/vr/ - Retro Games

FF1 - Completed GBA version. Played 4-5 hours worth of both the NES and PSX versions before losing interest. Better game than it gets credit for, but certainly lacking these days.

FF2 - Beat PSX version. Dabbled with GBA version, lost interest. I liked the concept of the leveling system much more than the execution, and I was not bothered by the grind cheats as much as I would be today. I felt that Skyrim's leveling system is the modern version of what it attempted, for better or worse.

FF3 - Beat translated NES rom, played DS version up to the Hyne bossfight. Found it to be more entertaining than I expected, but I feel that the story has perhaps never been translated well.

FF4 - Completed SNES, PSX versions. Played GBA up to the Dark Elf, have been playing the DS version off and on on an emulator. First game of the FF series played and finished. Story blew my 9-year-old mind, and subsequent versions have failed to capture the same feelings. Such are the wages of growing up.

FF4 After Years- Played the Ceodore-Kain story on the Wii. Was so disappointed that I never purchased or played another one. Read a let's play years after and realized that this judgement was correct.

FF5 - Finished GBA version, tried sincerely to get into PSX version but was overwhelmed by bugs and loadtimes. An excellent refinement of 3's system and the GBA translation has the good sense not to take itself seriously. One of the better FF's to be sure.

FF6 - Finished SNES, PSX, GBA versions. Wearing rose-colored nostalgia goggles for sure on this one, personal favorite of the series and well aware that it's probably because it was 'the best game ever' when I was twelve. In spite of that, it still holds up well in the series. Have played through so many times that it's just not worth ever playing again.

>>944295
Tactics actually reminds me more of Berserk than GoT, and GoT reminds me of Berserk too.

That said
>be in middle school
>my best friend and I shared/played a lot of JRPGS
>he lends me tactics
>I play it, tell him I can't get past the first level (the flashback, not at the church)
>"...its not that hard."
>Man, I get to the last guy or so and die, what the hell are you supposed to do with just one character against an army?
>Boots up the game, starts playing it
>tfw I realized you can bring in more than one character to the battle

Never, ever have I felt so stupid in a video game. I thought all you could do was select ramza's starting position, and had no idea about the party roster/wheel.

Kain - Best FF character ever or just the best character in general ever?