/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.5602057]

I've always wanted to play every Final Fantasy. Is this worth doing? And what am I in for if I do?

[Anonymous No.5602059]

You’re in for about 95% shit games.

[Anonymous No.5602060]

why don't you try the one that seems the most interesting to you, and if you like it, maybe try another one?

[Anonymous No.5602063]

>>5602057
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Tactics, and MAYBE 8 and 9 are potentially worth playing. All are reasonably decent for what they are. If you don't like JRPGs then they won't change your mind though.

2 is trash. Mystic Quest is mediocre. Everything from 10 and on is linear faggotry.

[Anonymous No.5602068]

>>5602057
Even if you stick strictly to the main numbered titles, I doubt you'll ever make it to the end even limiting yourself to the first 9.

[Anonymous No.5602072]

>>5602063
Don’t listen to this guy. 6, 7, tactics and MAYBE 9 is the real answer. The only good thing about 5 is the job system every thing else sucks. I seriously don’t know why people like 4 and 5 so much.

[Anonymous No.5602081]

>>5602072
Don't listen to this guy. 4, 7, 9, 10 and Tactics is the real answer. 6 goes to shit half way through and becomes a character fetchquest and the plot dies

[Anonymous No.5602084]

>>5602060
This is the best thing to do. Play the ones that interest you and if you enjoy them, try others. If you don't enjoy them, feel free to drop them and still try another if you want.

[Anonymous No.5602148]

>Tfw I bought the PS1 version of FF6 because I'm Europoor
It's not THAT bad right?

[Anonymous No.5602150]

>>5602057
Go and read some actual books. Truly shitty literature. Waste your time properly.

[Anonymous No.5602214]

>>5602057
The first 3 are pointless trash. 4 is generic. 5 is fucking lame. 6-10 are the best, plus tactics. 11 and 14 are MMOs and MMOs are for fucking retards. 12 is a mixed bag. 13 is an abomination. 15 is a major let down.

[Anonymous No.5602215]

>>5602063
>recommending 1 and 3 over 8 and 9
Fuck off retard.

[Anonymous No.5602216]

>>5602148
it's just the snes game with load times

[Anonymous No.5602220]

>>5602215
1 and 3 are infinitely better than a card game and 15 seconds of loading before every random battle.

[Anonymous No.5602224]

>>5602148
>>5602216
1 second load times, if you've never played the SNES version you won't notice it at all.

[Anonymous No.5602226]

>>5602057
I started playing all the main FF and DQ games on mobile last year and ive really enjoyed it so far. Im up to FF VI and DQ V right now and ive went back and emulated FF1 on PS1 and and NES. Keep an open mind and youll have fun.

[Anonymous No.5602251]

I hope you're only doing main series. Even if you are you'll probably find the nes ones to be a slog. Same with xiii but for different reasons

[Anonymous No.5602260]

>>5602072
IV isn't amazing but its still worth playing

[Anonymous No.5602262]

>>5602081
VI gets better in the second half. The slow first half (once you already know the story) always keeps me from replaying

[Anonymous No.5602264]

>>5602214
Xiv: arr main scenario was pretty fun

[Anonymous No.5602267]

>>5602220
Triple Triad is the ultimate brainlet filter. You just sucked at gaming the system

[Anonymous No.5602269]

>>5602214
>10
i liked the sphere grid mechanism when the game came out and played it quite a bit at that time. when i tried picking it up again a year or two ago i was actually quite appalled how much of an anime with short sequences of character control it is. almost felt like an FMV game desu.
maybe i just can't into JRPGs that much anymore

[Anonymous No.5602272]

>>5602269
Yeah i wish the cutscenes were fully skippable, rather than just speeding up the dialogue. The story is amazing though, and i usually think video game stories are retarded

[Anonymous No.5602275]

>>5602057
Play 1 if you like grinding. Skip 2&3. Play 4 then 5 then 6 then 7 then 8 then 9 then 10. Fin

[Anonymous No.5602289]

>>5602262
>VI gets better in the second half.
this except the opposite

[Funcoland Clown No.5602327]

They're all good and worth playing except for the online ones, which is also the point (at 11) the focus becomes overwhelmingly narrative in the offline games although 12 is still very interesting mechanically.

Some games especially the early ones benefit from bug fixes in later versions.

7 is the game where all the philosophies align the most perfectly so of course you should play it, you might even want to play it first. Anyone who hates on 7 is just being a contrarian.

Don't cheat yourself out of the best experiences in life because they're recognized as such.

[Anonymous No.5602386]

>>5602057
>Is this worth doing?
Unless you never played JRPGs or you didn't play much, no, they're not worth playing outside of the NES trilogy, mostly for historical value too.
If you wanted a casual, entry level JRPG series I'd rather suggest you to play Dragon Quest, unless you dislike Toriyama's style that much of course, FF offers nothing special or particularly well done outside of the graphics.

That said, you should form your own opinions on things instead of shitposting on anonymous imageboards and call anyone who disagrees on something a contrarian, so pick up a game and play it, start with FF1 or 7 depending on how you feel like.
NES FF1 is kind of a bugfest so I suggest you to play the PS1 remake, disregard the GBA or PSP versions, they're garbage that changes the core mechanics and casualize it even further, same for FF2 if you're interested in it.
As for FF7, PS1 is the way to go, unless you want to play the modern ports with built in cheats, which tell an awful lot about how even Square thinks they're games not worth playing, but that's something for another thread.

[Anonymous No.5602389]

>>5602289
1st half is linear as fuck. Shit taste confirmed

[Anonymous No.5602393]

>>5602389
>LINEAR BAD

[Anonymous No.5602406]

>>5602063
10 is miles better than both 8 and 9

[Anonymous No.5602407]

>>5602057
Start with 4, 6, or 7. 8 or 9 would be good ones to hold off on till later. Why would anyone play the first Final Fantasy unless only for a Challenge ?

[Anonymous No.5602421]

>>5602275
>skip 3
3 (psp) version is very tight and worth playing.

[Anonymous No.5602430]

>>5602393
Its good the first time you play it because you don't know the story. But what's the point of replaying a linear game?

[Anonymous No.5602432]

>Is this worth doing?
No

>And what am I in for if I do?
The above answer should make it obvious what you are in for.

[Anonymous No.5602451]

>>5602430
why replay any game when you can play a new one instead?

[Anonymous No.5602468]

>>5602216
>>5602224
I played it for a bit last year and the load times are kind of annoying but the characters and story were entertaining enough to keep me playing for a while before I started playing MGS and forgot about it.

[Anonymous No.5602516]

>>5602224
hahahaha I never played the SNES versions before and the load times shit up my asshole diarrhea boom boom

[Anonymous No.5602581]

>>5602057
Just play
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
Tactics
Tactics Advance
Crisis Core

disregard everything else

[Anonymous No.5602592]

>>5602581
Dissidia and X2 are in my opinion good games.

[Anonymous No.5602597]

>>5602406
Yeah, I guess. If you enjoy corridors. I'm guessing you were born no later than 1996

[Anonymous No.5602602]

>>5602581
if you ironically like early 2000’s try hard edgy boy vibes, then Dirge of Cerberus is good for a few laughs.

it’s the Sonic 06 of Final Fantasy games

[Anonymous No.5602630]

>>5602581
You forgot Dawn of Souls

[Anonymous No.5602738]

>>5602057
>I've always wanted to play every Final Fantasy.
>Is this worth doing?
I don't know. I'd say probably not. If you did I'd recommend the following order

1. FFIV. The most bread-and-butter Final Fantasy game, the first iteration of its signature ATB battle system. It's well-balanced and well-paced and can be easily finished in 20ish hours. The only issue is deciding which version to play since there are several. (My recommendation is either the SNES version with hacks to replace J content, or the SFC version with a fan translation)

2. FFVII. If you liked FFIV, you might as well go ahead and play the most famous one. This one also is the complete opposite of FFIV as far as customization. Where FFIV has all fixed classes and abilities, FFVII has a highly flexible system.

3. FF, FFV, or FFIX. This depends on what you liked about the previous two games. If you really loved the materia system, play 5. If you really loved sitting on your ass and not playing the game while watching long cutscenes, play FFIX. If neither of those sound good to you, maybe try FF1.

4. FFVI. This game strikes a nice balance between the older SNES-style and the story-heavy PSX style.

At this point you should be able to figure out how you want to finish, if you want to bother at all.

[Anonymous No.5603263]

>>5602063
Bunch of faggots disagreeing with this post, this is objectively the best answer.

[Anonymous No.5604401]

>rated E for everyone
What did they mean by this?

[Anonymous No.5604403]

If you like rpgs and good story telling then yes.
If you are a low IQ ape then avoid FF and stick to twitchy action gaymes.

[Anonymous No.5604685]

>>5602057
Play:
3 on NES
4 on SNES or DS
5 on SNES
6 on SNES
7 on PSX
8 on PSX
9 on PSX

Then go back and play:
FF1 GBA/PS1
FF2 GBA/PS2

Do not play FF1/2 on NES, you will waste your time.

[Anonymous No.5604735]

>>5602057
currently in the process of slogging through an english patch of famicom FF2, on the way through 10.
i'm using strategywiki all the time and fast forwarding and doing the self attacking trick and i'm still barely pushing forward and questioning if i should skip halfway through and if i should even be doing this shit in the first place at 23
deep down though i know i've always wanted to do this and this is probably the only one that will feel like work. beating FF1 already felt great and i know i'll be into the other good ones all the way after committing this much.

[Anonymous No.5604906]

>>5602581
imagine never having played 3 and shilling for 10 and crisis core. jesus lol the state of this board.

[Anonymous No.5605156]

2 was better than 3, only retard drones will disagree.

[Anonymous No.5605162]

>>5605156
man, even Maria's sprite was hot

[Anonymous No.5605165]

>>5602430
>But what's the point of replaying a linear game?
I'm guessing you don't like arcade games?

[Anonymous No.5605392]

>>5602063
Big fan of the series, played all and beaten all.
All I would add is 8 and 9 are in fact worth playing, 2 is worth playing on the Dawn of Souls gba remake. And 10 and up are trash, with except to 11/14.

Haven't played 15, heard good things but it's not a jarpig and the series died with 9.

[Anonymous No.5605414]

>>5602057
Ignore the contrarians. They’re great games due to their aesthetics, music, dynamic exposition, and gameplay (yes, compared to most JRPGs of their era they have more secrets/side quests and even more nonlinearity).

[Anonymous No.5605427]

>>5605392
I loved 10, liked 12, game is great but story is pretty much botched to hell by Square Enix forcing the game to be ruined. 15 I have and just stopped playing as it was not interesting to me at all. In my opinion only Nomura and the Ivalice team can make good games for Square now, and Square tries their hardest to fuk them up.

[Anonymous No.5605445]

Are any of the iOS final fantasy ports worth playing?

[Anonymous No.5605565]

>>5605427
10 is probably the best of the ones I don't personally like. 12, I haven't played but I know what the game play is like, not enough jrpg in the games anymore.
13 I've played and beaten, I enjoyed it's game play but it simply wasn't a final fantasy game for me.
15 I haven't played but probably would enjoy it if I did, still not jrpg.

4 is my favorite but I genuinely enjoyed all of the original series. 8 is the weakest because of the draw system/card refining system.

[Anonymous No.5605578]

>>5605414
>yes, compared to most JRPGs of their era they have more secrets/side quests and even more nonlinearity
>and even more nonlinearity

[Anonymous No.5605586]

>>5602251
I finished the NES games pretty fast because I sped up the emulator when level grinding.

[Anonymous No.5605591]

>>5602327
Is 11 even playable today?

[Anonymous No.5605675]

>>5602057
>And what am I in for if I do?
Linking Park and the scene kids from 2000's anime. Prots who just want to slit their wrists and that kind of shit.

[Anonymous No.5605828]

>>5602214
I agree with this guy, I'd give 5 and 12 a better review though, but not by much.

Unless your a full colours weeaboo and swoon for this bullshit, it's an inconsistent series. When it's bad it's not terrible, but would you want to sink 50 hours into a just okayish game? I wouldn't, but I did with 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Also I'm going to get put on blast for this but I enjoyed FFVII prequel Crisis Core. I really enjoyed it.

[Anonymous No.5605839]

>>5605156

[Anonymous No.5605849]

>tfw currently playing IV on GBA emulator

did I do a bad thing?

[Anonymous No.5606215]

>>5602057
The classic ones are all good games I'd say, even II which is a bit wonky.

[Anonymous No.5607187]

>>5602057
None of them are bad games by any means, anyone who tells you otherwise is just a plain contrarian.

I'm not too fond of FF1 though, I just don't see the point. Weakest entries IMO are FF1 and
FF3 (and only because it gets entirely superceded by FF5 and seems a bit halfassed in terms of world-building which is a real shame)

[Anonymous No.5607512]

If you're used to other series like DQ, you could start with 1, then 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9. Otherwise skip 1 and 3.

[Anonymous No.5607530]

>>5605849
No, you did the best thing (though I've never played the PSP ver. to compare)

[Anonymous No.5607586]

>>5607530
They're both good, just a matter of style preference . I like the psp sprites more.

[Anonymous No.5609792]

>>5605849
yeah gba version of IV is shit.

[Anonymous No.5610063]

am I the only one that thinks red 13's backstory was really arbitrary and ended too soon?

you dont know much about him, you make it to cosmo canyon, you hear he abandoned everyone,. then boom, you find out he died saving the village(which I dont even know how that was possible, he was a fucking rock)

theres no elongated storyline, its jsut finding out that he died. It didnt feel impactful at all, just "...ok. Sorry bout your dad, red"

[Anonymous No.5610191]

Whatever you do, do not, and I mean DO NOT play the vanilla version of FFXII. It is by far the slowest fucking game I have ever played in my entire goddamn life and the vast majority of the game's best weapons can only be acquired through insane RNG. It was by far the most questionable 150 hours I have ever invested on anything in my entire life.

[Anonymous No.5611054]

>>5602057
No, it's not worth doing.

Play 4, 6, and 7 in that order.

Want more? Try 9 but play it with a turbo mode for battles.

8 and X go a completely different direction than the above 3.

1-3 and anything after X are garbage.

[Anonymous No.5611816]

>>5605578
Dude the endgames of FFV and FFVI are some of the most nonlinear retro JRPGs get excluding something like SaGa.

[Anonymous No.5611851]

>>5602063
Fuck you. FF13 is cool.

[Anonymous No.5611858]

>>5603263
However, ff13 and type 0 are alright.

[Anonymous No.5611859]

>>5611816
open world is so fucking overrated anyway, every game can be nonlinear if you have a gameshark and a warp code
dragon quest 2 was nonlinear, doesn't mean it was good