Square-Enix wants my moneys and they always get them.

[Fifthfiend]

What? Naw, I said fuck FF12. I haven't really seen enough of FF13 to say fuck FF13.

It'll be a good long while before I'm ready to say fuck FF13.

... Oh, who am I kidding? Fuck FF13.

[BitVyper]

Oh come on, even the fight scenes were retarded. It was like watching the six million dollar Dragonball Z episode.

You say that like a six million dollar DBZ episode would be a bad thing. I loved the action in AC. The rest... well, lets just say I didn't pay attention to the subtitles.

[Majin Darshe]

Originally Posted by fifthfiend

Out of game art doesn't count.

...In game portraits in the menu?

[Mondt]

Originally Posted by fifthfiend

... Oh, who am I kidding? Fuck FF13.

I believe in Final Fantasy XII about as much as I believe in Windows Vista, which is I'll start believing in Final Fantasy XII at the exact moment where I can go to a store and pay money to buy Final Fantasy XII.

I believe in Final Fantasy XIII about as much as I believe in Windows Makes You Nachos, Gives You Blowjobs, and Finds Your Fuckin' Car Keys Edition.

Hell, I'm still waiting to get FFT, and a Wii for FFCC(2?). I'm waiting for FF6 for GBA too. I started playing my cousin's version of 4 on the GBA a while back. Just changed Cecil. I mean, I have a lot of stuff to go buy, but effing ay. I don't have that kind of money to spare on stuff.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Majin Darshe

...In game portraits in the menu?

Those weren't what you'd linked.





See? Not exceptionally masculine, but not particularly effete, either.

Now Setzer that's a whole other deal.



Look at that jaw, that steely-eyed stare. That Cecil, he is all man.

[Jagos]

Originally Posted by Majin Darshe

Wait a minute...almost every Final Fantasy game in recent years has more or less had a completely new and different game-play engine for each game (Although FFX-2 is basically a throwback to FF5's, and FF9's is an improved version of FF6's esper system. FF 1-3 were basically the same game. And FF12 is an extreme departure from previous games, only partially resembling FFXI) and you consider it "burned out", while Dragon Quest/Warrior has more or less had a very simplified system for decades and is pretty much 99% dungeon crawler and you think it ISN'T? Not that I'm dissing DQ at all, but still.

I really can't understand this logic at all. Maybe some people should just let stuff go...

I more or less was ranting about the name. Square has forsaken some great titles (Seiken Densetsu, Parasite Eve, Vagrant Story, Valkyrie Profile, etc.) in favor of ONE title to rule them all. Would the games be as popular if they didn't have Final Fantasy written over it? That's my argument.

Hell, we really wanna talk about a great series? Chrono Trigger is on par with Final Fantasy if not surpasses it (IMO)! But where is the love on the DS, the Wii, the Gamecube, the PS2, the XBox, or anything else for that matter from Square-Enix?

Nope, all it is... is Final Fantasy. Honestly, I'd stop at 15. I loved FF6. I liked the throwback in FF9. FFX had some great storyline to it (Even though, I still think Tidus is a wuss...)

But what I remember Square for was variety. On the SNES, I was one of the few that played Secret of Evermore and LIKED it! My first RPG was Secret of Mana.

There's so many franchises that need some help. And Square cuts off anyone else's attempt to show their love for different games (see Chrono Trigger remake for PC...) AND gives us yet another game in the FF series?

Come on, let the name go...

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

Will I go out and spend money willy nilly on FFXII? Nah, I learned that the hard way with FFIX. As nice as it was for being a throwback..that was it's only redeeming quality. Squeenix has turned me into a shrewd and heartless purchaser of video games.

Nowadays my video game mantra is 'Decide upon a game by the purchasing mistakes of others'.

If a cousin or friend buys it I'll play it for a while whenever we have nothing to do. If I like it I'll buy it. If I don't like it enough to buy it then I won't.

I will wholeheartedly apply this plan with FFXII.

[Regulus Tera]

I just realized something: with Twilight Princess, the Zelda series will reach its twelfth iteration (thirteenth if you count the Oracle games as separate), which is exactly the number of main FFs that are out in Japan as of this moment. Also, Mario has like who knows how many different games in so many different genres. So, why aren't these two series bashed as much as FF?

Edit: Damn those grammatical dwarves.

[Roland]

Originally Posted by Neko Tera-san

I just realized something: with the Twilight Princess, the Zelda series will reach its twelfth iteration (thirteen if you count the Oracle games as separate), which is exactly the number of main FFs that are out in Japan as of this moment. Also, Mario has like who knows how many different games in so many different genres. So, why aren't these two series bashed as much as FF?

Edit: Damn those grammatical dwarves.

It's probably because Nintendo doesn't believe in keeping cou-wait, Mario Party.

[Eltargrim]

Probably because adventure games are less dependant on plot than RPGs. That, and as Roland said, they're not keeping count - at least with aLoZ.