FF has finally jumped the shark.

[Selamis]

Can make it an epic 3 movie long series!

[Blarg]

Movie 2 can be Knights of the Round.

[Hitoshura]

KH2 has one of the better battle systems out of any game i've ever played. If you think it was repetitive or drivel then you have no clue wtf you're talking about, especially if you think it's because of the Disney characters involved, then you're REALLY ignorant because you probably haven't even beaten the game to know it's not about Disney at all.

Whatever though, we argued about this shit enough on the KH2: FM thread 6 months ago or so... not gonna bring that discussion again.

FF13 will be awesome, etc. etc. next-gen gunblade is great stop hating etc. etc.



edit: and people that say ff8 sucks are generally ff7 fans that were pissed Cloud didn't make an encore appearance. So yeah it had a love story, who the fuck cares? I thought it was pretty fun. (FF9 is still my favorite PSX FF, the hating and flaming can now ensue.)

Great battle system or not the story really lost my interest. I have generally given up on any new entries to the FF and KH series.

[Exoduso]

Meh so yeah the story was weak, but I thought the gameplay made up for it.. =/

[-Omni]

Movie 2 can be Knights of the Round.

I lol'd.

Really, though, I'm hoping I can borrow a PS3 from a friend and play this through and that it won't be utter fail. All I want is a legitimate real-time system that can be broken down for like combos and shit.

If the slow motion in the videos is any indication of what an actual fight consists of, this could either look a lot like Max Payne or just be like the same ole FF system with OMG MOAR LENS FLARE

[BRP]

Is it even a blade? Looks like teeth.

[Skyylya]

the only final fantasy I haven't liked was x-2, i find it odd that so many of you guys think it was like the best one, at least as far as the battle system goes. I hated that game and I even gave it a good amount of hours to try and get into it.

I really liked FFX and thought they dropped the ball with X-2.

I've never had a problem with any other one, except 11...and i'm really looking forward to 13.

[Khelek]

I just hope they don't screw 13 up like they did with 12 :/ They had ONE remotely interesting character in 12, and he (Balthier) only appeared interesting cause the rest were fucking lame. And the level up system? I want a reason to play one character instead of another. That system just made everyone exactly the same. Story was pretty boring as well. Only thing that I actually liked about that game was the fighting system (Had they just reduced the auto-fighting a lot), although I really really prefer random battles. Needs moar 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 feeling, less trying to make the games like FF11 and the main characters a few semi-important people.

[Hitoshura]

Take out the 7, 8, and 10 and we would have a winner. FFXII was amazing IMO, sure the character development wasn't on par with previous games but the story revolves around Ashe it's coming from Vaan's point of view. It was really interesting to me and I hope they experiment more with these awesome changes. NO more belts or zippers please. I really love anything that takes place in Ivalice, minus Revenant Wings because Ivalice without Yasumi Matsuno = no thanks.

[Eaglestrike]

the only final fantasy I haven't liked was x-2, i find it odd that so many of you guys think it was like the best one, at least as far as the battle system goes. I hated that game and I even gave it a good amount of hours to try and get into it.

I really liked FFX and thought they dropped the ball with X-2.

I've never had a problem with any other one, except 11...and i'm really looking forward to 13.

I was 100% certain I'd hate the story of FFX-2, but I was bored and gave it a shot. I think the job system, and then the dresspheres and being able to change jobs in the middle of battle was excellent. Not the best, no, but it at least made the game decent overall.

I just hope they don't screw 13 up like they did with 12 :/ They had ONE remotely interesting character in 12, and he (Balthier) only appeared interesting cause the rest were fucking lame. And the level up system? I want a reason to play one character instead of another. That system just made everyone exactly the same. Story was pretty boring as well. Only thing that I actually liked about that game was the fighting system (Had they just reduced the auto-fighting a lot), although I really really prefer random battles. Needs moar 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 feeling, less trying to make the games like FF11 and the main characters a few semi-important people.

To each his own. I think the major flaw of 12 was how long it was...it was way too short. I liked most of the characters, Balthier obviously was the best man, but I liked the rest of them because they seemed like they were "real" within the context of the storyline. It wasn't just a personality thrown into a body, they were trying to make someone who would have existed in that world. Though I'll also agree there should have been more difference between characters and jobs, I'd put that at a big #2 (I think the Zodiac release or whatever changed this a bit but haven't played that). Aside from those two and a bit too much likeness to FFXI in regards to certain pop/drop rates (fuck you Larva Eater) I played the game thinking "man if only FFXI was more like this...it's so good" and enjoyed it a ton.

[izembo]

yea i definitely enjoyed playing xii a ton, and i really think xiii is gonna be amazing as well. i dont see any problem at all with that screenshot and im sure the game itself will be tons of fun as well.

[Elcura]

Rarely has there been a FF game I haven't enjoyed playing. One thing FF gets right with any degree of certainty is the battle system. The stories will always be hit or miss for some people because not everyone is the same and some people have this...idea about how FF stories should play out each and every time.

Personally I don't think they fucked up on XII at all, it was fun to play and the story was at least interesting. It was also great seeing a main character from a supporting character's PoV. I'd like to see how the other FF games would look if you played as a supporting character.

[Exoduso]

My main problem with FF12's story is that there wasn't enough of it... it felt too rushed, and it only got good at around the Pharos level (like 3 hours from the end..)

[Avé]

8 is the only FF I've enjoyed enough to go back and get 100% after beating the game. Regardless of where FF is going, you can't deny that they are some of the most polished games around.

[Poopfacekilla]

8 was very fun and had a great story. I just hated some of the stuff that happened in the 2nd half.

[Max™]

I didn't like cloud either.

Just to clear that up, I thought they were both whiny bitches, Squall was just more annoying about it.

The only "god, why me" character I've liked in an FF game was Vivi.

[Exoduso]

Zidane went emo in the middle of CD3 of FF9 as well... "*cry* i'm an empty shell, I don't need anyone *cry* please take me for so I can disappear blablabla"... >.>

[XxSlusherxx]

FF8 was probly my favorite story tbh, and it needed to be, I hated drawing magic with a passion.

[Ace-o-fire]

12 was the best one. Want to know why?

It had Mother fucking Balthier!

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/521/balthiertf2.jpg

Look how mother fucking sexy he is!

He throws that gun on his shoulder like it's fucking nothing! He had the fucking gun when every one else was running around poking shit with spears and swords. He wanted the job done fucking fast.

Two words: SKY MOTHER FUCKING PIRATE.

This dude went "Fuck off dad I don’t want any of your money and shit!" Then he got him self a fine ass lady and dragged her around. They stole shit out of castles and probably fuck non stop when auto pilot was on, and fuck non stop when they stopped at the pirate town

Also did I mention his sexy fucking accent! About time we had something other then just text and a bunch of whinny, faggot teenagers/old people talking.

But from a game aspect he made it. He knew that it would end up being something big so he stuck around and a few instance he even said he was the "leading man" and that mother fucker was!

[Falisa]

That post reminds me of that picture with the peppers. "Look at these motherfucking peppers! Ones red...green..even fucking yellow!"