Elite Pwnage wrote:Personally I'd say the oringinal final fantasy 7 was the best. What do you guys think.
Since I can't add 12 poll options I'll just pick the ones that stood most. (To me at least)
I grew up as the Final Fantasies came out, and I remember reading Nintendo Power for tips on how to beat Final Fantasy 1. A lot of younger gamers got into the game with Final Fantasy 7, so they have some sense of Nostalgia for it. Having played them all, I'd say the most modern one is probably some of the strangest, most fun RPG combat I've had out of a Final Fantasy game, but for pure epicness of story and the widest and most diverse plotline, party choice, and game options there's really no choice but Final Fantasy 6, ie 3.
Seven and Six really couldn't be less similar in a lot of ways. From 4 party member choices (all of which you could swap in or out at your airships) down to 2 plus Cloud for most of the game, the odd jump to that kinda clunky 3D they had back then, and the heavily Japanese style of story including my first introduction to the idea of a Bishounen villian, it really was the first 'modern' final fantasy. However, I'd also say that any other way than graphically (and even then, FF6 was one of the best drawn sprite games ever made, and FF7 has some of the worst 3D in history) that FF6 just provides more to do and see, with more plot and less wierd. Saving the world from a dictatorial madman I get. Saving it from... well, all the stuff in 7, it takes a whole FAQ just to get it straight.
Plus, FF7 suffered from the "Emotionally Tormented Main Hero" syndrome we see in a lot of bad fanfiction. Except this was the real game, and they forced us to play as him. In FF6, if you really didn't like Locke and Terra's fight for love and justice or whatever it was, you could slap together a party of Edgar, Sabin, Umaro and Gogo. And not only could that party successfully tackle any problem set before them, just like how nearly any other combination of characters could work it out, but you'd get different storyline. FF7 did something similar, but I have to admit I mighta' lost out on some plot. I had Mr. T's gun-armed dude and Cid in my party. I think whatever plotline there mighta' been got muddled in about ten thousand lines of censored text. I may not have known what they were talking about, but it was hilarious and awesome.
Anyway, this subject is greatly contentious. We need to look at 'best' instead of 'most nostalgic'. My Nostalgia vote goes to FF4, with 5 party members, summoners monsterland and tons of other stuff. But I think FF6 was better made and was probably the 'best' one of the bunch.
But I'm not sure, 12 was pretty fun, and it seemed to have a solid, fairly sympathetic cast. It'd probably be close, to be honest. They really did a good job on the voicework and emoting for 12, and it helped to get into it.
Go read them, because they at least list ALL the FF Games, not just *your* particular favorites.
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