Final Fantasy Thread

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

I also think the chibi sprites in 7 are butt ugly and have Popeye arms. I thought they were ugly back when I played the game for the first time in 1998 and I still think the same. Glad they fixed those in FF8 and FF9.

 

[MasterEn]

I feel like other games did the active battle system better than others though, like stated I love VIII, ironically couldn't really explain why I love VIII But have such an issue with VII and IX.



In 7 or 9?



See and the midgar section is the section I remember actually liking before I stopped being interested in the game

pacing is important, which is a point that you brought up earlier. 8 might have better pacing for you than 7 or 9.
midgar is probably the best part of 7. i don't remember much of the game after that, and that is the part that squaresoft would have been able to put the most effort in during development.

 

[KillerJesusXo]

pacing is important, which is a point that you brought up earlier. 8 might have better pacing for you than 7 or 9.
midgar is probably the best part of 7. i don't remember much of the game after that, and that is the part that squaresoft would have been able to put the most effort in during development.

It didn't feel like it took forever to get to one section to the other and the battles went by faster it seemed too.

In both I would say but it's more eregious in 9. I don't mind the ATB but in the later games it just feels like there's problems with the animations, or at least on the original games on original hardware.

Definitely worst in 9, but it was pretty bad in 7.

I also think the chibi sprites in 7 are butt ugly and have Popeye arms. I thought they were ugly back when I played the game for the first time in 1998 and I still think the same. Glad they fixed those in FF8 and FF9.

Those sprites literally look like a kindergarden drew them. Think this actually can go back to what I was saying about watching advent children then going to the game and being disappointed

 

[MasterEn]

It didn't feel like it took forever to get to one section to the other and the battles went by faster it seemed too.

yep. pacing is important. speed too. if it takes too long to do something, the player will get bored and turn the game off. ff4 has what would be considered lightning fast speed with its plot. you would be done with the game in about the same amount of time it takes to get to the end of disc one of ff7.
8 must have better pacing and any tricks that the developers learn on improving performance from 7 would have been implemented with 8.

 

[KillerJesusXo]

yep. pacing is important. speed too. if it takes too long to do something, the player will get bored and turn the game off. ff4 has what would be considered lightning fast speed with its plot. you would be done with the game in about the same amount of time it takes to get to the end of disc one of ff7.
8 must have better pacing and any tricks that the developers learn on improving performance from 7 would have been implemented with 8.

It's ironic you bring up 4 cause i actually really like 4

 

[MasterEn]

It's ironic you bring up 4 cause i actually really like 4

4 is my absolute favorite is and better than all of the rest of the games in the series.

 

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

4 is my absolute favorite is and better than all of the rest of the games in the series.

Dang, that's based. You'll definitively appreciate my article on Final Fantasy IV: https://retrogametalk.com/threads/growing-up-as-a-squaresoft-fanboy-part-4.2182/

 

[KillerJesusXo]

4 is my absolute favorite is and better than all of the rest of the games in the series.

Definitely don't think its the best but 100% better than 7 lmfao

 

[MasterEn]

Dang, that's based. You'll definitively appreciate my article on Final Fantasy IV: https://retrogametalk.com/threads/growing-up-as-a-squaresoft-fanboy-part-4.2182/

4 was the first final fantasy that i ever saw. i still remember pretty much crystal clear the first time i saw it. my friend was playing the psx version and was fighting the mist dragon. he was probably playing the game again. most likely he beat it already. i think i was 6 or 7. i don't remember much else about that day, but i remember that little bit that i saw on the screen. i borrowed the game sometime later after i got my own psx.

 

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

This a dangerous conversation for Final Fantasy fans, lol. I'd throw some fuel into the fire and say Final Fantasy 6/3 US is the best. I do think FFIV is second best, as it is the first game I really loved in the series.

 

[MasterEn]

Definitely don't think its the best but 100% better than 7 lmfao

everyone is allowed to have their opinion, even though mine is perfectly objective in all ways. :P

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This a dangerous conversation for Final Fantasy fans, lol. I'd throw some fuel into the fire and say Final Fantasy 6/3 US is the best.

i need to play that one. probably the snes or gba version. i only got up to the phantom train section before i stopped. i was jumping between the psx versions of 5 and 6 on my psp. then i had to focus more on college classes and i never got back to the game.

 

[tigg]

I gotta say though, I really miss when Final Fantasy was a turn-based rpg and not an action rpg. But I guess Square Enix has a different opinion.

I was just coming on to say the exact same thing, the move to action rpg has really depressed me lol

 

[7eve70rd]

Pardon my intrusion.

One of the joys of the Final Fantasy franchise is looking forward to the technology of the next generation Final Fantasy.

Any promotional art felt like I'd have to wait a long time to play a future final fantasy game when it become a retro final fantasy game.

I chose to get a Nintendo 64 to play GoldenEye 007 and knew that decision meant I'd have to wait many years to finally play Final Fantasy 8.

I got that feeling when I spotted a Final Fantasy 27 poster in a game I did play on release day.

 

[MasterEn]

This a dangerous conversation for Final Fantasy fans, lol. I'd throw some fuel into the fire and say Final Fantasy 6/3 US is the best. I do think FFIV is second best, as it is the first game I really loved in the series.

check out this video; it's the fanbase in a nutshell:

 

[Selh'Teus]

midgar is probably the best part of 7. i don't remember much of the game after that, and that is the part that squaresoft would have been able to put the most effort in during development.

I really liked 7 and its writing but now that I think about it, Midgar is the part of the game that I can envision most solidly in my head lol. Guess that happens when you move around a lot... Relatedly I just got Rebirth, hoping I enjoy it : P

I was just coming on to say the exact same thing, the move to action rpg has really depressed me lol

Agreed.... Been hard for me to get into XVI because of that and other things. Also read back a bit of pg.5 and totally agree with the XVI/Yoshi-P convo bahaha. I did like Strangers, though it feels distinctly different from XVI's battles.

This a dangerous conversation for Final Fantasy fans, lol. I'd throw some fuel into the fire and say Final Fantasy 6/3 US is the best. I do think FFIV is second best, as it is the first game I really loved in the series.

VI is my favourite! I'd personally say IX is the best myself


Anyway hi all, nice to meet you! ^^ Anyone interested in telling about their favourite characters?

 

[MasterEn]

I really liked 7 and its writing but now that I think about it, Midgar is the part of the game that I can envision most solidly in my head lol. Guess that happens when you move around a lot... Relatedly I just got Rebirth, hoping I enjoy it : P


Agreed.... Been hard for me to get into XVI because of that and other things. Also read back a bit of pg.5 and totally agree with the XVI/Yoshi-P convo bahaha. I did like Strangers, though it feels distinctly different from XVI's battles.


VI is my favourite! I'd personally say IX is the best myself


Anyway hi all, nice to meet you! ^^ Anyone interested in telling about their favourite characters?

My favorite ff characters are Rydia, Lulu, Paine, Beatrix, Fairs, Quistis and Fran.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

If FF VII was entirely set in Midgar I wouldn't have been upset at all.

 

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

Fav characters: Kain, Cecil, Rydia, Rosa, Faris, Terra, Locke, Shadow, Sabin, Celes, Cloud (OG version), Squall, Quistis, Vivi, Steiner, Auron, Baltier, Basch.

 

[Selh'Teus]

Awesome : D I also have a long list but my top favs are Sabin, Faris, Freya, Auron & Minwu

Quistis and Rydia are also great, Quistis is a sweetheart haha

 

[tropicalavera]

If FF VII was entirely set in Midgar I wouldn't have been upset at all.

I think that would CLASH quite a lot with the major themes of the game???

 

[MasterEn]

I think that would CLASH quite a lot with the major themes of the game???

i disagree. midgar is made of pizza. you'll never go hungry there.

 

[ThirdEidolon]

Currently trying to finally finish Type 0 HD. Been slack. Need to finish Sleeping dog first, though.

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

Tetra Master is the greatest mini-game of all time and it should've gotten it's own console release.

If they remake FF9 they should also simultaneously release Tetra Master as a spinoff title if you just want to play that.

 

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

Tetra Master is the greatest mini-game of all time and it should've gotten it's own console release.

If they remake FF9 they should also simultaneously release Tetra Master as a spinoff title if you just want to play that.

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No way Tetra Master is better than Triple Triad. Triple Triad set the standard for card games in Final Fantasy.

Edit: Didn't mean to make anyone sad, lmao. But Triple Triad is the best!

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

No way Tetra Master is better than Triple Triad. Triple Triad set the standard for card games in Final Fantasy.

Triple Triad set the standard but Tetra Master perfected it, I don't make the rules.