/vr/ - Retro Games

Something I like about 1 vs most of the other FF games is that the story is kind of an after-thought. It feels very generic and by the numbers. Save the girl, go get some magic crystals, defeat the evil bad guys blah blah blah.
When a story has a little ambiguity to it and isn't crazy in your face telling you what to feel every step of the way it lets you bring your own things to the table. This is especially true with team composition. Okay you picked 4 warriors but why? The game isn't going to really give them much backstory but you can make up your own story for them and why its 4 warriors and not whatever the optimal build is. Crazy enough to run 4 black mages? Go for it and you can come up with some silly plot about them being a traveling guild of wizards or something. As much as I love FF 6, 7, & 8 those games stories are finely crafted and Square wanted you to experience Aerith's death with the amount of emotional impact they wanted, or be shocked by Squall getting pierced by Edea's limit break.
I want more RPGs where I get to make up my own story.