I really liked the FF8 universe, it made me feel joy, I loved the whole atmosphere.
Squall is a douche though, Laguna was so much more awesome.
I loved FF8 as well. I dunno why, there is nothing really that great about it, I just like it a lot.
8 kinda blew. I'm currently replaying to reevaluate its suck-ocity. I don't think I gave it a 100% fair fight after FF7. As much as people complain about the fanboys that game was damn good. 6 has to be the best of the numbered though. The game had 16 characters, each I cared more about than some later FF characters. Tactics was great, anyone who hasn't played should pick up a copy. It's like 20 bucks for the greatest hits edition.
Eh... I played FF8 right after I beat FF7. I was WAY more impressed with FF8 then FF7. But if I had to choose between one for it's gameplay, I would go with 7, if I had to choose one "just because" FF8 would win way far.
I really liked the FF8 universe, it made me feel joy, I loved the whole atmosphere.
Squall is a douche though, Laguna was so much more awesome.
I loved FF8 as well. I dunno why, there is nothing really that great about it, I just like it a lot.
8 kinda blew. I'm currently replaying to reevaluate its suck-ocity. I don't think I gave it a 100% fair fight after FF7. As much as people complain about the fanboys that game was damn good. 6 has to be the best of the numbered though. The game had 16 characters, each I cared more about than some later FF characters. Tactics was great, anyone who hasn't played should pick up a copy. It's like 20 bucks for the greatest hits edition.
Lots of people say like FF6 and the older ones have really good stories, but the whole 2D thing has always turned me off. I've liked a couple 2D RPGs, most notably Golden Sun, but FF has always been about the visuals for me since I played FF9.
I played FF7 much later than any other game...I only got to the second disk, but I've read the story, and it seems like it's following the same storyline the whole time more than 9 or 10 which are all over the place.
I loved Crystal Chronicles. So fun.
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t keith here's some early-game footage against some noob monsters, i think it's an early version or something because the menus look crappier than in the real game
Maybe I should play 8. I only played long enough to get out of the city thing. The graphics drove me insane, and I think I had just beat 9 and I didn't like the way the summon thing worked so I just stopped.
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FalloutGIRL'S DAYWAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered Userregular
edited May 2007
i rented 8 once
last place i remember being is that facility with all the plants and shit
The plot twist at the end is completely silly, though.
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edited May 2007
Fact: your favorite Final Fantasy was your first one.
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
It does not do anything spectacularly better than any other Final Fantasy.
Yet every time I see it there is a sense of great joy and fond memories appear in droves.
FF8's fucking trash. The storyline was boring even by predictable save-the-world-and-fall-in-love FF standards. The Guardian Force system was just poorly-designed. The Draw system was punishing in its tedium. It was just a horrible game. Not even "a subpar FF game," just a bad game on its own.
It does not do anything spectacularly better than any other Final Fantasy.
Yet every time I see it there is a sense of great joy and fond memories appear in droves.
FF8's fucking trash. The storyline was boring even by predictable save-the-world-and-fall-in-love FF standards. The Guardian Force system was just poorly-designed. The Draw system was punishing in its tedium. It was just a horrible game. Not even "a subpar FF game," just a bad game on its own.
But I loved the feel of the world.
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Yeah your alias says your captain Jean-Luc Picard of the United Federation of Planets, 'cause he won't speak English anyway.
Fact: your favorite Final Fantasy was your first one.
My favorite is FF6. I played FF1 when it was about a year old. I played FF4 next, under the US "FF2" title. When FF6 came out, I played that. It was probably out for a year or so before I played it, though.
Fact: your favorite Final Fantasy was your first one.
Total goddamn lie. My first was Mystic Quest. I think I threw up after playing it.
Also, I never really liked the card games in 8 or 9. Like, I would start the game and be all into collecting them and what not, and then realize that I'm trying to save the world from some cataclysmic destruction and realize that a card game doesn't matter.
It does not do anything spectacularly better than any other Final Fantasy.
Yet every time I see it there is a sense of great joy and fond memories appear in droves.
FF8's fucking trash. The storyline was boring even by predictable save-the-world-and-fall-in-love FF standards. The Guardian Force system was just poorly-designed. The Draw system was punishing in its tedium. It was just a horrible game. Not even "a subpar FF game," just a bad game on its own.
But I loved the feel of the world.
The world was kinda neat, yeah. A good setting. Kind of a waste.
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edited May 2007
Hey guys we all knew each other before but the guardian forces destroyed our memory and nobody noticed this before and fuck shitty j-pop power ballad time.
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
It does not do anything spectacularly better than any other Final Fantasy.
Yet every time I see it there is a sense of great joy and fond memories appear in droves.
FF8's fucking trash. The storyline was boring even by predictable save-the-world-and-fall-in-love FF standards. The Guardian Force system was just poorly-designed. The Draw system was punishing in its tedium. It was just a horrible game. Not even "a subpar FF game," just a bad game on its own.
But I loved the feel of the world.
The world was kinda neat, yeah. A good setting. Kind of a waste.
No, it wasn't outstanding but I had fun with it, so I'm gonna go ahead and continue to say that i think it's pretty cool.
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Yeah your alias says your captain Jean-Luc Picard of the United Federation of Planets, 'cause he won't speak English anyway.
Hey guys we all knew each other before but the guardian forces destroyed our memory and nobody noticed this before and fuck shitty j-pop power ballad time.
In the world of FF8, nobody takes photographs.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited May 2007
FF8 did one thing right: gunblades.
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But you know what? Fuck you guys. Gunblades are cool.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited May 2007
Honestly though.
Shitty j pop power ballad.
What other final fantasy boasts that.
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What strange is that i just can`t get in FF6. Everytime i started playing it i just lose interest pretty quickly and i mean i have not this problem with any other FF. Hell i even played FFX-2 through witout a problem
the only game series i can think of that i love primarily for the story is MGS
maybe Warcraft
those are awesome series even disregarding the stories too
Thief's story is sooooo awesome. FFT's story too, of course.
I've played, like, the Thief 3 demo I think. Always been a series I've wanted to play more seriously.
Seriously: Play FROM THE BEGINNING. I don't care how hard it is, get a copy of Thief: The Dark Project or the "director's cut" version, Thief: Gold. (The Gold version has three extra missions and some other minor changes.) After that, Thief 2: The Metal Age. Then Thief 3. You'll find that Deadly Shadows (Thief 3) isn't as good, gameplay-wise, but it does look a lot better and the story is just as good. Also, it contains THE single best video game level I've ever seen in any game.
Anyway, the story in Thief is excellent, the world is thoroughly fleshed out to the point where it feels real in its depth and complexity, and the entire arc was designed very clearly to be a trilogy. Another really neat thing about the story is that it's not force-fed to you. Obviously, the major plot elements happen in sequence and there are cutscenes between missions and all that, but the major elements are just one storyline. There are dozens of smaller storylines in each game, even little mysteries you can piece together from clues collected in different missions. Because they don't affect the gameplay, they make the world feel more real; they only exist to add to the immersion.
As a quick example, on the first mission, you'll break into a nobleman's mansion to steal an antique for one of your black-market contacts. If you root around in the back areas of the mansion, you'll find the nobleman's accountant's desk and you can read his logbook. Keep looking and you can find evidence that the master of the house knows that the accountant's been doing some funny shit with the books. You can also find out that the nobleman apparently has some kind of deal going with a local crime boss involving illegal gambling operations. In a later mission, you'll find yourself in that crime boss' house, and you can see the other side of the story in there. Little connections like that that don't affect the overall storyline are what make this game so cool. There's much more going on in the world than what your character is directly interested in knowing; it's not like a normal game where your character is constantly involved in the most important shit ever, like saving the world from Metal Gear or Kefka or Lavos. Through most of the game, your character is motivated not by world-shaking goals, but by things like paying off his landlord, blackmailing the sheriff to get the cops off his ass, or busting his contacts out of prison so he can cash in on the shit he stole that can't just be offloaded to any old pawn shop.
But you know what? Fuck you guys. Gunblades are cool.
Gunblades are fucking stupid.
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DislexicCreepy Uncle Bad TouchYour local playgroundRegistered Userregular
edited May 2007
My biggest problem with X-2 besides HOLY FUCK I WANNA STAB MY EYES OUT was how stupidly specific you had to be to get all the modes and layouts, not to mention the 100% ending.
I never got the idea behind a gunblade. Why not just make a fucking gun?
Also, FFX-2 is really depressing to play.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited May 2007
It's a gun.
AND a sword.
What is so hard to get?
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FFXII was all like "let's write a half decent story for once but ruin any of its impact by turning it into the closest thing we can make to a single-player MMO!"
it was okay
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited May 2007
FFXII was like
holy fuck awesome battle system
first real innovation to the final fantasy battle system in 20 years
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I never got the idea behind a gunblade. Why not just make a fucking gun?
Also, FFX-2 is really depressing to play.
You don't understand. Swords are cooler than guns.
Gay innuendo ftw?
Then just make a sword. And have the guy using the sword not a complete dick like Squall. Then FF8 would be more tolerable. Also, Selphie would have to be removed completely. And the junction system would need an overhaul. And GF system. See why I'm not happy with this game?
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Eh... I played FF8 right after I beat FF7. I was WAY more impressed with FF8 then FF7. But if I had to choose between one for it's gameplay, I would go with 7, if I had to choose one "just because" FF8 would win way far.
I played FF7 much later than any other game...I only got to the second disk, but I've read the story, and it seems like it's following the same storyline the whole time more than 9 or 10 which are all over the place.
I loved Crystal Chronicles. So fun.
SHOULD PROLLY POST THE LINK LOL
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_dzGa453nkQ
It does not do anything spectacularly better than any other Final Fantasy.
Yet every time I see it there is a sense of great joy and fond memories appear in droves.
I've played, like, the Thief 3 demo I think. Always been a series I've wanted to play more seriously.
last place i remember being is that facility with all the plants and shit
it was aiight
The plot twist at the end is completely silly, though.
FF8's fucking trash. The storyline was boring even by predictable save-the-world-and-fall-in-love FF standards. The Guardian Force system was just poorly-designed. The Draw system was punishing in its tedium. It was just a horrible game. Not even "a subpar FF game," just a bad game on its own.
Lies, sir.
Not true. I played FF7 before I played FF8 and I love FF8 a hell of a lot more then FF7
But I loved the feel of the world.
My favorite is FF6. I played FF1 when it was about a year old. I played FF4 next, under the US "FF2" title. When FF6 came out, I played that. It was probably out for a year or so before I played it, though.
Total goddamn lie. My first was Mystic Quest. I think I threw up after playing it.
Also, I never really liked the card games in 8 or 9. Like, I would start the game and be all into collecting them and what not, and then realize that I'm trying to save the world from some cataclysmic destruction and realize that a card game doesn't matter.
And also the gameplay was trash, let's not overlook that.
The world was kinda neat, yeah. A good setting. Kind of a waste.
Eeeeeh... I dunno, my first was FF6, and while Ilove that one, 9 is a huge favorite of mine, I dont know which I like more.
Jordan of Elienor, Human Shaman
No, it wasn't outstanding but I had fun with it, so I'm gonna go ahead and continue to say that i think it's pretty cool.
In the world of FF8, nobody takes photographs.
Man, everyone but you and me hates that idea.
But you know what? Fuck you guys. Gunblades are cool.
Shitty j pop power ballad.
What other final fantasy boasts that.
nah
X-2
Yeah, I said it.
Yeah. Put them all on Gunslinger mode, time it so that someone is always rapid-firing, and mash R2
Seriously: Play FROM THE BEGINNING. I don't care how hard it is, get a copy of Thief: The Dark Project or the "director's cut" version, Thief: Gold. (The Gold version has three extra missions and some other minor changes.) After that, Thief 2: The Metal Age. Then Thief 3. You'll find that Deadly Shadows (Thief 3) isn't as good, gameplay-wise, but it does look a lot better and the story is just as good. Also, it contains THE single best video game level I've ever seen in any game.
Anyway, the story in Thief is excellent, the world is thoroughly fleshed out to the point where it feels real in its depth and complexity, and the entire arc was designed very clearly to be a trilogy. Another really neat thing about the story is that it's not force-fed to you. Obviously, the major plot elements happen in sequence and there are cutscenes between missions and all that, but the major elements are just one storyline. There are dozens of smaller storylines in each game, even little mysteries you can piece together from clues collected in different missions. Because they don't affect the gameplay, they make the world feel more real; they only exist to add to the immersion.
As a quick example, on the first mission, you'll break into a nobleman's mansion to steal an antique for one of your black-market contacts. If you root around in the back areas of the mansion, you'll find the nobleman's accountant's desk and you can read his logbook. Keep looking and you can find evidence that the master of the house knows that the accountant's been doing some funny shit with the books. You can also find out that the nobleman apparently has some kind of deal going with a local crime boss involving illegal gambling operations. In a later mission, you'll find yourself in that crime boss' house, and you can see the other side of the story in there. Little connections like that that don't affect the overall storyline are what make this game so cool. There's much more going on in the world than what your character is directly interested in knowing; it's not like a normal game where your character is constantly involved in the most important shit ever, like saving the world from Metal Gear or Kefka or Lavos. Through most of the game, your character is motivated not by world-shaking goals, but by things like paying off his landlord, blackmailing the sheriff to get the cops off his ass, or busting his contacts out of prison so he can cash in on the shit he stole that can't just be offloaded to any old pawn shop.
Gunblades are fucking stupid.
I gave up on that, I should probably finish.
Also, FFX-2 is really depressing to play.
AND a sword.
What is so hard to get?
You don't understand. Swords are cooler than guns.
it was okay
holy fuck awesome battle system
first real innovation to the final fantasy battle system in 20 years
Gay innuendo ftw?
Then just make a sword. And have the guy using the sword not a complete dick like Squall. Then FF8 would be more tolerable. Also, Selphie would have to be removed completely. And the junction system would need an overhaul. And GF system. See why I'm not happy with this game?
first 'grooming all the players for the next final fantasy online' battle system more like it
i don't mind, it wasn't too bad