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Fab_GS on 29 August 2009
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twesterm said:
Simulacrum said:

Final Fantasy has lots of games (Tactics,Crystal,Dissidia etc) and I'm not sure how much Mario has..

Final Fantasy has lots of extra stuff (Movies,figures,potions(LOL).

But I think unlike Final Fantasy, Marios aren't bringin anything new to series for past 10 years.

I feel Mario is more overused.

I have played about all Final Fantasy games from 8 and about all Marios from Yoshis Island (Well played Galaxy 20 minutes and got sick of it).

So what has the Final Fantasy series brought us?

  • Final Fantasy was a great RPG for the NES.
  • Final Fantasy IV improved upon what the previous three games started.
  • Final Fantasy VI gave us one of the best RPG's ever made.
  • Final Fantasy VII brought an entire new generation to the RPG genre.
  • Final Fantasy VIII tried to follow the same formula as FFVII and pretty much failed (but still sold so don't quote me sales).

So what has the Final Fantasy series brought us in the last 10 years?

  • FFIX tried to go back to its routes and brought us a good game.
  • SE must have though FFIX was a fluke and decided to go back to the FFVII formula and brought us a bad game with FFX.  So bad that apparently people love killing the main character over and over and over again.
  • FFXI went a completely new direction with online and while it was succesful, most FF fans look down upon it.
  • FFVIII use to easily hold the title worst main FF game but then XII came along and blew even Mystic Quest out of the water.
  • FFX-2, do I really need to say anything?
  • Endless FFVII remakes.

So yeah, in the last 10 years SE has been trying to milk FFVII for every penny they can get and they will continue to do so for another 10 years.  Hell, even their new game, FFXIII, main character is described as Cloud but a chick.

What has Mario done in the last 10 years?  New IP's, return to classics, incredible things like Paper Mario: the Thousand Year Door, and brand new things like Super Mario Galaxy.

I can't wait until people realize the FF series died long ago.

 

"Holy crap I haven't seen this much fail in a while!"

Almost everything you said about Final Fantasy is subjective. Just because you didn't like Final Fantasy VIII, X and XII doesn't mean everyone did. Both critics and sales say otherwise.