I'm real glad everyone has had real strong opinions about Final Fantasy. Just not a fan of personal attacks.
That being said, I see the comments basically falling into two camps:
Pre-FF7
and
Post FF7
My first Final Fantasy was VI, then V, then VII, VIII, and X
With each game until FF8, there was a huge leap in gameplay.
Job/Character Class System - revolutionized RPGs (simple, highly customizable, and addictive)
FFII-FFV
Espers/Materia System - revolutionized (simple, easy to understand, addictive)
FFVI-FFVII
For me, 5,6,7 are games I want to play over and over again. All the rest of the games are forgettable affairs. All the mixing, matching, and leveling up of jobs, espers, and materia really made people want to play in different ways.
While the underlying systems of 8-12 were different, none of them really have people saying please come back to that fighting system. It feels like everything got too complicated, intricate, and clever. I want a deep but simple to understand system that makes me want to play the game over and over.
Please be original
