/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10242626
trick question, but the least awful is IV

>>10242626
IX

XI

XIX

>>10242626
Not all final fantasy games are alike so it can become a bit apples and oranges.
Overall though, FF8 has to take it. The way they set up all the pre-rendered backgrounds for all those cinematic camera angles as you explore everywhere, the character writing and the plot being brilliant, the excessive attention to detail in combat animations, probably Nobuo's best overall music work of any game as it literally never ever misses, the complete unexpected mind-bending gothic kino of disc 4- I could just go on and on tbqh.
It's just so good. I played it for the first time in 2020 and it routinely gave me goosebumps.

>>10242626
FFVIII is a masterpiece
it's not only the best FF but also one of the greatest videogames of all time

>>10242626

Whichever one you play when you're about twelve years old.

>>10243108
>>10243154
Based VIII appreciators

>>10242626
7 is the best one, 6 is the second best
>>10243108
>>10243154
>>10243232
These guys are shitposters, 8 sucks

>>10243398
so, when are you gonna play your third final fantasy game?

>>10242626
V is the most fun

>>10242626
Sorry, that's already the best one. It only goes downhill from there.

>>10243427
This one feels like actual D&D fantasy. The newer ones seem more like sci-fi

Tactics and it's not close.

>>10242626
SNES>PS>NES
5>6>4
9>7>8
3>1>2

>>10242626
Whichever one came out when you were 10

>>10243194
It's true, I hold mystic quest in high esteem even though we all know 6 is best of the cartridge final fantasy games.

>>10243194
>>10243674

final fantasy 12 is objectively the best

>>10242626
We should post our age next to our favorite.
FF7, 34

>>10243781
>tfw I always find myself being baited into responding to FFXII fags
FFXII sucked and so do you.

VII is probably the safest bet if you haven’t played any of the other ones before. But otherwise IV, VIII, IX and X are all very good games. VI and XII were both incredibly disappointing to me.

>>10243194
>>10243674
I don't get why this gets parroted so much on /vr/. I mean I guess there are people here that only have nostalgia for these games and dont play video games anymore, but I played FFVIII much, much later in life because I bought into the whole enemy leveling is shit meme, but now FFVIII is my favorite after finally giving it a chance. I suppose these kinds of posts are actual, literal projections of people that can't enjoy anything anymore.

>>10243819
age?

>>10243831
Yeah, let me just give personal information to anons that ask me randomly with no context. Hopefully when I do, you will approve my previously mentioned post and give me validation.

>>10243889
Lol just wondering because they’re kind of right for my age and my favorite ff.

>>10243894
I beat ffviii in my late 20s/early 30s. I glad I’m not jaded like so much cancer on this board.

>>10243898
but how old were you in 1999? (when it came out)
im guessing between 10-12

>>10243902
Non sequitur. The posts stated the ones you played when you were 10 to 12, and I did not play ffviii when I was 10 or 12. I was late 20s/early 30s

>>10243419
Can confirm, V deliberately makes a simple, goofy adventure to focus on the fun aspects instead.
It has a few unexpected twists to get sure the game is never too goofy, though.

Chrono Trigger

>>10243918
How old were you in 1999?

>>10243932
kek, being called out for your projection really got under your skin, didn’t it? Sorry not everyone is jaded.

>>10243945
English not your first language? Age in 1999?

>>10243973
>[Is] English not your first language?
Fixed it for you, ESL-kun.

best to worst: (I never played the MMOs, sequels, or anything past 13. I played original US versions of all except 2 on PSP, 5 on GBA, and 3 was a romhack translation)
7
6
9
1
8
12
4
5
10
3
2
13

>>10243974
Damn must have struck a nerve my sweaty brown newfriend lmao. I accept your concession and you now have my permission to leave the thread. You’ve been dealt with.

>>10243981
Damn is 10 that bad?

>>10243982
The random internet shitter who can't enjoy anything new obsessing over my age sure did win this "arguement." Oh well, I guess I'll just go back to enjoying video games.

>>10243991
>arguement
You almost had him bro

>>10244004
what the fuck, now I hate FFVIII.

>>10244006
Because you weren’t 10-12 when it came out

>>10243674
My favorite is 5 and I was ten when 7 came out.

>>10244009
/thread

>>10244009
But I thought it was the games you played when you were between 10 and 12? Which is it?

>>10244037
NTA but I thought you were leaving

>>10244049
What if FFVII came out when you were 10 and FFVIII came out when you were 12?

>>10243985
I don't care for it. Part of it is a general grudge I hold against AAA modern games to this day for prioritising movie cutscenes over actual gameplay. In retrospect the mechanics are fine, but I found the sphere grid to be far too linear for the majority of the story, and I didn't really find the story to be that interesting. (I also had several friends play the game before me who gave me major spoilers, so it probably didn't help that I spent the whole game knowing some of the big twists).

I was 10-12 in 1999-2001 so my favorite is FF8, FF9, and FF10

>>10243985
I think the characters are just plain awful, from their personality to their designs. The world itself is for the most part uninteresting, and I don't care for the islander aesthetic at all. It's insanely linear with narrow corridors everywhere instead of an over world to explore, which turned the airship from a cool vehicle that enhances exploration to just choose from a menu and teleport there. The turn based combat is fine, but the sphere grid itself is tedium. Also fuck all those mini games like dodging lightning and stuff like that.

>>10242626
4

>>10244119
Dang that came out in 1991 you must have a lot of wisdom being that old. I kneel.

>>10243985
It's damn boring. I didn't find anything that strikes as plain *bad* it's more that the combat is very streamlined to the point it's bland (yes, even the grid, its "selling point" is bland), the typical stereotype of a 3D RPG's turn taking forever to animation doesn't help... and the world is linear. ok, so that part is plain bad after all. In other words, there's nothing to like about it, so why rank it above anything?

>>10242626
>which is best
you're playing it

>>10242626
Classic 11 servers. Nothing beats classic 11.

VIII

I'm almost done with it 100% and haven't died one time. I have 999999 bucks

>>10243981
>4>5
Opinion discarded

>>10243781
Tempted to agree with you as long as you can agree that the vanilla version and the zodiac age version are both too easy, where izjs is a lot of fun

>>10244092
Incredibly based take for these days. X has been looked at more favorably around here for a while

>>10243991
>arguement

>>10242626
>FF1
Too primitive.
>FF2
Also too primitive.
>FF3
Not bad, but I don't like JRPGs.
>FF4
The peak of old FF games.
>FF5
Better gameplay than 4, but the story is less interesting. Also
>Butz
>FF6
If you ask me, this is when Squaresoft started to get really up their ass about cutscenes/cinematics/narrative.
>FF7
Great ideas, awful execution. Either play the remake or get a patched/hacked version.
>FF8
Hahahahahahaha.
>FF9
It has its audience (not me).
>FF10
Weebshit, but Lulu is hot.
>FF10-2
Weebshit, but Lulu is hot.

>>10243991
get out boomer

>>10243398
>These guys are shitposters, 8 sucks
They've shitposted so hard that they actually believe their shit. They're contrarians now.

>>10246379
Oldfag pro-tip: You are not required to reply to every thread. No need to thank me - just pay it forward.

>>10242626
>What's the best Final Fantasy?
Whichever one came out when you were age 7-19

>>10244130
I agree with him and I played it when it came out.
Although I prefer the PSP version to the original.
Take a wisdom check kid.

>>10246640
How old are you?

>>10246646
52, why?

X, no contest.

X is still the most popular in Japan an for a reason. (Ameritrash opinions are a non-factor.)

>>10242626
I

>>10246807
You will never be Japanese.
>>10246796
Testing a theory which was inconclusive. You would have been 20 in 1991.

>>10242626
VIII and it doesn't even come close.
Best FFs are VII, VIII, and X.

>>10246830
What about 9?

>>10246808
Almost 100%'d

we're done here

>>10246942
What’d you think?

>>10242626
Whichever one I played last is the best one

>>10246962
Probably the worst I've played which is not many but it was still fun.
7>9>8>1

Haven't played
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, tactics

>>10246976
What is a 10 to 12 years old doing on /vr/?

>>10242626
the story in FF I is pretty ridiculous. guess it's not any worse than FF9 le final boss is le GOD??

>>10247096 [1/2]
The game begins with the appearance of the four youthful Warriors of Light, the heroes of the story, who each carry one of the darkened Orbs. Initially, the Warriors of Light have access to the Kingdom of Coneria and the ruined Temple of Fiends. After the Warriors rescue Princess Sarah from the evil knight Garland, the King of Coneria builds a bridge that enables the Warriors of Light passage east to the town of Pravoka. There the Warriors of Light liberate the town from Bikke and his band of pirates and acquire the pirates' ship for their own use. The Warriors now embark on a chain of delivery quests on the shores of the Aldi Sea. First, they retrieve a stolen crown from the Marsh Cave for a king in a ruined castle, who turns out to be the dark elf Astos. Defeating him gains them the Crystal Eye, which they return to the blind witch Matoya in exchange for a herb needed to awaken the elf prince cursed by Astos. The elf prince gives the Warriors of Light the Mystic Key, which is capable of unlocking any door. The key unlocks a storage room in Coneria Castle which holds TNT. Nerrick, one of the dwarves of the Cave of Dwarf/Dwarf Village, destroys a small isthmus using the TNT, connecting the Aldi Sea to the outside world.[17]

>>10247108 [2/2]
After visiting the near-ruined town of Melmond, the Warriors of Light go to the Earth Cave to defeat a vampire and retrieve the Star Ruby, which gains passage to Sage Sarda's cave. With Sarda's Rod, the Warriors venture deeper into the Earth Cave and destroy the Earth Fiend, Lich. The Warriors of Light then obtain a canoe and enter Gurgu Volcano and defeat the Fire Fiend, Kary. The Levistone from the nearby Ice Cave allows them to raise an airship to reach the northern continents. After they prove their courage by retrieving the Rat's Tail from the Castle of Ordeal, the King of the Dragons, Bahamut, promotes each Warrior of Light. A kind gesture is repaid by a fairy, receiving special liquid that produces oxygen, and the Warriors use it to help defeat the Water Fiend, Kraken, in the Sunken Shrine. They also recover a Slab, which allows a linguist named Dr. Unne to teach them the Lefeinish language. The Lefeinish give the Warriors of Light access to the Floating Castle that Tiamat, the Wind Fiend, has taken over.[17] With the Four Fiends defeated and the Orbs restored, the Warriors open a portal in the Temple of Fiends, which takes them 2000 years into the past, to confront the creator of the Fiends. There the Warriors discover that the Four Fiends sent Garland (now the archdemon Chaos) back in time and he sent the Fiends to the future to do so, creating a time loop by which he could live forever.[19] The Warriors of Light defeat Chaos, thus ending the loop, and return to present, but their heroic deeds remain unknown outside of legend.[17]

>>10242626
FF1 is kino and the rest are meh

IV.

>>10246990
?

>>10246810
The problem with your theory is that there hasn't been a good Final Fantasy in like 20 years ever since Squaresoft died and Square Enix cannibalized the corpse, so of course people are going to say they like the older games

>>10242626

I like IV, VI and VII. IX failed to grab me, V just gets continually worse throughout the game, VIII sucks, II sucks, I is good but not great, haven't played III or X. Everything after X is Squeenix slop

>>10246847
My response said everything.

>>10242626
Starting number 2 now…kino so far. The leveling is a little weird

>>10242706
fpbp
next best is 7

ff 1 is jarpig slop compared to 2

>>10247443
2 is a lot of fun. I think it is way better than 3 personally

>>10242626
4 or 5. 7 is pseud weebshit, 6 is contrarian weebshit, 8 is turbo contrarian weebshit, 10 is zoomershit, 9 is good but not the best, 1-3 are so different from the later games that they basically don't feel like FF and are only worth playing for the historical curiosity, anything newer definitely isn't FF.

>>10243638
6 7 8 12 13 and 15 are the 'science fantasy' ones. All the rest are straight fantasy.

>>10242626
Tactics

>>10242626
VIII

>>10248791
>weebshit
What does that even mean?

>>10243981
9 is way too high.
6 slightly high
4 and 5 too low
Otherwise not bad

>>10249214
It only appeals to chuuni queers that wear eyeliner and think Naruto is the pinnacle of storytelling

>>10248791
You do realize this is an anime website, right? Also do you realize that you are in a thread discussing a Japanese RPG?

>>10249854
Nah just playin you alright

>>10243981
Pretty legit, I'd just swap places 8 with 4.

>>10249854
>Japan is all weebery
>anime is all weebery
>>>/reddit/

>>10250076
Guess you’re the reddit expert?

>>10243638
>This one feels like actual D&D fantasy.
FF1 borrows game mechanics directly from D&D (like spell slots) and even a D&D monster they had to change in the US version to avoid violating copyright.
Somebody at Square obviously read the D&D books. Weird because the rest of the series seems like your typical monkeys copying Wizardry and Dragon Quest without knowing anything about pen and paper rpgs.

>>10250501
If I don't recognise something, I call it reddit. More often than not, I am right.

>>10246603
Yeah, because it's absolutely unpossible that someone could enjoy a game that

>had the SOVL of pre-rendered PS1 backgrounds but also realistically proportioned characters instead of the Lego figures of VII or the cartoonish freaks of IX
>not only didn't rely on grinding but actively punished you if you tried to use it as a crutch
>let you toggle random encounters on and off (but only after you earned the privilege)
>had an excellent card mini-game that wasn't just for collecting and fun but was a significant (and depending in how you played, perhaps THE most significant) source of rare items, and also included multiple related sidequests
>had perhaps the best score out of any of the games
>had perhaps the best waifus out of any of the games

Nope, nothing to like here, it must all be shitposts

>>10250558
>Weird because the rest of the series seems like your typical monkeys copying Wizardry and Dragon Quest without knowing anything about pen and paper rpgs.
Wrong. What actually happens is that the games gradually abandon the D&D mechanics over time. FF3 still has spell levels. FF4 still has multiple attacks per turn for physical attackers. You would have noticed this if you actually played original versions.

And frankly it makes sense because there are a lot of problems with D&D mechanics when you translate them to a single-player videogame. Final Fantasy also got more casual with each entry but that's a separate issue.

>>10250749
>>had the SOVL of pre-rendered PS1 backgrounds but also realistically proportioned characters instead of the Lego figures of VII or the cartoonish freaks of IX
I'll give you that one but c'mon, don't shit on 7 and 9 just to prove your point. They also have their own charm.

>>not only didn't rely on grinding but actively punished you if you tried to use it as a crutch
Yeah because you totally didn't have to grind for GF instead, breaking the game. 8 makes itself redundant and doesn't work.

>>let you toggle random encounters on and off (but only after you earned the privilege)
Will give you taht one.

>>had an excellent card mini-game that wasn't just for collecting and fun but was a significant (and depending in how you played, perhaps THE most significant) source of rare items, and also included multiple related sidequests
Yeah, Triple Triad is cool and loved with good reason.

>>had perhaps the best score out of any of the games
It's hard to find a FF with bad music. Different persons will have different favorite FF OSTs

>>had perhaps the best waifus out of any of the games
Preeeeeeetty subjective, can't say this as an absolute fact disregarding the other games.

Like, it's ok to have your own reasons for liking it but don't shit on other games just to make your points valid because that way you're giving more reasons to shit on 8. When you oversell something you end up making people hating it.

>>10246916
that looks awesome, and "people" hate this?

>>10246916
>cure 9999

>>10242626
Is number 2 a pirate game low key

>>10243154
A gay classmate of mine back in highschool loved that game. We almost fucked. He was a goldylocked twink. I already had my big dick back then. We were too shy though. Oh well.

>>10251978
The awesome graphics don't compensate enough for the boring generic playable characters.

>>10251978
The oldschool FF games fucking rule. The earlier ones are pretty tough, the creators were big DnD fans and wanted you to have a totally custom party.
>>10242626
Alright, the best FF games are as follows: FF6, FF4, FF5, FF7, and TACTICS. Frankly I put Tactics at the top of the pack, but since we're talking mainline FF I'd have to say 6.

>>10252678
What does goldylocked mean?

FF12: Zodiac Age for depth of gameplay mechanics.
FF5, 6, 7, and 9 for story.
FF7 is my personal favorite, with Remake being being Nomura garbage.

>>10246916
What version is this?

>>10253226
The one on steam, pixel remaster

>>10253342
Games will never be like this without shoving 5 traumas to their protagonists.

>>10242626
Best to Worst, IMO:
9
Tactics
5
8
7
10
6
4
12
1
3
2
13

>>10253342
>redditspacing
>>10254640
SOVL

test

8

>>10243108
Honestly, I played for the first time FFIX, FFX, FFVI, FFT and FFVIII this year and I think 8 is the one I like the best as well.
It's not for everyone though.

>>10242626
6, 4, 7, 10 & 12. In that order. I've played them all. The rest are kind of boring DESU.

>>10243927
Not too goofy?
Quote by a character named (of all things) X Death: "I was literally a thorn in your side the whole time!"

Yeah, sure.

>>10242626
We all know which one is the best.
But which one is the hardest?

VI fucking sucks, don’t fall for the memes. People treat it like some holy grail for the series but it’s so incredibly lame that the only excuse HAS to be nostalgia.

>>10242626
We all know which one is the hardest.
But which one has the cutest heckin chocobos?

>>10254640
based. this game feels fucking cool. going from dragon warrior to this was amazing. every sprite was bad ass af. the spells felt awesome. the adventures are challenging. the exploration is fun. the class upgrades are cool. its hard to understate how fun and rewarding this game feels.

It's 5, no contest unfortunately. The job system, that they started the series with, lmao, was the best feature of the game and they dropped it for likely accessibility and thematic reasons. I've played up to 13 (except 2 and 3) and the only one I could imagine enjoying replaying is 5. What the fuck were they thinking dropping the job system, but then again they've even dropped turn based combat.

>>10257452
Materia system is essentially a more granular version of the job system that moves jp to crystals instead of characters.

>>10256218
VI is mostly broken in ways that casuals don't notice or care about.

>>10242626
tier 1 (masterpieces)
8 > 7 > 9
tier 2 (flawed masterpieces)
10 > 12 > 6 > 4
tier 3 (still fun)
15 > 1 > 2
tier 3 (meh)
13 > 5 > 3

>>10257864
>two tier 3s

>tfw you never finished VIII because you speedran the whole thing

>>10257925
>always knew about 7 and 9
>decide to play 8
>get halfway through
>becomes a slog
>year later remember ff8
>load file
>corrupted

>>10257324
>>10254640
This looks like Zelda only with turn based battles. What are some other games like this?

>>10258082

>>10256218
The first part is basically a minigame gauntlet, while the game keeps taking party members away from you. Great tunes but dull setting and extremely trivial plot. There are a few iconic scenes like the opera one, but overall it feels like a boring melodrama.
Second part is a lot better both in setting (which is more interesting, if anything), pacing, and gameplay, since finally party members are there to stay. The final dungeon and the final boss are just monumental.
Espers also seem like a prototype for the junction system, but worse.
It's ok-ish for the first part and good to great for the second part for me.
Notice though that i played FF6 after playing a lot of jrpg that came after (expecially Xenogears which i consider a better FF6) so perhaps that may be the reason why I found the first part so boring, although i must admit it falls short even compared to older games.

>>10258082
I mean, an 80's rpg basically?

>>10258082
>This looks like Zelda only with turn based battles
What the fuck are you talking about.

>>10250558
>a D&D monster
>a
Anon, nearly every single monster in FF1 is lifted directly from D&D

>>10258408
Idk it's kind of hard to explain. Basically like if reddit were developing games. Easy puzzles, self-serving, witty puns, etc.

>>10242706
4 is overrated garbage, the only interesting part is the first 20 minutes. 5 is better in every single way, neither are the best

>>10242626
6 or 7 and it isn’t even close

>>10243981
Putting 4 that high is the most questionable thing about that list, especially since you played the vanilla English game

>>10246379
Objectively shit taste and likely developmentally stunted.

>>10250076
Underage b&

>>10258794
He's right about 4, should regard 6 a bit more highly, is dead wrong about 7 (the remake is DOGSHIT) but yeah... pretty agreeable takes otherwise. Everything after 9 is weeb trash

>>10250873
>Yeah because you totally didn't have to grind for GF

You don't. I get Enc-none by the end of disk 1, don't even fuck with random battles for the rest of the game and just the mandatory encounters and bosses alone give you enough AP for whatever you might need until you can reach cactuar island and then AP becomes a joke.

Also once you realize how the game actually works and that you don't need to spam summons or really use them at all you can just skip learning the summonmag+ and GFHP+ abilities altogether and begin learning actually useful skills from the beginning

>>10256194
How can you put 4 higher than 7?

>>10258152
>destiny of an emperor
A true still hidden gem

>>10258816
The 7 take disqualifies everything he says, he’s pants on head retarded
4 is overrated sewage. The intro is pure kino but that’s it. So many bait and switch deaths over and over again with probably the most retarded stories in the series

>>10242626
>muh crystals
>muh chosen ones

>>10242626
Final Fantasy VII (PS1) is the best video game - period. We hold this truth to be self evident. Anyone who says otherwise is a contrarian. 1-3? Generic grindfests. 4? Good, but forgettable. 5? Same. 6? Very close. 8? Rinoa in space ruined everything. 9? Fucking kek. 10? Soulful, but no. 12? Eh. 13? LMAO 15? Will never be a real main game. I don't know if there is a 16 out yet but FF7 will eternally reign supreme. Just don't bother trying. Play 7. Play it again. And again. You don't need more. You just don't. Watch Advent Children or play Crisis Core for variation but stay the fuck away from Remake and from my wife Tifa.

>>10246617
The most important thing on 4chan is obey arbitrary commands by people claiming they've used this website more than you.

Sorry gaywad, you can't have clout on an anonymous forum.

>>10258864
>4 only criticizing the fakout deaths
Retard

>>10259287
>redditspacing
New.

VII genuinely has the best video game OST of all time, its music combined with the story and it's pacing are just so tightly interwoven that it elevates it into the stratosphere.
I really like IX a lot, but i think every other entry is trash and they've never held my interest until the end.
I dont know how you could listen to FF7's music and not immediately understand it's emotional resonance.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cO_ftxA28Y8&pp=ygUOZmY3IHRpZmEgdGhlbWU%3D
https://youtube.com/watch?v=n0H6kTppjP8&pp=ygUQZmY3IGFlcml0aCB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qFs8-qGaoHU&pp=ygUTZmY3IG92ZXJ3b3JsZCB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D

>>10242626
Its either 8 or 7 depending on what brand of mental illness you connect the most with,for me its 8.

Of the ones I've played...


VII

VIII / XII

IX

XIII

X


X is a fine game in and of itself but definitely the worst of the ones I've played. XIII gets a lot of flack but has a strong argument for best gameplay in the series, especially late game when doing the optional challenges. Very engaging. Always baffled by people who love X but hate XIII.

XII may have been peak first playthrough experience for me - loved exploring Ivalice, especially without random encounters - but not nearly as replayable as PS1 era.

IX first disc had goat potential but unfortunately goes downhill as the game goes on. The slow battle pace didn't bother me back in the day, but recently upon attempting a new playthrough, I just got bored and gave up on it.

>>10258754
You mean like 95% of video games ever released?

>>10260138
Play more games.

>>10260394
I could play 1000 more games, and 95% of them would still feature easy puzzles, self-serving, witty puns, etc.

>>10260138
Play better games.

I only played 3, 6, and 7
I thought 3 had the best gameplay because of the job system
7 had the best story
I played 6 on an emulator and I guess the rom was bad because once I made it to fight the final boss, the game glitched out and just wouldn't let me proceed

>>10243781
I thought all final fantasy games were turn based and I loved turn based RPGs, and I played FF12 when it was released and I remember being super pissed about it because it wasn't turn based
I realized it wasn't turn based and just quit playing it and returned it

>>10242626
1>9>3>7>6>10>4>12>11>14>5>2>13>8

>>10260453
You should give it a try now. It is still mostly turn based (you can set the battle system to "wait" even), but you can have set commands that get chosen for you lr team. Pretty clever if you set it up right, and not much different than holding a for any other final fantasy game

>>10243781
They hate you because you speak the truth.
XII was the logical correct direction for FF to go in terms of everything, particularly presentation/localization. Then, we got XIII...

>>10244084
I was 10-12 in 1999-2001 so my favorite is FF8, FF1 (Origins), and FF10

>>10250558
>Somebody at Square obviously read the D&D books

That was Kawazu

>We were all big fans of Wizardry and Ultima back then. Even though Dragon Quest had come out, in our minds, there still wasn't anything quite comparable to Ultima or Wizardry. That's the kind of game that Sakaguchi and Hiromichi Tanaka and I were interested in. As far as my role in the game went, I was mainly in charge of the battle system and battle sequences. For that, I tried to make it as close to Dungeons & Dragons as possible. That was my goal.

>Weird because the rest of the series seems like your typical monkeys copying Wizardry and Dragon Quest without knowing anything about pen and paper rpgs.

That's because Kawazu left the series after FF2 and started the SaGa series, which continues to build and innovate on actual RPG mechanics and concepts and blows FF out of the water

>>10263042
>That's because Kawazu left the series after FF2 and started the SaGa series, which continues to build and innovate on actual RPG mechanics and concepts and blows FF out of the water
What is SaGa?

>>10263208
Mobileslop

>>10263208
Japan's only RPG

I still think FF 6 is the best one.

So what’s the deal with II?

>>10242626
X
>muh hallways
stfu, all FFs are linear as fuck

>>10264641
It is a lot of fun to play

>>10264673
They aren't.
World map was important and definitely missed from X.

>>10264757
>They aren't.
they absolutely are, you're just too retarded to realize that a world map hides the linearity.
ffvii for example is completely linear. you go from point a to point b to point c. if you're a midwit you won't notice that you might as well be walking down hallways.

>>10264641
I found it harder than number 1

>>10264761
You’re getting mad at a game that came out 20+ years ago.

1, 4, 9, 10, Tactics Advance
Runners-up: 2, 5, and 7
Overrated tier: 6, Tactics

>>10264673
>>10264761
You're either a women or a faggot since you lack a sense of adventure and exploration that the overworld brought along with the vehicles that added to the explorations. It's no wonder you not only like FFX but don't care it's nothing but linear hallways.

>>10265896
>using racial slurs towards my opponent validates my points and furthers my argument
I accept your concession and you now have my permission to leave not only the thread but the board as well. You’ve been dealt with.

>>10265896
No, you’re the mindless fag. If you actually play these games more than once the sense of adventure is gone when you realize they’re all mainly a linear railroad
>>10266002
You are a fag

>>10266283
You must be fun at social gatherings.

>>10242626
10 is the only one I truly enjoyed. Haven't played 7-9 yet.

>>10242626
>playing through FF1 now
>PR image

No, you're not.

>>10264673
>all FFs are linear as fuck
Mostly correct, but FFVI world of ruin does exist. The rest could get away just fine with a SMRPG-style map screen.

>>10266301
?

Playing FF7 OG right now. 10 hours in and I'm already at the Gold Saucer. Well, maybe it's more since I spent time doing stuff like getting the Parade TV ratings up for the 5k reward.