Most annoying anything final fantasy related???

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Final Fantasy VI. I actually like the game; the fanbase is the most annoying of all time, though. They're always trying to shove down your throat that FFVI is the best, when they really only like it because it was their first RPG/FF/Video Game. They cosplay too much, too.

My friend and I look at bad cosplays quite often, and I rarely see anybody cosplay as any character from FF VI [I've seen it once in a while, but it's extremely rare]. I believe this is mostly because the characters were simplistic sprites, with limited exposure to the actual character designs, and most people who played this game don't have its instruction booklet [therefor, they don't even know the full scope of what the actual character designs look like]. However, I still see FF VII and FF VIII chars quite often. Aside from FF VII and FF VIII, most common cosplays are things like FF X, Tales games, Trigun, Naruto, InuYasha, Kingdom Hearts, Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, anything by CLAMP, and skanky cat girls that are actually overweight [in short, most of the generic/typical games/anime out there].

As for the FF VI fanbase, I don't really meet any people that try to cram down your throat that it's the best FF ever. For most people that played FF VI when it first came out, it usually wasn't their first RPG/FF. Most people that like it do speak well of it, but I've never seen anybody boast it as "OMG THIS THING IS THE smurfING BEST EVER" due to it being outdated in comparison to modern games graphics-wise, music-wise, and dialogue-wise, especially FF VII [this isn't modern, but it is far more than FF VI and usually ends up being compared with it].

I don't really know you that well, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but it sort of seems like this statement is trying to provoke a flame war or something. And it's true that I frown upon most things FF VII related, and that I like FF VI, however I'd hardly tote FF VI as the "best RPG ever" or whatever.

And I'm willing to bet there are far more Sephiroth and Cloud cosplayers than any other FF character cosplayer.

This is true from what I have seen.

- Having to constantly worry about how every move I make in battle will affect my stats

Hm, I don't think this is something you should have to worry about, though. Most anybody can just casually waltz through the game without doing much training, and the skills end up taking care of themselves. When I first played through it, I found it to be quite effortless and easy to just go through the game casually.

I don't even think it is necessarily the best in the series, but I do think it is very much over-hated.

You might be right. Truth be told, I actually do like FF VII. However, I think the mega-hate towards FF VII is stimulated by its annoying fanbase which in general seems to be quite unreasonable and lacks true foundation. Most things I see hyped about FF VII are quite generic and can not only be found in numerous RPG's out there, but also in excessive abundance. There are some reasons that motivate me to say that FF VII was in truth, actually a really good RPG. However, I almost never see these points touched on, so the irritation-level rises. I think most people that dislike FF VII are people like me, who used to like it but had it ruined for them by a certain fanbase. It only goes on to stimulate a feeling of "ugh.. god this game is so annoying to me now".