Final Fantasy Confessions

[Aulayna]

I offered to dress up as Aerith to get a friend to let me borrow FFVIII as my parents wouldn't buy it for me.

[Formalhaut]

I've never hidden this, but I used walkthroughs to beat FFI and FFII (FFI because it was my first FF game and I was unsure of myself, and FFII because at the time I only had the ability to play once every couple of weeks and needed a walkthrough to remember where the heck I was up to).
And I admit outright in my profile that I didn't play any FF games as a child and am therefore only now filling in the hole in my education. FFVI and counting...

I use a walkthrough for pretty much EVERY game I play. It's primarily because I hate dying in games, so I try to avoid that wherever possible.

[Pumpkin]

I use walkthroughs in games I've already completed, to get stuff I missed.

Except IX. Never used a walkthrough for IX. I'll just play it over and over to find the new stuff myself.

[noxious.sunshine]

o.o;;; I got to Jecht on Steroids and kept dying. And now I'm much too lazy to go beef everyone up more as the only option is going to the Omega Ruins for lvl 3 & 4 key spheres and that's pretty much a joke at this point 'cuz it just is.

I may get unlazy and start all over again, though... IDK.. with the release of the HD versions around the corner, I'll probably wait.

[Snakz92]

I own Final Fantasy's 1-12 and i've only completed IX,I,and uhhh Thats it! LOL

I Normally get to the end of each game but never completing it.

[Spongeworthy]

I haven't beaten anything from 1-6:
-Played a few hours into 1 before getting bored
-Gave up on 2 out of sheer frustration only a mere hour in
-3 I played on a DS emulator; I would have kept playing but the lag on the emulator was too much for me to want to deal with
-4 I played to the last dungeon before putting it down; still have no idea why I didn't finish
-Played 5 all the way up to the Neo-Exdeath fight, died, and then put it down; no idea why I didn't try again
-Was about to tackle Kefka's tower in 6 before my save file was lost forever

Played about 6 hours into 12 before putting it down and eventually selling it to a friend; frustratingly enough, I now have the urge to give it a fair shot. I honestly don't remember a damn thing about the game

I thought Adel had tremendous presence as a villain and that there was sooooo much untapped potential there. I still believe she should have been the primary antagonist of FF8

I like FF9 less every time I play it (still like it though)

Never bothered with XI or XIV and have no desire to play either to this day

I despise Crisis Core for one reason- it kills the big twist revealed in FF7. When the truth about Cloud's past was revealed the first time I'd played, I got goosebumps. Years later, I had convinced a friend of mine to give FF7 a shot, not having known he had played CC. Though I never said anything, it angered me that he already knew what happened in Nibelheim and therefore had simply sped through the flashbacks; I was bothered that he was not able to experience the revelation the way I did.

I found FFX to be the easiest installment in the series, BY FAR. I can recall dreading the Yunalesca battle due to prior warnings, only to be let down when it was a mere cakewalk. To this day, I have not seen the game over screen having played the game on more than one occassion.

I found much of FF7's second disc to be extremely tedious; I figure you will know what I'm referring to

The Extreme (FF8) is my favorite final boss theme in the entire series, and yes I have heard them all

I do not find the love story between Squall and Rinoa to be contrived or rushed

Alot of people claim they would have been embarassed to have someone walk in on them playing FFX during the haha scene, yeah well, imagine having your mother walk in on you while you were trying to find Leblanc's "sweet spot"

[Spooniest]

When Final Fantasy VII came out, I badgered my mom into taking me to Video Games Etc., and when she found out how much it was, she told me we couldn't afford it. I threw a crying fit right in the store (it was pretty dramatic), and she finally relented and bought it for me.

[Mo-Nercy]

I bought XIII and XIII-2 on release - got to Chapter 11 on XIII and stopped, watched the ending on YouTube. Never even touched XIII-2 - traded them both in after a few months.

I've never played Tactics.

I broke my own rule of not using guides/walkthroughs on the first playthrough with FFXII, because the game's just too damn big and I really wanted Zodiac Spear.

I actually love the Junction system in FFVIII.

And Blitzball in X is a lot of fun too.

[Gamblet]

I despise Crisis Core for one reason- it kills the big twist revealed in FF7. When the truth about Cloud's past was revealed the first time I'd played, I got goosebumps. Years later, I had convinced a friend of mine to give FF7 a shot, not having known he had played CC. Though I never said anything, it angered me that he already knew what happened in Nibelheim and therefore had simply sped through the flashbacks; I was bothered that he was not able to experience the revelation the way I did.

I hate when people play a spinoff/sequel before the original game.

[comma]

I despise Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi for one reason- it kills the big twist revealed in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. When the truth about Luke's father was revealed the first time I'd seen the movie, I got goosebumps. Years later, I had convinced a friend of mine to give Empire a shot, not having known he had seen Jedi. Though I never said anything, it angered me that he already knew what happened during the duel at Cloud City and therefore had simply sped through Empire; I was bothered that he was not able to experience the revelation the way I did.

[Mercen-X]

I threw a crying fit right in the store (it was pretty dramatic), and she finally relented and bought it for me.

[Spongeworthy]

I despise Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi for one reason- it kills the big twist revealed in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. When the truth about Luke's father was revealed the first time I'd seen the movie, I got goosebumps. Years later, I had convinced a friend of mine to give Empire a shot, not having known he had seen Jedi. Though I never said anything, it angered me that he already knew what happened during the duel at Cloud City and therefore had simply sped through Empire; I was bothered that he was not able to experience the revelation the way I did.

No, this would be more akin to creating a Fight Club spinoff in which *spoilers I guess* Edward Norton's character is seen reenacting the scenes from Fight Club with Tyler Durden without Tyler Durden, nullifying the twist from Fight Club as a whole. Also, I mentioned that he sped through the flashbacks, not the entire game. Nice try though.

[Chuck21]

I've played FFI all the way through. Never played FFII and only some of FFIII (though, I have seen my brother play them through). Played FFIV, FFVI, and FFVII to death. Never got into FFV but my brother liked it and FFVIII kinda made me mad with the way it turned out... I did like the gameplay though. I played FFIX (but not all the way through) and tried FFX. I just don't know what it was, I couldn't get into FF games after FFIX and, well, I haven't really had time for games after I started college.

[EDIT] P.S. Also, FF Tactics is my favorite one

[comma]

I despise Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi for one reason- it kills the big twist revealed in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. When the truth about Luke's father was revealed the first time I'd seen the movie, I got goosebumps. Years later, I had convinced a friend of mine to give Empire a shot, not having known he had seen Jedi. Though I never said anything, it angered me that he already knew what happened during the duel at Cloud City and therefore had simply sped through Empire; I was bothered that he was not able to experience the revelation the way I did.

No, this would be more akin to creating a Fight Club spinoff in which *spoilers I guess* Edward Norton's character is seen reenacting the scenes from Fight Club with Tyler Durden without Tyler Durden, nullifying the twist from Fight Club as a whole. Also, I mentioned that he sped through the flashbacks, not the entire game. Nice try though.

Thank you. I still highlighted what's ridiculous about your complaint. You despise a game that's meant to be played after another game because it contains information in it that spoils the first game. Also, it angered and bothered you that someone had a different experience from you? Get a grip.

[Spongeworthy]

Look man, you have your opinions and I have mine, if you see my complaint as ridiculous then that's fine by me; I only responded to you because your comparison itself wasn't apt. I have disagreed with many of the opinions posted in this thread, but I didn't bother responding to them because they are just that, opinions, and people are entitled to them; don't take mine so personally. For the record, I think CC is a fine game in and of itself, and maybe I should have mentioned that. I simply wanted someone to get the most out of something much like I had; I really don't see how that is such a terrible thing.

So to clear up any confusion, I do not hate Crisis Core itself and I do not hold any disdain toward my friend for it; if anything, I'm not fond of the unneccessary ovesaturation of a market that was perfectly fine to begin with, CC was simply the scapegoat in this instance as it never really makes itself known to casual gamers whether it is a sequel/prequel/spinoff, hence this instance. Anyhow, I digress.