dscross said:
I just replayed 6...wow that's an epic game. I completed them all up to 8 when I was younger but lost interest after that... But now I would like to play just one of the games following 8 to see what story lines they came up with.
So, for you ff fans out there I was wondering...which is the best in your opinion? Please give me some reasons as well so I can make an informed decision as to which one I would most enjoy playing.
Ps...I only want to do one...they take long enough.
Thanks.
Well that makes crossing FF13 off the list pretty easy. For one: it's terrible. But beyond that you would need to buy 3 different games to play through the whole story...and each game gets crappier than the last.
Anyways, I'm here to offer a cynic's perspective...the views of someone who fell out of love with the series a long time ago.
Ahem...
FF9: A cartoony romp (complete with a Super Saiyajin for a main characters) with protagonists who appear to be about 11 years old. I probably should like this game more seeing as how it's a throw-back to the classic FF's that I grew up with in that it actually takes place in a "traditional" FF setting (vs the new sci-fi-fantasy that a lot of the more modern FF's are going with), however the plot was so utterly boring that I couldn't be arsed to play beyond the first disc.
FF10: Not terrible, though the plot is absolutely atrocious and the main character should go down as one of the greatest crimes against good writing in history. Seriously, Tidus is a horrible main character who arguably isn't even the rightful main character to the story. Most annoyingly he's a winy little brat who keeps insisting that it's his way or the highway! Forgetting the fact that in the context of the story he essentially is just a random jackass the actual group picked up because he's good at physics-defying under-water soccer.
Said underwater soccer mini-game was an interesting diversion, to be fair, until you realize how obscenely easy it can be.
FF10-2: Crappy animations for the characters, horrific story, and an all-female cast, this is a Final Fantasy quite literally built around fan-service. "Watch two of your favorite teenage heroines and one random emo chick play dress up as you.......click dots on a map to get teleported to a "dungeon" to clear! Change job-costumes for even more fanservice!!!"
The game
does have one hell of a good music video buried within it...though the concert takes place in the most ridiculous area imaginable: "Hey! I know! Lets gather as many people as we can and pack them into THE THUNDER PLAINS! An area where lightning is striking constantly!" Seriously...what the fuck? That had to be the most obscenely stupid idea that has ever been considered in a game. Still, the sequence was a beautiful cinematic and song.
Other than 13, I can't really speak for the rest. 13 is almost universally hated everywhere but in Japan, and somewhere in there there's two MMO's that you don't have to worry about.
My recommendation: stick with the classics, it's far better than the tripe that they're trotting out these days. But as a disclaimer: this is coming from someone who grew up playing the classics when they were new games, and as such with each new game I've watched as Square has trampled upon and ground the series I loved so much into a nasty, poorly-written mess that I want no part of. That's why I haven't played an FF game since FF10-2.
