/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4218485
>so much more customization
Customization that was directly limited to where you were in the story.

This is about as nonsencial as saying the sphere grid in 10 allowed freedom when every character was going to be the same by the time you got to penance.

>amazing music
On top of being subjective only final fantasy 8 has had songs that were garnered worldwide acclaim due in part to the use of one of them in the olympics.

>Graphics
Why does that even matter. On /vr/ of all places.

>art direction
Look I like Itahana and all of his art for the chocobo spinoffs, and that's exactly where his art designs should stay. The biggest graphical juxtaposition of the entire series lies with 9 which looks more on par with the aforementioned spinoffs and less in line with a mainline.

>atmosphere
Not even a little bit. The worlds ravaged, wars are fought, three characters have deep interactions with the events that are directly affecting your party and yet the tone never lifts higher than being a road trip for 60% of the game.

Like I like FF9. And because I like 9 it's why I will mention it's faults. Anybody who's pretending 9 was perfect given how many flaws to gameplay (trance) and story (necron) was there as well as rather subpar visuals for some fights (soulcage) are letting the fanboy in them rebel way to damn hard.