Final Fantasy

_XYZ said:
IV (specifically the DS version) or V maybe even XIII (strangely).

Dark_Chaos said:
VIII I guess? Well, it's more grindy than hard really considering you gotta get all that magic.

Psajdak said:
Good boss isn't one where you must grind for tens of hours to be competent enough, but rather one that is challenging, and still beatable with characters at the normal level, that is characters that are at the expected (when it takes you a long time to reach next level at the current location in story, before moving to the next (location) where opponents are tougher but offer more EXP) current level.

Psajdak said:
I think Necron was challenging enough boss if you didn't go and overlevel your characters like crazy.

Still, I can't say I really care that much about how tough bosses are, since in games like FF series to me the most important thing is story, characters, and setting.

Battles are okay, and it's nice to see some attractive animations of, for instance summons, and Limit Breaks, or similar stuff like that, but it becomes tiresome seeing it over and over.

In JRPGs, more than battles, I like to wander around towns and other locations without being bothered by random encounters; that's why I prefered riding vehicles and chocobo, and fought only when necessary.

revengerofdeath said:
Really? Where did you read that?
I've tried Xenogears and the only thing I have noticed is the huge gap between the ff7's graphic and the Xeno's one.
Not speaking about the gameplay....okay, the battle mode could be considered as nice...but all the movement system and the 2D graphic is just awful...Even ff6 was made better.
About the mature of the Xeno's story...well...I guess it is not that much distant from a normal ff (exept from the IX....that was "chibi").
I knew that Xeno was dropped at the second cd because of ff8 XD Square prefers to finance another ff instead of a new game.

Eden2307 said:
Final Fantasy IX will probably always be my favorite of the series. When I think Final Fantasy, I think something like FFIX.

revengerofdeath said:
Yeah...wandering around the world map and towns, it could be funny in some ff. The most is boring anyway...the importance of a final fantasy is a great story, as you said, and that's matter. I'm playing to ff9 right now... everyone says it is perfect in each aspects, but for me it lacks of a good story.
So the only way to replace this gap are amazing battles. But, again, it's average also about them.
For now, The only ff that I've really enjoyed for the story were the 7th and the 10th.
I hope to find another good jrpg games, sooner of later

Arkthur_us said:

How can you say that IX lacks a good story while praising X's horrible and cliche excuse for plot?

Zeebrah said:
Best one's for me
FF XII
FF IV
FF VII
FF II
FF V

ヽ( ﾟ ヮﾟ )ノ

revengerofdeath said:
Never played to IV,II, and V ヽ( ﾟ ヮﾟ )ノ

kagami77 said:
零式　is my favorite

Kirie_Himuro said:


What do you mean by the first Shadow Hearts is pretty blamed? I would recommend playing that one first before Shadow Hearts: Covenant although it's not a must, certain things like the bond between Yuri and Alice won't hit home as much. I say this since the first game has scenes that enhance and connect into the second one. There's also some other little things put in there that you'd pick up on more if you played the first one, but it's your choice. Also a different thing altogether a game on PS1 called Koudelka has little references to the first game.

Suikoden III is the only Suikoden from the main series I've never played (region reasons as well as my computer), Suikoden 2 is generally held high as being the best by fans. It has Luca Blight (seen as an excellent antagonist), a certain thing in particular with the story I won't say because of spoilers. It's one of my favourite RPGs for me still since I first played it over a decade ago. I like the assortment of characters also the most in that one even though it's very buggy and glitched. It's nothing that prevents you from completing the game it's just certain things regarding items in particular which you can look up. It's really only something that's bothersome if you're a person that likes to collect and do as much as possible within a game. Anyway there are patch fixes if you get the North American version.

OT: I've played all the FFs up until XII (when I decided to stop) usually at times I can play a game just to enjoy the gameplay although certainly the story I put first, but with that game I didn't like either the story or the characters.

The reason why I like IX a lot is because it feels like a callback, it plays more old school in a sense. The characters also have variety with their cast regarding races/species, it's also among one of my favourite soundtracks for FF although FF has excellent music in general. The story is nothing amazing although it has a certain charm where it really does feel magical so I like it the most out of the PS1 FFs. I would need to replay them since it's been a long while but FFIV or FFVI I like the most out of the earlier ones at the moment, it could change when I go through them again. FFs separate from the main series are another thing and FF Tactics is also great if you want a tactical/strategy RPG.

Kirie_Himuro said:


I'm just wondering how many RPGs you've played? are you reasonably new to them or no?

revengerofdeath said:
Is suikoden...hmmm... psycho-mad-logycal?

revengerofdeath said:
I've started to play to final fantasy ix 4 hours ago.I've just beaten all the Walzers XD
Too easy.
Final fantasy 6 is harder...or maybe I just didnt like the gameplay

Cinerary said:
Plus the Aura spell (coupled with low HP) so you can spam each character's best limit breaks every turn.

Roloko said:
The only one in my personal opinion is hard is the FF: Tactics (forgot the rest of the title) for PSP. I keep getting slaughtered for some reason. -___-

thekittennX3 said:
Lighting returns *filesaway*

revengerofdeath said:
Well, I do own a ps3, so i could even buy it. I'd like to see if it is so trashy like everybody say. Well, it can't be be worse than the x-2.

revengerofdeath said:
Really? Where did you read that?
I've tried Xenogears and the only thing I have noticed is the huge gap between the ff7's graphic and the Xeno's one.
Not speaking about the gameplay....okay, the battle mode could be considered as nice...but all the movement system and the 2D graphic is just awful...Even ff6 was made better.
About the mature of the Xeno's story...well...I guess it is not that much distant from a normal ff (exept from the IX....that was "chibi").
I knew that Xeno was dropped at the second cd because of ff8 XD Square prefers to finance another ff instead of a new game.

AbhLeaderKrelian said:
I know this is a very late reply, but I'll do it just for reference... here's proof that xenogears was supposed to be ff7 http://didyouknowgaming.com/post/45952747218/final-fantasy-vii-and-xenogears
Oh and BTW, a good chuck of the writers from FF6 such as Soraya Saga and Tetsuya Takahashi worked on xenogears and later xenosaga. So if you hate xenogears, you hate FF6!

thekittennX3 said:


It has a good story.
the hate came from the time limit or because lighting Is the lead character.

Roloko said:


Its the time limit. Now if it was just certain sidequests or parts of the game were timed then there wouldn't be a problem, but if its the whole game where your racing against the clock its no fun and stressful. Square really goofed with this game even if it did have a good plot its overshadowed by a bullshit timer.

Crow_Black said:
final fantasy 7 thats the best one in all of the series.

Salty-GB said:


You just really like necroing threads, huh?

4 is my favourite followed by 10, 14, 6 and 8 in no particular order.

Least favourite is 15. I kinda hated it.