Best Story?

April 13, 2008, 12:22 PM

which game do you lot think has the best story, for me it's a tough one, I can't decide between VI, VII and X...so I'll say all three.

April 13, 2008, 12:44 PM

Oh c'mon! Truly is must be VII! The story is simple yet amazing in every aspect and tells a compelling story that could be taken as an example of modern life! Powerful tycoons who cause harm to the planet just so they could profit from the rewards, men hellbent on the degradation of all human kind and of course that even the most special of people can have mental breakdowns no matter how strong they are.

Final Fantasy VII is such a story, it's amazing.

April 13, 2008, 12:57 PM

Well, I obviously think that VII, VIII, IX, X and XII have the best storylines. I know it's a lot, but I can't decide which ones are my favourites.

VII has a very deep story and has so many different elements to it. You couldn't just depict it as fantasy, there's also romance and tragedy in it.

VIII is mainly romance, although there are trials between Squall and Rinoa to overcome before finally getting together.

Now where to begin with IX? It takes the goodness out of the old games and inputs them into a completely different gaming experience.

X ... so tragic. Was shocked to learn that Tidus was a dream and that Yuna would have to sacrifice herself to defeat Sin.

Then you got XII. For once, I was somewhat happy to see that romance wasn't a key thing here. But I can't say much on this one really because I haven't finished it yet.

So there you are. VII, VIII, IX, X and XII does it for me. All have good storylines no matter what you say ...

April 13, 2008, 1:05 PM

I also think it's between VII VIII & X. I just like the stories for all different reasons.

I like the sci-fi elements in VII & VIII trains, bikes outer space ....all that jazz.

The love stories in all 3

I love a bit of romance

They were all just epic really

April 13, 2008, 4:58 PM

I'm a FFVII fanboy through and through. It was the first one I played, and the one that got me hooked. I found it to be the most gripping, and deep in terms of story.

I don't know if I'd feel the same if FFX was the first FF game I played though.

Backloggery · April 13, 2008, 5:19 PM

I would say that IX had the best story overall, the way the story unfolded until the middle of disk 3 was a very enjoyable, well-paced story that had plenty to it. X and VI's was up there as well although a few elements were a bit tedious or needed more to it.

VII seemed to generally be all over the place and things just seemed to randomly happen but not in a good surprised sort of way, the core of it was good but just never got to the level of IX. VIII's beyond the Squall/Rinoa love story was very lightweight, just seemed more like plot filler than anything. Saying that that was possibly the point of it in the first place but it does have for me weakest out of all the stories.

XII I haven't completed although it could give VIII a run for its money in the dullness factor.

April 13, 2008, 5:24 PM

did XII even have a story, in fact did the characters ever meet? i mean i can't remember a single interaction between Vaan and Ashe.

April 14, 2008, 8:51 AM

I'd definitely say IX. VII is the game that has the most backstory etc. but I feel that the IX story was just amazing. It was a much more emotional storyline IMO. There were bits that just make you feel sad (eg. Burmecia and Cleyra) and the whole thing was quite tragic (in a good way). There were also some quite deep/meaningful characters like Garnet, Freya, Steiner, Vivi (heck pretty much all of them).

In contrast, for me, VII wasn't as meaningful. It seems like just an adventure. It too had some great characters, but they didn't have that sort of connection. Anyway it's hard to explain.

Using films as an analogy, I would say IX was the kind of low-budget, really well thought out + scripted film that is in the running for an Oscar, whereas VII seems the blockbuster, good but never great.

As for others, don't get me started on XII. Absolutely hated the characters, although the whole Archadia-Rozarria-Dalmasca storyline had SO much wasted potential IMO.

So yeah, IX really does it for me.

April 14, 2008, 11:24 AM

Uh, didn't realise this was a bash the FFXII thread (again..), as I thought we had just had to vote for which one we thought had the best storyline/s?

VI has a really good storyline - even though afterwards in WoR a lot of things were sidequest based, you could find out so much about everyone, it was awesome.

VIII's was awesome, if you got rid of the cheap love story which bugged me.

Loved XII's too, I thought it was epic - it didn't need to have a love story to carry it through, and I thought the characters did interact pretty well.

April 14, 2008, 11:37 AM

VII- is overrated and is too complex, that being said i like it but, it feels like they had too many different stories trying to be interwoven.

I don't hate FFXII story, but i didn't like it, so I won't elaborate, incase a certain someone verbally assualts me

I think VIII had the best, you have seeds, laguna, ellone, romance and interesting sidequests. It's a good game(imo) and it has a shitty villain, which makes the quality of the story line more important, and it succeeds. It also doesn't feel it needs to end in tragedy a la X.
Imo it's better than VI because kefka is better than ultamecia