EOFF Summer 2011 Census!

[Jessweeee♪]

I voted the acid trip.

[ReloadPsi]

Felt like answering regardless for the sake of generating additional arguments.

First Part
- First FF Played: VII (look I live in England OK?)
- Latest FF Played for the first time: XIII (hated it)
- Country of Origin: - England
- FF you've spent the most time playing in total: Most likely VII or VIII but I've no way to be sure
- Age: 26
- Gender: Male

Music:
Favourite character theme: Setzer from VI
Favourite normal battle theme: IX
Favourite overworld theme: IX
Favourite boss theme: VII (in fact it's my favourite tune of all time, period.)
Favourite final boss theme: Zeromus!
Favourite overall track: Sarani Tatakau Monotachi (FF7's boss theme. People fight over the correct translation so I stick with its Japanese name, which IS its correct translation. You don't translate names you dumb vagina!)
Favourite soundtrack: Probably VI

Visuals:
Favourite character design: Very partial to FF8's Sorceresses. They're the one time when I think characters being totally overdressed is entirely justified.
Favourite overall cast design: FF6's sprites. Love them.
Favourite non-boss enemy design: The spiders in FF5 because I'm arachnophobic and giant spiders in video games give me a little rush.
Favourite boss design: Emerald Weapon from FF7.
Favourite spell/ability effect: It's a tie between Haste and Regen. Don't make me pick one.
Favourite town design: Lindblum.
Favourite overall art direction: FF9.
Favourite cutscene: In FF9 when they bust into South Gate. Probably. Everyone just appears to be "on form" in that cutscene and it's pretty cool to see considering how Dagger and Vivi were showing confidence issues earlier on.

[MJN SEIFER]

Was FFVII the most promoted in England or something? I was first with VII as well, but I vaguely knew of FF's existance because I remember kids talking about playing FF games like FFIV when I was younger. Yeah, we didn't have the FF2/FFIV thing. Probably the only time England was better than America.

[Bolivar]

Was FFVII the most promoted in England or something? I was first with VII as well, but I vaguely knew of FF's existance because I remember kids talking about playing FF games like FFIV when I was younger. Yeah, we didn't have the FF2/FFIV thing. Probably the only time England was better than America.

If I recall correctly the Final Fantasy series debuted in Europe with FFVII. You might be thinking of them playing FFIV on the Final Fantasy Chronicles release that came afterwards, where it was properly numbered, I believe.

But England is definitely better than America because you guys can enjoy Xenoblade Chronicles while the rest of us are deprived

[MJN SEIFER]

If I recall correctly the Final Fantasy series debuted in Europe with FFVII. You might be thinking of them playing FFIV on the Final Fantasy Chronicles release that came afterwards, where it was properly numbered, I believe.

But England is definitely better than America because you guys can enjoy Xenoblade Chronicles while the rest of us are deprived

No, I was about six or something when I first remember hearing of the FF series, I'm 24 now.

I have heard stuff before about FFVII to be the only FF released in the UK, but I know that to be untrue. The only explanation is that it may have been imported, but I remember classic FFs existing in the UK close to Japanese release.

[Jessweeee♪]

I first heard of Final Fantasy when my uncle bought FFVII and FFVIII together. It wasn't until about the same time as FFX-2's release that I met someone else who liked the series. So I don't think it's just a European thing xD

[Wolf Kanno]

So it is time for part two of our six part finale on the favorite cutscene vote of the census. We have another entry that is sure to enrage Vivi22 and other people off put by the first winner, mostly because this is another cutscene from FFVIII and easily one of the most recognizable and memorable from the game. The scene would later be used for the PS2 tech demo.

I'm of course speaking of Rinoa and Squall's waltz, or "the closest experience to prom that some of ever had" Its the magical moment where Squall and Rinoa first meet each other, and it it both hilarious to watch Squall struggle to dance with his two left feet, one of the best examples of the games main theme, and its a technical wonder to behold.

Here's the scene for all to enjoy.



AmanoSquallRinoa.jpg

[Madonna]

We shall be slitting our wrists today.

[Bolivar]

I preferred FFII and FFV's ball room dance scenes immensely.

[Slothy]

How much does anyone want to bet that results like this are why my graphics card died? If I had to render this trout I'd probably want to up and die too.

[Bolivar]

If the next four parts keep going this way we might want to avoid this thread entirely.

[Wolf Kanno]

FFVIII has had its run, the next four are all from different FFs. I will narrow this down for you. There are no entries from the modern console era so no FFXIII.

Personally, I don't mind the Waltz scene being rewarded. It was an iconic scene in the game, and was one that Square was pretty proud of when they were first showing off FFVIII. The Ending caught me off guard though, I honestly never cared for VIII's ending, but then again, I don't like most of the endings to the series.

[Slothy]

Jesswee's post at the top of the page is actually the only thing I like about VIII's ending. Sure it eats at my soul, but I wasn't using it anyway.

[Bolivar]

LOL I used to think that picture was pretty horrific.

I'm not terribly offended by the dance scene, either, and I agree with Wolf's comments on its iconic status. But I'm glad we're getting more variety from here on out, and honestly, there's some ridiculously epic cutscenes in the FF series, I know we can do better than FFVIII's ending and dance scene here, hell, I posted a better one from FFVIII.

[Wolf Kanno]

Well its time for our next entry in the Census and no, it's not another cutscene from VIII. Remember how I told you we got some entries from the pre-FMV era of FF games? Well this was one of them and I was personally surprised it actually got enough votes to be a part of the top spots. Even more amazing, is that it is from a game that is not often touted for excellent story or memorable scenes, characters yes, but not story sequences. Yet this entry beat all the odds and was the reason we decided to allow Pre-FMV sequences into the fold.

One of the things FF is known for, are their epic death scenes of awesome characters. While knocking off characters began with FFII, it really didn't get that cinematic flair until FFIV's Meteo Scene with Tellah. Yet, easily one of the most overlooked death scenes in the series has always been that of the character of Galuf from FFV. Encased in ExDeath's evil power, Galuf absorbs it and uses it to power himself up to battle Exdeath one-on-one for a climatic face off as one of the last remaining Dawn Warriors. This scene is also unique from all the other entries in that its still treated as an actual boss fight, if a bit scripted, since the old man can't actually die unless he uses Self-Destruct. Galuf's death is saw the lost of on of the coolest members of the V team, and unlike most heroic deaths in the series, Galuf was at least kind enough to give his MAD SKILLZ to his granddaughter Krile so you're party can still kick some ass.

Here's the scene in question for those who want to experience it again.



Here's a cool fanart pic.

So our third winner is Galuf's Last Stand

So far:
FFVIII Ending
Rinoa and Squall's Waltz
Galuf's Last Stand

Only three more from three different FFs.