BTW, TC, I don't think FF7 and FF10 are the only two franchise-defining games. 6 is also franchise-defining and 4 is arguably the most important game in the series, even if I think it's not one of the best.
@tobougg said:
Man i loved FF7, i spent months completing the game to what i considered to be 100% completion (killing every monster in the game by scouring the entire world map and collecting all the items they drop, any items they can be morphed into) I even went as fasr as leveling up 1 of each materia for all the members in my group... lol. Beat all the weapons, side games etc.
I don't understand how X is so popular, it seems like such a strange pick for people to think that. The characters are just SO forgettable, They look ridiculous, they look so stupid i'd be embarrassed if someone caught me playing it. It doesn't feel like FF, it feels more like a Star Ocean game or something like that, it's lost ALL of the final fantasy stuff. The voice acting is terrible, the main character is just idiotic, that stupid ball player guy who's always there with the big hair is just an embarrassment.
I thought it was a joke at first that people were saying they liked it. The story is totally stupid also, and the whole game revolves around pretty much the most stupid sport ever to be created.. i played the game for about an hour and a half, turned it off and traded it in.
Bare in mind that i'd come from playing to death 4 exceptionally high quality games in FF6, 7, 8 and 9. And i would consider 9 to be my favourite. 10 literally to me doesn't even look, feel, sound like an FF game.. honestly it reminds me of something that should be called Star Ocean! People are so shallow and fickle. They don't want tragic amazing stories, they want dumbed down colourful rubbish (just look at the music in the top 100, there's not even a SINGLE band that actually play instruments, it's all voice synthesized repetetive rubbish)>
My 3 cent!
You're entitled to your opinion, but I think the Star Ocean comparison is beyond ridiculous. Anybody who thinks that FF10 and Star Ocean are even remotely similarly aesthetically has very questionable perception. Actually, FF10's art style and character design has much more in common with that of FF8, which you praised.
Additionally, one could make an argument for FF7 and 8 not feeling like an FF game relative to the FFs that came before, so "it doesn't feel like an FF" game is not a good argument, considering that the series constantly changes its aesthetics.
Secondly, you say that FF10 is dumbed down colorful rubbish, yet you say that FF9 is your favorite. FF9 is my favorite as well, but it's just as colorful as 10 and its story is much more simplistic and much more "light". Honestly, criticizing FF10 for being colorful and then praising FF9 is the height of absurdity. Anyway, what's wrong with something being colorful?
Thirdly, it's absolutely false to say that the story revolves around Blitzball. It's just there to give the world culture and and give the main character a hobby/occupation. It doesn't factor into the story that much.
Lastly, you played the game for an hour and a half, which is an extremely short time for an RPG. There's no way you got a good feel for the story and characters in an hour and a half. That you played it for such a limited time explains why you would say something so silly and obviously untrue as "the story revolves around Blitzball". Anybody who has played the game from start to finish knows that Blitzball is not what the game's story is about.
(BTW, while your comment about music is not really relevant to gaming, do you have any proof that not a single band in the top 100 can play an instrument?)
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