NationStates Jolt Archive

If so, which FF is your favorite? Who are your favorite characters? Etc.

FFVII

It's a toss up between Cloud, Sepheroith, and Nanaki(Red XIII).

I hate FF, For the most part. But I did like 6 and 7.

Wasn't III released as VI ?

Only played the beginning of 7

8 and 10 have been completed.

Until I beat FF7, I gotta say that FF8 is the favorite of mine.

Hell YEAH I'm a fan! :D

My personal favorite: Final Fantasy X. Auron is teh bomb!

FF9.. Vivi's so cool!!!

Seven, and I can't choose between Sepheroith ((Which some noob took the name of)) and Tifa.

Rock on Ramspam IX was awesome, and so was Vivi. However, My favorite lies in VIII I love the magic/Junctioning system. But oh yeah- I meant to say that While VII and X are both good games they are overrated! In my opinion VIII and IX are better than VII. X is good - mainly cause it looks pretty.

I couldn't stand 8 or 9. Spirits Within was a terrible joke. I never bothered to play 10, and I didn't feel like getting 11. Someone please tell Final Fantasy is going to improve its name.

<I avidly await for Advent Children>

Seven, and I can't choose between Sepheroith ((Which some noob took the name of)) and Tifa.

You can't call anyone a nub if you spell sephIroth's name wrong...

Spirits Within was a terrible joke.

I wouldn't go quite that far...But it was pretty bad, With an emphasis on pretty. Oh well, It's back to FFVI for me...

Seven, obviously. Eleven is the worst.

I stopped playing (too boring after a while) after 1/2/3 (America). 3 (IV on the poll, I think) was the best.

I stopped playing (too boring after a while) after 1/2/3 (America). 3 (IV on the poll, I think) was the best.

Was that the one with the Espers, Terra, The World of Ruin etc?

Tactics. I liked Tactics for the wonderful and somewhat complex feudal power-grabbing storyline and the fact that just about every damn person turns out to be corrupt. And besides, imagine a game where the hero doesn't get the girl, and in the end he is forgotten. As for characters, I instantly fell in love with Orlandu/T.G. Cid because, well, as anyone who played the game would know, he just tears apart anyone who gets in the way and makes the whole game so much easier... Delita I also liked because he was such a Machiavellian mother... commoner schemes his way to the top to become king? Brilliant!

**Ahem**

Final Fantasy in the states went a little something like this

FF1
FF2 (FF4 in japan) Golbez, Cecil and the Moon.
FF3 (FF6 in japan) Kefka, Terra and the Espers.
FF7, 8, 9, etc.

So when I say Final Fantasy 4, I mean FF4 in Japan, written as FF4j.

We missed out on the real 2, 3, and 5. They were later released in Anthologies (FF5 and FF6j)
Chronicles (Chrono Trigger and FF4j)
Origins, (FF1, FF2j, and I believe FF3j)
All were released on the PSX.

Some changes were made, CG movies were added to the games, as well as beastiaries, new monsters/Labrynths, etc. Also the US release of FF2 was made considerably easier and was edited somewhat, producing a very different feel from FF4j. This was changed back for the Chronicles release.

Was that the one with the Espers, Terra, The World of Ruin etc?
The one I was thinking of, yes. I got the numbers wrong, though.

I loved FF4, adored FF6, came to enjoy FF7 greatly, but FF Tactics holds a special place in my heart.

When I had a busted leg, I had 6 months of recovery time where I simply couldn't move around much. I was stuck at home in bed or on a couch with my leg in some d*mn machine. I played FFT EVERY DAY, for SIX MONTHS. I played it until I had mastered it every way I knew how.

I then hacked the game down to its source code, played every stage in the game (even the Japan-only maps, and the story-scene maps), read the job descriptions for the bosses and their skills, and gave Argias and Mustadio the Assassin skill sets (Gawds those skills rock).

There was only ONE concieveable way to make my forces stronger in that game; the only one that even I balked at. Sit on a Degenerator till your level 99 character was level 1, then go back up as a different Job class. The varying growth levels for certain jobs (ninja, knight, Summoner) would eventually lead to ANY character being more powerful than TG Cid himself.

But seriously, who'd want to do something as boring as that? ;)

I love the old school nintendo....and looking at the name of my nation..is it any wonder i like final fantasy?

The varying growth levels for certain jobs (ninja, knight, Summoner) would eventually lead to ANY character being more powerful than TG Cid himself.
More powerful than Cid? Blasphemy! :eek:

More powerful than Cid? Blasphemy! :eek:

Blasphemy indeed, which might be why I never did it ;)

It's out there, fully possible; but it should not be.

**adopts his best Souther Baptist Minister's voice**

"Hackers, in their amoral pusuit of power, have stumbled upon the most unholy of methods to power. It degenerates the user even as they grow stronger with this vile and depraved method! Oh the shame of it all!"

FF2 (American), the only one I every fully completed. Also played most of FF3 (American) and FF7, and I personally thought that 3 was overrated and 7's plot was way too confusing and complicated. And from 3 on the magic system went to hell in a handbasket, IMO. It was nice to be able to choose who was in your party, but the death of the class system was hard on me :( 2's plot was masterful, and it had the best cheap video game music I've heard (other than maybe Chrono Trigger). And Rydia was the best character. Though Kain was also pretty cool.

Wasn't III released as VI ?

*Nod*

Ten was the best but Cloud is the ultimate character.

Was that the one with the Espers, Terra, The World of Ruin etc?

That was VI, which was originally released as FFIII in the U.S.

FF7 is the best.

Vincent and Sepiroth are the best computer game characters ever.

Seven is always the best. Not only for it's materia... but it's fun-ness.

Without looking at such modern innovations as graphics that don't look like they've been done by a six-year-old armed only with a trusty set of wax crayons and a few gallons of mind-altering drugs, FF5 and FF6 are the best of the ones I have played: 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 (Japanese numbers).

I fell in love with the class system of FF5, and although it had a plot salvaged from the wreckage of FF2 (I think), it carried it off well.

FF6, though, is sheer awesomeness (up to the coral monster anyway, the bastard just won't fill up so I'm stuck). The storyline is amazing, the fun is everywhere, and Kefka is the best villain ever to unleash his villaining. The moogles are present and correct, even joining your party at times, and it even has an opera! The only things wrong with it are the Undying Octopus Ultros (I lost count of the times I killed him), and the fact that i just all goes downhill after the destruction of the Floating Continent.

I played through FF4j(the hard version), FF5j and FF6j.
Then I got bored. They're nothing compared to the Zelda series or Chrono trigger.

7 was good

I hope they remake that on PS2

they have a sequel and graphics look great

I love VIII. The junction system is great and I love the fact that levelling is penalised.

In the other games it was just "Oh, this boss is difficult to beat. I'll just spend a few hours levelling up and then he won't be so hard", while in VIII it was "This boss is difficult. I'll level up. OMG, he's even more difficult! Maybe if I junction this to that, and play the minigame to get that card that I can convert to this..." and so on. I love playing the game to see how low I can keep my levels.

I love VIII. The junction system is great and I love the fact that levelling is penalised.

In the other games it was just "Oh, this boss is difficult to beat. I'll just spend a few hours levelling up and then he won't be so hard", while in VIII it was "This boss is difficult. I'll level up. OMG, he's even more difficult! Maybe if I junction this to that, and play the minigame to get that card that I can convert to this..." and so on. I love playing the game to see how low I can keep my levels.

Yeah but basically you can beat the game at level one (theoretically of course). The hardest boss was Ultima Weapon only because the run down to him was more aggrivating than challenging. Junctioning was cool, the card system was great, but I the story made me want to vomit. The characters were alright, above average at best.

Omega was way too easy for the role of the immpossibly difficult optional boss. Ruby Weapon and Emerald Weapon really were a pain in the ass, and sephiroth, although easy to beat, was the best villian in any video game.

ff never apealed to me i play this instead WoW (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/)

ff never apealed to me i play this instead WoW (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/)

Pfft, anything Blizzard makes, I don't trust.

As far as MMPORPG, I just play DAoC (Dark Age of Camelot).

FFVII Is The Greatest Game Ever Concieved By Man

FFVII truly is great, but there's something about IX I really love :) Can't wait for Advent Children though. And what were they thinking for FFX:2? :headbang:

They're fun, but it's not like the Final Fantasy games have ever done anything interesting. Short of graphics, you could play ever game bar 11 on a NES.

I prefer my games to do things a bit more interesting; ie Fable, WoW or HL2.

And what were they thinking for FFX:2? :headbang:

It was marketing. They wanted to appeal to a new segment of the market while not alienating the present customers.
And so, to appeal to fat, old, bald men and stereotypical acne-covered nerds at the same time, they took the male party members out. ;)

Je deteste anime. ;) But if you like it, s'fine by me.

FFVII. A strong plot and great music. Advent Children should be good too.

8 was cool, but too short and there was little difference between a level 10 and a level 50 character. Lionheart limit break though... Wow. 9 comes sooooooo close after 7. Ark rocks. 10 was good and I loved the combat, but the enemies were so easy! Just countless variations of the same monsters, and the same combo killed them in one hit each time. Dull. Same with 10-2, deep combat but so easy as to be pointless. I only felt challenged when I hit Via Infinito, and it was very embarassing too. 12 looks like a stunning return to form, though.

As for PC RPGs, they usually have none of the depth of story, characterisation, visual SFX or aural quality of the Final Fantasy games. I like them, but the fact you're so tightly bound to specific characters and a certain plot line in Final Fantasy is why Square Enix can produce such complex storylines, the main reason I play them.

FFVII. A strong plot and great music. Advent Children should be good too.

8 was cool, but too short and there was little difference between a level 10 and a level 50 character. Lionheart limit break though... Wow. 9 comes sooooooo close after 7. Ark rocks. 10 was good and I loved the combat, but the enemies were so easy! Just countless variations of the same monsters, and the same combo killed them in one hit each time. Dull. Same with 10-2, deep combat but so easy as to be pointless. I only felt challenged when I hit Via Infinito, and it was very embarassing too. 12 looks like a stunning return to form, though.

As for PC RPGs, they usually have none of the depth of story, characterisation, visual SFX or aural quality of the Final Fantasy games. I like them, but the fact you're so tightly bound to specific characters and a certain plot line in Final Fantasy is why Square Enix can produce such complex storylines, the main reason I play them.

Storylines can still be done well on Western RPGs. I really enjoyed the main quest of Morrowind. The plot is obviously done different from FF, but its still excellent.

FFVII is the best. I just love the graphic style. The plot was cool (if wierd). And at the time (and even now) the cut scenes were absolutely amazing. It also has the best characters: Sephiroth, Cloud, all of them.

FFVIII had a dodgy story, but was a pretty good game.
FFTactics is pretty good, but I found that it was just missing that FF magic slightly.

FFVII rocks!

Was FFX any good? I never played it.

Je deteste anime. ;) But if you like it, s'fine by me.

Yo quiero anime. To each his own, I guess. :rolleyes:

EDIT: My favorite FF one, well, I don't have one, haven't played it (I do not have a Playstation), but the series looks good. I know a guy that plays FF Eleven.

Was FFX any good? I never played it.

It was good, if you enjoyed FFVII and FFVIII, then I would get it. It's my 3rd favorite Final Fantasy (9 being my 1st 7 being my 2nd) but IMO has the best ending.

I have pretty much enjoyed all the Final Fantasy games that I have played.

Among my favourites: Final Fantasy VIII, for the Junctioning system and Final Fantasy IX, just for repeated playability.

But my favourite, is the one that everyone seems to be dumping on, or ignoring altogether... Final Fantasy X2.

I don't really understand why everyone else hated it so - for me, the combination of the Grids and the Spheres gave a much more interesting dynamic - the same thing I liked about the Guardian Forces in VIII.

The only thing I disliked about X2, was the same thing I have disliked about all the others... those damned Chocobos...

FF III/VI - just for Kefka! And the annoying opera house that I hated at first then came to love (the video game equivalent of the stockholm syndrome)

Tactics was my favorite console FF. The battle system was the best part; chess with an FF battle system. So much fun...

I play FFXI right now, the MMO one. Thats an angry game..

Xiru = 58 Redmage / 29 Blackmage | 12 Samurai / 6 Thief

Rank 6 of Windurst

Can't really call it a casual game; I'd be interested if any of you played.

I fell in love with FF with FFX. I beat X, then I got X-2; and I have not beaten it yet. I want to get 100% so Yuna can get with Tidus again ^_^ So I play it sort of slowly.

I have pretty much enjoyed all the Final Fantasy games that I have played.

Among my favourites: Final Fantasy VIII, for the Junctioning system and Final Fantasy IX, just for repeated playability.

But my favourite, is the one that everyone seems to be dumping on, or ignoring altogether... Final Fantasy X2.

I don't really understand why everyone else hated it so - for me, the combination of the Grids and the Spheres gave a much more interesting dynamic - the same thing I liked about the Guardian Forces in VIII.

The only thing I disliked about X2, was the same thing I have disliked about all the others... those damned Chocobos...

Well, I don't own X-2, but I borrowed it and screwed up: missing the entire first chapter and all the story that goes along with it. My enjoyment of the game waned after that a tad.

Its actually a VERY well made game; the battle system is crafted nicely, the personality of the game is unusual but a good change of pace. Grahpics and sound were quality, music was flat but not unpleasant.

The only problem I had with it really was the high number of mini-games in the stupid thing...Mini games upon mini games, side quests that WERE mini-games, side quest mini-games that you had to play mini games to unlock, then additional mini-games to beat! I don't like playing 40 hours of a game, where 30 of them are mini-games and mini-game related sidequests, and 10 of them are battles/story sequences.

But really, most FFs have some small problem or another to bug you. X-2 just wasn't my favorite is all.

I-VII

I just can't pick one. although I haven't played any past 8.

I despised 9 and 10. 12 isn't looking that hot either. Every Final Fantasy 8 and below were good in my opinion, even though a lot of people hated 8. I think 7 is worldwide the favorite for most people, mainly because that is what a lot of people started with. I believe 4 was my favorite.

KH>>>>>>>>>you

i love FF...i got myself into it...just picked FF7 up in the store...and FF8 has been my absolute favorite ever since...i love squall...and i feel if someone had just killed rinoa then none of that mess would have happened :)...but then again you wouldn't have a game...hahahhahahaa

I could only stand* to get through 6 and 10.

In any case, 10 actually has one of the most in-depth worlds of any final fantasy. 6 is teh** win on plot, though.

*Stand is to be willing; manage is to be able. Be careful with the accusations.
**Yes, teh. Deal with it.

Final Fantasy VII is by far the greatest RPG ever, mainly for the story, but also for the materia system and even the battle system. The graphics are not bad either; the blocky, chibi characters tend to grow on you.
Sephiroth is by far the greatest character in FF history. Aeris has the best theme music, though.

My favourite would have to be the 1st one I played... FF7. I hate FF8 thought, I dont see why people think it is so good. I didnt play 9 very long but it hurt my head to play for more than 2 hours in a row. I played a few of the 1st ones briefly but I hardly remember them.

Could some one please point me to a good place where I can download FF Tactics for FREE please, would be much apreciated =)

Any one?

FF VII, hands down. Even with lots of horrible translation, the story is unmatched.

Characters? Tseng (from the Turks, for those who don't remember), Rude (also from the Turks), Don Cornieo and (of course) Sephiroth.

Why no heros? I prefer antagonists. But if I had to chose it would be Vincent.