EoFF Final Fantasy Census 2010! REVELATIONS!!!!

[Slothy]

As promised, another answer to hold you guys over. I hope you appreciate my not playing Portal 2 for your benefit. Now pay attention because this is one of the big ones.

Best Ending:

Now clearly there's only one real choice, since FFXIII had a terrible ending. Don't get me wrong, I was ecstatic that it was over, even if it was rather sudden, but then I noticed my PS3 had yellow lighted and had to buy a new one so the whole thing was more of a pain in the ass than anything else...

But I digress. The only other choice available since an ending that costs me $300 strikes me as a bad direction to take a story is FFVI. It teased you with a little bit of hope that things would be all right, capped off the development of the characters nicely, and let you decide what you thought would happen next, and all without lingering too long.

So with that being the obvious choice, you lot certainly couldn't get this one wro-, hey wait a second...

1) FFVIII 9 (27.3%)

Ok. Well, can't say I saw that one coming. I mean yeah it was cool that the misery that was playing that game ended, but best ending? Really? It's not like it made any sense or anything, and frankly, this image is the stuff of nightmares and eats at my soul:



But whatever, let's just go with it. What came in number two...

2) FFX 7 21.2%

Well great. Way to make Wolf Kanno cry guys. I hope you're smurfing happy. You know what, just for that, I don't even care that FFVI is third! It's too late! Screw every last one of you! I'm going to play more Portal 2.

1) FFVIII 9 27.3%
2) FFX 7 21.2%
3) FFVI 5 15.2%
4) FFIX 4 12.1%
5) FFVII 3 9.1%
6) FFI 1 3.1%
6) FFIV 1 3.1%
6) FF Tactics 1 3.1%


PS: I hope you'll join me tomorrow night when the results of the final two questions will be revealed. It's been a long road, but we just have favourite plot twist and the big one, favourite story, left to reveal. I'd promise it was well worth the wait, but frankly you'd all just disappoint me again. Have a nice evening.

[Wolf Kanno]

You know, oddly enough, I don't hate FFX's ending. The dialogue is cheesy as hell and over dramatic but when its muted, its actually quite nice.

VIII winning is a surprise, while certainly not the worst, its way too cheerful for my taste. I was actually predicting VII would win this so this one was a surprise.

[The Man]

I'm not surprised VII didn't win; not many people like a Gainax ending. I am surprised that VIII won though.

[Rantz]

Like everyone else, I'm surprised that FF8 won Best Ending. Good on it, though! It was pretty cute.

[Jiro]

It's funny that so many of us find it surprising and yet it won. Who the smurf voted for it then?!

[charliepanayi]

I did, because it's a brilliant ending.

[MJN SEIFER]

I would have been happy if FFVII or FFVIII's ending won. Also, I understand FFVIII's ending, but that for another article.

Vivi22, I'm getting mixed signals one your view of FFVIII... you're saying you like it right?

[Slothy]

Vivi22, I'm getting mixed signals one your view of FFVIII... you're saying you like it right?

You weren't supposed to figure that out.

[MJN SEIFER]

Vivi22, I'm getting mixed signals one your view of FFVIII... you're saying you like it right?

You weren't supposed to figure that out.

Aww... did I spoil the suprise?

[Jessweeee♪]

FFVIII had a nice and tidy ending.

[Del Murder]

Kefka was smurfing brilliant. What he lacked in depth he made up for in maniacal lunacy. Depth isn't everything. The Joker doesn't have any depth but he's still the best Batman villain because he is just so damn crazy. Some people just want to watch the world burn, and Kefka is the only villain who actually succeeded in that goal, which makes him the best in my eyes.

Though I agree with you about FFIX's ending. It was the best for me. I don't even remember VIII's ending. The time compression thing threw me off so much that I didn't even beat the game until a few years after reaching the last disc.

[Forsaken Lover]

I just don't get it.
Only 3 people voted for Kuja.
3.

Even if I had known this was going on, that only makes 4. Kuja would be 1/5th as popular as Kefka.

I had higher expectations of this forum's posters. I've been on here for quite a while even if I'm not that active and Kuja is usually given the credit and respect he deserves.

Guess those days are at an end.

[Del Murder]

Well, from your melodramatic posts it is sure clear that you have studied the behavior of FF villains extensively, so perhaps we should retroactively declare Forsaken Lover Kuja the best FF villain.

[Slothy]

So there's been discussion of the census results outside of this thread. This pleases me greatly, even if the topic of discussion is inherently wrong. In fact, it pleases me so much that I've decided to keep the anticipation going another day and save the favourite story category for tomorrow.

And as a further reward, we've come to our next result for...

Favourite Plot Twist:
This one's a bit of a funny category since some people voted for different twists in the same game, but for result purposes they needed to be lumped together to keep the vote from being to spread out so they've been lumped together by the most obvious criteria available. No, not percentage of cast members who are androgynous and leave you questioning your sexuality because you're not sure if that cute chick is actually a cute chick. I'm looking at you Kuja. No we lumped them together by title. But anyway, without further ado, the number one pick was:

"You're a horrible person."

Wait a second that isn't right. Let's try this again.

"I'm not making this up. It says so right here: 'you're a horrible person.'"

Damn it, hold on. Computer's been acting a bit funny since Portal 2 was released.

1) FFVII 8

There we go. Yep, FFVII takes it by a hair. Now because the answers were so varied even within the same game at times, you're going to get a lot more quotes than usual which is fine by me since I'm lazy.

Aerith's death - I was so shocked they actually killed off a main character midway through the game!

The reveal of Cloud's relationship to Zack (VII)

That was largely it for FFVII plot twists in the voting (it's really not, but we have a lot more quotes to get to and I'm sleepy). I was never too shocked by either myself. Cloud was clearly messed up from early on and Bradygames were assholes and ruined Aeris' death. I was more surprised by the stuff in the number two pick:

2) FFX 7

Summoner has to sacrifice a guardian in FFX

I think FFX, where you find out Tidus isn't real.

Soylet green is people! Tidas is a dream/Summoners die when they kill sin/Auron is an undead badass

Badass indeed Jiro. Who would've thought a drunken old man with one good arm, a giant sword and stubble would be badas- oh wait. Finally, in third, we have:

3) FFIV 4 12.1%

Cecil's from the MOOON?

Yes. The MOOON. How quaint.

And the full results:
1) FFVII 8 24.2%
2) FFX 7 21.2%
3) FFIV 4 12.1%
3) FFVII 4 12.1%
4)FFVIII 3 9.1%
5)FFI 1 3.1%
5)FFV 1 3.1%
5)FF Tactics 1 3.1%

More to come tomorrow night. But just so you're aware, those of you I didn't quote disappointed me with how uninteresting you are and the hounds have been released. Those that make it through the night, join us for the final reveal. Those that don't, try not to scream too loud. You'll wake the baby.

[The Man]

I just don't get it.
Only 3 people voted for Kuja.
3.

Even if I had known this was going on, that only makes 4. Kuja would be 1/5th as popular as Kefka.

I had higher expectations of this forum's posters. I've been on here for quite a while even if I'm not that active and Kuja is usually given the credit and respect he deserves.

Guess those days are at an end.

dude

it's a contest based around a series of frakking video games

it is not that worth getting that worked up over