FF IX > FF VII

[jman8]

This thread just goes to show how smart Square is. Look at all the tastes that are displayed here. Square has managed to please just about everyone's taste at one point or another with their Final Fantasy series. That's why it is the biggest RPG in the world.

As for the actual thread topic, I loved IX. It was my first JRPG if you exclude Pokemon. The thing is, I've also loved VII, X, and XII, but all for different reasons (never played VIII). The best part of IX was the original 4 characters. Zidane, Garnet, Steiner, and Vivi were just so charismatic. The other characters on the other hand were trash. I moderately enjoyed Freya, but the others were just not interesting and didn't measure up to the original 4. I also loved that you could have 4 people in your party and everyone had a class. Maybe it's because I played FFIX first, but I've always felt parties of 3 were just too small, especially when there are 8+ characters to choose from.

That's actually one of the reasons Suikoden 3 and 5 are near the top of my list of greatest RPGs. I loved the 6 person parties. So, Naz, definitely pick up one of the Suikodens if you can; they're wonderful. Just avoid number 4. I've never played 1 or 2, but I've heard 2 is great. I need to download it for my PSP (I know, that makes me a pirate, but there's no way in hell I'm paying $100 for a USED copy of that game, especially when none of that money goes back to the creative minds that made the game.)