That's right... I said it! A lot of people out there are probably asking
'why would a game series so great be bad?' And 'I am a big Final Fantasy
fan! What could you have against me?'
I have noticed that hard-core fans of Final Fantasy often say the entire series is awesome, and always try to justify why the games are so good. Final Fantasy is a big name now in the gaming world whether you are a RPG fan or not, but as the games are released, gamers will play the game with high expiations. whether the game was actually good or bad, the gamer will not notice and often say... this game was great! Was it really? Now keep in mind this is my opinion, but I have noticed that a lot of Final Fantasy fans agree with me on this.
I have played most of the Final Fantasy games out there, so I decided to rank them into four categories. Read on to see that the reckless ranting Chibi Neko thinks of this 'awesome RPG series'
Great:
Final Fantasy VI - Hailed as THE best RPG ever made, and with good reason. Never has there been a game that absorbs you with the story and characters! Not many games have a villain that you love to hate and has a point where the villain actually won! You often wonder what happens to the characters after the game ends, thus spawning lots of fanfiction. One of gaming's most memorable moments has been featured in this game, and we all know that it is the famous opera scene. Too bad there wasn't enough space on the cartridge to fit the vocal version of the song in the scene. It would have been amazing!
This Final Fantasy is on my favorites list.
Final Fantasy: Why some of the games and fans suck
Final Fantasy IV - The SNES has always harbored some the of the
greatest games that came into existence. Ideas where fresh and some have
not been used before. A great story was one of them. Why have flashy
graphics when the story and characters make up for it? Because today a lot of gamers seem to care about the opposite. Genso Suikoden is proof of that. Suikoden 3 is released for the PS2 and people flock to it. They love the game and realize 'Hey! This is 3! You mean there is a 1 and 2?' and thus the value of the unpopular Suikoden series booms in value because no one cared about the 2D installments of the first 2 games due to the lack of flashy graphics that Final Fantasy VII had.
Final Fantasy VII - Another hard to beat in terms of story and characters. Square's first RPG for the PSone had gotten a lot of attention for 3 reasons. 1. the graphics where the best that PSone has seen so far. 2. After the success of Final Fantasy VI, expectations were very high. 3. Square jumped to Sony, whom we all know does not sensor translated games and uses the game rating system. Nintendo placed too many restrictions on Square on their script and sometimes actions of the characters. That is why Final Fantasy V never saw American shores until recently. Final Fantasy VII also has the largest fandom in the series, which has lead to a movie sequel, and a game prequel and sequel.
This Final Fantasy is another on my favorites list.
Final Fantasy Tactics - The third Final Fantasy on my favorites list. Out of VI, VII, Tactics I cannot decide what is my favorite, but I do know that this game is considered a classic, ranking with Final Fantasy I, VI, and Chrono Trigger. The series goes for a twist in a turn-based tactical RPG, with one of the strongest stories and worst translations yet. This game has just about what every other Final Fantasy has... sort of. There are no moogles! Where are the moogles? Square was in the production of Final Fantasy VIII at the time so that might explain the absence of moogles, because they are just as plentiful in Tactics as they are in VIII.