FINAL FANTASY!

[Bad Writer]

Last one I played was XII, and then I said "no more".

[Chad32]

Has anyone watched Spoony's reviews of FF? He stopped liking them at 8.

[Bad Writer]

Even Spoony has a tough time getting through those game monstrosities. I enjoyed his review of FFX. They made a rough transition into voice acting.

[Chad32]

Speaking of FFX, he gives a lot of flak for the laughing scene for it sounding forced. Except I read somewhere that it's supposed to sound forced. They're forcing themselves to laugh.

I did agree with the what the hell hero moments about the "happy festival fireworks" thing, though. Why was Wakka not immediately thrown from the craft after that?

[BrokenQuill92]

So ff x-2 was one of the last games I played and I was wondering do u ever see what's under Shinra's helmet?

[TaraJo]

Who here is a Final Fantasy nerd like me? I've played/beaten Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2 (that one disappointed me), and some of XII.

My favorites are VII, VII and IX :3

I'm really into the series, too. They aren't as good as they used to be, but part of me wonders if that's because the rest of the games we have out there have gotten so much better and the Final Fantasy games don't look as good because they're being compared to better games now.

Anyway, the FF games I've beaten..... whoooooo.... I've beaten 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, Mystic Quest, X2 and I'm working on 13-2. I think they really hit their stride in 7 and 10 was really great, too. Since then, it feels like the quality of the games they give us has dropped (and I don't want to mess with MMORPG games with Final Fantasy, so I haven't even played 11 or 14).

[Bad Writer]

Jeez, yeah, I think TaraJo has everyone here beat. I skipped 3 (both the NES translation and the DS remake, only because I thought 5 had a better job system), and stopped after playing 12. I never touched any of their MMOs, so 11 was also skipped. The only spinoffs I played and finished were the original FF Tactics and one for FFVII that had Zack as the main character. Do I love them? I used to. I can't play them anymore because they just take too much time. I'm sure if I was a teenager still I'd have a crack at 'em again.

[LalalaTabby]

FF8 was really amazing. I'd love to play that game again.

[bennyboy]

FFVII is probably the only PC game that actually got me emotionally involved. What beautiful music and cut scenes, what an awesome open-feeling gameplay, and what an awesome end-game boss fight. I think once they went full-3D, the series lost a lot of its charm. Now, it's basically just another MMO. QQ

PC? I played it on the Playstation when I was younger. And yeah, I've seen the 3D mess they did...I didn't like it at all. A lot of people give it crap for the "crappy graphics"...I think the story line is amazing, the cut scenes are fantastic, and the the game play over all is just beautiful.
I cried when we got to disc 2 ( Aries! T_T

You are totally right. I played the Playstation versions as well-- I'm on crack to say it was a PC game.

I consider those games the real height of Japanese art and storytelling in games.

[Ryantology]

Don't really like VIII. Didn't like the battle system, didn't like the setting, didn't like the story, really didn't like the characters. Perhaps I'm biased because I pre-ordered it and my expectations were through the roof. It was the first Final Fantasy I disliked. That was to be followed by X, which I couldn't even make myself finish. XII was pretty awesome. For me, though, the golden age was between IV and VII.