25th July 2004, 8:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 2nd August 2004, 7:59 AM by Dark Jaguar.)
Yeah, great story.
Magic essentially being a weapon of war made by the gods long ago in their great war for power, ending when three goddesses finally make a truce realizing how stupid the fighting was, and turn themselves to stone forever. Magic is rediscovered during this world's industrial revolution, and as a consequence, great mechanical weapons that are fueled by magic are created and an empire tries to take over the world. Meanwhile, a young girl with a mysterious link to the espers (ancient beings of pure magic created during the war, eventually sealing themselves away in a world of magic) shows up possessed by a slave crown.
And that's just the introduction, hence why I didn't spoiler tag it. Seriously ABF, if you could just get past the random encounters, you would find a VERY fun game not just in story but in gameplay. I was hooked from the start, but I understand some people find the beginning of the game, up until the "choose your scenario" part, to be slow. Just don't go into it being afraid to battle and I think it'll be easy enough to get past it. Oh yes, don't let people fool you. Some people mistakingly manage to think that FF6 "has no main character", that "everyone is represented equally", but that's not really true. There are a chunk of characters that barely have any real story at all. Strago, aside from his token role in Relm and Shadow's story, is sorta a stereotypical character. Mog, Umaro, and Gogo have NO real story at all, (well, Mog has a bit of a story, sorta). As for the rest, they do all have some very well done stories, but even though they ARE developed, two characters happen to have the MOST developed stories of the bunch, they being so important all the other characters are only in this because of them. The first is obvious from the start, Terra. The second only really takes center stage after "the event" where the whole world pretty much changes, Celes, but she becomes a VITAL character at that point (and before then she gets pretty well developed too). I'd say that the game has two major characters, Terra before "the event", and Celes after. I don't think describing their importance spoiled anything, I hope. Also, the character names are right in the booklet, so I don't think saying the names was a spoiler... Anyway, I should hope you get back into that game eventually. It'd be a waste to have it sitting on your shelf somewhere forgotten like some college student's bean bag chair.
FF7 also has a very good story and an interesting system. It almost ties with FF6, except I played 6 first, so that's likely why it wins. Maybe I'd like 4 first if I had played that first, it IS pretty good, but in the end 6 is my favorite.
Magic essentially being a weapon of war made by the gods long ago in their great war for power, ending when three goddesses finally make a truce realizing how stupid the fighting was, and turn themselves to stone forever. Magic is rediscovered during this world's industrial revolution, and as a consequence, great mechanical weapons that are fueled by magic are created and an empire tries to take over the world. Meanwhile, a young girl with a mysterious link to the espers (ancient beings of pure magic created during the war, eventually sealing themselves away in a world of magic) shows up possessed by a slave crown.
And that's just the introduction, hence why I didn't spoiler tag it. Seriously ABF, if you could just get past the random encounters, you would find a VERY fun game not just in story but in gameplay. I was hooked from the start, but I understand some people find the beginning of the game, up until the "choose your scenario" part, to be slow. Just don't go into it being afraid to battle and I think it'll be easy enough to get past it. Oh yes, don't let people fool you. Some people mistakingly manage to think that FF6 "has no main character", that "everyone is represented equally", but that's not really true. There are a chunk of characters that barely have any real story at all. Strago, aside from his token role in Relm and Shadow's story, is sorta a stereotypical character. Mog, Umaro, and Gogo have NO real story at all, (well, Mog has a bit of a story, sorta). As for the rest, they do all have some very well done stories, but even though they ARE developed, two characters happen to have the MOST developed stories of the bunch, they being so important all the other characters are only in this because of them. The first is obvious from the start, Terra. The second only really takes center stage after "the event" where the whole world pretty much changes, Celes, but she becomes a VITAL character at that point (and before then she gets pretty well developed too). I'd say that the game has two major characters, Terra before "the event", and Celes after. I don't think describing their importance spoiled anything, I hope. Also, the character names are right in the booklet, so I don't think saying the names was a spoiler... Anyway, I should hope you get back into that game eventually. It'd be a waste to have it sitting on your shelf somewhere forgotten like some college student's bean bag chair.
FF7 also has a very good story and an interesting system. It almost ties with FF6, except I played 6 first, so that's likely why it wins. Maybe I'd like 4 first if I had played that first, it IS pretty good, but in the end 6 is my favorite.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)