Games The Final Fantasy Thread!

[riki]

Thanks for the heads-up! Too bad we probably won't get the Ultimate Pack. That reminds me... I still need to finish playing the DS version of FFIV.

 

[Gintara]

No problem! Too bad Europe gets all the limited editions and NA doesn't. Well that ultimate edition's from the JP version. ^^'

I only played FFIV once and that was on my computer (also VI). I don't have a DS so I was able to play the remake.

 

[ibra87]

Talking about Final Fantay IV, has anyone tried the after years? I hope they make it a bit more chronical and not just give you the choice of which story to play like they've done with the Wii ware version. You know, make it more Final fantasy like.
It was awesome playing with Palom again, a shame his story is very short =/


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Damn, the FF4 + after years remake for the PSP looks so beautiful.

They should hurry and make one of FF6, that ought to make me replay it for the 1001th time

 

[cracker]

Best thread I've encountered so far. I'm a huge FF fan...played the entire main series and most of the spin offs (definately all the good ones).

FF 6 is my personal favourite. That game is so great on so many levels.

 

[ibra87]

Best thread I've encountered so far. I'm a huge FF fan...played the entire main series and most of the spin offs (definately all the good ones).

FF 6 is my personal favourite. That game is so great on so many levels.

Indeed. Which makes it that much more painful that no remake of it in any way has been announced....

 

[Gintara]

FFIV:CC is coming out next week here! I might have to wait for this one since I'm low on money atm. -_-

As for VI, it's probably my favorite one too. ^^

 

[goldb]

Have they actually ruled out remaking the older versions? cos I REALLY wanna see FFVII remake

 

[ibra87]

FFVII remake was ruled out yes. Not the 2d ones that can still be made into cheap 3d for the DS/PSP.

 

[goldb]

Oh the endless tears!!!

 

[juUnior]

FF 6 is my personal favourite. That game is so great on so many levels.

Thats right - the best of the best of all time of the best of the best <3<3<3 FF6 rlz forever <3<3<3

 

[Gintara]

VI's been confirmed for a release on the Virtual Console and PSN.

Now PSN basically has I,II, IV-IX. Wonder if we'll eventually see the PS2 titles...? If the NGP can play PS2 titles, that is.

 

[cracker]

Thats right - the best of the best of all time of the best of the best <3<3<3 FF6 rlz forever <3<3<3

My friends say I'm bias towards it, meh, screw that. Its a great game.
It was good without being something that they were trying way too hard to make perfect (FF7)

Great story, memorable characters, great battle system...not to mention the first FF game with the lead role given to chick...man I could go on but the post would be way too long lol

 

[riki]

The official site for Type-0 is now open.

 

[Gintara]

Can't wait for future updates; it looks very promising. Hopefully there's an announcement of a target release date for outside Japan.

 

[riki]

If you want more info about Type-0, you should check out this link

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New Type-0 info has been posted.

 

[Jammin]

I liked Final Fantasy 8 just fine(Better than every Final fantasy that came after it IMHO), but i liked 6 & 7 a lot more.

Squall was a bit too much of a sulky emo for my tastes, sorta dragged down the whole experience for me( i would have much rather his father be the main character). That and i didn't think the surrounding characters stood out as memorable. Nobody like Barrett, Tifa, Vincent, Yuffie, Celes, Terra, Edgar, and Gau. And no bad guys even 1/100th as cool as Sephiroth.

I did love how summons worked in that game though, especially the way they effected your stats and abilities. I don't think they worked nearly enough of that aspect of the game into the story.

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Can anybody give me an idea of what to expect from FF5? I intend to buy it on psp if the Sony ever gets those PSN issues ironed out. I'd be interested to hear what some of you think of it

 

[cracker]

I liked Final Fantasy 8 just fine(Better than every Final fantasy that came after it IMHO), but i liked 6 & 7 a lot more.

Squall was a bit too much of a sulky emo for my tastes, sorta dragged down the whole experience for me( i would have much rather his father be the main character). That and i didn't think the surrounding characters stood out as memorable. Nobody like Barrett, Tifa, Vincent, Yuffie, Celes, Terra, Edgar, and Gau. And no bad guys even 1/100th as cool as Sephiroth.

I did love how summons worked in that game though, especially the way they effected your stats and abilities. I don't think they worked nearly enough of that aspect of the game into the story.

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Can anybody give me an idea of what to expect from FF5? I intend to buy it on psp if the Sony ever gets those PSN issues ironed out. I'd be interested to hear what some of you think of it

Vincent is possibly the most popular FF support character, he's the third most popular character in the FF 7 universe. And FF 7 on a whole is pretty damn popular.

If you're a fan of the FF series as a whole you'll know that that statement of Sephiroth isn't true, actually its really a matter of opinion. I've always liked the Kefka villain from FF6, the dude started with basically nothing and became "Mana" God of the Universe (FF 6 universe) before the end and that I thought always counted for something. 16 bit laugh was pretty classic too lol. Exdeath from FF 5 was a pretty good villain too.

Killing a support character and coming in a cgi movie really helped Sephiroth, honestly just playing through the game he never struck as anything super special the very first time around.

The FF 6 cast was fucking awesome, all those characters you named were 1 in a billion at the time. And Squall shares alot of similaries with other FF main characters, mostly Cloud though...

FF5 can be summed up as the FF game that took job system and broke it, so if you are a fan of the job system (seen in FF 10 part 2, FF 3, FF 12 International etc) you should like. Don't want to really give away too much...

 

[Jammin]

Vincent is possibly the most popular FF support character, he's the third most popular character in the FF 7 universe. And FF 7 on a whole is pretty damn popular.

If you're a fan of the FF series as a whole you'll know that that statement of Sephiroth isn't true, actually its really a matter of opinion. I've always liked the Kefka villain from FF6, the dude started with basically nothing and became "Mana" God of the Universe (FF 6 universe) before the end and that I thought always counted for something. 16 bit laugh was pretty classic too lol. Exdeath from FF 5 was a pretty good villain too.

Killing a support character and coming in a cgi movie really helped Sephiroth, honestly just playing through the game he never struck as anything super special the very first time around.

The FF 6 cast was fucking awesome, all those characters you named were 1 in a billion at the time. And Squall shares alot of similaries with other FF main characters, mostly Cloud though...

I meant everything as nothing more than my opinion.

But as for Sephiroth, what i liked about him was that he was basically the dark knight type character perfected. Not exactly evil, more like insane. And the way he was introduced, with a very well written flashback, really catapults him above everybody else. It shows you what he once was and shows you exactly how he transitioned into what he had become.

He wasn't just a crazy evil and powerful dark knight. He was a crazy evil and powerful dark knight that you could understand. And to me that sets him far apart from similar characters.

I agree wholeheartedly about FF6's cast. It was just amazing. If SquareEnix released that game with PS3 level graphics and maybe a little bonus content that would be Game of the Year guaranteed. I mean, how could it not be?

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As for Cloud and Squall, i think they were pretty different in most of the ways that really mattered. I mean, they do share a few things in common but Squall was just packed with emotional nuance, Cloud much less so. I'm not against emotional nuance generally but in Squall's case i think it was waaaay overdone. There were times when that issue caused the story to seem less like and epic tale and more like a soap opera to me.

I guess i feel that, where Cloud was able to fill FF7's plot with drama, Squall ended up filling FF8's plot with melodrama. I viewed that as unfortunate and really rooted in "who Squall was", with all his many thinly veiled insecurities.

FF5 can be summed up as the FF game that took job system and broke it, so if you are a fan of the job system (seen in FF 10 part 2, FF 3, FF 12 International etc) you should like. Don't want to really give away too much...

Cool thanks!

 

[cracker]

I meant everything as nothing more than my opinion.

But as for Sephiroth, what i liked about him was that he was basically the dark knight type character perfected. Not exactly evil, more like insane. And the way he was introduced, with a very well written flashback, really catapults him above everybody else. It shows you what he once was and shows you exactly how he transitioned into what he had become.

He wasn't just a crazy evil and powerful dark knight. He was a crazy evil and powerful dark knight that you could understand. And to me that sets him far apart from similar characters.

I agree wholeheartedly about FF6's cast. It was just amazing. If SquareEnix released that game with PS3 level graphics and maybe a little bonus content that would be Game of the Year guaranteed. I mean, how could it not be?

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As for Cloud and Squall, i think they were pretty different in most of the ways that really mattered. I mean, they do share a few things in common but Squall was just packed with emotional nuance, Cloud much less so. I'm not against emotional nuance generally but in Squall's case i think it was waaaay overdone. There were times when that issue caused to story to seem less like and epic tale and more like a soap opera to me.

I guess i feel that, where Cloud was able to fill FF7's plot with drama, Squall ended up filling FF8's plot with melodrama. I viewed that as unfortunate and really rooted in "who Squall was", with all his many thinly veiled insecurities.

Cool thanks!

I like your take on Squall's personality, thats pretty much him in a nutshell. Rinoa didn't really help much either lol

 

[HegemonKhan]

I haven't read any of the posts yet, but here's my comments:

I've played FF 1-8

My favorite is FF6 (Terra and Kefka, so awesome!)

I liked FF7 almost as much, but it has a few things I that didn't like about it, so FF6 wins out as my favorite.

FF8 was decent and quite fun, including some of its features, but I felt it was a bit lacking in terms of the story.

(other than Edea's deep V dress, I really don't care about graphics/cinematics, I'm an old school gamer, so fancy graphics don't mindlessly "wow" me, as the new generation seems to love and sadly thus that's how games are made now, all graphics and no story nor awesome features nor great game play)

FF5 has a very different skill system and it was pretty fun for the first time, and its story was decent too. It's a nice change from the other FFs

FF 1-4, the beginnings of FF, hehe, quite grueling and long games...

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My only big gripe about FF games:

I love watching the summons (the first few times), but after that, they get dull and its bloody annoying having to wait for them to finish their animations, lol.

(a function to be able to toggle on and off the animations of the summons, would be so awesome!)