Final Fantasy

[fragmentsofdreams]

Originally posted by Susan
IMHO, Chrono Trigger was better than Chrono Cross storyline wise.
Chrono Cross sometimes gets bogged down in pseudoreligious/pseudometaphysical babble to the point of downright annoyance (like "I don't care already! Go on with the story!") Nevertheless the character selection (by the end of the game you have 20+ characters to choose from if you followed a good walkthrough) and sidequests are the best I've seen in any RPG.
And the anime sequences are second only to the latter Final Fantasy games.

I'd rather have fewer characters with more development than a bunch of characters that make no sense.

 

[Susan]

Hmm, decisions, decisions. . .why not the best of both, hehe -^.^-

 

[BeanMak]

Did anyone else find that the final boss of FFX was SO easy? After beating most of the monsters in the secret cave... the final boss was a cinch, and was pretty anti climatic.

 

[Sharky]

I heard ffx was a bit lame and i still hear about it . Sorry, don't mean to sound pessimistic. I've found only 1 or 2 good reviews that say its good. Many other reviews say it's bad, lousy leveling system and a bit easy. At least i won't have to rush for a psx 2 .

 

[strathyboy]

I rushed out and bought FFX as soon as it came out, I'll admit it. And I wasn't disappointed. The graphics are amazing, and the skill system is different but allows for lots of customization.
Yes, it was easy, but I have yet to play a final fantasy game that wasn't. The end boss of Final Fantasy 8 could be the hardest one in the entire series, but even then it was too easy. Although I'm always the guy who spends a few extra hours leveling up my characters, so perhaps I make things too easy for myself.

 

[Susan]

Yeah, of course!

I beat Omega Weapon in Final Fantasy 8 in less than 15 minutes once, with a minimum of heals.
The reason? I had 20 "Holy War" invincibility items, LOL. That was waaaay too easy hehe -^.^-

Yeah, I heard FFX was not the best. I think I will rent rather than buy. One disappointment of mine is that I heard they switched to voice actors rather than the classic text boxes. Sort of like dubbing instead of subtitles.
I'm a relic I guess, LOL. Give me my text boxes and subtitles any day over bad dubbing and worse voice actors, hehe. -^.^-

 

[strathyboy]

Yep, they did switch to voices. But therein lies the beauty of a DVD: you can turn them off and just read the subtitles, or you can just have voices, or you can have both, like I did.