10th January 2005, 10:50 AM
Nah, because I don't have that opinion. To me, FF6 is my favorite, though I also liked 7. Both of those were pathetically easy though, so the challenge present in FF8 was nice, and also I actually really liked that game.
10 was the first one I found below par. I enjoyed some parts, but it was too linear. 10-2, well not as linear... But... Seriously you knew the audience they were aiming that at... Seriously, the only way to really take FF10's story seriously after that is to pretend it didn't turn into FF10-2. I've heard good things about FFXI, but WOW is my MMORPG of choice if I indeed were to get one of those, and honestly, the whole genre is rather disappointing. How does one get obsessed with what amounts to a constant repetitive scavenger hunt? Sure when it's done right, like Jiggy hunting (and remember, jiggy is the universal slang for any sort of random thing you have to find constantly in a 3D platformer), it's insane fun. When it's done exactly the same over and over again (ie... kill this thing, okay now kill that thing), it's not...
But hey, honestly I don't think Squeenix has gone downhill myself. They have 2 FF games, one I consider a disappointment, and one that has an intelligence insulting storyline (Yuna frickin' BECAME A POP-SINGER!), but other than that they still make good games. I really enjoyed Sword of Mana, which was NOT "just a remake", that was an entirely new game with a rough outline of the story of the original as the framework. I'm really loving Chain of Memories as well (not a remake, a new game in the series, for some reason people think it's a remake...). This Dawn of Souls game? Well the bonus material is pretty good, but honestly, I think they really made FF1 pathetically easy... FF2 was only recently released stateside in the Origins collection before that (keep that in mind lazy, the FF2 in Dawn of Souls/Origins is the real thing, so the story and gameplay are going to be totally different from what you played on the SNES, eventually they may release FF4 on GBA or DS...). Just to give an idea of how easy they made FF1, in the original, you had 7 levels, each with their own MP pool, which maxed out at 9 MP. You couldn't cast more than 9 of any spell, and it took leveling up a lot just to get that maximum in the lowest spell level. In this new one, the MP is one large pool just like in the rest of the series (because they want to kill off all that makes the games unique :D) and it skyrockets way into the 20's within the first 5 levels, which you gain before even fighting the first boss without even trying. Spell cost isn't that great so they didn't really do much to counter it.
No matter, anyway like I said they are still making good games. I still hope beyond hope they will make Chrono Break after all... Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is also one of my favorite TBS games on the GBA. The multiplayer really makes it worth it. Also, Crystal Chronicles does the "dungeon crawler" genre right if you ask me. Honestly I think of all the Gauntlet style games made, this one is the best, and also is the best by a VERY large margin. I never enjoyed actually playing those types of games before that one, plus I love that art style.
Anyway, I'd say that Square-Enix is still making good games. They haven't gone the way of Sierra yet.
10 was the first one I found below par. I enjoyed some parts, but it was too linear. 10-2, well not as linear... But... Seriously you knew the audience they were aiming that at... Seriously, the only way to really take FF10's story seriously after that is to pretend it didn't turn into FF10-2. I've heard good things about FFXI, but WOW is my MMORPG of choice if I indeed were to get one of those, and honestly, the whole genre is rather disappointing. How does one get obsessed with what amounts to a constant repetitive scavenger hunt? Sure when it's done right, like Jiggy hunting (and remember, jiggy is the universal slang for any sort of random thing you have to find constantly in a 3D platformer), it's insane fun. When it's done exactly the same over and over again (ie... kill this thing, okay now kill that thing), it's not...
But hey, honestly I don't think Squeenix has gone downhill myself. They have 2 FF games, one I consider a disappointment, and one that has an intelligence insulting storyline (Yuna frickin' BECAME A POP-SINGER!), but other than that they still make good games. I really enjoyed Sword of Mana, which was NOT "just a remake", that was an entirely new game with a rough outline of the story of the original as the framework. I'm really loving Chain of Memories as well (not a remake, a new game in the series, for some reason people think it's a remake...). This Dawn of Souls game? Well the bonus material is pretty good, but honestly, I think they really made FF1 pathetically easy... FF2 was only recently released stateside in the Origins collection before that (keep that in mind lazy, the FF2 in Dawn of Souls/Origins is the real thing, so the story and gameplay are going to be totally different from what you played on the SNES, eventually they may release FF4 on GBA or DS...). Just to give an idea of how easy they made FF1, in the original, you had 7 levels, each with their own MP pool, which maxed out at 9 MP. You couldn't cast more than 9 of any spell, and it took leveling up a lot just to get that maximum in the lowest spell level. In this new one, the MP is one large pool just like in the rest of the series (because they want to kill off all that makes the games unique :D) and it skyrockets way into the 20's within the first 5 levels, which you gain before even fighting the first boss without even trying. Spell cost isn't that great so they didn't really do much to counter it.
No matter, anyway like I said they are still making good games. I still hope beyond hope they will make Chrono Break after all... Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is also one of my favorite TBS games on the GBA. The multiplayer really makes it worth it. Also, Crystal Chronicles does the "dungeon crawler" genre right if you ask me. Honestly I think of all the Gauntlet style games made, this one is the best, and also is the best by a VERY large margin. I never enjoyed actually playing those types of games before that one, plus I love that art style.
Anyway, I'd say that Square-Enix is still making good games. They haven't gone the way of Sierra yet.
"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)