Tales Series vs. Final Fantasy...Which do you prefer??

I know longevity wise FF's have been really consistent. But more recent Tales games have been great. I'm sure FF's will get more votes but for those of you who are big fans of both series', which do you prefer?

Right now I just got a PS2 with FF12 and ToA and at this moment I can't stop plying ToA.

Also, even though FF IV and VII were 2 of my all time favorites, ToS is right there with them and I'm not sure what I liked more.

Overall series though to me would probably go to the FF series by an eyelash.

Can't choose. Love them both sooo much. (FFX, FFIV, FFVI) (ToS, ToA, ToV)

We need a tie vote.

Final Fantasy.

The Tales series is very good though, don't make any mistake about that.

FF, because that's the one I've been with longer, and FF got me into RPG's in the first place.

Though the Tales series is amazing as well.

Star Ocean...

I'd go with final fanatasy. never got into the Tales games. But i don't like the new FF's

Despite having a Tales of the Abyss avatar/sig ( :P ), it's hard to pass up FF in terms of quality. Though the Tales of games (specifically the 3D ones) are really fun RPGs. Symphonia and Abyss are some of the best RPGs I've played with real-time battle systems. Their stories are pretty amazing too, beyond the average RPG anyway.kryu88

I agree with your statement to the T. Tales games are amazing but there is something about the quality of FF games. Abyss and Symphonia do have great stories. I finished SYmphonia and am only 5 hours into Abyss but I can't put it down right now and I have FFXII to play as well.

It is so close that I could call it a tie but put a gun to my head I would say FF.

[QUOTE="kryu88"]Despite having a Tales of the Abyss avatar/sig ( :P ), it's hard to pass up FF in terms of quality. Though the Tales of games (specifically the 3D ones) are really fun RPGs. Symphonia and Abyss are some of the best RPGs I've played with real-time battle systems. Their stories are pretty amazing too, beyond the average RPG anyway.roboccs

I agree with your statement to the T. Tales games are amazing but there is something about the quality of FF games. Abyss and Symphonia do have great stories. I finished SYmphonia and am only 5 hours into Abyss but I can't put it down right now and I have FFXII to play as well.

It is so close that I could call it a tie but put a gun to my head I would say FF.

Yup Yup. Agree! I'd give the nod to Final Fnatasy, but Tales games are still awesome. I've played every Final Fantasy and I;ve played Tales of Phantasia/Destiny/Eternia/Symphonia/Vesperia and I'm half way through Abyss, but I've only put about 12 hours into Legendia. I just played through Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Vesperia (that kinda' goes without saying concerning Vesperia) and they are awesome (when I rate them I'm going to give them both a 9/10), but then again I loved Final Fantasy XII as well, (I'd give it a 9.2/10).

I really don't think this should be debatable. The Tales games have always been somewhat mediocre, especially when put up against all the wonderful Final Fantasy games.

I mean, Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Symphonia were really great games, and I found myself being wholly immersed in the plot. I also found that there was quite a bit of character development, and even though there is a lot of the stereotypical rpg/anime type personalities (and other standard rpg conventions), I enjoyed it very much (though I haven't played that many rpg's, and I'm sure if I had then the Tales games would wear thin on me)

However, playing Tales of Eternia and Tales of Destiny made me want to break the games in half out of frustration from how bland and boring they were. I still have yet to play Tales of Legendia and Tales of the Abyss, so I can't say I have the full scope of all the Tales games. But I can say I really hate Namco Bandai for putting Tales of Versperia only on the 360, and that they keep all the Tales games for the DS Japan only. Grrr... :evil:

As for Final Fantasy... well, FF 3 on the DS was really the only one I didn't like, but that only tells me I don't like the incredibly old school battle grinding. The rest of the Final Fantasies were all magical in their own way, and each made me afraid to play another game for fear of making unjust comparisons between them. I still need to play FF 12 though; I'm waiting to make it my very last game for the ps2 before moving on to FF 13 and the ps3.

Uhmmmm......

Honestly Im going to say FF (1-10), but since then, Tales all the way

This isn't even a question for me; Final Fantasy games are some of the best RPG's ever made. Even though I lost a fair amount of interest around FFX, FFI-IX are amazing.

Tales is ridiculous, and the story is terrible in every game

I've never played a single Tales game, despite the fact that I wanted Tales of the Abyss and Symphonia. Symphonia isn't too hard to come by but whenever I try searching for Abyss, I either can't find it or it's too expensive. I did watch the Symphonia ova series though.

So for now, I would have to say that I prefer Final Fantasy.

the creativity and originality that fuels Final Fantasyhakanakumono

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]the creativity and originality that fuels Final FantasyZwei_Thanatos

Who's emo? I mean the actual plot of the games, the locations in the games, certain scenarios etc. Yes, some of the more recent games (late 90s) have had sillier and more amateurish character design, but thats not what I'm talking about.

[QUOTE="Zwei_Thanatos"][QUOTE="hakanakumono"]the creativity and originality that fuels Final Fantasyhakanakumono

Who's emo? I mean the actual plot of the games, the locations in the games, certain scenarios etc. Yes, some of the more recent games (late 90s) have had sillier and more amateurish character design, but thats not what I'm talking about.

pre-FF7 > Tales > post-FF7

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

[QUOTE="Zwei_Thanatos"]Emo-kids that look like Gackt and wield ridiculous weapons = creativity and originality? :?Zwei_Thanatos

Who's emo? I mean the actual plot of the games, the locations in the games, certain scenarios etc. Yes, some of the more recent games (late 90s) have had sillier and more amateurish character design, but thats not what I'm talking about.

pre-FF7 > Tales > post-FF7

I wouldn't, but I've only played Symphonia.

VII wasn't perfect, but it was a a fairly good game. Have you played VIII, IX, or X?

[QUOTE="Zwei_Thanatos"][QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

Who's emo? I mean the actual plot of the games, the locations in the games, certain scenarios etc. Yes, some of the more recent games (late 90s) have had sillier and more amateurish character design, but thats not what I'm talking about.

hakanakumono

pre-FF7 > Tales > post-FF7

I wouldn't, but I've only played Symphonia.

VII wasn't perfect, but it was a a fairly good game. Have you played VIII, IX, or X?

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"][QUOTE="Zwei_Thanatos"]Ah, gotcha. I'd definitely rate:

pre-FF7 > Tales > post-FF7

Zwei_Thanatos

I wouldn't, but I've only played Symphonia.

VII wasn't perfect, but it was a a fairly good game. Have you played VIII, IX, or X?

VIII had a great story imo. VII was sort of a mess storywise, but only because it was badly translated like many PS1 games.

Ironically, when playing symphonia I couldn't help but feelt the plot elements were simply picked up from some of the aformentioned games you dislike (I specifically remember IX, and X)

IX starts out good, but I hated the ending.

Many games in the PS1 era had a very cinematic feel, due to the 3D power of the Playstation and the fmv capabilities of the disc format. I personally love it.

Tales simply because the characters and battle system are better IMO

Tales.

Why? Rather fun battle system and the most important thing, co-op.

I'm really surprised the FF fans didn't show up in astounding numbers on this one. The numbers are actually really close. Tales... are much more popular than I gave them credit for.

However, I have to give my vote to FF. (VI, VII, VIII, X)