What about the freakish "Generation X" which fits into none of those categories but can easily relate to all of the above? I for example come from the SNES gen, thrived in the PSX gen, idled, but still played in the PS2 gen and still love FFI...Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=102046
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Also, I feel there are four generations, the gap between FFI being released from FFIV was long enough to warrant them being there own generation. So you could easily divide the generations by the systems they are released in
By your system, I'm Generation 1(in my day, we didn't have fancy schmancy graphics and cutscenes! Hell, half the time you didn't even know what you were fighting, it all just looked like jumbled pixels. I once thought that FFI was a game about destroying evil "pixel demons"... and other generic old guy phrases...) by my system, I'm the SNES (or Super Famicom) generation (FFVI is better that FFVII, Rosa and Cecil are a better couple than Squall and Rinoa, as well as Yuna and Tidus. FFV has better gameplay than all of Generation 1, 3, and 4 combined...) But I loved your social explanation of FF fans.
To be honest I cling most to games from completely different gens, FFT, FFVI, FFXII and FFI being favorites of mine, though I still enjoy all the others as well... Im one of those that has never been able to stick with a favorite honestly because they are all different games for christ-sake. (Not to argue with you, but more or less to clarify the point that it would be silly to over-generalize the opinionated)
Amen.Oh my..another "FFXII has no storyline" thread. The whole no gripping storylineis based on people's opinions. The storyline was there, not everyone is expected to be like hooked to it. It's the same with every other game.
Oh, and there was love. Believe it or not, in unusual ways I think.
Most FF games have never had such a definite love story/theme anyway. X and VIII had the strongest. All the others..just bare traces. People have become so obsessed with these supposed pairings in each game nowadays that people firmly believe there is such a strong desire to have a love story smack bang right in your face every time.
Not all love has to be something like Cecil x Rosa - Larsa had a love for peace - he wanted no war, and cared greatly for cooperation with Ashe. Basch and Ashe themselves had a great love for freeing Dalmasca, freeing the people from the clutches of the empire. Even characters like Vossler had a great love..desire to restore Dalmasca back to what it used to be.
And there was love also..in the sense pretty much everyone else thinks of - Ashe still had strong feelings for Rasler, it was unfortunate however, that the poor bastard had to die.
*In a way, this whole thing makes me think about Valentines Day, where the majority of people, treat that day as just a day for lover's. It isn't. Valentines Day is supposed to be a day where you show your love, appreciation, for anybody that you hold close to your heart.*
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