Sigourn
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I've been looking for JRPGs that may catch my attention for a while now. Being 24 years old makes it hard for me to go back to a genre I enjoyed while I was a teenager. Western RPGs have spoiled me, and dialogue exchanges such as this one:
- "I need to talk to the King"
- "Ok, wait a second."
- "King! Your soldier doesn't trust you anymore."
- "Ok."
- "Okay soldier, enter!"
- "You are not one of my soldiers anymore."
Doesn't cut it for me. I kid you not, that's what Final Fantasy IV's intro dialogue plays out, more or less. Anyhow, I started wondering about the Final Fantasy franchise. I've played games VI, VII, IX, X, and XII. Those are the ones that are most popular, for the most part. Then I started making some comparisons:
- Final Fantasy VI had a really diverse cast. It had an interesting story that was otherwise fairly easy to follow. It was the pinnacle of sprite-based Final Fantasy games, and turn-based combat (in Final Fantasy).
- Final Fantasy XII has, I think, the smallest cast of all 3D Final Fantasy games, with six playable characters. Yet it has arguably the most mature story. There's no romance in it. It's all about politics. There are a lot of sidequests, and the excellent Hunt system. It has two Superbosses that you simply can't Attack Reel your way through, and you simply can't buff up your stats like you could in Final Fantasy X. Every location is distinctively unique and has an appropiate reason to be there, whereas in other titles I couldn't help but feel some of them were place holders, "We need a location for this particular scene and nothing else", like that one where Zack used to live. Final Fantasy XII had what is probably my favorite battle system in any videogame.
So, with all that said, what do you think? Are these two the pinnacle of the Final Fantasy series? For the purpose of this thread, the Tactics games don't count.
No poll, as I'd rather get some real answers with arguments.
- "I need to talk to the King"
- "Ok, wait a second."
- "King! Your soldier doesn't trust you anymore."
- "Ok."
- "Okay soldier, enter!"
- "You are not one of my soldiers anymore."
Doesn't cut it for me. I kid you not, that's what Final Fantasy IV's intro dialogue plays out, more or less. Anyhow, I started wondering about the Final Fantasy franchise. I've played games VI, VII, IX, X, and XII. Those are the ones that are most popular, for the most part. Then I started making some comparisons:
- Final Fantasy VI had a really diverse cast. It had an interesting story that was otherwise fairly easy to follow. It was the pinnacle of sprite-based Final Fantasy games, and turn-based combat (in Final Fantasy).
- Final Fantasy XII has, I think, the smallest cast of all 3D Final Fantasy games, with six playable characters. Yet it has arguably the most mature story. There's no romance in it. It's all about politics. There are a lot of sidequests, and the excellent Hunt system. It has two Superbosses that you simply can't Attack Reel your way through, and you simply can't buff up your stats like you could in Final Fantasy X. Every location is distinctively unique and has an appropiate reason to be there, whereas in other titles I couldn't help but feel some of them were place holders, "We need a location for this particular scene and nothing else", like that one where Zack used to live. Final Fantasy XII had what is probably my favorite battle system in any videogame.
So, with all that said, what do you think? Are these two the pinnacle of the Final Fantasy series? For the purpose of this thread, the Tactics games don't count.
No poll, as I'd rather get some real answers with arguments.