Your most despised Final Fantasy game

[Dan558]

It's quite clear from several of my posts Which one I despise most but for people who don't browse everywhere I'll say it, FFXII.

Characters are all terrible and bland. The battle system while "new" us uneventful and unimpressive. The story is so boring I'd rather hit my hand with a hammer. Even the style in looks of the characters are mostly bland and forgettable. Nothing seems to *Pop* in this game its a whole dreary affair. If for some reason you want to see more check anywhere in the FFXII part of the forum you are bound to find a more thorough if not ranting explanation as to why this game sucks.

In ways I can see how FF7 has earned some of its hate with overhype but I wish it happened more with crappy games that were overhyped that properly deserve hate like Halo or something. Many people even admit FF7 wasn't spectacular to them because of the let-down the hype set them up for. That and its endless additions probably do more damage then anything to the title.

[Glorious Raven]

I'm pretty sure I noted this in another thread, but I'll say it again. XD

My least favorite FF is VIII. I couldn't tolerate Squall or Rinoa, and the battle system simply never appealed to me. Considering I couldn't stand the two who end up in a romance, the story just never clicked for me. If I remember correctly, I abandoned it somewhere on Disk 3. I still have the game, though I don't see myself ever becoming motivated enough to try it again.

[Locke4God]

I get the romance part, and you not liking it, but the junction system was seriously fun I thought.

No doubt, pump yourself up and try again. The fight with Weapon in this game, and even the battles leading to him, and then the final battle, were absolutely the two most fun fights I've ever played in a FF game, bar none.

[Glorious Raven]

I'll think about it. Right now, I'm involved in XIII (of which I hated at first but have grown to actually enjoy.) Then I have other games to play when I'm done with that. If VIII were to get another chance, it wouldn't be for quite a long time. Maybe by then, I'll be more open to trying it out again.

[Xanatos]

I get the romance part, and you not liking it, but the junction system was seriously fun I thought.

Junction system seems tad complicated at first, I guess that would be the main reason as to why many don't seem to like it. Though if you take time to actually learn all the advantages junction system offers, it becomes rather fun to use it.

No doubt, pump yourself up and try again. The fight with Weapon in this game, and even the battles leading to him, and then the final battle, were absolutely the two most fun fights I've ever played in a FF game, bar none.

Omega Weapon I assume, there is also a Ultima Weapon which is quite easy to defeat. I agree though, it's one of the best, if not the best optional battle I came across the Final Fantasy franchise, somewhat challenging, not in annoying way though (I'm looking at you Yiazmat).

[Locke4God]

Actually Xanatos, I'm not sure what you mean between the different Weapons in VIII,,,, The weapon I meant was the one out on that Island, and you have pass the resonance room, and then journey down through that long stairwell.

Is there another Weapon somewhere? Maybe I'm missing something, oh no :-(


@ Glorious Weapon - Yeah, take some time away from VIII, but I recommend looking at the Junction System as the MOST CUSTOMIZABLE system in the entire series. I seriously look at it as the upgrade system for professional FF players. We always talk about wanting customization, and that's as customizable as it gets, certainly much more so than the early games of just buying the next weapon that comes along. You can really alter your characters stats, whether you want power or defense based on what magics you attach, and the same goes for various stats you might want to utilize. Put ICE 3 to a defence stat and suddenly you're imune to any attack an ice creature would use. It's glorious. Not unlike the sphere grid really, exept you can change it up as you go.

[Xanatos]

Actually Xanatos, I'm not sure what you mean between the different Weapons in VIII,,,, The weapon I meant was the one out on that Island, and you have pass the resonance room, and then journey down through that long stairwell.

Is there another Weapon somewhere? Maybe I'm missing something, oh no :-(

There are two weapons in Final Fantasy VIII, Ultima, and Omega. From what you told me it seems you fought Ultima, which by the way is quite easy to defeat. Omega is noticeably harder, challenging, even more than Ultimecia. You can find him in Ultimecia's castle, to get to him, one of your teams has to ring the bell, the other has roughly about a minute to reach the chapel, place behind the fountain, where you can face him. If I recall corectly he has five to six times more HP than Ultima, nastier attacks, and has no weakness. Tough battle, but with right strategy he is beatable. I even developed my own strategy which works quite well I'll have to say.

[Gaawa-chan]

I get the romance part, and you not liking it, but the junction system was seriously fun I thought.

I found the Junctioning system to be incredibly broken, and incredibly tedious as I didn't enjoy Triple Triad, though that's just my issue because I think that most people liked TT?
If you were doing it improperly, you got your butt handed to you, but if you did it as you ought to, you were ridiculously overpowered.

Omega weapon in FFVIII can suck it. The only boss fight in the game where everybody in the party must have 9999 HP or you will fail.

You only need one person in the party to be that high.

I was not impressed with VIII at all. EVERYTHING could be completely owned with Meltdown and Aura. What's more is that there's no reason to cast offensive magic at all- indeed, you basically punished yourself every time you used a spell you had junctioned. This meant that you were actually encouraged to use alternative set-ups that just resulted in you either using only attack or only Aura/Meltdown+Aura.
We are talking about a system so broken that two characters in your party can literally take out the Omega Weapon with ONE COMMAND. Sigh...