Two For The Price of One

[Pike]

Let's say you can combine two Final Fantasy games into one and get a new game that mixes the attributes of both. Which two would you mix?

Right off the bat I'm thinking of mixing the Tactics games (FFTA is my favorite) with FF1. I want to play through the silly little FF1 storyline but with dozens of character jobs instead of just the handful that they give you! "But Pike, wouldn't that just be FF3?" No, it would be FF3 but with EVEN MORE JOBS. And items and stuff. I really can't get enough of that sort of thing!

[Alpha2099]

I think I'd like to take the unique skills from FF6 (things like SwdTech and Tools) and also take the Materia system from FF7. Don't know how much extra that would bring to gameplay, but those were each things I liked about those respective games.

[Sephex]

I would take something like the Materia System in FFVII and combine it with an FFIV. Not literally FFIV, but an old school FF like that. I think it would be fun to have that kind of character customization in an earlier FF. I like jobs an all, but I like to pick and choose my abilities, spells, etc...

[Jiro]

Final Fantasy VI and Final Fantasy Tactics. You had elements of those battles between two armies in Final Fantasy VI what with Locke + Moogles vs Narshe Guards, Returners vs Empire and probably another one which I can't place at this time. That would be wicked. Plus I love the gameplay of FFT.

[Del Murder]

I will also say VI and Tactics for that reason. The cast is so huge that it would be great to have situations where you could put them all out on the field at once.

[Pike]

Oooh, that VI + Tactics is a great idea.

[Hollycat]

FFXII plus Crisis core.

You had to have seen this coming.

[Gamblet]

Those mash-ups would not go well with the story I think.

[Mercen-X]

Screw the story.

I say FF6 or X + X-2 (for customization system)... also Chrono Cross' Elements+Techs system.
Basically, I want my characters' looks to express their abilities because watching the same few idiots wearing month-old clothes adventure through active battles gets kind of . So either having changing outfits or access to more characters (all of whom level up simultaneously regardless of actual battle experience... I love that system!) = major plus.

[Jowy]

really wish they'd recycle the chrono cross element system into another game...i loved the concept of allocating x ability to be used y times for z damage based on the slot.

[Mercen-X]

I don't think the default should be one-time-use per battle though. Should depend on the power output imo.

[Loony BoB]

Just two?

FFXIII-2's gameplay, FFVII's story/characters. Yes, please.

Alternatively, FFI's job system (ie, fixed jobs for the entire story, but selectable by user at start - replayability to extremes, that!) and FFVII's story/characters. That would actually be really neat. If there's one downside of FFVII it's that there are no real jobs outside of Aeris being a mage.

Finally, FFTA's job system with FFXI's MMO-quality. But FFXIV is getting to that stage slowly so I can't complain too much.

[Arizona Lively]

I thin k there should be a final fantasy that features girls from sword girls.

[The Man]

I'll go with VI and V because I'm too titty at strategy games to do well at Tactics. VI's graphics / story / character / soundtrack quality combined with V's battle system quality ftw.

[Elpizo]

FF III and IX, mixing the fantasticness of III with IX's character-driven storytelling.