25th March 2010, 6:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 25th March 2010, 7:22 PM by A Black Falcon.)
12 is the best one in the series I've played. It plays the least like the traditional JRPG, which is definitely a good thing in my opinion...
Of the older ones I guess 5 is best, because the job system at least gives the gameplay SOMETHING beyond the usual JRPG tedium (which is also why X-2 is good), but it's not like I've played more than 5 or 10 hours of any of them. Haven't played 2-4 at all actually. 1 I've played a little of here and there, but not much. 6 I tried playing some years back, but I got so bored a few hours in that I quit. 7... eh, played the PC demo when it came out. I've never cared to want to go back and actually play it. 8 and 9 look no more interesting. Haven't played 10.
Sorry, I'm just not a Final Fantasy fan. :)
Chrono Trigger is one of Square's better RPGs (I played that one some years back too, played until I got stuck at some boss and eventually gave up in frustration, but did mostly enjoy it as far as I got I think), so yeah, treating its story so horribly in its supposed sequel is just horrible. What were they thinking? The message is horrible as well... Chrono Trigger's is so much better.
(Lunar 1 and 2 and Grandia 1 are all better than any Final Fantasy game really... but really, even there, I wish that someday JRPGs will get over the focus on Ultima and Wizardy and move on to, like, Pools of Radiance or something. It'd be nice. And that's part of why I liked FF12, stupid grind aside -- it actually changes some things about the genre for the better. It doesn't really seem to have stuck, but at least FF13 does keep visible enemies, if not all of its other improvements...)
Of the older ones I guess 5 is best, because the job system at least gives the gameplay SOMETHING beyond the usual JRPG tedium (which is also why X-2 is good), but it's not like I've played more than 5 or 10 hours of any of them. Haven't played 2-4 at all actually. 1 I've played a little of here and there, but not much. 6 I tried playing some years back, but I got so bored a few hours in that I quit. 7... eh, played the PC demo when it came out. I've never cared to want to go back and actually play it. 8 and 9 look no more interesting. Haven't played 10.
Sorry, I'm just not a Final Fantasy fan. :)
Quote:I didn't like that about Chrono Cross either. It pretty much raped Chrono Trigger, which is better as a one-shot game.
Chrono Trigger is one of Square's better RPGs (I played that one some years back too, played until I got stuck at some boss and eventually gave up in frustration, but did mostly enjoy it as far as I got I think), so yeah, treating its story so horribly in its supposed sequel is just horrible. What were they thinking? The message is horrible as well... Chrono Trigger's is so much better.
(Lunar 1 and 2 and Grandia 1 are all better than any Final Fantasy game really... but really, even there, I wish that someday JRPGs will get over the focus on Ultima and Wizardy and move on to, like, Pools of Radiance or something. It'd be nice. And that's part of why I liked FF12, stupid grind aside -- it actually changes some things about the genre for the better. It doesn't really seem to have stuck, but at least FF13 does keep visible enemies, if not all of its other improvements...)
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