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famousringo on 04 May 2009
deadt0m said:

Certainly nostalgia is part of it, but I find it EXTREMELY difficult to believe that if someone handed me a copy of FFIV, and I had never played it before, that I would be anything short of blown away, even today.

Honestly, I think it has more to do with technology and the story arcs.  The pre-CD run of the games didn't have cutting edge technology as a crutch, and so to make successful games they had to be fun, immersive, whimsical, challenging and engaging.  Starting with VII though, they just removed whimsy from the series completely and replaced it with awful, overwrought emo cutscenes.  The original Final Fantasy games conveyed emotion through good writing and relatable characters, and then seven replaced good writing with too-long cutscenes of effeminate men crying about things.

Put simply, I think they used to make good video games, now they make playable interludes between horrible cutscenes.

 

I think you need to put the highlighted portion in your signature or something.



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pastro243 on 04 May 2009

Im 18 and think the old final fantasies suck(before 6), now thats a bad thing in this site.



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Kasz216 on 04 May 2009
Darc Requiem said:
badgenome said:

Oh, good. I'm perfectly normal, then.

But why do I still like the old Final Fantasies?

Couldn' t have said it better myself Badgenome.

 

Well that's the thing too... weren't the SNES protaganists... older?

I mean it seemed that way anyway.

 



NightstrikerX on 04 May 2009

I think it's rather a bizarre way of thinking. Final Fantasy fans are growing out of Final Fantasy. From where I stand, I'm viewing it more as a "Square-Enix doesn't care about the fans that helped them become who they are". Which I find to be a pretty big stab in the back since I've always been a big fan of everything Square-Enix made until recently.

At least now I know why.



Why must JRPG female leads suck so bad?

Kasz216 on 04 May 2009
griffinA said:
^^^^I think the difference is the tone. The pre-FFVII Final Fantasy games took themselves less seriously while telling a story. These days they play like a cliched series movie.

Maybe the younger generations just perfer cliched movies?  I mean... you could argue that entertainment in general has moved more down that route.



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weaveworld on 04 May 2009
pastro243 said:
Im 18 and think the old final fantasies suck(before 6), now thats a bad thing in this site.

 

Uh no. That's not a bad thing, everybody is allowed to have their own likes and dislikes no...?

I'm 32 and really am afraid after reading this article that XII was already too late for me... Damned maybe he's right and have I grown 'out' of Final Fantasy...

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Now i have to raise a family and be mature and stuff...



pastro243 on 04 May 2009

People are putting it like the new stuff is crap, but in reality post ff7, at least in the main series have been good except for 11.



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pastro243 on 04 May 2009
weaveworld said:
pastro243 said:
Im 18 and think the old final fantasies suck(before 6), now thats a bad thing in this site.

 

Uh no. That's not a bad thing, everybody is allowed to have their own likes and dislikes no...?

I'm 32 and really am afraid after reading this article that XII was already too late for me... Damned maybe he's right and have I grown 'out' of Final Fantasy...

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Now i have to raise a family and be mature and stuff...

When I was 12 I never thought that at 18 I would be playing videogames, now I find it hard that ill ever stop.

 



- Our album on spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/56mEbEgyBYGzcDyZ1eMQ1v?si=hYKgir5YRSCrzywgGmV4oQ

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weaveworld on 04 May 2009
pastro243 said:
weaveworld said:
pastro243 said:
Im 18 and think the old final fantasies suck(before 6), now thats a bad thing in this site.

 

Uh no. That's not a bad thing, everybody is allowed to have their own likes and dislikes no...?

I'm 32 and really am afraid after reading this article that XII was already too late for me... Damned maybe he's right and have I grown 'out' of Final Fantasy...

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Now i have to raise a family and be mature and stuff...

When I was 12 I never thought that at 18 I would be playing videogames, now I find it hard that ill ever stop.

 

I think gaming has always been a part of my life, sometimes more often, sometimes less. I don't think it will end anytime soon. Kids or no kids, gaming stays a part of my life.

 



Kos-mos on 04 May 2009
Kasz216 said:
griffinA said:
^^^^I think the difference is the tone. The pre-FFVII Final Fantasy games took themselves less seriously while telling a story. These days they play like a cliched series movie.

Maybe the younger generations just perfer cliched movies?  I mean... you could argue that entertainment in general has moved more down that route.

Totally agree with that!

Look at all so-called above 90% video-games; gow, gta iv, halo.

Exceptions: Metal Gear Solid 4.