Board 8 > Remember when people though Final Fantasy was the best gaming series?

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HeroicSomaCruz
05/16/12 9:16:00 PM
#1:


lol

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LeonhartFour
05/16/12 9:16:00 PM
#2:


Yeah.

Still do.

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MarvelousGerbil
05/16/12 9:17:00 PM
#4:


though?

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EverythingRuned
05/16/12 9:18:00 PM
#5:


ohhhhh c'mon... that range between six and ten inclusive was pretty promising, even if they all individually had flaws
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Menji76
05/16/12 9:19:00 PM
#6:


it still is

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thundersheep
05/16/12 9:20:00 PM
#7:


FF probably has 4-5 games in my top 20. No other series comes close.

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ZFS
05/16/12 9:21:00 PM
#8:


was there some point where this was no longer okay
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pjbasis
05/16/12 9:23:00 PM
#9:


It probably has the most amount of great games.

Nothing beats the Zelda stretch though.

86-01 baby

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LeonhartFour
05/16/12 9:24:00 PM
#10:


From: ZFS | #008
was there some point where this was no longer okay


Keep in mind that this is a durango topic

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14_and_counting
05/16/12 9:24:00 PM
#11:


I would say before OoT came out, I probably had it #1.


Final Fantasy 1, IV, VI, VII, and Tactics kinda takes apart LoZ, ZII AoL, ALttP, and LA.

Since then it has dropped for me, but it is still top 3, it still has 2 of my top 5 games ever, 4 of my top 20, and probably like 9 of my top 40.

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HeroicSomaCruz
05/16/12 11:23:00 PM
#12:


From: MarvelousGerbil | #004
though?


I've really been messing up lately.

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Weakupedia
05/17/12 12:01:00 AM
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It still is, though I am wary of the series' future.

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Rad Link 5
05/17/12 12:11:00 AM
#15:


"I still do."



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Forceful_Dragon
05/17/12 12:15:00 AM
#16:


8 and 10 are my two favorite console games and it isn't even particularly close.

Other games in the series are also very strong games imo too. I can't think of any other series that are as strong.



Some smaller series' might exceed FF in terms of "average game strength", but that doesn't make them better.

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Rad Link 5
05/17/12 12:18:00 AM
#17:


Final Fantasy has way fewer games towards the top of my favorite games list than a bunch of other series. Hell, even in my favorite RPGs list.

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LeonhartFour
05/17/12 12:21:00 AM
#18:


From: Rad Link 5 | #017
Final Fantasy has way fewer games towards the top of my favorite games list than a bunch of other series.


Look at this sourpuss

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The Real Truth
05/17/12 12:23:00 AM
#19:


lol ff

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Rad Link 5
05/17/12 12:39:00 AM
#20:


From: LeonhartFour | #018
Look at this sourpuss


Also I don't dislike Final Fantasy 8 like some other people here do.

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Weakupedia
05/17/12 12:39:00 AM
#21:


Rad Link 5 posted...
From: LeonhartFour | #018
Look at this sourpuss
Also I don't dislike Final Fantasy 8 like some other people here do.


man you are just all sorts of raised wrong!

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LeonhartFour
05/17/12 12:40:00 AM
#22:


From: Rad Link 5 | #020
Also I don't dislike Final Fantasy 8 like some other people here do.


Look at this sourpuss trying to act like he's not some sourpuss because he doesn't dislike one of the more divisive games in the series

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ZFS
05/17/12 12:40:00 AM
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well, at least there's that. ff8 is great.
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Rad Link 5
05/17/12 12:43:00 AM
#24:


From: LeonhartFour | #022
Look at this sourpuss trying to act like he's not some sourpuss because he doesn't dislike one of the more divisive games in the series


Well excuse me for trying to pander to you!

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LeonhartFour
05/17/12 12:44:00 AM
#25:


From: Rad Link 5 | #024
Well excuse me for trying to pander to you!


Oh don't get me wrong, I appreciate pandering in all forms

But this doesn't make you any less of a sourpuss!

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Rad Link 5
05/17/12 12:47:00 AM
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OmarsComin
05/17/12 1:26:00 AM
#27:


7-10 + Tactics were all great, or at least I felt that way when they came out. I haven't played through 7 or 8 in a long time, maybe it's different now.

4-6 are okay. certainly playable.

I have no interest in 1-3.

Everything after 10 not so good. They hit their high point about a decade ago.

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Weakupedia
05/17/12 1:27:00 AM
#28:


12 international and xiii-2 are great

xiii-2 might not be what FF once was, but it's still a lot of fun

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pjbasis
05/17/12 1:31:00 AM
#29:


From: OmarsComin | #027
I have no interest in 1-3.


I feel the same from this statement that I do from someone saying "I have no interest in books."

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OmarsComin
05/17/12 1:33:00 AM
#30:


1-3 are boring, designed poorly, and kind of a nightmare to play these days. that goes for a lot of NES games, but RPGs in particular.

I've played 12 Int briefly. It seemed interesting but not enough to justify playing through 12 again! 13-2 based on the demo is not my cup of tea. If I hadn't played Persona 3 and 4 I'd probably think I'm not into RPGs anymore.

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Rad Link 5
05/17/12 1:34:00 AM
#31:


Final Fantasy 2 is kind of a mess.

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Weakupedia
05/17/12 1:35:00 AM
#32:


OmarsComin posted...
1-3 are boring, designed poorly, and kind of a nightmare to play these days. that goes for a lot of NES games, but RPGs in particular.

I've played 12 Int briefly. It seemed interesting but not enough to justify playing through 12 again! 13-2 based on the demo is not my cup of tea. If I hadn't played Persona 3 and 4 I'd probably think I'm not into RPGs anymore.


have you played the shadow hearts series

also wild arms 5

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pjbasis
05/17/12 1:36:00 AM
#33:


From: OmarsComin | #030
1-3 are boring, designed poorly, and kind of a nightmare to play these days. that goes for a lot of NES games, but RPGs in particular.


mine eyes

From: Rad Link 5 | #031
Final Fantasy 2 is kind of a mess.


though this is true

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OmarsComin
05/17/12 1:40:00 AM
#34:


I played maybe 1/3 of the way through SH3 a few years back and liked it

I got a couple hours in to SH1 recently before kind of forgetting about it

never tried 2

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Weakupedia
05/17/12 1:41:00 AM
#35:


play 2

it's the best one

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Rad Link 5
05/17/12 1:42:00 AM
#36:


SH2's probably the best of the bunch.

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SubDeity
05/17/12 1:46:00 AM
#37:


pjbasis posted...
It probably has the most amount of great games.

Castlevania, dude.

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pjbasis
05/17/12 1:49:00 AM
#38:


From: SubDeity | #037
Castlevania, dude.


I have been defeated.

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Forceful_Dragon
05/17/12 3:54:00 AM
#39:


From: Weakupedia | #028
xiii-2 might not be what FF once was, but it's still a lot of fun




This basically sums up recent final fantasy games.

Does it approach the magic of what we once knew? Not really. But they are still solid games even if they don't measure up to the past.

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__Smurf__
05/17/12 4:07:00 AM
#40:


I AM ENRAGED IRL AT THIS THREAD

Seriously though, quite literally half of my top 10 are FF games. In my head for deciding my favourite series I'd subconsciously remove FF because its so far ahead it'd remove the fun out of picking one.
I don't think any other series will ever go on a run of 5 triple A titles in a row that FF did with VI-X.

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Liquid Wind
05/17/12 4:28:00 AM
#41:


FF was on one of the best runs any series has ever put together between FFIV-X, have to wonder what might have been if not for TSW
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Takfloyd_mkII__
05/17/12 8:03:00 AM
#42:


This topic

It's like some of you people actually think that a few years worth of mediocre games invalidates the entire history of the series!

Square Enix can make nothing but crap for another 20 years and the series will still be the best thanks to FF4-10.
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The Real Truth
05/17/12 8:09:00 AM
#43:


FFX was 11 years ago.

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Liquid Wind
05/17/12 8:10:00 AM
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true but you can't say it's the best series in gaming today, and I think zelda had a very comparable run during basically the same time frame(MM and FFX respectively being the last great games in each of those series'). and FFX was a decade ago, not "a few years"
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swordz9
05/17/12 8:10:00 AM
#45:


I remember thinking this until I played other RPG series. Now Final Fantasy is around 3rd or 4th for me even though it has more games I like than the series above it, but that's just because it has a lot more games.

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_Carlemagne_
05/17/12 8:32:00 AM
#46:


Mario, imo, is the most consistently good game series that has 5+ titles in the main series. Even the handheld games are all mostly great. (as contrast to some of the zelda games)

From: Takfloyd_mkII__ | #202
This topic

It's like some of you people actually think that a few years worth of mediocre games invalidates the entire history of the series!

Square Enix can make nothing but crap for another 20 years and the series will still be the best thanks to FF4-10.


Even among 4-10 the only ones that get real universal praise are 6,7 and 10. I guess 4 could be tossed in there too. But 8 is liked a pretty great deal more than 9 and enough people scrunch their face at 8.

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Rex915
05/17/12 8:40:00 AM
#47:


What does everyone have against XII.

XII was godly.
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MarvelousGerbil
05/17/12 9:45:00 AM
#48:


So, for a real answer. Yeah FF makes some crap games these days, but show me another series that has 12+games and has a better than 50% good:bad ratio. I wouldn't call it the best series, but I wouldn't tell anyone who thinks it is the best series wrong.

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pjbasis
05/17/12 9:49:00 AM
#49:


From: _Carlemagne_ | #046
Mario, imo, is the most consistently good game series that has 5+ titles in the main series.


Mario is forever stained by the badness of the New series and everything it inspires.

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_Carlemagne_
05/17/12 9:52:00 AM
#50:


You mean New Super Mario?

the DS one is pretty good. THe wii one is pretty good too. Not as good as say Galaxy or world, but most things arnt.

The only real mark against it is like...sunshine

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swordz9
05/17/12 9:52:00 AM
#51:


MarvelousGerbil posted...
show me another series that has 12+games and has a better than 50% good:bad ratio.

Pokemon if you count all the versions?

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