why are the destroying final fantasy name :(

davewhite04 · 21 Jan 2011 at 11:58

Noxia said:
I loved them all bar 8 (wwaay too emo). I have not cared for them since X, that was the beginning of the end for me. XIII was the final nail in the coffin.

IV wasn't an MMO, I presume you mean XI? Which is actually going fine.

My bad, it was XIV, and whoever plays that must be mad.

I think the thing that got me interested in it was the enthusiastic thread on these forums, then even when it was was live people on here were saying it was great or good, while the reviews of it were rightly, imo, giving it around a 5 out of 10 or 50% score, which I think is generous.

That's why I didn't get DC Universe actually, all mmo fans go crazy for a new release no matter how crap it is.

Noxia · 21 Jan 2011 at 12:02

davewhite04 said:
My bad, it was XIV, and whoever plays that must be mad.

I think the thing that got me interested in it was the enthusiastic thread on these forums, then even when it was was live people on here were saying it was great or good, while the reviews of it were rightly, imo, giving it around a 5 out of 10 or 50% score, which I think is generous.

That's why I didn't get DC Universe actually, all mmo fans go crazy for a new release no matter how crap it is.

Yeah XIV is a trainwreck.

Steves1982 · 21 Jan 2011 at 16:42

May get VII on the PC but it's so expensive now!

Deadbeat · 21 Jan 2011 at 16:54

Started with V and that's making me feel old now

. Bought VI on release, too.

King85 · 21 Jan 2011 at 17:02

I enjoyed 8 the most but it was the first one I played, swords with guns in? What more could a young boy want.

Treebiter · 21 Jan 2011 at 18:16

I'm currently playing IV on the DS and have V to follow it. II, III and VI I have on a Korean handheld that runs emuators. Loved VII, tolerated VIII (Loved the card game though), still haven't played IX and again, loved X. Wish they make a new, decent FF and release it on the PC. As per most of you, XI and XIV hold no interest for me.

In the mean time, I own The Last Remnant which whilst not the same seems pretty damn good. However, I have such bad tearing on the TV with it I haven't given it a proper blast

Phatjayunoi · 21 Jan 2011 at 18:33

The only way I see they are destroying and especially confusing the hell out of the Final Fantasy name, especially for those who are not familar with how this series works, is by making the online MMOs part of the main numbered series e.g. XI and XIV.

Other than that, regarding the single player main numbered games and their variants, no matter how bad some of them may be depending on one's personal view, I still respect the fact that Square-Enix are trying to do something different with each of them whilst incorporating their trademark themes and elements that are associated with the franchise.

The recent single player FFXIII was defiantely a hit and miss with some fans, and some of the gameplay choices were really poor and don't compare to previous efforts, but I still enjoyed it a lot regardless. And with it's sequal, FFXIII-2 coming, I hope to see how they will expand the story and world it has.

The one thing about Final Fantasy games that I like, and this is the main problem which non-fans don't really understand and get confused about, is how each game is completely different, the characters, the world and it's own history, gameplay system mechanics, but the story and progression follows a similar formula.

davewhite04 · 21 Jan 2011 at 18:49

Treebiter said:
I'm currently playing IV on the DS and have V to follow it. II, III and VI I have on a Korean handheld that runs emuators. Loved VII, tolerated VIII (Loved the card game though), still haven't played IX and again, loved X. Wish they make a new, decent FF and release it on the PC. As per most of you, XI and XIV hold no interest for me.

In the mean time, I own The Last Remnant which whilst not the same seems pretty damn good. However, I have such bad tearing on the TV with it I haven't given it a proper blast

I have Last Remanent but haven't had the time to play it yet, very well programmed (it works on good settings on my laptop, with a nvidia gt 325 card, which I think is always a good sign, they actually put effort into it)

It looks like a cracker.

davewhite04 · 21 Jan 2011 at 18:51

gorsty said:
anyone else think final fantasy name is being destroyed ?
not long bought the new online final fantasy and all i can say is what a waste of money. it just seems so difficult and time consuming to do the smallest of things on it !
There is nothing straight forward about it at all.

what ever happend to the days of final fantasy 7 8 & 9 !
even final fantasy 14 for xbox n ps3 was shockingly bad. ever since final fantasy 9 its all gone down hill!

why they making games so rubbish these days !!

Maybe it's because the competition is stronger, none of the Final Fantasies on the DS are better than the Dragon Quest DS games imo.

Also, I thought Dragon Quest VII was arguably the best Japanese rpg on the PS2.

Maybe I'm just a dragon quest fanboy though

Phatjayunoi · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:01

Most of the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games on the DS are either remakes or spin-off titles anyways, so hard to compare. With exception of course to Dragon Quest IX since it's a new and exclusive.

As for The Last Remnant. It definately wasn't as good as I hoped it'd be, but the PC version and if you have a good system, is miles ahead better than the Xbox 360 version. Better graphics & performance, and a couple of new tweaks like harder enemies overall. The gameplay and battles can become difficult and complex to learn at first (Similar to the SaGa games), but it offers some epic and at times long battles.

davedudes · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:06

I remember playing FF7 on the playstation, it had me hooked right from the start, the story was so deep i couldn't stop playing, awesome game.

Retromatic · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:10

What was the one that had that little guy who looked like Orco from He-Man in it? That was my fave one..

Phatjayunoi · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:15

Leviathon said:
What was the one that had that little guy who looked like Orco from He-Man in it? That was my fave one..

Vivi from Final Fantasy IX?

Though the Black Mage look/class have been in previous games before.

Retromatic · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:25

Phatjayunoi said:
Vivi from Final Fantasy IX?

Though the Black Mage look/class have been in previous games before.

Yep that's the one, I don't know why I really got into that one in particular.

enemyofsauron · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:34

I love 7, its my all time favourite game ! couldnt get into 8, loved 9, 10 was pretty good, hated 12 and 13 was boring

Phatjayunoi · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:35

Leviathon said:
Yep that's the one, I don't know why I really got into that one in particular.

Probably because out of the PlayStation/3D graphics era, this was the only main numbered Final Fantasy that went back to it's traditional roots and the Medieval Fantasy setting of the older NES/SNES games? (Not counting XI and XIV obviously as they are MMOs).

siumatfung · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:43

ive just started playing ff7 again i can overlook the graphics cos the story imo is just great :-)

Inferno99 · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:58

FF's are fine - it's just squareenix fail at mmo. I would have thought they'd learn their lesson from the dreadful FFXI of which i had 2 L70s.

Retromatic · 21 Jan 2011 at 21:40

Phatjayunoi said:
Probably because out of the PlayStation/3D graphics era, this was the only main numbered Final Fantasy that went back to it's traditional roots and the Medieval Fantasy setting of the older NES/SNES games? (Not counting XI and XIV obviously as they are MMOs).

I think I'd have to agree with that yep