this is just pathetic

[Scoobes]

Soap_McTavish said:

leo-j said:
how funny, I think you and I have the same friends. Considering FF is completely different with each one that is released..

While I support as many quality games as square enix can pump out, originality is not something the series has ever really had as a strong point.

You can sumarise pretty much every plot except 12(which is only slightly different) with generic character titles and explain every game.

1) Generic male protagonist has some event which either leaves him stranded or lost or missplaced in some poor or non-adventageous position.

2) Generic male meets or is already a member of some group of support protagonists that undergo some mission to complete some goal to save the world. (IX Parodies final fantasy actually in its beginning, but then gets back on the same plot line)

3)Generic male has something special about him that makes him superior to other people in the world or "special". Generic male meets someone with the same or similar specialness that turns out to be the main protagonist. or already knows him.

4) Evil corporation or organization or group of individuals (usually corp/org) is trying to ruin and oppress the world.

5) Group goes agaisnt them.

6) Drama between one or two female leads ensues.

7) same spells maybe with slightly different names, magic, melee, ranged steriotype class system with a few exceptions (X-2).

8) Showdown with said similar antagonist.

9) Couple of game unique, yet similar super bosses.

10) Some "gimmick" system that is basically a reimplementation of limit breaks from FF7.

11) Have some summons, give them different names in different games and slightly alter the system.

 

Find a main series game that does not fit at least 8/11 of those points.

10 fits the class one even though it doesnt really have a class system since you can never do anything outside of it.

You could go on all day, but final fantasy is successful because it has a formula that works. If they ever make anything different (like my life as a darklord) it is a massive failure.

Fans know what they want, innovation is not one of them.

Be happy final fantasy doesn't change its structure, if it did you wouldn't like it.

You could say the same for a lot of jRPGs to be fair. Final Fantasy doesn't innovate as such, but if you look through the series there is usually evolution from one game to the next (e.g. the Junction system in VIII compared to the materia system in VII).