I've played 1,4,6,7,8,X,X-2 and just recetly got 12. I've only actully finished 8, X and X-2.
Must favourite is also FF8 cos of the juction system. Next favouraite is FF7 again for the combat system. But these to are really my favourites for their sort of Sci-Fantasy themes.
FFX had the most compelling storyline in my opinion.
It was nice to go back to the more fast paced ATB syystem in X-2 but the whole dress system could have gone better. There were so many fun Final fantasy gameplay elements that the system excluded. Eg. There were no "overdrives" or "limit breaks" cos they would have had to make a different one for every character in every dress sphere. The special dress spheres were cool I guess but they were a pain to bring out if you needed them. And gettin 100% takes some real dedication!
I'm still trying to get used the FF12 system. I keep feeling like I'm playing a D&D game like Icewind Dale or Neverwinter Nights and not Final Fantasy. It's strange having the fighting so unstructured and automatic. Apart from the boss fights it's rather easy to set your characters up to handle whatever situation. And since you can easily see what you're gonna fight you can just switch to the characters with the right gambit set up for that enemy then just select attack and sit back and watch. I don't feel as involved anymore. It's almost like I'm watching a movie.
Again they forfeited cool aspects of the game when they chose the unstructured MMO type design. Alot of the cool animations are now gone cos everyone is just all over the place. But I better get used to it since Square is known to revamp the game formula every time so this won't be the last change we see.
FF13 looks like it'll be amazing. Can't wait, but I better hurry up and finish FF12 before it comes!
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I've played 1,4,6,7,8,X,X-2 and just recetly got 12. I've only actully finished 8, X and X-2.
Must favourite is also FF8 cos of the juction system. Next favouraite is FF7 again for the combat system. But these to are really my favourites for their sort of Sci-Fantasy themes.
FFX had the most compelling storyline in my opinion.
It was nice to go back to the more fast paced ATB syystem in X-2 but the whole dress system could have gone better. There were so many fun Final fantasy gameplay elements that the system excluded. Eg. There were no "overdrives" or "limit breaks" cos they would have had to make a different one for every character in every dress sphere. The special dress spheres were cool I guess but they were a pain to bring out if you needed them. And gettin 100% takes some real dedication!
I'm still trying to get used the FF12 system. I keep feeling like I'm playing a D&D game like Icewind Dale or Neverwinter Nights and not Final Fantasy. It's strange having the fighting so unstructured and automatic. Apart from the boss fights it's rather easy to set your characters up to handle whatever situation. And since you can easily see what you're gonna fight you can just switch to the characters with the right gambit set up for that enemy then just select attack and sit back and watch. I don't feel as involved anymore. It's almost like I'm watching a movie.
Again they forfeited cool aspects of the game when they chose the unstructured MMO type design. Alot of the cool animations are now gone cos everyone is just all over the place. But I better get used to it since Square is known to revamp the game formula every time so this won't be the last change we see.
FF13 looks like it'll be amazing. Can't wait, but I better hurry up and finish FF12 before it comes!