Comments on: I’ve Never Played a Final Fantasy; Shall We Give It a Go?

By: Jaret

Jaret — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:04:12 +0000

Since you hate turn-based systems, you might want to try ffxii. I do want to warn you, though, that the difficulty is really retarded. I spent hours grinding, thinking “this time I’ll finish this”, only to find out that I’m about 10 lvls lower than I should be. It especially gets to be bad around Elder Wyrm, where the difficulty has a major spike. Final Fantasy X is easily the best, though XIII looks like it has a possibility of taking X’s place. I don’t know about everyone else, but IX was a pretty good one. It was my first Final Fantasy. I have to say, though, that I am not like many. I really don’t like VII that much. Sure, it may have been “ground breaking” but didn’t Zelda come out around the same time. The graphics in Zelda are far better than Final fantasy VII.

By: Unit

Unit — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:24:59 +0000

@Tonito,
One thing that really helped FF7 to be so memorable was that it was the first of the FF games to be in full 3D. And because of that fact more people where turned onto to the series and rpg’s in general. I remember when they first showed the ads on tv, they showed nothing but the cg cinematics and many people thought that was how the game looked and played. lol

By: Tonito

Tonito — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:09:57 +0000

I can’t imagine a villian more memorable than Sephiroth!
BTW, I never played FFIII and FVII was my first ever RPG lol

By: Jax

Jax — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:01:03 +0000

yeah, modern games will spoil you; go try and revisit any old game and you’ll find similar drawbacks; like going from MGS4 to MG1 or MG2: Solid Snake; like Ares said, it feels more significant to watch it grow

And i agree; if you’d want to play any of the modern FFs, FFX is your best bet. FFVII is about the depth and the complete open-endedness of the game; in no other FF can you play so many minigames and cross dress, date etc. compared to VII.

Stay away from XII.

By: Ares

Ares — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:37:09 +0000

Yeah, these guys are right. I’ve been playing FF my whole life and I find that those who want to jump right in sometimes need to find some footing around their favorite era of gaming. If you’re old school to the bone…FF, the original has charm. If you want the SNES stuff, FF4 and FF6 are best (my favs) and if you grew up on PS2 then go with FFX. Personally, I prefer to start at the very beginning when I REALLY want to get into something because you can watch it grow. There’s something magnificant about that.

By: Tidusftw

Tidusftw — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:25:50 +0000

If you’re able to, play Final Fantasy X on PS2.. Many thinks that VII is the best, I think X owns VII in many ways, story, characters, music, graphics (obviosly)… it’s much more emotional thanks to voice acting too.

By: David Macphail

David Macphail — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:23:07 +0000

I agree, Final Fantasy X was one of the best games to hit the PS2. It was, unfortunately, the last main FF game to use the turn – based combat system but it had one of the most amazing stories in videogame history. The depth and emotion in the FF X story could easily rival MGS4.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:18:04 +0000

FFVII is all about the story when it really comes down to it. If the story doesn’t draw you in by the time you leave Midgar, it probably isn’t the game for you.

Like Unit said, FFVI is also very good. FF IV as well. If you can get past the first 30 hours of sludge, FF VIII has an amazing ending (which is the opposite of FF VII in every way).

If you are looking for a game that most resembles todays FF’s, you probably should have started with FFX. That is the beginning of the modern FF’s. The line between X and the games before it is pretty significant.

If you aren’t utterly addicted to FFVII by the time you hit the Shinra building, I would quit and head to FFX immediately.

By: Unit

Unit — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:05:07 +0000

If you can take the old school gfx’s, I’d suggest you play Final Fantasy VI (FF III in the U.S.) for the snes. Imo that was one of if not the best of the series so far. It had one of the most memorable villians (kefka),great characters excellent music and a tight story.