Re: Which Final Fantasy Disappointed You The Most?
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Mindu
I finished FFVI for the third time last night, and I'm going to have to share the opinions of a couple of the previous posters on here. I had heard so much praise about the game before I first played it, mostly from people who are in their mid 20s now and started playing the series during the SNES era - those same people that often maintain I, IV or VI are still the best games in the series.
The game had a great script, a decent story and gameplay that was so easy that I just felt like I was being taken for a ride. On my last playthrough I beat the final boss in less than thirty hours, and the only bosses who gave me much trouble were Ultima Weapon and the Warring Triad. Although I like the story, I didn't care much for most of the characters save for Terra, Shadow and to a lesser extent, Sabin and Cyan.
For me, Locke's overly-protective complex is unconvincing; the first time I played I mistook some of his dialog towards Celes and Terra for bad pick-up lines, and generally felt as though his failure with Rachel led to an irritating over-correction of his personality. As for Celes, I thought aspects of her personality annoying in the World of Balance, particularly her overreaction to Locke doubting her in Vector, and when she was moping around in Albrook after the fall of the Empire. What made this worse in my opinion is that the arc of her ignoring Locke was left unexplained; there was no resolution and after Thamasa she and Locke are acting as though nothing ever happened. However, I did respect her more for rallying the party members in the World of Ruin, but this part of the story led to other problems, particularly when she meets Sabin and there's not much explanation as to what he has been doing for the last year, and the same can be said for a few of the characters. Surely Sabin would have known what Edgar had been doing at the very least, but Square didn't implement anything here. I didn't think Shadow was given enough of a role, either. He's an optional character for most of the game, and unless you're following a FAQ you wouldn't necessarily know how to save his life or get him in the party in the World of Ruin, unless you discovered it by chance. Additionally there could have been more on his connection to Relm, but he never directly interacts with her at any point in the story.
I agree with you on everything, especially game being too easy. Still, this game left some very memorable experiences for me and it can't be the worst FF for me. The worst one is probably FF7, judging by how overhyped people say it is and how it does everything worse than FF6. No, wait. By reading comments about FF XIII, it'd definitely have to be the worst. Having to grind through 5-6 hours of linear gameplay is just so unorthodox.
Re: Which Final Fantasy Disappointed You The Most?
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Odin1199
I agree with you on everything, especially game being too easy. Still, this game left some very memorable experiences for me and it can't be the worst FF for me. The worst one is probably FF7, judging by how overhyped people say it is and how it does everything worse than FF6. No, wait. By reading comments about FF XIII, it'd definitely have to be the worst. Having to grind through 5-6 hours of linear gameplay is just so unorthodox.
Don't misunderstand. I do like VI. It just didn't live up to the hype for me in the same way VII didn't for many others. If I had to pick a worst game it would be II, although I still like that game somewhat and have played it more than once. After all, my username comes from the Origins version, but it required a stupid amount of grinding and was still too hard unless you had the Blood Swords.
Re: Which Final Fantasy Disappointed You The Most?
FFXIII is the most dissapointing FF game for me. I was eally excited when I heard it should come to PS3. But it was really a dissapointment. It's the same as FFXII, with some differences. I did like FFXII to a point. The plot is good for a while, but get's boring when you have played a while. The fight system in FFXII is better than the one in FXIII. And the graphic is better in FFXIII. The music is way much better in FFXII.
And most importanly, FFXIII has 1 side quest. FFXII has many.
Which Final Fantasy Disappointed You The Most?
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Xanatos
I never understood this "you weren't there for it's release" malarkey. I played Chrono Trigger for the first time 15 years after it's release, and it was everything I thought it would be. It either lives up to it's hype or it doesn't, simple as that.
I'm going to have to disagree. Things change over time especially expectations of a game and the impact they have during that period.
I won't say that you wouldn't be able to go back and love a classic game and praise it as one of the best, it's just not something everyone can do. If I go back and play Megaman 1 and enjoy it I highly doubt I would rank it as an awesome game. Megaman X trumps it in every category so to me it's just a mediocre game. Back in the day though had I played megaman 1 originally it would probably be more of a classic to me.
Final Fantasy VII was the shit when it came out, but as time went on its flaws became more and more apparent. Making its appeal less and less to any new player. Those who played it and love it still do (for the most part), those who didn't often see it as horrible 3D, a emo main character, and a lackluster final boss.