Lee

I am currently playing a little of Final Fantasy X. I must be honest, I don't really know what to think about it. I can only give it mixed reviews at the moment. While the game displays obvious upgrades in the graphic texturing and animation, the actual animated movements seem more artificial and exaggerated than IX. I am excited to have a pantheon of voice acting in the game, but I am also, unfortunately, annoyed to see how badly the English version matches the lip syncs meant solely for the Japanese language.

Were these some of your criticisms of the game?

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ArkeL

All I can say the 7 was my favorite. I liked 6, 8 was also one of my favorites though 10 I was very dissapointed with, got almost sort of to the end of the game and got bored.
But 7 is by far my favorite FF game! And one of the Best RPGs I ever played!

cymric

my favorite Final Fantasy Game is one that anybody rarely thinks of and that is Final Fantasy Tactics for the Original PS. I know it is weird but I loved the combat system so much and the story was very good. I have not played the advanced version yet though.

Lacedaemonian

I never played tactics and know very little about it. I have contemplated buying it for the GBA but am not certain it is any good.

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SDNess

It is. Get one.

Or you could wait a couple of months for Nintendo's new portable...the DS.

Blue Mythril

I liked IX. that was great, excellant gamability and the graphics were pretty good for its time.
X was kinda mediocre: had its good points, had its totally lame aspects. the graphics were pretty sweet true, and I loved the sphere grid system. But it lacked the character of IX and Tidus' voice was American >.<
I don't think I ever finished it.

VIII, meh, not worth the time.
Havn't played VII, everyone raves about it though. Yet I don't think I'll ever play it, I've come across way too many fanboys on the Final Fantasy Addicts forums.

Tactics looks good, I'm definately interested in Tactics...

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Ahdkaw

Aw, I was gonna say 'Talisman of Death' and then realised you asked for Final Fantasy not Fighting Fantasy.

I, Brian

The Final Fantasy series is something that I never touched, because of the idea of jumping into a sequal and simply not "getting it" - ie, how characters and plot have developed, and various in-game references. I actually have no idea what the Final Fantasy series is about. Is it actually all connected? Or is it loosely based around a single concept?

knivesout

Hey, cool. I liked 'House of Hell' and 'Creature of Havoc'! I am such a primitive boy...

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Blue Mythril

In my experience, very little is connected. Sometimes they run sequals, such as FFX-2 but mostly they are new stories in new lands with new characters.
Try FFIX, completely on its own, and my personal favourite

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ArkeL

Yeah, Most final fantasy games are not connected they are all individual games with separate, totaly different storylines, set in different worlds. As far as I know the only sequal to final fantasy games was 10-2 after 10.

mzarynn

I played FFVII on the weekend when I was working nights during summers in college. It was horribly addicting. Especially when I was the only one awake. Unfortunately, the summer ended before I could finish it. I played FFX this winter and absolutely loved it! It is the first rpg I actually finished. I enjoy the games but have a hard time following through to the end. I'm going to get X-2 for my birthday in a couple of weeks. I enjoyed both VII and X.

After hearing what you've said about IX, I"m also interested in trying that one out. But it means I have to get a hold of my old playstation again.

What are you opinions on X-2? I've heard complaints about the lead characters being women and it's too much like playing "dress-up." But I am a girl and maybe I won't mind that so much.

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Lee

My female roommate really likes the sequel if that helps you at all. I haven't played it, but I don't know how keen I am with the idea of having the main characters as pop stars who save the world. The full time pop star, part time savior motif is defidently rampant in Japenese anime, so that is probably where it draws its inspiration from.

Either way, I plan to play it if I ever finish "X."

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Woundweaver

Hi, I've played much of the new Final Fantasies (7,8,9,10, Crystle Chronicles.) 6 and 1, and i've completed them all apart from 1 and 6. Actually FFVIII is my favorate, it's got the most customizable system, better leveling up ideas, the Enemies level up with you, better ultimate weapon/ultimate limit break (Lionheart.) i really like the storyline, the GF system is really fun, Seifer is damn cool too...

Least Favorate that i've played... probably a tie up between IX and X, IX i really disliked because i found the leveling up just plain dull (no customization, just equip items and level up.) i liked the idea of each character being able to do things specific to them (such as only summoners being able to summon.) and near the end of the game (in my opnion the best bit of any FF, just before the last boss run where you run around the world map.) was weak... As everything was based on Chocobos.

X Because it was too short for a FF, and some sections were downright boring in my opinion.

Second Favorate is FF VIII as i thought the storyline is the best in any Final Fantasy so far, more twists than a Hitchcock film. (can't wait for FF Advent Children to come out (thats a FF CGI film for any that don't know.)) oh yeah, and Sephiroth was damn cool.

For those that asked Crystle Chronicles rules, though if your going to play it make sure you've got a bunch of willing friends with GBAs as you need them to play, and single player is dull. any less than 3 players becomes boring.


Also i've heard that FF X-2 is really, really, really boring, I must say i don't like the idea of the clothes system,

****SPOILERS**** and aparantly you never find Tidus, you find sopmeone who looks just like him, but isn't him... i say we round up all the employees of Square and lock them up for 2 years with just FF X-2 for fun, that way maybe they'll come to see their mistakes...
****END OF SPOILERS****

Anyway, my fingers are now tired...

Woundweaver

Lee

What do people think of the Kingdom Hearts playstation 2 game that mixes the world of Disney and Final Fantasy? The very concept seems strange enough to warrant a trial run.

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