Best Final Fantasy Game

August 24, 2007, 3:00 AM

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Originally Posted by BustaMo on the best FF Game thread

Wow, I know I've answered 20 topics like this before...

He's correct, i'm sure theres at least 3 Best FF game threads out there, i just haven't seen them recently - so i thought making stickied threads for best/worts FF games, would be a great way of ending the dupe threads. Be sure to explain WHY you think the FF game you vote for is the best one.

August 24, 2007, 3:05 AM

FFX to me. It goes so far in depth, that it takes forever to try to piece together every part of the plot into the puzzle. Time differences between 1000 years of existence, the different worlds and times of Zanarkands existence and dream stages, the connection between Yu Yevon, Sin, and the Bevelle/Zanarkand war...

Then the Aeons and how they fit into the story; the pilgrimage of past guardians and summoners, and the 3 amigos of Braska, Jecht and young Auron. So much happening in such a short game. Yes, a short game.

August 24, 2007, 1:10 PM

Lol, surely you know my answer by now?
FFVIII for me.

August 24, 2007, 2:04 PM

If you don't know what I've chosen, I'll punch whoever gets it wrong. My favourite is closely followed by VIII, then VI, then TA, then IV I think.

..You all should know why I like this specific game a lot.

August 24, 2007, 7:10 PM

FFVIII

I've mentioned why I love it so much too many times, but in short I love the characters, the opening and ending always leave me floored with how wonderful they are, the music is amongst my favourites....it's all very vague I know, but it's the one where the plotline and characters touched me the most.

August 24, 2007, 7:14 PM

Best game in my opinion is Final Fantasy IX.

Right now I have a pain in my head and I am about to order a Domino's Pizza so I will elaborate on my post later.

August 24, 2007, 7:25 PM

Mine is FFVIII, followed by FFVII, then FFVI and FFIV.

FFVIII was my second Final Fantasy (FFVII being my first). I remember being firstly, blown away by the graphics, but when I got to battle... suddenly I decided to hate the game, because I had no idea how to work the junction system.

But I really began to like the characters. And so, I cared what was going to happen and started really liking the story as well.

I liked the characters and the story of most other FFs as well, but for some reason, for me, FFVIII has the most replay value. I feel like this is the one that I can play over and over again, while the other ones I can only play just one playthrough every couple of years.

Also, I really liked the locations of FFVIII and felt a certain connection to them that I didn't feel for other locations in games. Being able to remember locations in terms of the emotions I felt really immersed me into the world.

August 24, 2007, 11:22 PM

Now it would be time for me to post my reasons.

Okay, reasons I think that Final Fantasy IX is the best is because it was like a homage to the older titles. It's great going through the game picking up the various references. Just about every Final Fantasy has a reference to the other game but this one had so much it was fun. The fact that the game has a humorous tone to it, you sometimes actually don't notice how deep the story is which I think is great.

The characters are great and the protagonist was really a laid back kind of guy which was a bit of a refreshing chain from most of the protagonists before FFIX with probably the exception of FFI, III and V. Although Tidus and Vaan weren't very deep characters like Cloud and Squall, Zidane was very humorous but was also very intelligent when he needed to be. It was great seeing characters develop through the game. One that I liked was Zidane and Steiners relationship. They two were constantly at each others throats but stop once Steiner finally accepts the truth. Zidane and Garnet have a great relationship, Zidane is always flirting and being a bit cocky to Garnet but as soon as Eiko does it to him, he realizes what he is doing and shows nothing but respect for Garnet throughout the game. I think FFIX had so many great characters. Zidane, Garnet, Vivi, Freya, Kuja, Beatrix, Blank, Baku etc, all great.

Couple of things that the game did disappoint in. First of, the battle system. It was also great for the game to go back to the tradional 4 in a party but the system was very slow, even when you turned the battle speed up full it still wasn't fast enough and can get frustating. Another is the Trance abilites. They take so long to build up but you can't save them for another fight so you could trying to get it up for so long then accidently get it full just before a boss then you are back to the bottom again. Also, Zidane is the only one with actual decent abilites. Most of the other party members just get slightly stronger or use Double Magic but I don't think anything came close to Zidane's Dyne abilities. The good thing about Trance was if you died with almost a full bar then it wouldn't go back to the bottom. The final thing I thought was bad about this game was Tetra Master. It doesn't compare to Triple Triad. It is a lot more confusing and less rewarding than Triple Triad. Triple Triad was fun and addicting but Tetra Master was a bit off putting.

The music in this was great aswell. The battle and boss themes aswell as Dark Messenger stick in my head. I also liked Crossing Those Hills (World Map) and Zidane's Theme. Good themes is what is expected from an FF game and I thought FFIX delivered very well in this aspect.

Most people will say that the younger ones that started with FFVII/VIII will not appreciate this game as it takes another change in direction and goes back down the old route but despit this being my third FF game after FFVII and FFVIII, I really enjoyed it almost as much as FFVII at the time and now about 6 years later I enjoy it more than FFVII so even if you haven't played FFI-VI, I still think that those who joined in on FF later on can still easily appreciate this game for what it is instead of "childish" graphics as most would say. It truly is a great game and if the later FF players were to give it a chance and play the game for what it is rather than how it looks, then I think quite a few of them would enjoy the game than what they originally thought of it.

Also, I would like to give special mentions to other FF games that I thought are great.

Final Fantasy VII - It was the first FF I had ever played and the story was excellent with some badass characters and obviously that devastating moment at the end of disc 1. Some great themes like Aerith's Theme, Cid's Theme, One Winged Angel and J-E-N-O-V-A. Sadly, Square Enix know that most FFVII fanboys will accept any FFVII crap throwing at their faces so we are left with every FFVII idea that Square Enix employees come up with whenever they take a crap. I'm trying so hard for things like Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus to not affect my love for FFVII but it is getting hard.

Final Fantasy IV - The first to have an actual solid plot and also what I would call "The greatest partnership in Final Fantasy" - Cecil & Kain. This game has some excellent characters and Cecil and Kain are among some of the best Final Fantasy characters ever. Kain is my favourite character of all Final Fantasy. One of the reasons is because I have a love for Dragoon type characters (And we need more of them!) and Kain is the best of them all. The other characters I like are Rosa, Rydia, Tellah, Yang and Edge. I also love the FFIV Main Theme aswell as Theme of Love which I am curious to here what it will be like with lyrics (Since it is being rearranged for the DS version). I'm also excited for the remake of this game. Everytime I see new scans or a trailer, it just makes me want this game even more.

Final Fantasy VI - Another with great characters. It is quite remarkable how this game has a large cast of playable characters with most of them having some kind of back story aswell as character development. Also, despite Terra being the central character and the plot surrounding her, it was great that the plot focused on other characters. Most notably Locke (Another favourite of mine) and Celes and how their relationship develops. I liked how each character had their unique ability which was also useful. I wish this would be implimented in further titles as it would make for great strategies on what characters to use and how to use them. Gogo is an excellent character providing you use him/her properly.

*Since my brother is back, I will edit this post later with Final Fantasy VIII.*

August 25, 2007, 1:45 AM

!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!

FFVIII HAS THE MOST VOTES BY FAR!!!???

YES!!!! YES YES!!!! My god i don't believe it! FFVIII is my favorite aswell! But the thing is...i really expected 7 or 10 to get the most votes...hmm.

Well i guess this proves once and for all that 8 has one of the strongest followings and is also one of the best in the series. (Despite what other people will lead you to believe

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