| 2000cc said: Final Fantasy, For its thematically rich stories, Consistently different game design and ability to genuinely surprise me at how good a game can actually be. It got me into 'proper' gaming (i.e 'hardcore' games) and if it wasn't for this series I wouldn't still be gaming today - hands down. In a time when a lot of games (not just RPG's) seem to be clones of their cousins' from the same company FF is constantly switching itself up and of late each iteration has become more and more progressive & boundary pushing than the last (to the anger of many westerners and the proud crowing of my Japanese friends). On a side note the Atelier series gets an honourable mention though not being an option for also being on the improve and being so quirky in concept and execution. For a series with a low budget it has proved markedly survivable, produced some of the best characters around and is by far my next favourite series next to Final Fantasy. In my personal opinion (and I know no one will share this, but no one here plays atelier games anyway) they have long since perfected what bioware has always tried to achieve re:choice, multiple endings, multiple plots, different npc's with their own side quests & back stories etc etc etc Cant go without saying this too, last honourable mention Nier, for Grimiore Wiess, a character more perfectly Byronic than Byron himself and the ability to see the main quest from the enemies perspective after first playthrough (and how horribly sad a game can be) |
innovative FF ???????? really not attacking your game of choice here I'm playing FF13 right now...... but honnestly I haven't seen a JRPG beeing fundamentaly innovative for a while (the good ones I mean) yeah the world and art direction might be different in JRPG but 99% of the time you have the same basic old school set of characters.... with the basic same set of emotion and personal struggle..... most of them are based on shonen manga type which is a shame... JRPG could have so much more to offer if those dumb ass DEVS had some balls.... and japanese people stop buying there crap.... and for that matters jap culture fans around the world too....
tired of the endrogin, virgin, hero, smartass, weakling etc combo.... I've followed jap anime and jrpg for over 20 years.... and jrpg are so limited and stuck into one side of that deep and amazing culture that is saddening.....
my fav in that list is ME because I thought that stuff was really new and refreshing well executed beside the clipping and popping.... but KOTOR is probably my next one..... elder scroll is from pure RPG point of view but not really well executed IMO and I haven't try witcher yet but looks great.... now FF always a good time.... but it's more like going to your favorite fast food to me.... you know what to expect you like it but I also know there is way better out there.... but right now I want that.....
