Series Link #2: Final Fantasy (Part 2)

[Toastfarmer]

Series Link #2: Final Fantasy (Part 2) by Toastfarmer

PALGN Feature: From Cloud Strife to Ivalice.

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[Wedley]

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[Pilot]

Given the reference to a NTSC adaptor, I'm guessing that Wedley is referring to the SNES cartridge release (as FF3) in 1994(?), rather than the PSX version. They didn't have a copy in my local video store, but they did have Chrono Trigger :)

Mystic Quest Legend (Final Fantasy Mystic Quest in the US) on the SNES was released in PAL territories before that though.
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[mojokingbee]

I remember renting FF3(vi) for my snes from video ezi back in the day. It even came attached with ntsc adaptor. Could never find the game in the shops and video ezi guys wouln't sell me the game...so I think I just kept borrowing the game..lol..Almost finished it too.
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[gelstyles]

Can I play this new game without having played any of the first ones? Will i understand what is going on?

[ANDYBALLINA]

[The Brett]

Don't care what many people say, VIII is still the pinnacle IMO. It does stand out amongst most of the other titles, and I understand why fans of your VII's and IX's are generally cool towards it, but I think it's the one time Square really nailed the complete immersion. I have few fonder gaming memories than running around Balamb Garden with that amazing soundtrack in the background, wishing more than anything I could be a SeeD too.

[Sin Ogaris]

My favourite has always, and likely will always, be Final Fantasy VI. WIth Final Fantasy III as a very close second (the original not the lesser remake).

I tried to like VII but it was an exact copy of six almost in the story progression. The only change was the Cloud/Sephiroth fiasco but that was so retardedly convoluted that it didn't matter, besides Cloud was pretty bloody close to Terra in progression anyway.

[Quin]

I have a habit of liking different things about each new iteration of Final Fantasy that comes out.

- Final Fantasy IX is my favourite overall. The amazing soundtrack is a large factor, but it's a solid RPG in it's own right.

- Final Fantasy VIII to me has one of the best settings, it contains some nice locations (The Gardens, Esthar), some amazing sequences (Battle of the Gardens) and has a cool airship (The Ragnarok).

- Final Fantasy XI being FFXI is a real shame, it was a fun game to play for many years, but Square Enix's relative newness to the MMO field hurt FFXI a lot. It contains some fantastic looking locations, and the music, despite having a lower Uematsu content is still sublime. The storyline is well written, and is challenging to get through, it's a pity that most people will just stab Enter and skip all the dialogue.

- Final Fantasy VII was my personal entry point to the series, it's a reasonably good introduction to the series as a whole on the basis of having an easy to learn combat system (Unlike FFVIII's, which was more complex). If you discount the complination, FFVII does a reasonably good job of standing alone, but over time, I have come to like the other games more.

- Final Fantasy X-2 did something interesting, it was effectively a full playable epilogue to FFX. Aside from FFVII and FFIV, none of the games go into detail of what happens after you defeat the final boss and (almost) everyone gets a (mostly) happy ending. It was cheesy as hell, but it had this charm to it.

- Final Fantasy X is a difficult one to judge, I feel. I poured a lot of time into it, and I enjoyed playing through it for both the storyline and for the battles. It had a good setting and the music was okay. FFX to me can be best described as "safe".

- Final Fantasy Tactics A/A2 are still a favourite tRPG of mine, but I rank these two next to my other usual tRPG mainstays like Disgaea and Super Robot Wars.
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