Quote Originally Posted by hhr1dluv View Post
So, Wolf (I think it was him), made a topic about Final Fantasy traditions, which I took to mean things that you look forward to in each FF installment. It got me to wondering about the things that people dislike doing in each FF. You know, those things that, right before doing them, make you groan is dismay.
Hee hee, it was a fun little thread.

Anyway... onto topic. There is not much I really dislike in FFs. Usually in multiple playthroughs do I start to have parts I don't particulary look forward to. For instance, The Lodestone Cavern (Dark Elf Dungeon) from FFIV is still the only dungeon I cringe thinking about and considering the DS version made it harder by making Cecil unable to equip Bows didin't help...

Despite that, it did dawn on me there is one thing I always do not look forward to that became a tradition in the series back in VII and was pretty faithful (not counting XI) until XII came along and shot it in the foot. That is to say, the moment when the main heroine goes off and does something incredibly stupid and forces your party to risk life and limb for someone I probably don't even use in my party. :rolleyes2

Aerith and Tifa did it in VII (Though Aerith had the decency to pay for her stupidity), Rinoa and Dagger did it quite a few times in their games. Yuna was a pain in the ass. Sure this phenomena happens in early titles as well but not to the exasperating extent the later titles did it. Luckily, XIII doesn't seem to be going down that same route either or at least might mix it up a bit by having one of the guys do it instead.

I would also mention that I have a hard time getting into games until I get a little more freedom to do as I please. I'm not very fond of totalitarian linear gameplay.