn't that invested in the story.  The final dungeon almost made me give up and makes me not want to replay it -- very long, no save points and several difficult bosses in a row.

FF4 - I only beat it once on the PSP, but I liked it.

FF6 - I gave up at the last dungeon in the PSX version.  I took a break and couldn't get back into the game, and all my characters seemed weak because I wasn't changing espers when they leveled up to get stat boosts.  I greatly preferred the first half of the game to the second.  I liked the story, though.

FF7 - I've beaten it three times, and it's a lot of fun.  My second favorite.

FF8 - I got to the final boss at level 99 or 100, couldn't beat it, realized my junctions weren't good enough and gave up.  I hated the level scaling, and I didn't like any of the ways to get stronger in this game (drawing spells, playing Triple Triad, refining items, etc.).  I'll never return to this one.

FF9 - I beat it three times.  It was the first one I played, and it's still my favorite in the series.

FF10 - Because I played the sequel first and didn't like it, I held off on this until playing the Vita version earlier this year.  I liked it quite a bit, but I don't know if I'll ever play it again.

FF10-2 - I played this on the PS2 several years ago.  I hated the story and atmosphere, and I didn't really like its open-ended structure.  Battle system was decent, though.  Aside from Mimana Iyar Chronicle, it's my least favorite RPG that I've ever finished.

FF13-2 - I only played for about seven hours, but I didn't like it at all.  I thought the battle system was too fast, and I didn't like the open-ended gameplay.  It probably didn't help that I never played FF13 and didn't know what was going on with the story.

Lightning Returns - The open-ended structure seemed cool, and I liked that I could restart with all my stats if I was too weak for the final boss or ran out of time.  I just gave up after several hours because I didn't like the battle system, unfortunately.

Dissidia - I don't like fighting games, so I never got into this and only played a little bit.

I own the PSX version of Final Fantasy Tactics, and I need to play it someday.

[Phoenix87x]

I've played them all, but I will just talk about the ones I spent significant time with:


FF VI -  My second favorite game of the whole series and truly incredible

FF VII - My first FF and also my favorite game ever made. Absolutely love it beyond words

FF VIII - Loved it at the time and still do I guess, but it goes WAY too off the rails in the 3rd act with the whole time travel, orphanage stuff

FF IX - I know people love this game and I respect that, but I don't like it. I love the steam punk, sci fi type of FF games and this game was not                     
             for me

FF X - I played the crap out of it, but in retrospect, its just ok to me. Getting rid of a flyable airship was bullshit in my opinion. I was so
             disappointed when I saw that you fast traveled by picking a location on a list.

FF XII - Seemed good, but I got bored and stopped playing it.


FF XIII- The only one I outright hate.

FF XV- The first FF that I have loved in a long ass time. It aint perfect, but its heart is in the right place and I am really enjoying it

[Kotowboy]

FF XV- The first FF that I have loved in a long ass time. It aint perfect, but its heart is in the right place and I am really enjoying it

Yeah for the most part it seems to be anti-annoying. I like driving to places just to see the scenery and the characters just chilling out.

Also love that you can return to your car and don't have to hike miles & get into scraps you don't really want.

The camera can be a bit BS when you have battles in small places. When I fought Titan I had NO IDEA what was happening.


LOVE that you can do quests on the side if you can't be bothered with the main mission.

[Kotowboy]

HAHA.

Just went into the base to get the Regalia back - then it said Ramuh wants to help. Summoned Ramuh. ENTIRE BASE OBLITERATED.

Regalia reclaimed

[Lynxo]

HAHA.

Just went into the base to get the Regalia back - then it said Ramuh wants to help. Summoned Ramuh. ENTIRE BASE OBLITERATED.

Regalia reclaimed

Just did that quest as well. I know it's Final Fantasy we're talking about here but the summons seems extra ridiculous. 

Also, since I last posted, I have gotten more invested in the main story. It does pick up.

[Kotowboy]

UGH.

Just defeated Leviathan and now everything is fucking miserable. Now I don't know If I wanna carry on playing.

I'll probably do as many side quests as I can and then just plough through the main story as quickly as possible....

[Skeever]

UGH.

Just defeated Leviathan and now everything is fucking miserable. Now I don't know If I wanna carry on playing.

I'll probably do as many side quests as I can and then just plough through the main story as quickly as possible....

It goes by pretty quickly after that, and you can always return to main story during the "linear" parts. If you are strong enough to keep going, I'd recommend just getting to Chapter 14, and then going back as you want.

Also, damn Casino-95, I'm surprised you've stuck with the series!

FF - Played on PSX, but not enough to judge
FFII - Played on PSX, but not enough to judge
FFIII - Never Played
FFIV - Played on PSX - LOVED it
FFV - Never Played
FFVI - Liked it, thought some elements were weak though. Never finished.
FFVII - My first one. Of course, I love it.
FF Tactics - One of my favorites!
FFVIII - Didn't like it on my first try. Started it again recently and am liking it more. Yet to finish.
FFIX - Really liked it, but my save got corrupted near the end. Will have to totally restart at some point.
FFX - Loved it when it came out, didn't quite hold up on the HD replay.
FFX-2 - Was enjoyable, but I never finished it.
FFXI - Never played
FFXII - Liked it, but did not complete. Came out when I was in college. Looking forward to the HD re-release.
FFXIII - Really liked it/loved it by endgame. Underrated game imo.
FFXIII-2 - Also really enjoyed this one, though I didn't finish it.
FFXIII-3 - Never played.
FFXIV - Awesome game, best MMORPG I've ever played.
World of FF - Really fun nostalgia boost. A bit grindy. Probably better as portable.
FFXV - So far, really like it!

[Lynxo]

Oh why not, I'll play too.

FF1 - Finished with a walkthrough. Solid experience for its time but way too grindy
FF2 - Never played
FF3 - Never played
FFIV - AWESOME game!
FFV - Awesome, but flawed in the story department.
FFVI - Masterpiece. Almost flawless.
FFVII - Another masterpiece, introduced me to Final Fantasy and JRPG's in general. A bit dated now, especially graphics wise. But due to nostalgia and personal reasons, this will forever be my favorite.
FFVIII - Good, even great, but nowhere near the two previous entries
FFIX - Another masterpiece. I loved the callbacks to previous games
FFX - Awesome game, with the voice overs being the only big negative.
FFXI - Never played
FFXII - Good game, but lacking in the story department. Loved the battle system though.
FFXIII - Hated it, with a burning passion. Cringe worthy character, poorly told story, overly complicated for no reason at all. The battle system might have been good, but it took way too long to get interesting and introduce the elements to it that were actually good. Never played any of its sequels.
FFXIV - Played some of it, like it. Need to play more of it
FFXV - So far, its a good entry. Hoping it to get even better soon.

[Destiny Of Chaos]

My top 3

VI - Best game ever made.
VII - Incredible
X - Awesome

[OpenYourEyes311]

Ooooooo, I wanna play!!

FFI - Grew up on this game for NES. Love it to pieces. Beaten it a handful of times on NES and PSX.

FFII - Played it briefly on PSX when it first came out, beat it on NES with an emulator and translated ROM. Leveling system is terrible, and the final castle would be WAY too hard without save-states (almost every battle is with an enemy that instantly kills). Probably my least favorite.

FFIII - Beat it recently on NES with an emulator and translated ROM. Really fun game, loved the job system and the story was pretty good. Again, the final castle is way too hard, and would probably give me fits without save-states.

FFIV - Beat this on PSX. I felt underpowered throughout most of the game as the PSX version is 'hard-type' compared to the SNES version. Got to the final boss at Lvl 70 and lasted two rounds. Had to grind to 80 in order to beat him. So that was really frustrating. Other than that, it's not a terrible game. I liked having 5 characters, even though you never get to choose them.

FFV - One of my favorites. Beat this on PSX. Great job system, really perfected what they tried to do in FF3. Yeah, the story kinda blows, but the gameplay more than makes up for it.

FFVI - Nostalgia plays a big role for with this one, but I still feel it's Top 3. Story is unreal. Gameplay is unreal (albeit, a bit easy thanks to the Esper system). Beaten it many times on SNES and PSX.

FFVII - Never got the hype for this one. And never got past the first disc until recently. First disc drags big time. Materia system is not my favorite. I will say the game picks up big time on disc two. Beat it once.

FFVIII - Beat this recently. I really enjoyed it. I loved farming all the spells so I could make my characters stronger. every time I found a new spell was like Christmas haha. Anyway, the story was a bit convoluted and kinda reminded me of Chrono Cross... it was that confusing! But probably has my favorite end boss fight and ending of all the Final Fantasies.

FFIX - Fun throwback game. Beat this on PS3 (PSX Classic). I liked how you got abilited from weapons and armor in this one. And yes, the callback to the earlier games was a lot of fun. Probably my favorite of the PSX trilogy, although it's very close with FF8.

FFX - Played/Beat the HD version on PS3. Very linear, but that's okay. Loved the fighting engine, where you had access to all your characters at any time. But, for some reason, I wasn't a huge fan of this game. Too much story? Too much fighting? I can't recall at this point. Something didn't sit well with me though. OH. And fuck Chocobo racing in this game. Just... okay?

FFXI - Never played and most likely never will. Back when this first came out I had neither a PS2 or a desire to ever play an MMO.

FFXII - Only played this briefly. Will play the HD remake when that happens.

FFXIII - Easily my favorite Final Fantasy game. First one I had played since FF7 at the time, and only third I had ever beaten (I have since gone back and played and beaten the rest of the above). It took 180 hours, but I platinum'd this game, and also both it's sequels since. Loved the fast paced fights, loved the hunts and the end of the game, loved the story, the characters, EVERYTHING.

FFXIV - Honestly, this was a great game. This is the only MMO I've ever played, and probably won't play another one unless it's FF. But it was fun while it lasted. It was cool to see the job system from FF3&5 make a return, and it was really cool how it was utilized. But once I beat the main campaign, I could fathom spending money every month for endgame content. Just not my bag. Make it free to play and I'm there all day.

FFXV - Loving it so far. Feels very fresh. Almost feel overwhelmed since I've played 18 hours or so and am still on Chapter 3, haha. I love doing side-quests. This will be fun for a long time.

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Also wanted to slip into the conversation the rumors about the 30th Anniversary next year. Apparently all these games are coming to PS4 some time in 2017:

Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary Collection (FF1-9, including official NES translations of 2&3 for the very first time, and 2 versions of each game from 1-6 - original and most recent)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Episode One)
Final Fantasy XII HD:  The Zodiac Age
Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy

All this came from a simple google search, but there's a lot of rumors, and I love every single one.

[Rattlehead]

There are still a handful that I've either never played, or only played for a few hours like IX, X, XII and XIII. This thread reminds me that I really need to go back and give some of these another shot. As of now though, my favorites are Tactics, VI, VII and XI. It's a shame that I could never really go back to XI because it's not the same game as it was 10+ years ago. It's one of my favorite game of all time and I've probably invested more time in it than any other game. I just played Tactics again on my PS Vita and was reminded why it's a top 3 game of all time for me... it still holds up surprisingly well and the soundtrack is just brilliant.

[Skeever]

FFXIII - Easily my favorite Final Fantasy game. First one I had played since FF7 at the time, and only third I had ever beaten (I have since gone back and played and beaten the rest of the above). It took 180 hours, but I platinum'd this game, and also both it's sequels since. Loved the fast paced fights, loved the hunts and the end of the game, loved the story, the characters, EVERYTHING.

FFXIV - Honestly, this was a great game. This is the only MMO I've ever played, and probably won't play another one unless it's FF. But it was fun while it lasted. It was cool to see the job system from FF3&5 make a return, and it was really cool how it was utilized. But once I beat the main campaign, I could fathom spending money every month for endgame content. Just not my bag. Make it free to play and I'm there all day.

Commenting on these two. First off, loving the XIII love. Yeah, I (like many others) abandoned it when it came out. But last year I decided to give it another earnest attempt, and it won me over. The story is a bit of a mess, and the game is too linear, but the characters, graphics, battle system, and music are all stunning. XIII has a hell of a lot of heart, and I do regret never beating XIII-2, since Serah turned out to be one of the best characters in the series.

As far as XIV being "free to play" goes, I hope not. Or make the base game up to level 50 "free", and still charge subscriptions. Or just discount the sub a little bit. Honestly, any other "free to play" game I've played is great for about a year or so, before quality goes kaput. Easier for me to justify a monthly sub than it is to spend real money gaining an upper hand in a "free" game.

[Kotowboy]

UGH.

Just defeated Leviathan and now everything is fucking miserable. Now I don't know If I wanna carry on playing.

I'll probably do as many side quests as I can and then just plough through the main story as quickly as possible....

It goes by pretty quickly after that, and you can always return to main story during the "linear" parts. If you are strong enough to keep going, I'd recommend just getting to Chapter 14, and then going back as you want.

I'll try but you know that feeling when you're enjoying something and then something just stops you dead in your tracks ? That part on the train when Gladio just yells abuse at Noctis ?

Was like a gut punch. Left me with a bad feeling the rest of the day. Coupled with the abuse he *continues* to give you and Ignis now being blind and trying to

walk around that area at night in the rain and getting lost and getting yelled at for running ahead. Oh fuck this

- Also I had absolutely no items left and that Big Plant Boss was murdering me. I sold a lot of stuff for items and im gonna do side missions for a while

Hehe - as soon as you left that continent on the boat - I knew that was the end of the side missions, driving around in Regalia and camping out.

[Skeever]

Yeah, that part was a gut punch. However, that whole section feels like it's supposed to hit you with some very concentrated emotional content. Really makes things sweeter later on 

[Kotowboy]

I was already a bit emotional after that part where Prompto confesses that he feels worthless compared to Noctis.

[Casino-95]

Also, damn Casino-95, I'm surprised you've stuck with the series!

I realize I'm hard on some of what I consider the lesser entries, but I'm a fan of the series overall.

This is roughly the order I played them in:
9 (loved)
7 (loved)
8 (absolutely hated mechanics, story was okay; got stuck at final boss)
X-2 (okay mechanics, terrible story and tone)
1 (fun)
6 (liked first half, didn't enjoy second half as much and gave up at final dungeon)
4 (really liked)
Dissidia (only a few hours; not my genre, so no hard feelings)
3 (really liked until the final dungeon, still finished)
13-2 (couldn't get into after a few hours)
13-3 (couldn't get into after a few hours)
X (really liked)

So, no more than two in a row that I didn't like.  Plus, starting with my two current favorites certainly helped.  If my first four games were 8, X-2 and the sequels to 13, I certainly wouldn't have stuck around, though.

[Kotowboy]

Holy Moly that tower where you rescue Prompto goes on a bit !

As soon as I could call Umbra I went back to Lucis for a bit..

[Skeever]

Holy Moly that tower where you rescue Prompto goes on a bit !

As soon as I could call Umbra I went back to Lucis for a bit..

Chapter 13 is pretty infamous.

[Kotowboy]

It was like the Shinra building in 7 but way way way longer

I didn't HATE it but I just wanted it to be over so I could go to bed.

As soon as it said " you can now call Umbra ". I went to a dorm and went back to Lucis immediately

- - - - -

I did all of Vyv Missions in Lestallum yesterday. If you didn't know - he has super easy missions for LOTS of EXP and Gil.

He paid so much Gil and EXP that after every mission - I went to Altissia and saved in the hotel there for 3X exp ( but 30,000 Gil ).

I went up 3 levels in one go once.

[Skeever]

The problem with Chapter 13 is that it just doesn't fit in the game.
You don't know where you are, what you're doing, how you got there. There's a lot of drama leading up to it that got pretty sidelined, so your motivation to go through this maze is already pretty low. You don't even know what the place is supposed to look like.

The beginning of Chapter 14 feels great after all the misery of 13 though.

[Ben_Jamin]

I'm only begging chapter 3 but so far it's fun. Love the graphics and the setting of the game. It's like playing a FF version of GTA, haha. I love the gameplay as its like 12 but Better. I haven't really explored much, which I should've before doing the other mission but oh well.

[Kotowboy]

My bro played it before me and said - do all the side missions as they're more fun than the story

I'm glad chapter 13 is over.

I just racked up like 20,000 EXP and so i sold some stuff to get 30,000 Gil then went to stay in Altissia because it gives you 3x EXP for $30,000

Pricey but worth it. All my player went up 3 levels in one go.

[Kotowboy]

My bro told me about a thing you can do to get massive amounts of gil and EXP.

it's not a cheat. it's an in game thing.

I went from level 50 to 70 in one day.