Suggestion needed

May 7, 2008, 6:45 PM

Hi Guys,
Last week I bought a Nintendo DS, so I want to buy a Final Fantasy for the holidays. And there are three of them (FFIII, FFCC:ROF, FFXII:RW)
I played the following FF's
FFI (finished)
FFII (finished)
FFIV (unfinished)
FFVI (finished)
FFVII (finished)
FFVIII (unfinished)
FFIX (finished)
FFX (finished)
FFXII ('bout half way done)
FFT:A (finished)
So, what do you guys advise me? I like deep stories, plot-twists and not to much grinding. So, let me here your advise

May 7, 2008, 7:07 PM

Well Iv not played what ever that second one is, but I've played the other 2....On the whole, I found III to be more enjoyable, if a tad hard at places The lack of saves was a right pain in the arse, but it was really good and I liked the story

RW is also worth it but I think III was slightly better IMO

May 7, 2008, 8:32 PM

Oh good lord, throw Crystal Chronicles out of your list immediately, then go buy FF3. Buuut, if you like XII alot, and don't mind real-time strategy games, go for Revenant Wings. You really can't go wrong with either.

May 7, 2008, 8:38 PM

Well, on Dutch forums everyone was like w00t CC is soo friggin' awesome.
I was kinda sceptical. Maybe I buy RW and III otherwise I just buy III I guess

May 7, 2008, 8:55 PM

It's uh......well it's not that it's bad, but it's far from awesome. It's kind of weak in plot, and it's more or less an action-RPG dungeon crawler (think Vagrant Story, only not cool). Not to mention you have to put up with all the main characters being little kids and horribly annoying voice acting. So...really it depends on your taste. You can look it up on IGN if you're really that curious...but I'd definitely suggest III and RW first.

May 7, 2008, 9:33 PM

I'm gonna suggest Ring of Fates cause I know no one else will and it's not that bad, actually...and also because FFIII doesn't fit this bill very well...

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Originally Posted by WillieJamal

deep stories, plot-twists and not to much grinding

...anyways...

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Originally Posted by Arc-77

with all the main characters being little kids and horribly annoying voice acting

Are they ALL little kids? Or is it just the two kids? >_> Anyways, you can turn the voice acting off if it's so horrible too (I did just because it makes my emu run slow)...

I haven't played the original Crystal Chronicles, but from what I've seen from RoF, it's kind of like Square's (second w/Seiken Densetsu?) attempt at a quasi-Zelda-like game. Spellcasting is bothersome, but otherwise gameplay is fine & it's an enjoyable handheld action-oriented RPG romp.

But, really, you should FOCUS and finish the games you HAVE already (this is the pot calling the kettle black, btw)!

FFIII & FFIX: RW are both great too though, I just thought I'd stick up for RoF since it seems slightly more of what you're looking for and to me is a nice change of pace from the other FFs...and the RTS-ness of RW can be kind of off-putting...but it's got good character development at least!

May 7, 2008, 9:47 PM

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Originally Posted by V_Translanka

Are they ALL little kids? Or is it just the two kids? >_> Anyways, you can turn the voice acting off if it's so horrible too (I did just because it makes my emu run slow)...

lol, fine, not ALL of them, just the two main characters

The design of the game is rather silly though...and some of the monster designs remind me a bit too much of Shadow of the Colossus, they look like they're make out of stone or something o_O

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I haven't played the original Crystal Chronicles, but from what I've seen from RoF, it's kind of like Square's (second w/Seiken Densetsu?) attempt at a quasi-Zelda-like game. Spellcasting is bothersome, but otherwise gameplay is fine & it's an enjoyable handheld action-oriented RPG romp.

I've heard it likened to the Mana series, actually. But the Zelda comparison works too.

May 7, 2008, 9:54 PM

In short: RoF is up your alley.

FFIII requires MUCH grinding, which you've stated you dislike.

FFXII:RW shouldn't be touched since you haven't beaten XII yet.

May 7, 2008, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Chillen

FFXII:RW shouldn't be touched since you haven't beaten XII yet.

I really don't think that matters. There's hardly any story in XII and the story in RW deals alot with the history of Ivalice. Really all you'd need to know before you played RW is who Vaan and Penelo are.

May 7, 2008, 10:41 PM

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