Game: Final Fantasy

[bagandscalpel]

I vouch for VI.

Though simple in design, it was an enormous game at the time, and all the environments served to emphasize that. I found the battle effects to be amazing then and now, and the story was superb.

The best part? This game had more characters than VI, VII, VIII, IX, AND X, and still managed to give each of them a chance to shine in the spotlight. What's more, the main villain amused me more than any of the ones in the later games.

This is the one that started it for me, and still my favorite.

[masamuneehs]

Originally posted by: bagandscalpel
I vouch for VI.

What's more, the main villain amused me more than any of the ones in the later games.

nothing quite like a maniacal clown who doesnt give two shits for the balance of anything when it comes to a villain. I mostly loved how he worked his way up from basically Colonel (under General Leo, all under the Emperor) to a fucking deity. I wonder what was going through his mind when he decided to assemble the Statues in that weird form... Also, he was totally vicious, burning, poisoning, backstabbing, stealing, the man did it all.

He truly makes all the other Final Fantasy villains pale in comparison. Sure Sephiroth looked cool and had a dramatic past. Sure Seifer was one of the protagonist's peers. Hell, Kuja and Zidane! You can't get much more of a fucked up relationship between good and bad guys than that! (Seymour Guado never did much for me...) But Kefka beats them all into a pulp with a spiked 2x4, he is a self-made-monster.

Edit: I played 6 (3, whatever way you want to count them, the last one on the SNES) about two years after first playing 7 (and Xenogears, and FFTactics), so it was sorta a change with the lack of graphics. But the gameplay and depth still stand tall. I still missed the large impact 6 had on the rpg community (tho 7's impact, far more marketed and toted, was more widereaching)

[Terracosmo]

I do think there's a lack of FF6 fans here, maybe because many of the more recent FF followers didn't even play it?
Or maybe because many are too young to have experienced it when it came out? Hell, even I was very small when I first got into it.
Maybe that's why I think it's by far the best. Every time I replay it, there's this wave of nostalgia that comes over me along with the fact that it just is one fucking great game.

[XanBcoo]

Didn't know where to put this bit of news...

Square Enix sells Potions

[bagandscalpel]

WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...!

"Potions?" For real? I laugh at this so!

No, SquareEnix hasn't got me hooked, just yet... It's only when they start marketing Megalixers, Magicite, and SuperBalls shall I take the bait.

In the wise words of Ultros the sagacious:
"Hey kids! Game over! Don't tease the octopus!"

[Dezalanel]

I never got into FF6 that much because I missed the impact like you said. The first FF I actually played was 8 then 7. I did not know of RPGs too much when I was younger. I did not even know FF existed till 7 when my friend had it. Funny how clueless I was back then.

[Aclypze]

I never got to finish FFIII(same as 6 i believe?) cause my sister took my SNES to Austin, TX. I didn't get that far, I only got to the part where Celes sings in the opera and you get that one dude's ship.

[Xollence]

That was one of my favorite parts of the game. You should download the rom and try playing it again, it's definitely worth finishing. It won't take long either since you can tabbed your experience up easily.

[masamuneehs]

While it is certainly not legal, emulators are one way to play almost all of the SNES rpgs, FF6 included.
... in fact, that's how I had to finish the game too because my SNES pooped out on me right around some certain events on a Floating Something-Something (talk about a crappy time for my system to fry...)

but, yeah, emulators are technically stealing and all that... but hell, fansubbing isn't exactly moral conduct either...

[Xollence]

Well it's not really illegal if you own the game and have the rom, I think. Are you talking about the spot where you find Shadow?

[Terracosmo]

Originally posted by: masamuneehs
but, yeah, emulators are technically stealing and all that

Yes, damn the rom users!

*Hides collection of 800+ SNES roms as well as 500+ roms for various other consoles*

[KoKo37]

Originally posted by: Terracosmo
I do think there's a lack of FF6 fans here, maybe because many of the more recent FF followers didn't even play it?
Or maybe because many are too young to have experienced it when it came out? Hell, even I was very small when I first got into it.
Maybe that's why I think it's by far the best. Every time I replay it, there's this wave of nostalgia that comes over me along with the fact that it just is one fucking great game.

lols, is FF6 a remake of 3 or 5 ? lol both i played when i was super little and thought they were awesome XD.... course the storys never interested me when i was that young, so i never read anything... and couldn't finish ff5 because never knew where to go
-.- lol, that pissed me off so i just power leveld till i could beat almost ne monsters that i could get to almost insantly, then quit.... -.- lol, same story with ff3 sept a couple years later i beat it again and read the story.. lol then the last ff game i played was FF7, spent so long on that game making the ultimate chocobo lol.

Ub3r /.\/0t3 : i watched my bro play ff8, ff9 and ff10 so i know the storys of them all XD, also i know now that watching people usally is incredibly boring, and im going to play the next ff game that i get.. lol. oh and i also played like a hour or so of ff1 lol. also i remeber my bro saying that there was a girl in ff5 ( i think it was ff5 neways lol ) named Koko or Coco, man that kinda pissed me off when i was little... lol

[Terracosmo]

Final Fantasy 6 was known as Final Fantasy 3 in the US, since it was the third game to come out there. In reality, it was part 6 of the series.

[Xollence]

Hmmm I don't remember a Coco in FF4, maybe in FF5? Yeah it gets real boring when you watch someone else play, especially when they don't know what they're doing.
FF 4 = FF 2 in US and FF 6 = FF 3 in US.

[KoKo37]

whoops my bad XD, il edit my other post XD ff5 was the one i got lost in and had someone named coco lol, also my bro didn't get lost in the games, that was just me when i was young n just skipped everything they said XD

[Terracosmo]

Wow, all of a sudden I have lots to do. As I wrote in another topic (maybe this one too? can't remember) I recently bought FF7 & FF8 for my PS2 (I used to own them both for the PC since I didn't have a PSX when they were released, and my PC versions have long since disappeared). In addition, I just got my hands on FF1&2 (Dawn of Souls) & Final Fantasy IV Advance (both for GBA). Results: I have 5 Final Fantasies to replay, out of which I haven't even played 2 (1&2). Seems like there'll be a hell of a lot of Final Fantasy comin' up...

[bagandscalpel]

Friend, if you seek to complete the whole of your findings, then I have only one thing to say to you:

"Enjoy this holy banquet to its fullest, for it shall not end within the sun's setting."

That being said, I dearly hope XII will be worth the wait.

By the way, does anyone now what Sakaguchi and Uematsu (and whoever else from the "old" team) are up to in their new company? Supposedly, they're making a series to counter FF, so I'm wondering what the outlook is for them.

[Paulyboy]

ahahah thats awesome though, I would be a sucker, and buy it.

[Terracosmo]

Listening to Matt Stofferahn's remix of Rydia now, which is pretty much the original but with an orchestra backing it up. Amazing.
Still one of the best Final Fantasy songs. It makes me all teary eyed!

Super mega fantastic FFIV addicted edit: Replaying FF4 now (Advance version) and it's so awesome. I really love the characters and the story, while having quite a few cliches, flows in an extremely good way and is very compelling overall, even if you (like me) have played the game before. If you for some god forsaken reason haven't played this installment of FF yet, then DO SO.

Also, if you consider yourself a fan of good music, get "Final Fantasy IV - Celtic Moon" - an album which consists of some of the best FF4 songs done in celtic arrangements (harps and etc). Beautiful beyond words...

[Nai]

I don't know about the story ( too many stupid and poorly motivated "deaths" for my taste and a villain named Golbez ) but I absolutely adore Rydia as a character. She's definitely one of my favorite ones. And Cecil is hot so it works for me.

Great game at any rate. And yes, the music absolutely do rock. Second only to FFVI as far as I'm concerned.

Personally I'm currently entertaining myself with FFIV Advanced ( just lost Yang ) and casually replaying FFIX ( all for Kuja, of course ).