CCCToad on 16/5/2011 at 22:04
Quote Posted by T-Smith
The only reason I don't care about FF anymore is because Square started fucking it up after FF9. Seriously, every title since then has been a huge fuckup right up to and including the latest catastrophe - FF13 (a contender for the worst game I've ever bought).
Thats why you rent it :)
I lasted all of twenty minutes before I put it back in the box.
On that note, I recently added FF7 to my PSP and played a bit for the first time. While I"m saving the game for overseas, even the first hour of the game is pretty well done. Like many well-remembered games, it does an impressive job of storytelling despite technical handicaps like no voiceovers.
In a way, comparing the two is a microcosm of the games industry as a whole. Rather than using skilled storytelling to overcome the limits of the medium, game developers now exhibit a visible "Hollywood envy"(thanks Will Wright) and simply try to create a CGI bonanza. It gets sales because people are wowed, but it simply doesn't have the staying power of great gameplay. I got bored of 13 in only a few minutes because thats how long it took for the "ooh, shiny!" factor to wear off.
EvaUnit02 on 16/5/2011 at 22:21
Quote Posted by Zerker
You're forgetting 5. 5 has some fantastic gameplay, so long as you play a good port (i.e. the GBA or Snes + Fan patches)
Agreed, FF5's refined job system was truly grand.
Also Final Fantasy IV would like to have a word with dethtoll. The first good game in the series, really.
june gloom on 17/5/2011 at 04:48
Yeah, no. The story was fairly thin and the characters unsatisfactory.
Koki on 17/5/2011 at 06:06
The first and last good game in the series was FF8.
And by "good" I mean "You're trapped in a shack in the middle of winter in Alaska with a TV, gasoline generator and exclusive limited edition of Twilight, seasons 1 to 4".
june gloom on 17/5/2011 at 06:55
And not a loaded pistol in sight.
Koki on 17/5/2011 at 07:34
Well obviously, it's Alaska... [spoiler]POLITICAL![/spoiler]
Sg3 on 18/5/2011 at 19:54
As long as IO Interactive doesn't get buried under all this ...
I want Hitman 5.
