TheDragoonKain
08-08-2007, 10:15 PM
But I want to.
Partially I'm scared to.
I was just a whee one when VI came out, I'm afraid, not that I didn't have an SNES but I was way more into mortal kombat and primal rage (hey, I STILL play primal rage), but I was weaned up on VII and VIII, a blessing and a curse, because they were amazing games, but also spoiled me on 3D graphics, less linear gameplay and combat systems, so on and so forth.
Of course I gained an appreciation for the simpler things later, after Tactics I realized graphics don't make a FF, hahaha, that game just completely blew me away and it barely had anything much better than 16 bits could cough up. So from there I bought Chronicles, fell in love with Cecil and Kain, who is the coolest hardass from any FF ever, and finally came to appreciate the 16bit look/feel.
I later bought FF Anthology, and I've started VI and quit it four or five times now. Why? I'm not sure. I know it's incredible, all my favorite art and music is from it, (though I still haven't had anything major in the plot ruined for me so PLEASE no spoilers in response to this thread), it's partially just that I dont' want to ruin it for myself. I've contemplated buying the SNES version to play it in its 'pure' form instead of on playstation, and now there's a new gameboy version out with a reworked script, apparently, and to top it all off the super famicom (yes, Japanese) version I ordered just came in the mail, I want to play it in Japanese someday, since I'm studying Japanese and going there in the next two years. I almost wonder if I shouldn't just wait and play it when I'm fluent, hahaha. But of the versions that exist, which would you guys recommend most as my first? I'm losing my FFVI virginity here, I'm going to play it all the through this time, so I want it to be worth it, hahaha.
Incidentally, I hope to God no one I know in real life ever sees this post...
Partially I'm scared to.
I was just a whee one when VI came out, I'm afraid, not that I didn't have an SNES but I was way more into mortal kombat and primal rage (hey, I STILL play primal rage), but I was weaned up on VII and VIII, a blessing and a curse, because they were amazing games, but also spoiled me on 3D graphics, less linear gameplay and combat systems, so on and so forth.
Of course I gained an appreciation for the simpler things later, after Tactics I realized graphics don't make a FF, hahaha, that game just completely blew me away and it barely had anything much better than 16 bits could cough up. So from there I bought Chronicles, fell in love with Cecil and Kain, who is the coolest hardass from any FF ever, and finally came to appreciate the 16bit look/feel.
I later bought FF Anthology, and I've started VI and quit it four or five times now. Why? I'm not sure. I know it's incredible, all my favorite art and music is from it, (though I still haven't had anything major in the plot ruined for me so PLEASE no spoilers in response to this thread), it's partially just that I dont' want to ruin it for myself. I've contemplated buying the SNES version to play it in its 'pure' form instead of on playstation, and now there's a new gameboy version out with a reworked script, apparently, and to top it all off the super famicom (yes, Japanese) version I ordered just came in the mail, I want to play it in Japanese someday, since I'm studying Japanese and going there in the next two years. I almost wonder if I shouldn't just wait and play it when I'm fluent, hahaha. But of the versions that exist, which would you guys recommend most as my first? I'm losing my FFVI virginity here, I'm going to play it all the through this time, so I want it to be worth it, hahaha.
Incidentally, I hope to God no one I know in real life ever sees this post...