The Final Fantasy Series Thread

[Mithridelle]

Welcome to the thread, Commonmind - I hope that you enjoy it here!

Sephy - my tragic villan! *pats Sephy on head*

[Commonmind]

Why thank you, Mith

[Cayal]

My ratings.

1. Final Fantasy VII and XII - I really loved both of them and I cannot put one above the other.

2. Final Fantasy IX - Is it wrong that I loved Garnett?

3. Final Fantasy VIII - I don't think it was as bad as some make it out to be. I thought it was quite excellent.

4. Final Fantasy X - meh.

5. Final Fantasy X-2 - urgh.

I loved Advent Children. I took it on face value and didn't look too much into it. Seeing Cloud and Sephiroth on the big screen was worth it. Amazing CGI too.

Spirits Within wasn't too bad. Shouldn't have been a Final Fantasy movie, amazing graphically.

[Overread]

Ok asking me to put FF in order of prefrence is too hard to do - heck give me maths rather than that, at least then I might be able to scribble something down. So lets just say is all at the top barring FFX-2 - Charlie's Angles edition (as I call it)

[Mithridelle]

I have yet to find a person who favours FFX-2 above all of the other FF games. It had beautiful music though. Very touching.

[Overread]

I liked the fighting system, and the music - even the cinematics were up to class - but the story was so washed out and weak, plus the characters got ruined - guns? ok, but Yuna using guns -- no, just NO! (even though it looks good)

[Mithridelle]

The fact that it was mission based and that you didn't get to explore the world like you did in the previous game was what annoyed me the most. THis also made the game seem allot shorter.

[Talysia]

I didn't like the mission based aspect of the game, either. It felt too linear and rigid - I like the exploration and freedom to move in an RPG - and it did seem to make the game shorter for me. The extra Bevelle dungeons gave it a little more difficulty, but not enough to hold my interest past one or two playthroughs, sadly.

[Mithridelle]

Yes, it is not a game that I will return to in the near future, I think.

[Mithridelle]

Sooo.... what is your favourite part/chapter/scene out of any of the games?

Going back to FFVII, I would have to say that I really liked the part on the Airship were Cloud tells everyone that he wasn't a first class soldier, that he wasn't all that he had beleived he was. That scene always made me feel a little happier somehow. I also likes the whole City of the Ancients part... 'twas depressing though...

[Talysia]

I'd have to agree with that - I liked that scene on the Highwind. I still get a chuckle from the Wall Market series of events, and I loved the Temple of the Ancients/City of the Ancients thing, too. My favourite has to be Cloud rediscovering his true self after the events at Mideel and in the lifestream, though.

Actually, having recently seen FFVII - Last Order, it made me like the flashback to Cloud's escape with Zack a lot more, too.

[Mithridelle]

I could say without a doubt that there is no scene in FFVII that I dislike. The outcome of the Cloud and Zack escape always left me close to tears...

I also liked the dating scene at the Gold Saucer. I remember that I got Cloud to go out with Barret once!

[Talysia]

Lol - I never saw that scene! It was always Aeris or Tifa. I wonder what you have to do to get Barret on the Gold Saucer date.

Same here - I don't think there's a scene from the entire game I dislike, either.

[Mithridelle]

From the very start you have a tally system with each character. Basically you have to do everything ncie and good to Barret and keep on dissing Tifa and Aeris. It really takes to long though and I could never be bothered to do it again. I usually take Aeris out on the date because I want her to have her moments before the City of the Ancients....

You ca also go out with Yuffie, I think.

[Talysia]

Yuffie, too? That would be interesting - especially with the Gold Saucer play. That was funny!