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Very close call between quite a few games here. I went with FFVIII, because in my opinion, it has a bit of everything. It has many different phases, changes in pace, simple parts, very complex parts, nice characters, strong themes and is a certain "cool" factor. I very much liked the world it...

I think there is a sweet irony that people have put countless hours into perfecting strategies and pooling ideas, and refining complex and intricate materia combinations, yet the best way to beat the Weapons is just to beat the living hell out of them. Fantastic video. Those graphics are...

I quite liked the turn-based system. I didn't like how you could plan 5-6 moves ahead, and there should have been some spontaneity to it. I guess some ATB system to force you into making your decisions quickly would have been nice. Another idea would be to add a random element to the little...

Bahamut probably, but I have no idea from which game. FFVI and FFVIII have some great battles with him, the former being one of the harder battles in the entire series. Some of the non-boss dragons are pretty cool though. I like Ruby Dragon from FFVIII, and the green one from FFVII is pretty...

Fawlty Towers (complete) The Young Ones (complete) The Office (UK, complete) Phoenix Nights (complete) Scrubs (seasons 1-7) House (seasons 1-4) Star Trek - The Next Generation (complete) Star Trek - Voyager (seasons 1, 3) The Thin Blue Line (complete) Peep Show (seasons 1-5) I'm looking into...

Selphie and Quina serve no real purpose in my opinion. Each game has a sufficient amount of light-heartedness and comic relief without them two to lower the tone. To be honest, I don't think either of them are particularly likeable, and thus, never really had any empathy for them. Shadow is...

Nothing major, but my boss made me feel very small today. I was looking for an item of stock we have, and couldn't find it, and because he went straight to it, he thought he was the king of the castle. He was like "Err... *ahem*... Rob? I found it". Kinda embarrasing, but I can live with it.

I have never hit anyone before, but I think I'd have a much harder time hitting a woman than a man. If a guy hits me, I'd probably hit him back, but if a woman tried to hit me, I'd do my best to wrestle her to the ground and restrain her. Obviously, people shouldn't be hitting eachother at...

Materia is the crystalline form of lifestream energy, which I always interpretted to be akin to Mako harvesting on a small scale. This is why I have always thought it relevent to the plot. Plus, the scenes like the one in the Kalm flashback sequence where Sephiroth explains how materia is...

Hooks in You... during sex.

One of the Gardens, preferably Balamb from FFVIII would be really great. I love the main concourse there, and it just looks like a really cool place to live. The climate there looks really reasonable too, I hate hot weather. I like Cosmo Canyon too. It is nice and quiet, and out of the way, and...

Agreed. Furthermore, I liked how the Materia system tied directly into the plot of the game, and the ethical dilemma the party faced in using Materia. This is why the Materia system is the best character development system in the series IMO; not only does it rock on a technical level, it is very...

I think it has a very important place in the pages of Final Fantasy folklore. It has charm in spades, and it has an awful lot of references to older FF games, which is just really really nice. The story starts at a glacial pace but opens up nicely, and its characters are very easy to empathise...

1 I'm bi- a lot of things, but lingual is not one of them Did I just say that?

Best paragraph in the topic. I don't think I understand the original post either, but it seems to me that TC wants the FF series to be something that it isn't. While I agree FFXIII is a grotesque hodgepodge of old and newer elements, the series cannot abandon its roots in my opinion. There has...

I think there are certain aspects of gameplay which make FFXIII very easy. For example, the abundance of save points, coupled with the "retry" option after unsuccessful battles means you can have unlimited attempts at something without losing any ground whatsoever. Also, the healing after...

50% luck and 50% skill in my opinion. I'd say around a third of all attempts will be sabotaged by things that are not at all your fault. You can normally get hit once or twice and still get 0:0.0, but sometimes you get hit, then the very instant your Chocobo recovers from being hit, you're hit...