Does anybody still care/get excited when a new Final Fantasy game is released ??

[BigusSchmuck]

Can't say I care about the Final Fantasy series anymore. Lost interest with 8 and 10, but had a lot of fun with 9. However, I did play FFXI for about a minute until I realized how boring it was just running from point a to point b. About the only new SquareEnix games I get excited for are the Dragon Quest games but hell Dragon Quest X is still stuck in Japan and is online only. Absolutely lame. Even worse they are talking about doing crossovers with all three of SquareEnix's online games FFXI, FFXIV and DQX! What the hell is a chocobo doing in Dragon Quest?

[Ninja16608]

After X I lost interest but up till then I was a hardcore player of the FF series.

[KGD]

Last game I played was FF8. I bought FF9, but was turned off by the protagonist having a tail, for some reason. FF2 is, for me, the best of the series, followed by FF3(US) for the sheer scope of the great game in the little cart.

[Digi.k]

I actually played through FF XIII and I enjoyed it to some extent.  I bought FF XIII-2 and played 10 seconds and thought I couldn't do it again.

The MMORPG stuff doesnt interest me at all, but I may pick up the first FF released on PS4.  Then the next 2 after that I will skip.

Final Fantasy Theaterythm Curtain Call has been pre-ordered though.

I am actually enjoying ffxiii-2 after playing lightning returns.  Both great games. 

[Digi.k]

Since we are bringing other RPG seried in here.. 

The Lunar games (either sega cd or playstation) were fantastic IMO.

But of course Skies of Arcadia blows all of them away with a moonstone cannon.

the last FFXIII game lightning returns.. it really reminds me of Lunar Eternal Blue especially the final boss.. where you fight god in order to save the current world.. even that boss reminded me of Zophar





anyway I am thinking of picking up the japanese OST for FFXIII-2 some tracks I just love.. especially the dance techno stuff!

such an 80's vibe to this !!


chocobo theme

[NightWolve]

Cool to see more related content, history, etc. in here. I kinda thought this thread would bomb here when I made it. Figured it'd get buried pretty quick.

Note: I'll also add that I liked Mystic Quest, forgot about that beginners RPG that Square did.

[Digi.k]

Just reminded me of the retro trailer SE did a few months ago for Lightining returns... 

[Miracle_Warrior]

I have yet to play a final fantasy game through to the end.  I started FF III with my son a little while back, but it didn't really grip us the way other RPGs on the SNES did, such as Chrono Trigger and Earthbound.  Growing up, I got an NES very late, which is OK, because I got to play what I feel are underappreciated games in Phantasy Star and Miracle Warriors on the master system

[reson8er]

Just reminded me of the retro trailer SE did a few months ago for Lightining returns... 

Yea that was pretty cool!

They also did one for FFXIV's  Titan "Extreme" fight with the Super Nintendo 16-bit visuals.

[Digi.k]

I have yet to play a final fantasy game through to the end.  I started FF III with my son a little while back, but it didn't really grip us the way other RPGs on the SNES did, such as Chrono Trigger and Earthbound.  Growing up, I got an NES very late, which is OK, because I got to play what I feel are underappreciated games in Phantasy Star and Miracle Warriors on the master system

I really do like Final Fantasy III aka Final Fantasy VI.  I didn't like it at first but, after a while when the party builds up with more characters and the story starts moving I was gripped.  Final Fantasy VI along with the ending of Ys book I & II are the only games that moved me to tears...  FF7 was too cliched.. and I just didn't feel anything after Aerith's .....

But I am seriously liking FFXIII-2 the story is a little confusing with the time traveling but I just can't get enough of the music... and it does drag somewhere in the middle but I am close to completing it and loving the story and characters now..

[ctophil]

Not really, the series lost its luster right after Final Fantasy X.  Although, FF X was still good, it was not great like the earlier titles FF I - VI, especially.  If you guys really want to play something in the same caliber of the earlier Final Fantasy, then play Mistwalker games, such as Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey for the Xbox 360 and The Last Story for the Wii. 

If you are a FF fan, you already know that the original producer, Hironobu Sakaguchi, left Square a long time ago to open up his own studio, Mistwalker.  Sakaguchi has created some of the best JRPGs this past generation.  You really have to try out the above titles if you haven't already done so.