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November 3, 2007, 1:21 AM
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Not sure if this is in the right place.........
I have FINALLY convinced a good friend to give Final Fantasy a go, he has never played it in his life and is more into GTA & racing games & suchlike
I have started him on VII which is where I first began I really hope he likes it lol but tbh, I don't have high hopes
Has anyone else tried to get someone who would so not normally be intersted in an RPG to play FF and succeeded??
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November 3, 2007, 1:27 AM
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I tried getting my bro to play FF games, and although he started on VII, he only got as far as out of Midgar, then quit. =/
Then he played FFX, but he was more in it for the storyline than leveling up. He never stopped to level up or anything - didn't even finish the whole game...so I would say that it didn't work for him. =(
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November 3, 2007, 1:30 AM
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I don't think that FFVII is a good place to start for someone who is new to the series. It might not be as easy to impress someone with polygonal graphics, bad translations, and a very tedious story line.
I would say start him off with FFX or FFXII first. FFX has a lot more tid bits, e.g. more sidequests, mini games, and things of that sort. And FFXII is a lot more free flowing; you can pretty much go anywhere and do anything any time that you want throughout the game. Plus the graphics won't scare anyone away (since most people are picky about graphics). XD
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November 3, 2007, 1:31 AM
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Well, I think the only person I ever got to play Final Fantasy was Erythritol. I introduced her to Final Fantasy back in Middle school when we were in middle school.
Edit: Well, I don't think FFVII is bad to start with. FFVII is the game most GTA, sports, racing, causal gamers usually play. I've met some guys that thought FFVII was awesome but never touched another RPG besides FFVII.
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November 3, 2007, 1:33 AM
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I got my friend to ply FFX, then she got FFIX and loved it, we completed it round my house and she was crying at the ending... then she got FFVIII.
Ouch, bad move XD
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November 3, 2007, 1:41 AM
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None whatever. All my relatives are completely oblivious to the fact that video games aren't all retardant. They think the usual - "Geez man, look how old you're getting and you're still playing this kiddy sh*t"/ "Look at the graphics (FFVII) *laughs*
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November 3, 2007, 2:32 AM
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bah. I was actually the one that my friends got into the game, so naturally there is no one else for me to bring to ff. I guess it can work though if I got into it.
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November 3, 2007, 12:08 PM
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I tried getting my friend into playing Final Fantasy ... he started with X, and didn't bother completing it. He also got XII, but he sucks at it  He always complains about the battlesystem. "If you're going to kill something, wouldn't you just hack the shit out of it?! You wouldn't just wait."
Gah, explaining the ATB system would be disasterous then ...
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November 3, 2007, 1:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Grand Lethal
I tried getting my friend into playing Final Fantasy ... he started with X, and didn't bother completing it. He also got XII, but he sucks at it He always complains about the battlesystem. "If you're going to kill something, wouldn't you just hack the shit out of it?! You wouldn't just wait."
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Yeah iv encoutered that problem with him already lol
He actually wanted to start from FFI, he couldn't see why I would start him half way thru the series. Oh how many times did I have to explain they didn't follow on from each other 
I also tried to get him to play X first but he wasn't listening to me at all by that point. XII omg I think his head would blow up with thegambit system. I struggled myself so he'd be doomed haha |
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November 3, 2007, 2:12 PM
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