Quote Originally Posted by The Crystal View Post
It was over from the moment they released FFX-2 IMHO.
X-2 has one of the best battle systems of any Final Fantasies. And it wasn't taking itself seriously, so a comparison of the story with other FFs will be doing it a disservice.

And I have an issue with this 16-bit FFs are the best. I played IV for some time. And then I got bored in the sealed cave. And then I played it again the other day and got to the moon. Before I got bored again. The storyline was never particularly interesting and for the most part, I couldn't care about the characters.

This has happened to me in FFV and FFVI (both at the end-world state) and IX, strangely enough (although for the most part, I liked the story, characters and art of IX, I just could not handle the slow pace of battles anymore). Before people bash me saying that I am too interested in graphics, I also played Chrono Trigger. And although I did stop playing for some time (strangely linked to when I got God of War 3, Final Fantasy and some other games), I came back and finished it. And I am going to New Game + it.

So I challenge all the people who say that 16-bit FFs have a better artistic style or gameplay or story or characters to actually prove it. Because I do not know how VI can have greater character development when there are more characters than there are in VII but less in-game dialogue by them. Or how the old FFs had a greater artistic style, because IV, V and VI look very similar. As for the Kefka destroyed the world because he's such a nutter argument, that is confirmation bias at its best, because Square were too lazy to flesh in a backstory is just as plausible an explanation (and the first one people latch onto with Ultimecia).

So let me finish with a moderating statement. This isn't meant as a bash of the old FFs. They were great games considering the time they existed in. But they are not superior to the newer ones. They just didn't have the resources to compete.