NightmareFarm Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) Favourite: Final Fantasy X. It's my first final fantasy game and also my favourite to play. It has the best soundtrack of any game ever, crisp animations, responsive gameplay and a touching story. The visuals have aged really well. I like how rewarding progression feels in this game. Honourable mentions to XII and XV(partly because ardyn DLC). Least: Final Fantasy VIII. It was a dreadful experience to me on many levels and I can't think of anything I liked about it besides irvine, the villain, soundtrack and character designs. The characters feel too cliche, the plot feels dull besides a few exciting story beats, junctioning felt really janky and broken, GFs are broken, the visual style hasn't aged well, etc. The flashback sequences were also not implemented well. Honourable mentions to III. Edited February 24, 2022 by NightmareFarm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Favorite: FF8. The story was great. The underlying love story between Squall and Rinoa was beautiful. The warrior path they all took was great. The series of events they faced and stood by each other was what family is supposed to be about. The junctioning system can make your characters virtually invincible. The GF's are incredible for the most part. Some are pretty much useless, but otherwise great. The only thing I wasn't a fan of was the flashbacks to Laguna. That got old real quick. Least Favorite: FF7. That one was just a mess from beginning to end. Having to collect materia for every damn thing was a big misstep that never should have been a thing. The fights were so screwy that they damn near require a Ph.D just to figure it out. Exploring the map was a joke. All in all, the game never should have made it out of production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Final Fantasy 7 Remake is my favourite. I just like the mechanics used in building the remake version, the game-play is just unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareFarm Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 13 minutes ago, Justin11 said: Final Fantasy 7 Remake is my favourite. I just like the mechanics used in building the remake version, the game-play is just unique. Best gameplay in the series easily. That should have been the standard going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 minute ago, NightmareFarm said: Best gameplay in the series easily. That should have been the standard going forward. Yeah, that's one of my favourite Square Enix video game of all time. I didn't like the older edition which is normal F.F 7 that much. My heart poured out splendidly for the remake version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareFarm Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Justin11 said: Yeah, that's one of my favourite Square Enix video game of all time. I didn't like the older edition which is normal F.F 7 that much. My heart poured out splendidly for the remake version. Well if we're talking about the whole game I preferred the original. In my opinion the remake feels too sluggish and bloated since they tried making a disc into a full game. But there are aspects I liked about it such as the gameplay and the soundtrack. Edited February 25, 2022 by NightmareFarm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 16 minutes ago, NightmareFarm said: Well if we're talking about the whole game I preferred the original. In my opinion the remake feels too sluggish and bloated since they tried making a disc into a full game. But there are aspects I liked about it such as the gameplay and the soundtrack. The gameplay and the soundtrack are few of the features I love in the game. When the game-play is superb, coupled with the soundtrack, the next is the graphics and story mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 I only really played 7 and 8 myself. 7 was fun, but I didn't get that far into it, and just gave up. I might have the memory card with the save still though. I tried to play FF8, but gave up pretty fast. Just didn't have the patience to do much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 12 minutes ago, Kane99 said: I only really played 7 and 8 myself. 7 was fun, but I didn't get that far into it, and just gave up. I might have the memory card with the save still though. I tried to play FF8, but gave up pretty fast. Just didn't have the patience to do much else. I believe other games was still on your mind during that time that's why you couldn't wait longer to progress with GT 8 edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpotato Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Favorite: FF7 (remake) and FF6 advance. FF6 advance was the first Final Fantasy game that I actually completed, I spent months and months playing this game as a kid on my GBA, the good old days were the console didnt had any light built in on it yet, so if you were on a road trip during the night you had to rely on the light of the street to be able to view the screen. I remember it was also one of the first games that I had to look up a guide for it. Final Fantasy 7 I just recently played it last year thanks to the PS Plus free games and I felt in love with the game, the graphics, the weird story the combat, Aerith😍 (Yeah I know she dies at the end of the original game xD) Least Favorite: All the final fantasy on NES ,they not a bad game, they are good, my problem is that I was already an adult by the time I had played these games and I had already experienced the snes remasters on gba and nds so they felt outdated, so as much as I tried I couldnt get into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boblee Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 On 2/25/2022 at 7:21 PM, NightmareFarm said: Best gameplay in the series easily. That should have been the standard going forward. Which is why I don't want them to try and tamper with the game in making another one off it, otherwise they will ruin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazycrab Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) Favourite: Final Fantasy X This is first one I played so maybe their is a little bias at play, but I love and really enjoy every time I play it. It's the first time I felt I got a true cinematic experience from a game with awesome cutscenes, fabulous graphics and some of the most beautiful music in any game even today. It's not just production value it's got going for it either. It's got an epic story, likable characters and what I what I would still is the best and most addictive turn-based combat system in any RPG. The endgame is expansive with tons of hidden secrets, items summons, side plots and mini games. It's definitely the whole package. Least Favourite: Final Fantasy XIII If X was the one that climbed the steps that allowed the franchise to next level and the undisputed market leader in JRPG's, XIII was the one that slipped on a banana pell and bumped it's head on every rung on the way back down. The funny thing is, X and XIII are actually very similar in many ways. This just makes the tase in your mouth even saltier when you consider some of the mind blowing choices made here. The one I do give it credit for is it's visuals, it's not just the production values either. I'd actually argue that it has THE most interesting looking world of any Final Fantasy game. It's colourful, varied and highly unique. The music is nice to, it has a more ambient style that although I can't I personally prefer it but I see it's qualities and why some people would. The issues are with, well.... Pretty much everything else! XIII combat system is essentially a watered down version of the dressphere system from X-2. In X-2 there dozens of dressphere's each with is own stats and wide variety of abilities that were often unique to that sphere. XIII's comparable paradigm shift system was way more limited in that there was only 6 roles and even of those 6, only 3 were really feasible options for each character for most of the game. It's somewhat of an autopilot system to, this wouldn't be to bad it were a programmable autopilot like XII with the gambit system but it doesn't (more on that later). Despite these issues the actual raw combat can be fun, especially in some of the harder battles and boss fights but it's ultimately ruined by one fucked up design choice... You can only control one character. Also you can't change the party leader during combat or switch in reserve members (once again, like in XII) so if the party leader goes down even if everyone else is at full health it's a game over. For the other two members you totally at the mercy of the AI and holy crap... IT'S A MORON! For basic attacking and tanking as a Sentinel it works ok, but for anything slightly more complicated like adding buffs, inflicting aliments or in particular healing it's a nightmare. The rest of the party could be inflicted with a ton of status aliments that leave them unable to do anything but your idiot medic will refuse to do anything about it and just heal over and over because one member's health had snuck just below 70%! A fucking good reason why XII had an autobattle system where you could program and override any member at any time! The post-game sucks, it's just hunts over and over. Almost none of the side stories, secrets, interacting with NPS, towns, exploration or mini games are hear at all. You report to the Cie'th Stone, get the hunt, kill the target which unlocks more Cie'th Stones to repeat the same grindy, repetitive loop over and over again. I think the story would have serviceable it weren't for the fact that Final Fantasy XIII has the worst cast of characters in any Final Fantasy game. Perhaps even the worst of any party RPG. Their all overly sensitive, very short tempered, selfish and really fucking stupid. There has been plenty of other rants about these idiots from myself and others on this forum and this post/rant is already starting so I'll stop here. Moderator edit per OP request Edited February 27, 2022 by The Blackangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boblee Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 On 2/26/2022 at 4:18 PM, kingpotato said: Favorite: FF7 (remake) and FF6 advance. FF6 advance was the first Final Fantasy game that I actually completed, I spent months and months playing this game as a kid on my GBA, the good old days were the console didnt had any light built in on it yet, so if you were on a road trip during the night you had to rely on the light of the street to be able to view the screen. I remember it was also one of the first games that I had to look up a guide for it. Final Fantasy 7 I just recently played it last year thanks to the PS Plus free games and I felt in love with the game, the graphics, the weird story the combat, Aerith😍 (Yeah I know she dies at the end of the original game xD) Least Favorite: All the final fantasy on NES ,they not a bad game, they are good, my problem is that I was already an adult by the time I had played these games and I had already experienced the snes remasters on gba and nds so they felt outdated, so as much as I tried I couldnt get into them. Final Fantasy 7 and its remake will always stand out for me based on how everything about the game was set on task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Most gamers prefer the F.F 7 and it's remake, the X makes sense and XV as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boblee Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 7 hours ago, Head_Hunter said: Most gamers prefer the F.F 7 and it's remake, the X makes sense and XV as well. Final Fantasy 7 is arguably the best in the eyes of most gamers who are into the Square Enix games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
