Author Topic: Final Fantasy Discussion Thread (Read 177306 times)

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #350 on:** January 17, 2010, 12:59:54 PM »

Man, I love the graphics of IX, but everyone loves VI.

I JUST CAN'T CHOOSE.

Gwii · « **Reply #351 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:01:05 PM »

IX gets boring as hell at around the 3rd disk.

VI is incredible the whole time, has as a great story (not to mention probably the best villain of the whole FF series).

sonatafanica · « **Reply #352 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:01:22 PM »

IX is the best game ever made. Just saying.

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #353 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:02:43 PM »

Well, I guess I'll play some VI.

glaurung · « **Reply #354 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:03:03 PM »

I wasn't really that big of a fan IX. Learning you abilities from weapons annoyed me.

VIII is the best them.

Gwii · « **Reply #355 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:04:03 PM »

Quote from: sonatafanica on January 17, 2010, 01:01:22 PM

IX is the best game ever made. Just saying.

Any game with this character in it cannot be the best anything:

Genowyn · « **Reply #356 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:06:02 PM »

Quote from: Gwii on January 17, 2010, 01:04:03 PM

Quote from: sonatafanica on January 17, 2010, 01:01:22 PM
IX is the best game ever made. Just saying.

Any game with this character in it cannot be the best anything:

It can be the best PS1 FF game.

glaurung · « **Reply #357 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:06:42 PM »

Quote from: Gwii on January 17, 2010, 01:04:03 PM

Quote from: sonatafanica on January 17, 2010, 01:01:22 PM
IX is the best game ever made. Just saying.

Any game with this character in it cannot be the best anything:
*snip*

You could say the same thing about VII:

Gwii · « **Reply #358 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:07:51 PM »

But you didn't have to use Cait Sith. IIRC, you had to actually use Quina.

sonatafanica · « **Reply #359 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:09:14 PM »

Not really, and if so, only a few times. He/she is mostly an optional character.

Gwii · « **Reply #360 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:10:34 PM »

I actually didn't like most of the characters from IX. Vivi was cool, but the rest were pretty meh. Zidane is a horrible lead character.

sonatafanica · « **Reply #361 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:12:42 PM »

Quote from: Gwii on January 17, 2010, 01:10:34 PM

Zidane is a horrible lead character.

Yeah. Strong character development is such a drag, man.

Gwii · « **Reply #362 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:13:49 PM »

Compared to earlier games in the series, hell even compared to FFX, the character development in IX sucks.

sonatafanica · « **Reply #363 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:16:26 PM »

I guess if your perception of reality is significantly altered by hallucinogenic drugs then that might be true. But to those of us living in reality land, IX had some pretty strong character development, especially in Zidane and Garnet.

Gwii · « **Reply #364 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:18:35 PM »

To those of us that have played better RPG's, we have higher standards for character development and storyline.

Genowyn · « **Reply #365 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:19:26 PM »

Neither game has phenomenal character development. That's what Lunar is for

ehra · « **Reply #366 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:20:12 PM »

Quote from: Genowyn on January 17, 2010, 01:19:26 PM

Neither game has phenomenal character development. That's what Lunar is for

o shit, son!

o/

Genowyn · « **Reply #367 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:20:48 PM »

Quote from: ehra on January 17, 2010, 01:20:12 PM

o/

*\o

sonatafanica · « **Reply #368 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:24:01 PM »

Quote from: Gwii on January 17, 2010, 01:18:35 PM

To those of us that have played better RPG's, we have higher standards for character development and storyline.

I've played metric fucktons of RPGs, so there's no way that statement was directed at me.

Quote from: Genowyn on January 17, 2010, 01:19:26 PM

Neither game has phenomenal character development. That's what Lunar is for

My copy of Lunar got destroyed by my little sister the second day I had it. $:-\$

Genowyn · « **Reply #369 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:26:15 PM »

Oh god. You need to find some way to play it.

sonatafanica · « **Reply #370 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:30:46 PM »

All I remember is that it was one of the Playstation ones. It looked like it was going to be cool while it lasted. I think I started Grandia II after it broke.

ehra · « **Reply #371 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:38:17 PM »

Funny enough, I tried out Grandia 1 and 2 but never finished them. They never clicked.

ariich · « **Reply #372 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:39:35 PM »

The character development in IX is awesome. I love VI, but it's definitely not as good or as epic as IX.

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #373 on:** January 17, 2010, 01:43:24 PM »

Quote from: Gwii on January 17, 2010, 01:13:49 PM

Compared to earlier games in the series, hell even compared to FFX, the character development in IX sucks.

Yeah. It wasn't like the character development in IX was one of the main things it was praised for or anything.

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #374 on:** January 17, 2010, 02:44:10 PM »

I'm having fun with VI so far. I did the scenario with Terra first, and I think I'm about halfway through Sabin's scenario where you get Shadow and Cyan. It's mostly satisfying. Kefka's a good villain.

Anaesthesia · « **Reply #375 on:** January 17, 2010, 03:00:03 PM »

You have to pick up Quina to progress in the story when you have to find your way to Gargan Roo through Q's marsh, and I think his / her side story is cute, too, along with Vivi's. I've never really been a huge fan of blue magic either way.

What I liked about IX was the old fashioned fairy tale story telling style, the chibi graphics and the adorable characters. If you look at a game like XII there's basically no character bonding between the characters that didn't already know eachother. By the end sure, everyone's all buddy buddy but no one seems like they're a tight-knitted group as they do in IX or even X.

Arcaeus · « **Reply #376 on:** January 17, 2010, 04:27:24 PM »

Hmm... I'm going to order the games in the series from favorite to least just for the hell of it...

1. VII (The greatest, deepest storyline of any FF, in my opinion. Not to mention the soundtrack is embedded into my brain, along with most of the dialogue.)
2. VI (Though Kefka is vastly superior to Sephiroth, and I love the characters more than VII's.)
3. IX (Played since I was ten. So much nostalgia, and great characters.)
4. V (If only for the job system. I want another FF game like this.)
5. X (Annoying lead hero and annoying lead villain, but everything else was great. And I love Blitzball.)
6. IV (Oh, Kain. How easy you are to mind control.)
7. XII (Vann and Penelo have absolutely no use to the story and Vayne is pretty generic, and though the battle system wasn't really my thing, I can't deny this is a great game.)
8. II (The first with a compelling story & characters)
9. I (The game that started it all)
10. VIII (I think if I played through again today I would enjoy it a lot more. I was spoiled with VII and IX)
11. III (I could only ever play the DS version of this. Not a bad game, but I can't rate it fairly.)

12. XI (God's bane to a world of sin)

yorost · « **Reply #377 on:** January 17, 2010, 05:06:34 PM »

Quote from: Anaesthesia on January 17, 2010, 03:00:03 PM

If you look at a game like XII there's basically no character bonding between the characters that didn't already know eachother. By the end sure, everyone's all buddy buddy but no one seems like they're a tight-knitted group as they do in IX or even X.

I'm not sure I agree with that on XII. Especially since by the end Balthier was clearly Vaan's mentor, that relationship grew tight. Fran opened up some, which from her character or species wouldn't with someone she isn't close to. Scenes where they teased Vaan and Penelo showed they were able to open up to one another.

I definitely felt like the group in XII demonstrated a tightening bond throughout the game.. Part of it might be the way a player responds to characters, if you lacked interest in the characters perhaps it just made it them feel less intimate overall.

j · « **Reply #378 on:** January 17, 2010, 10:45:47 PM »

Quote from: ariich on January 17, 2010, 01:39:35 PM

The character development in IX is awesome. I love VI, but it's definitely not as good or as epic as IX.

IX is probably my second favorite FF game; I love it. But it can't touch VI, in any category. IMO, Final Fantasy VI is the greatest video game ever conceived.

Again, it is likely that nostalgia factors in significantly to the aforementioned opinion.

-J

yorost · « **Reply #379 on:** January 20, 2010, 09:43:56 AM »

Quote from: Gwii on January 17, 2010, 01:04:03 PM

Quote from: sonatafanica on January 17, 2010, 01:01:22 PM
IX is the best game ever made. Just saying.

Any game with this character in it cannot be the best anything:

Someone else already pointed out Cait Sith, one character doesn't make a game horrible or not possibly some greatest game. I did find out why Cait Sith has a Scottish or Irish accent in Dirge of Cerberus, though. The Cait Sith is a mythical creature from there, any body actually heard of the Cait Sith prior to FFVII?

sonatafanica · « **Reply #380 on:** January 20, 2010, 09:47:27 AM »

Look about three posts down from the post you quoted.

yorost · « **Reply #381 on:** January 20, 2010, 09:49:41 AM »

Already did, I was in the process of editing.

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #382 on:** January 20, 2010, 10:33:37 AM »

The mythical creature is called "cat sith" not "cait sith" but yes.

Arcaeus · « **Reply #383 on:** January 20, 2010, 06:25:48 PM »

Finally got FFVII downloaded on my PS3, but my PSP memory card isn't big enough to support it. Oh well. When are we playing together?

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #384 on:** January 20, 2010, 07:30:21 PM »

When we have more people and we get suggestions on where to separate the weeks.

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