Final Fantasy IV at the ripe young age of six. It boosted my vocabulary!
Final Fantasy IV at the ripe young age of six. It boosted my vocabulary!
FFVI back when I was 8 in 1994. First time I played it I started from an high schooler friends existing file, that was at the part where Locke was in Figaro, and I had no idea what to do so I quickly returned it. Like a month later I got it again and started from the begining and loved it.
Got all the way up to the Final boss but a defect in the game erased it! I was so pissed, I returned it to whoever my cousin borrowed it from. Then came FFVII when I was about to be 11(september 10th is my birthday) so when it was released I remeber how shocked I was over the games graphics (but now thats come to pass). Then I dont know which was first FFanthology or FF8, But I know I got FF8 for my birthday again in september.
But FFIX is by far my favorite though.
6 was the first one I played...but I was a little kid messing with my big bro's Nintendo, so I don't think that really counts :rolleyes2 I loeved watching him play (until he got to the end and cussed at the screen all the time) My first FF that I played seriously (and actually my first game EVER) was VIII. I loved it SOO much and it was the best game EVAR!!...until I got IX this summer and it became my new obses... I mean, favorite (and will be for quite a while, I think). Sometimes, though, I almost feel like a traitor.I still owe it all to you, Squall! Yeah, that was long, sorry.
Originally Posted by Kakashi
Final Fantasy 8
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the old school game boy color FF. I think it was called Dawn of dreams or sumtin if i recall right. Played it when i was in 3 grade. you could play as a blob or like 6 other races . I loved that game so....
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When I was 12 I kept hearing things about FF9, so I decided to rent it. I got stuck in it really early on though, and I've never gotten around to playing since. But then one day I talked to my friend about it and she convinced me to play FF8, and I actually played that one all the way through. FF7 is my favorite though
If you didn't know the word "Spoony" before, you do now.
I'm sure you're right. And you are all entitled to your opinions. Obviously, the "best" Final Fantasy isn't absolute. It varies from person to person. Even those who claim the games were better before FF8 will still argue over whether FF5 is better than FF6.Well I played 9 first (followed by 7 and 8), but I wound up playing 6 eventually anyway - and lord knows you could find enough people (myself included) to argue with you saying it was all much better pre-FF7.
I personally feel that when they made FF7, they did an excellent job on the game, but they also realized that they could sell games just by making them look pretty. As a result, you get a game like FF10 where the graphics are breathtaking, but the gameplay is horribly lacking at just about every moment.
I'm not a programmer, but it seems like it's easier to come up with flashy graphics than it is to come up with catchy gameplay and an incredible story. Square is always trying to make the gameplay in each different and unique, which is a great idea. It just seems like they got lazy on the last few games. They didn't need to put a lot of effort into making catchy, innovative ways to interface with the story and the characters because they could hire guys with the book knowledge necessary to make the prettiest FMVs you've ever seen.
Keep in mind, this is my opinion. I didn't outright HATE Final Fantasy X, either. I liked it a lot. I'm just saying that Final Fantasy had built up quite a name and fan-base for itself, over the first 6/7 games. They had a lot to deliver when FF8, FF9 and FF10 came out. I had really high expectations, and when I saw the commercials for FF8, I was really excited because I figured I'd get a new, interesting gameplay with a fascinating story and the ever present Nobuo tunes, and now I'd get SWEET graphics as well.
They only delivered on the graphics, and partly on the music.
Gameplay, by its very nature and definition, is the thing that makes you like a game. You can't like a game for very long if all you like is the fancy graphics. Take Tetris for example. The game is virtually unchanged, after all these years. No fancy graphics. The music on Tetris rocks, but you only do get the 3 songs. So why do people play Tetris? Because of the gameplay.
I started playing Suikoden Tactics about two months ago. The story is neat as all heck. It's quite bizzare, even early on, and I enjoy the story a lot, overall. But I can't play the game much longer because the gameplay isn't enjoyable for me.
More examples being the Mario games, Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, and 3, Super Mario World, and so forth. They did have a story, usually about a princess getting nabbed by Bowser, and Mario going through a lot of work to save her. But honestly, we didn't play the game to see how the story ended, like you might in FF7 or FF6. It was fun to play, no matter what the story behind it was.
>>> FF1.
>> The black orb glitters ominously... but nothing happens..
VIII which might be why I favor it above the others
FF8. then after i got to the Ragnorok on 8. I eventually picked up a copy of 7 and became upsessed with any and all RPG hence those games.
Final Fantasy I for the NES...Then IV (II) for the SNES...And then quite possibly the greatest game of all of time...VI (III) when it first came out...I must have spent over a hundred dollars renting that game over the course of a year before I beat it...
Then came VII, amazing....Awesome game, the only game I thought was better then VI. Then VIII came and sucked sooo bad...No MP??? Summons die?? Cant learn magic?? Where's the typical legendary swords?? This aint a Final Fantasy!!! Then it seemed to go downhill from there...Thankfully Square made FFT to hold us over for awhile...
If I were a Final Fantasy Boss, I would be named something cool like Super-Ultra-Foxtrot-Omega Weapon or something cool like that...
FF1, on the original NES system. Ah the memories, going to have to go back and replay 1 and 2 (aka 4) someday... that was back in the day when leveling up was still a major pain.
FFIV was the first I played, but the first one I beat from start to finish was FFVI.
IV was the one that popped my cherry (so to speak I'm not THAT weird). Then it was VI. Then I played through Mystic Quest...yes, I have nerves of steel.
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