TwinBahamut
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Nope. I am a bit sketchy on the first three Final Fantasy games (sometimes old-school suffers from age), but I loved everything from FF4 through FF10.Flash_Plasma said:Not to derail the thread, but... am I the only one who actually liked FFVIII and FFIX?
I really liked the way FF8 did so much to experiment with the tropes of the series, but still stayed pretty true to the essence of Final Fantasy. The Sorceress/Time Compression plot was terrible, but the stories of Squall and Rinoa's love and the entire "visions of Laguna" subplot actually stand as some of my favorites. Also, the Gardens rock. I just wish the Junction system was a little less breakable, and that the final dungeon was a bit more reasonable. The only reason I never saw the ending of that game was because the final dungeon was so bad.
FF9 was a great game. The main game system was a bit boring, the ATB system broke down a bit, and the whole Zidane/Garnet romance was just a rehash of overdone plots by that point, but the game was a roller-coaster ride of fun adventures and references back to my favorite entries in the series. It was fun, and that is all that matters. Besides, Vivi goes down as one of the greatest FF characters in history, which makes up for some of the random plot hiccups. I also love this game for the random and hilarious "love-letter mix-up" scene alone.
I don't like either game quite as much as FF4-7, but they are truly great games.
It makes me all the more depressed that FF12 turned out so... dull.