...I actually just think that X-2 was made as a quick cash in on X's success to save them from the near bankruptcy (sp?) TSW put them through. That and, as Slade said, to counter XI.
I don't see how IX is filler. I think it's the strongest installment in the series next to VI.
I just think they put x-2 so u could get a better feel for the world and to continue the story.
no no no you got it all wrong... X-2 was made to expand the market by appealing to women and horny old men... they already had teenage boys with the whole swords magic and chocobs deal they just needed to build up a fan base of chicks and perverts... thus X-2 was born... now just you watch all the die-hard FF fans + the chick/pervert fans will buy XII and we will have the best selling FF to date... that you can count on
whatever you say...ur mind is up in the clouds dude
Oh no! Shock horror! A company actually wants to make money and retain a fanbase!
That's what u say. Did u actually ask Square if that were true. I'm guessin not so that is a statement for now but not fact.
FF9 was NOT a "filler" in my opinion it was the best "overall" FF due to a lovable (not annoying like FF10-2) cast good battle system (though trance pissed me off) and a great story to boot!
IX was a tribute to I. If you don't like IX, then you probably wouldn't like I. I, however, like both IX and I.
Final Fantasy IX is a wonderful game, and I can't see how anyone would call it a filler. I could see how someone doesn't like it, that's just your gaming preference. Anyway, FFIX was a tribute and made to bring back fans who were made with VII and VIII. In all the honesty I've ever known, I like both of those, too.
FFIX's music was the best achievement about the game, with Uematsu showing off all his wonderful talents - even if some game was remixed from FFI.
i hate all the mags and people that slagged off the random encounter system - it rocked!
Thank u for the back-up. FF IX is no filler. This is now fact. So deal with it!
Personally, I always considered FFX-2 to be Nomura's way of giving the middle finger to sakaguchi. FFX was the first time the two worked together (nomura on character designs, Sakaguchi directed) and considering Nomura's huge ego, I doubt he liked having his characters used by sakaguchi considering how different the two are in storytelling style and direction. When sakaguchi left square, Nomura had free reign and seemed to want to retell the FFX story, so he created FFX-2. Personally from a storytelling point of view I considered that to be unneccessary, and a huge mistake. The end of FFX was perfect, filled with patho's, dramatic irony, and characters coming full circle. Creating X-2 undid all that by making yuna into a valley girl and ending the FFX story with a happy happy joy joy vibe instead of the poignant, tragic yet hopeful vibe that sakaguchi created.Originally Posted by Slade
As for FFIX, Its the best of the PS1 Final Fantasy's. No doubt. I'd call FFVIII filler, but not FFIX.
Wait, wait, wait...did you just say you'd call FFVIII a filler? The greatest fictional creation of all time? You've got to joking. The effort put forth in Final Fantasy VIII is obvious from the moment one views the cover- simply remarkable. Even though I don't agree that Final Fantasy IX was a filler, if any game would be accused of being such it would be IX. I am concluding this logically since FFIX was, at least partly, a tribute to the roots of Final Fantasy, resulting in an alleviation of the work required to create an entirely new story with entirely new characters and gameplay.
As far as Final Fantasy VIII goes, the mere fact that Square could come out with such a masterpiece after the phenomenal Final Fantasy VII is breathtaking.
I get this unpleasant feeling each time someone calls a Square game a ‘masterpiece’.
Ports like FFIV:Advanced are fillers. Original FF games are not.
Well, about that....
Sorry, but to me, there's not a whole lot of difference in the greatness of classic literary works (such as War and Peace, Lord of the Rings, Romeo and Juliet) and the development of such ideas on different mediums. These different mediums, of course, being the console (or "video," if you must) game.
If Final Fantasy VII or VIII were to be novelized properly, they would surpass anything Tolkien created IMO.
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