Which Final Fantasys have the best Storyline and Battle System?

comon people :( gamplay is debatable. but story? im sory but tactics has to take the throne hands down

comon people :( gamplay is debatable. but story? im sory but tactics has to take the throne hands down

ThreeVo

Story is very debatable. It all depends on what style people like. Matsuno has a very distinct way of going through a story some like it and some don't.

x has great characters. yuna is my favourite character in the series

playing thrrough tactics war of the lions WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!!? i dont get it at all. i like the gameplay but the stroy is too complicated, just like 12(which is a good game). im sorry but x has the best storyline. yuna, tidus and auron have great characters. even rikku has her good points, she stops the game forom getting so depressing you want to slit ur wrists.johngebreadman

comon people :( gamplay is debatable. but story? im sory but tactics has to take the throne hands down

ThreeVo

The first 3 discs of VIII were to me truely amazing then near the end of the 3rd disc it just its gets to random and umb with the Ultimecia crap. If it wasnt for the last 10% of that game I would say 8. But I must admit I liked 7 alot too (couldnt tell from the Sephiroth get up of my profile...). VI is pretty good too I just have a hard time getting into the SNES and NES era of FF games considering I started with the PS1 era.

The first 3 discs of VIII were to me truely amazing then near the end of the 3rd disc it just its gets to random and umb with the Ultimecia crap. If it wasnt for the last 10% of that game I would say 8. But I must admit I liked 7 alot too (couldnt tell from the Sephiroth get up of my profile...). VI is pretty good too I just have a hard time getting into the SNES and NES era of FF games considering I started with the PS1 era.

Ket87

That stinks because the snes games are wesome. I started during the ps2 era and i didnt have a problem but everyone is different.

IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.DJ-Lafleur

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.fs_metal

Well, FFs I-III had a little more depth to their battle systems, and they obviously came before IV. You could make your characters whatever jobs you wanted in I and III, and give them whatever spells you wanted them to have. In II, you got more powerful by using using certain types of weapons alot, and the same thing could be said about magic, and this lead to alot of customizaton. In IV, the characters already had their jobs picked out, and you couldn't pick what spells they could have, since they just learned them when they leveled up. The only thing you really had to do in Iv was fight and equip your equipment, not as much customization. IV was fun and all, it just didn't allow for as much customization.

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.DJ-Lafleur

Well, FFs I-III had a little more depth to their battle systems, and they obviously came before IV. You could make your characters whatever jobs you wanted in I and III, and give them whatever spells you wanted them to have. In II, you got more powerful by using using certain types of weapons alot, and the same thing could be said about magic, and this lead to alot of customizaton. In IV, the characters already had their jobs picked out, and you couldn't pick what spells they could have, since they just learned them when they leveled up. The only thing you really had to do in Iv was fight and equip your equipment, not as much customization. IV was fun and all, it just didn't allow for as much customization.

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.fs_metal

What are your thoughts on bethesda making fallout3? I think they're changing too much.

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.UntouchableHyer

What are your thoughts on bethesda making fallout3? I think they're changing too much.

I'm not too happy about it. After Oblivion, Im not sure I trust them with another classic RPG series.

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.fs_metal

Well, FFs I-III had a little more depth to their battle systems, and they obviously came before IV. You could make your characters whatever jobs you wanted in I and III, and give them whatever spells you wanted them to have. In II, you got more powerful by using using certain types of weapons alot, and the same thing could be said about magic, and this lead to alot of customizaton. In IV, the characters already had their jobs picked out, and you couldn't pick what spells they could have, since they just learned them when they leveled up. The only thing you really had to do in Iv was fight and equip your equipment, not as much customization. IV was fun and all, it just didn't allow for as much customization.

well, You're able to control what you're characters are strong at and what they spells they can have in I and II, but not in IV. There's just more customization in I and II, and also III, which means there was a little more thought put into the battle system of the NES ones while in IV the only thing you could do is fight and level up, and all the attributes and classes were already chosen, so you could never formulate things yourself or experiment, you just used whatever characters you had at the specific point in the game and their skills. There's nothing wrong with that at all, just saying there was a little more you could do with the battle sytem in the previous FFs, and ones past IV.

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.DJ-Lafleur

Well, FFs I-III had a little more depth to their battle systems, and they obviously came before IV. You could make your characters whatever jobs you wanted in I and III, and give them whatever spells you wanted them to have. In II, you got more powerful by using using certain types of weapons alot, and the same thing could be said about magic, and this lead to alot of customizaton. In IV, the characters already had their jobs picked out, and you couldn't pick what spells they could have, since they just learned them when they leveled up. The only thing you really had to do in Iv was fight and equip your equipment, not as much customization. IV was fun and all, it just didn't allow for as much customization.

well, You're able to control what you're characters are strong at and what they spells they can have in I and II, but not in IV. There's just more customization in I and II, and also III, which means there was a little more thought put into the battle system of the NES ones while in IV the only thing you could do is fight and level up, and all the attributes and classes were already chosen, so you could never formulate things yourself or experiment, you just used whatever characters you had at the specific point in the game and their skills. There's nothing wrong with that at all, just saying there was a little more you could do with the battle sytem in the previous FFs, and ones past IV.

No.; There is deffinitely more customication in FFIV. More spells. More ways to develope your character. More armor. More items. More item types. Everything is deeper.

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"][QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.fs_metal

Well, FFs I-III had a little more depth to their battle systems, and they obviously came before IV. You could make your characters whatever jobs you wanted in I and III, and give them whatever spells you wanted them to have. In II, you got more powerful by using using certain types of weapons alot, and the same thing could be said about magic, and this lead to alot of customizaton. In IV, the characters already had their jobs picked out, and you couldn't pick what spells they could have, since they just learned them when they leveled up. The only thing you really had to do in Iv was fight and equip your equipment, not as much customization. IV was fun and all, it just didn't allow for as much customization.

well, You're able to control what you're characters are strong at and what they spells they can have in I and II, but not in IV. There's just more customization in I and II, and also III, which means there was a little more thought put into the battle system of the NES ones while in IV the only thing you could do is fight and level up, and all the attributes and classes were already chosen, so you could never formulate things yourself or experiment, you just used whatever characters you had at the specific point in the game and their skills. There's nothing wrong with that at all, just saying there was a little more you could do with the battle sytem in the previous FFs, and ones past IV.

No.; There is deffinitely more customication in FFIV. More spells. More ways to develope your character. More armor. More items. More item types. Everything is deeper.

From that aspect, IV definetely had more depth, I was looking at the characters themselves and being able to mess aroundand being able to decidewhat they are and what types of things they are able to use.

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"][QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.fs_metal

Well, FFs I-III had a little more depth to their battle systems, and they obviously came before IV. You could make your characters whatever jobs you wanted in I and III, and give them whatever spells you wanted them to have. In II, you got more powerful by using using certain types of weapons alot, and the same thing could be said about magic, and this lead to alot of customizaton. In IV, the characters already had their jobs picked out, and you couldn't pick what spells they could have, since they just learned them when they leveled up. The only thing you really had to do in Iv was fight and equip your equipment, not as much customization. IV was fun and all, it just didn't allow for as much customization.

well, You're able to control what you're characters are strong at and what they spells they can have in I and II, but not in IV. There's just more customization in I and II, and also III, which means there was a little more thought put into the battle system of the NES ones while in IV the only thing you could do is fight and level up, and all the attributes and classes were already chosen, so you could never formulate things yourself or experiment, you just used whatever characters you had at the specific point in the game and their skills. There's nothing wrong with that at all, just saying there was a little more you could do with the battle sytem in the previous FFs, and ones past IV.

No.; There is deffinitely more customication in FFIV. More spells. More ways to develope your character. More armor. More items. More item types. Everything is deeper.

How can you develop your character in FFIV besides levelling up?

Besides that, I agree with you.

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"][QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.TaCoDuDe

Well, FFs I-III had a little more depth to their battle systems, and they obviously came before IV. You could make your characters whatever jobs you wanted in I and III, and give them whatever spells you wanted them to have. In II, you got more powerful by using using certain types of weapons alot, and the same thing could be said about magic, and this lead to alot of customizaton. In IV, the characters already had their jobs picked out, and you couldn't pick what spells they could have, since they just learned them when they leveled up. The only thing you really had to do in Iv was fight and equip your equipment, not as much customization. IV was fun and all, it just didn't allow for as much customization.

well, You're able to control what you're characters are strong at and what they spells they can have in I and II, but not in IV. There's just more customization in I and II, and also III, which means there was a little more thought put into the battle system of the NES ones while in IV the only thing you could do is fight and level up, and all the attributes and classes were already chosen, so you could never formulate things yourself or experiment, you just used whatever characters you had at the specific point in the game and their skills. There's nothing wrong with that at all, just saying there was a little more you could do with the battle sytem in the previous FFs, and ones past IV.

No.; There is deffinitely more customication in FFIV. More spells. More ways to develope your character. More armor. More items. More item types. Everything is deeper.

How can you develop your character in FFIV besides levelling up?

Besides that, I agree with you.

[QUOTE="TaCoDuDe"][QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"][QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.fs_metal

Well, FFs I-III had a little more depth to their battle systems, and they obviously came before IV. You could make your characters whatever jobs you wanted in I and III, and give them whatever spells you wanted them to have. In II, you got more powerful by using using certain types of weapons alot, and the same thing could be said about magic, and this lead to alot of customizaton. In IV, the characters already had their jobs picked out, and you couldn't pick what spells they could have, since they just learned them when they leveled up. The only thing you really had to do in Iv was fight and equip your equipment, not as much customization. IV was fun and all, it just didn't allow for as much customization.

well, You're able to control what you're characters are strong at and what they spells they can have in I and II, but not in IV. There's just more customization in I and II, and also III, which means there was a little more thought put into the battle system of the NES ones while in IV the only thing you could do is fight and level up, and all the attributes and classes were already chosen, so you could never formulate things yourself or experiment, you just used whatever characters you had at the specific point in the game and their skills. There's nothing wrong with that at all, just saying there was a little more you could do with the battle sytem in the previous FFs, and ones past IV.

No.; There is deffinitely more customication in FFIV. More spells. More ways to develope your character. More armor. More items. More item types. Everything is deeper.

How can you develop your character in FFIV besides levelling up?

Besides that, I agree with you.

meh, I guess you're right, overall IV had more depth than I and II, definetely. There was more thought and creativity put into I and II's battle system, but still not as much depth as IV. III had more depth than IV, though, you could completely alter each character's stats by changing their jobs, which also means different abilities, and III also had many items and equipment to find.

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="TaCoDuDe"][QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"][QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]IV had a great story, but the the gameplay wasn't anything special, it was just "fight, level up and sometimes learn spells". While every other FF had a unique system and much more depth. IV still had fun battles, it just lacked the depth in the battle system department for me.DJ-Lafleur

Well, FFs I-III had a little more depth to their battle systems, and they obviously came before IV. You could make your characters whatever jobs you wanted in I and III, and give them whatever spells you wanted them to have. In II, you got more powerful by using using certain types of weapons alot, and the same thing could be said about magic, and this lead to alot of customizaton. In IV, the characters already had their jobs picked out, and you couldn't pick what spells they could have, since they just learned them when they leveled up. The only thing you really had to do in Iv was fight and equip your equipment, not as much customization. IV was fun and all, it just didn't allow for as much customization.

well, You're able to control what you're characters are strong at and what they spells they can have in I and II, but not in IV. There's just more customization in I and II, and also III, which means there was a little more thought put into the battle system of the NES ones while in IV the only thing you could do is fight and level up, and all the attributes and classes were already chosen, so you could never formulate things yourself or experiment, you just used whatever characters you had at the specific point in the game and their skills. There's nothing wrong with that at all, just saying there was a little more you could do with the battle sytem in the previous FFs, and ones past IV.

No.; There is deffinitely more customication in FFIV. More spells. More ways to develope your character. More armor. More items. More item types. Everything is deeper.

How can you develop your character in FFIV besides levelling up?

Besides that, I agree with you.

meh, I guess you're right, overall IV had more depth than I and II, definetely. There was more thought and creativity put into I and II's battle system, but still not as much depth as IV. III had more depth than IV, though, you could completely alter each character's stats by changing their jobs, which also means different abilities, and III also had many items and equipment to find.

I dont think the gameplay in IV is so noteworthy(cept ATB) as much as its story. It has elements in its story which i like better than certain elements in VIs story.

I dont think the gameplay in IV is so noteworthy(cept ATB) as much as its story. It has elements in its story which i like better than certain elements in VIs story.

UntouchableHyer

[QUOTE="UntouchableHyer"]

I dont think the gameplay in IV is so noteworthy(cept ATB) as much as its story. It has elements in its story which i like better than certain elements in VIs story.

fs_metal

Very true.However you shouldn't forget the people who actually like that gameplay(i think its fun at times). I was just saying that IV was a legendary title because it was one of the first games with such a great story.

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="UntouchableHyer"]

I dont think the gameplay in IV is so noteworthy(cept ATB) as much as its story. It has elements in its story which i like better than certain elements in VIs story.

UntouchableHyer

Very true.However you shouldn't forget the people who actually like that gameplay(i think its fun at times). I was just saying that IV was a legendary title because it was one of the first games with such a great story.

Yeah, IV's story was very good, and the battle system, while having more depth than any other FF at it's time, didn't allow for quite as much experimenting as any FF prior or past it. And I like to experiment in games. It was still good and could have some challenges.

[QUOTE="fs_metal"][QUOTE="UntouchableHyer"]

I dont think the gameplay in IV is so noteworthy(cept ATB) as much as its story. It has elements in its story which i like better than certain elements in VIs story.

UntouchableHyer

Very true.However you shouldn't forget the people who actually like that gameplay(i think its fun at times). I was just saying that IV was a legendary title because it was one of the first games with such a great story.