I've been around a lot of different Final Fantasy forum in my gaming career. Year after year, everywhere I go, all the topics seem to be the same for certain topics. I can't figure out why. Maybe each game has such a specific style that it only encourages certain types of conversations but I'm not sure. All the Final Fantasy's are deep, even the ones I don't like as much. It's not the quality of the poster, so don't take any of this personally. One forum doesn't produce "better" topics than another, just very different topics.
Final Fantasy VII, as much as I love it, doesn't seem to encourage a lot of deep conversations. The majority of FFVII topics are comparison topics. They're not usually deep or analytical. It may be because the game does a good job of explaining everything and not leaving many plot gaps but I'm really not sure. Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
Final Fantasy VIII inspires a little more analytical and varied topics. Although a lot are still comparison topics, there are a lot more that analyse and diagnose the plot and characters. Honestly, I think part of it is because there is some serious confusion about the plot of the game. Comparison Examples: 1, 2, 3... Analytical Examples: 4, 5, 6...
I really feel bad for Final Fantasy IX. I have yet to see almost any topics about the plot or its complexities. There's not even a lot of character comparison topics. The most interesting FFIX topic I've ever read was "I like Burmencia, how bout you?". It just doesn't ever seem to have any good topics about anything deep. The majority are about minor sidequests or irrelevant additions to the game. Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
Final Fantasy X is probably the best out of all of them. It is always filled with lots of analytical topics trying to diagnose exactly what happened during the course of the game and over the last thousand years. On occassion there are character comparison topics, typically comparing Auron to any other character. For the most part though, it is one of the best for having very deep meaty topics. I think it's because the story is so deep but so much is left for speculation. Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
Final Fantasy VII, as much as I love it, doesn't seem to encourage a lot of deep conversations. The majority of FFVII topics are comparison topics. They're not usually deep or analytical. It may be because the game does a good job of explaining everything and not leaving many plot gaps but I'm really not sure. Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
Final Fantasy VIII inspires a little more analytical and varied topics. Although a lot are still comparison topics, there are a lot more that analyse and diagnose the plot and characters. Honestly, I think part of it is because there is some serious confusion about the plot of the game. Comparison Examples: 1, 2, 3... Analytical Examples: 4, 5, 6...
I really feel bad for Final Fantasy IX. I have yet to see almost any topics about the plot or its complexities. There's not even a lot of character comparison topics. The most interesting FFIX topic I've ever read was "I like Burmencia, how bout you?". It just doesn't ever seem to have any good topics about anything deep. The majority are about minor sidequests or irrelevant additions to the game. Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
Final Fantasy X is probably the best out of all of them. It is always filled with lots of analytical topics trying to diagnose exactly what happened during the course of the game and over the last thousand years. On occassion there are character comparison topics, typically comparing Auron to any other character. For the most part though, it is one of the best for having very deep meaty topics. I think it's because the story is so deep but so much is left for speculation. Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
