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Which Generation of final fantasy is your fave?

Old School (FF1-FF6) 79 30.04%
 
Golden Age (FF7-FF12) 173 65.78%
 
Moden Era (FF13-??) 10 3.80%
 
Total:262

Tactics. For the numbered games though, it's six.



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Pretty much FFX and FFVIII. I cannot really decide between the two due to nostalgia. The others are decent as well ( except for FFXIII lol).



Hard to say, best ones for me are, IMO, FF IV and FF VI. FF X story is also great, but the slow pacing kinda turns me off, and FF V has probably the best plot-twist near the end of the game, but the overall story is kinda generic.



think-man said:
FF IX :)



really? i was almost sure that you would say not 9 :P



 

kupomogli said:
Tactics. For the numbered games though, it's six.

which final fantasy has the best moggle? :P



 

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1-6 is sorta held down by having 1,3 and 5 there.


That said, while not my favorite. I would have to say objectively, Final Fantasy 4 has the best story of any final fantasy game.

The theme of past sin and redemption is so interwoven into that games core message and told through pretty much every main characters story, it's downright frightening.

It's writing level is practically that of a good play.

From a stylistic and technical perspective it's really quite amazing.

 

other FF games, like 6 had great stories, but they just weren't so internally consistant and on point at every step.

 

Think of it this way.  List the final fantasy games and ask yourself "What was the main theme of the game."

 

What was the game trying to teach me about humanity.



Anything from VI to X



pokoko said:
Final Fantasy Tactics. The story was fantastic. It was A Game of Thrones in sprite form. I'm not kidding about that. War, murder, social injustice, betrayal, revenge, regicide, patricide, power struggles between church and state, and the skewed perspective of history were all themes. It was mature in every sense of the word.


I'm curious, have you played the games that Final Fantasy was the spirtual successor to?

 

For me, Final Fantasy Tactics story never really won me over because it was more or less just trying to convert over the Tactics Ogre/Ogre Battle world in Final Fantasy form.

To me, it never matched the storytelling power that was found in Tactics Ogre: LUCT.



colafitte said:
ethomaz said:

aikohualda said:

fave game is 9... but the story of x is amazing... wait you think 6 has better story? :O maybe i need to buy those mobile game XD

FFVI have the most consistent story... there is no main character because all have it own part in the history (not focused in only char)... the Villain is a real megafucker villain (and he really did bad things).

The story talks about everything... friendship, love, war, loyalty, policy, family, discrimination, etc... almost all themes are discussed.

And the best... it is simple.

You're right, but the central story of FF VI is not that memorable....FF VI is more based in its colorful characters and side stories than in its central story. In that regard i think FF X have a more spectacular, insteresting and focused story than FF VI.

For me FF X have the better story, it's complex and mysterious and in my opinion, it have the better ending of the saga, at least, the more emotional.

FF X's main plot is paper thin...



Bristow9091 said:
aikohualda said:

All final fantasy.

I never got a chance to play the older final fantasy and the graphics kinda turn me off (are the mobile final fantasy worth it?)

Mine is Final Fantasy X.   The story of being an illusion and/or living in an illusion/dream world really intrigue me a lot.

From The Matrix, Jacob's Ladder, Silent Hill, Inception, etc.

 

I thought the game's story is a masterpiece and should be played by generations to come.

 

I think I love you...

But seriously, try some of the older games, my favourites after X are IX, IV and VI :)

FF IX is my fave final fantasy game... but i didn't think the story is solid enough... but the gameplay is amazing though