biggest snooze fest

[Neo-Omega Mk XXV]

the entire game is pushing the analogue stick while you watch repetitive and boring battle motions.

Or, you know, you could actually put some effort into controlling at least one character. I always kept Vaan with Gambits turned off so I had someone to control at all times. Honestly, the only people I ever see claim the battle system was boring did what you did and let the game play for them. If you were bored by that then you have no one to blame but yourself since the game gave you the option to not do that.

Um, maybe because that would force me to spend even more time on a game who's battles I already found boring???

The truth is, that was what I was planning on doing before I got the game. I realized that the only practical way to do that would be to play on Active, as Wait would waste too much time, pausing the battle for every action. However, bringing up the menu on Active lags up the game, and I found that it would be a waste anyway to select a command when the character was going to do that anyway.

So, yes, the game gave me the option not to play it the way it was designed, but doing so wasn't a viable option either.

How are the battles any more boring than the ATTACKATTACKATTACKATTACKATTACKATTACKHEALATTACK
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rubbish that 90% of the previous FFs consisted of? And it's not possible to "play by pushing the analog stick" the whole way through unless you are overlevelled.
I'm probably wasting my time debating with someone who thinks FF4 is the pinnacle of the series though tbh.

[Takara]

But FFIV IS the pinnacle of the series. IT HAS CHEESE! And BushHags. LOVE THE BUSHHAGS.

FFX is, so far, the game that is taking me the longest to complete. It bores me to tears.

[Psychotic]

FFIII in Japanese on a NES emulator. Thank god for GameFAQs is all I can say.

[The Mog Ninja]

Final Fantasy Seven. *Shudder*

[No.78]

Erm, 4? Meh, I got FF Anthology and couldn't get into 4 or 5. I voted 4 over 5 cos 5 had job systems at least. 2 was hard too actually, I got pretty far in 1 (before I got lost, forgot what I was doing and went crazy), but I just, did that way faster in 2 :P So I dunno... 2 or 4? Okay, I change my mind, 4 has cooler characters than 2, so I vote 2.

Edit: I dunno how you got through FF12 just using gambits, that sounds insane. Don't you have to control the main character anyway? Like, party leaders target wouldnt work otherwise... Bleh, I dont see the point in gambitizing everyone.

[Darth Anarcus]

FF12 was pretty boring a lot of the time as well.

[LunarWeaver]

I think the first is the most boring. That sucker makes my eyes all droopy. Or am I just trying to spite Martyr? The world will never know.

[Setzer Gabianni]

FFI. I gave up after wasting my time fighting continuously just to buy basic spells. Too expensive.

[Yuffie514]

i don't think i have one, but i'm generally less geared towards the "retro" half of the series.

[Trance_Kuja]

VI, yes i did say it VI. The first town bores me to death that once i threw my copy out of the window.

Then to tie with it is probably VII after you get out of Midgar up to the end of disk 1 is boring, i got so bored of it i switched to VIII (excellent game may i add).

[boys from the dwarf]

FF12 is a bigass game. i've had it since the second day it came out in europe and i started a playthrough, didn't to so well, started a new game and im at the henne mines with 30 hours of gameplay with the vangaurd rank.

30 hours! on my previous game i got to the stillshrine of miriam in 23 hours but still.

put as long as you keep the momentum while your playing and dont stay a in one place for too long a time, it doesn't get boring.

for first playthroughs i'd say FF2.

for second playthroughs i'd say FF1.

nothing personal, just an opinion because make no mistake, i like FF1 and 2.

[Honest Abel]

I never played I, II, or III, but V was probably the most boring. At least IV had a good story. The job system in V was great, but the story killed it.