I never had a ps1 (well my cousin did but they never bought an FF game), but I had a pc, but never picked up an FF game either. My first FF game personally was FFX. My ps2 was only about a month old, and a feeling grew inside of me that I might have wasted my money getting it. You see at that point in time I had pretty much gotten fed up with all forms of entertainment, be it movies, music or tv shows. And slowly I was getting bored with games. The only reason I got FFX was because gamespot gave it the 'best story of the year award', said it had the best graphics (at that time) for the ps2, and was awed by X-play's (extended play at that time) review. Heck gamespot even did 5 pages for it's review! I remember the last image from X-play's review being shiva snapping her finger. I said to myself I need this game, God help me if I'm getting bored with gaming, but I need to try FFX out.
But I didn't have high hopes. See thing is, I've seen the series played by my friend before. And I always thought the concept of RPG's to be stupid. Taking turns fighting? Random battles? Why do all these characters appear during cutscenes and battles, yet when your walking on a road, it's just one person? where the heck do they go??? My friend showed me both FFVIII and FFIX and I was not impressed. So I didn't have high hopes for FFX, especially when the battles kicked in and walla, turn-based.
But oh how that all changed. Playing through FFX, every step got better and better. The story, characters, really everything was awesome. About half-way through I knew this was the best game I'd ever played. At first I put it second behind C&C REd Alert, then on equal ground with the excuse they're both totally different games, but then it just zoomed off ahead into first place. And yes, I got a bit teary eyed with the ending. I played that game everyday for about a month. And really it was the only thing that saved my enjoyment of entertainment media. I finally realized how good a story could be, better than any movie, music better than any album, just a great experience. Better than any game (And still my best game).
So ffx got me started, then X-2, which although inferior to ffx, I think too much criticism has been labeled at it. It had an ok story, great battle mechanics, and you got to revisit Spira. Although flashed out with unwanted over-flamboyance, it still had heart. I then played ffviii up to a certain point. But the story got a bit irritating and so I haven't been bothered to finish it. I've also played ffxii, completed that, and I will say it was a worthy entrance to the series, but God I hope the battle system is improved on, and don't skimp on story and character development. I've also played ffvii, but due to certain things have only played through about 5-6 hours. But those hours were much better than all the time i spent on ffviii. I've just started ffix, and it looks promising. Might go back and re-start ffvii (esp given crisis core is coming out soon), then finish up fftactics: wotl (battles got irritating, but story is very interesting).
God that was too long. But that is my story (heh). ALthough I didn't much care for ffxii, I have high hopes for ffxiii. And last thing i'll say is Final Fantasy (X) is one of the best things to happen in my life. Cheerios!
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