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Quote Originally Posted by Paul View Post
Quote Originally Posted by blim View Post
it's great watching the series evolve and noting what ways each game has added to the ideas of the last.
Except in 2 where they decided not to keep

Stats changing according to action in battle
Inns charging pro rata according to how healthy you are
Level up system for spells
Stats permanently going down after battle
Nearly everything else
yes but FF2 did introduce:
cid
chocobos
leviathan
beavers (precursor to moogles?)
an actually interesting story that unfolds as you play
amongst other things... okay yeah it changed a lot that people liked, but if it wasn't for FF2, final fantasy may never have gone on to include a real story, which is arguably one of its most important aspects. FF3's story was certainly a lot less interesting. so was FF5's.