Final Fantasy Not Fun?

I was just playing Final Fantasy X, and after trying to dodge lightning for over two hours, I realized that I hadn't actually had any fun for hte entire game. Every sidequest is tedious and boring, the story, script and acting is terrible, the gameplay is linear, and even the minigames are universally painful to do. The game has stellar production values, it's incredibly addictive with lots of stuff to see and do, but Square somehow forgot to make its game fun.

FF XII has the same problems. Trying to open a certain chest thirty times until you get the right item, having to reset each time it doesn't work. Grinding for hours upon hours to get anything done. A battle system that should have never left the MMORPG space. Characters that are all the same fighters with diferent faces.

I look back at games like FF VII, with a great bad guy, fantastic party characters, sidequests that were always fun to do, and a great story, and look at what has happend since and wince at what's gone wrong.

I'm worried that the next FInal Fantasy game will have the same problems as the last couple. Do people think that the series is as fun as it used to be or not?

im a big fan of ff4/ff6/ff7/fft

and i didnt like ff8/ff9/ffx/ffxii much either but ff13 looks fantastic an the female character looks nothin like a tidus or acted like him

im very excited bout ff13 an versus an it looks like it really will be much better then the past few from what ive seen so far

I was just playing Final Fantasy X, and after trying to dodge lightning for over two hours, I realized that I hadn't actually had any fun for hte entire game. Every sidequest is tedious and boring, the story, script and acting is terrible, the gameplay is linear, and even the minigames are universally painful to do. The game has stellar production values, it's incredibly addictive with lots of stuff to see and do, but Square somehow forgot to make its game fun.

FF XII has the same problems. Trying to open a certain chest thirty times until you get the right item, having to reset each time it doesn't work. Grinding for hours upon hours to get anything done. A battle system that should have never left the MMORPG space. Characters that are all the same fighters with diferent faces.

I look back at games like FF VII, with a great bad guy, fantastic party characters, sidequests that were always fun to do, and a great story, and look at what has happend since and wince at what's gone wrong.

I'm worried that the next FInal Fantasy game will have the same problems as the last couple. Do people think that the series is as fun as it used to be or not?

osirisomeomi

Final Fantasy are by far my favorite games. X is one of my favorite. I still haven't beat XII though, the battle system is too much like FFXI, which I have played for years and didn't want to play it on a console ff. And very fun to me and the story just is awesome.

I have high hopes for the new one. I hope that the battle system is fun to play and the sidequests are challenging but not tedious. I hope the story's amazing, and the script and acting are top notch. I hope the characters are great like they were in FF VII, and I know that the production values and graphics are going to be unreal.

Guess we'll find out when the reviews hit.

I found the story in 12 was a bit weaker than most, and thats what draws me into most RPG's is the story rather than the gameplay, good gameplay is always a plus though. I've still yet to get a story better than 7...Jynxzor

I actually thought XII had the best storyline. It went away from the usual love story and took on a more serious political view. In terms of storyline I thought it was perfect.

I found the story in 12 was a bit weaker than most, and thats what draws me into most RPG's is the story rather than the gameplay, good gameplay is always a plus though. I've still yet to get a story better than 7...Jynxzor

I hated playing as the guy (?) in FF XII. I'm still not 100% sure what gender the guy is. If i'm going to play a roleplaying game, then I want to play as someone i respect in some way.

On another note, I've always been a huge fan of the star ocean games, Other than the 100% map completion thing in SO3, those games are top notch fun.

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]I found the story in 12 was a bit weaker than most, and thats what draws me into most RPG's is the story rather than the gameplay, good gameplay is always a plus though. I've still yet to get a story better than 7...ImaPirate0202

I actually thought XII had the best storyline. It went away from the usual love storyand took on a more serious political view. In terms of storyline I thought it was perfect.

I just did not feel the characters beside Balthier really develope, I did not care much for any of them. Everyone has there own opinion, and I do like the turn in storytelling but it's just not my style I like to be drenched in character development.

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]I found the story in 12 was a bit weaker than most, and thats what draws me into most RPG's is the story rather than the gameplay, good gameplay is always a plus though. I've still yet to get a story better than 7...osirisomeomi

I hated playing as the guy (?) in FF XII. I'm still not 100% sure what gender the guy is. If i'm going to play a roleplaying game, then I want to play as someone i respect in some way.

On another note, I've always been a huge fan of the star ocean games, Other than the 100% map completion thing in SO3, those games are top notch fun.

I agree with that though, Vaan was pretty gay.

My brother loves FFX.

I actually hated FFVII.

I love FFVI.

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]I found the story in 12 was a bit weaker than most, and thats what draws me into most RPG's is the story rather than the gameplay, good gameplay is always a plus though. I've still yet to get a story better than 7...osirisomeomi

I hated playing as the guy (?) in FF XII. I'm still not 100% sure what gender the guy is. If i'm going to play a roleplaying game, then I want to play as someone i respect in some way.

On another note, I've always been a huge fan of the star ocean games, Other than the 100% map completion thing in SO3, those games are top notch fun.

If you dont like playing as Vaan (the main character) you know you can switch the pty leader rite?,I mostly use Balthier.You can mostly go through the game with no Vaan unless its a cutscene and thats why I love FFXII.

Also the Judges in XII where hella cool too.

[QUOTE="osirisomeomi"]

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]I found the story in 12 was a bit weaker than most, and thats what draws me into most RPG's is the story rather than the gameplay, good gameplay is always a plus though. I've still yet to get a story better than 7...Ballroompirate

I hated playing as the guy (?) in FF XII. I'm still not 100% sure what gender the guy is. If i'm going to play a roleplaying game, then I want to play as someone i respect in some way.

On another note, I've always been a huge fan of the star ocean games, Other than the 100% map completion thing in SO3, those games are top notch fun.

If you dont like playing as Vaan (the main character) you know you can switch the pty leader rite?,I mostly use Balthier.You can mostly go through the game with no Vaan unless its a cutscene and thats why I love FFXII.

I just wish they would make an actual man the main character for once. It's time to ditch the feminine, whiney main character for a main like Auron, Jecht, or the other guy from ffxii. Forgot his name, he was the one who they thought killed the price in the beginning of ffxii.

I was just playing Final Fantasy X, and after trying to dodge lightning for over two hours, I realized that I hadn't actually had any fun for hte entire game. Every sidequest is tedious and boring, the story, script and acting is terrible, the gameplay is linear, and even the minigames are universally painful to do. The game has stellar production values, it's incredibly addictive with lots of stuff to see and do, but Square somehow forgot to make its game fun.

FF XII has the same problems. Trying to open a certain chest thirty times until you get the right item, having to reset each time it doesn't work. Grinding for hours upon hours to get anything done. A battle system that should have never left the MMORPG space. Characters that are all the same fighters with diferent faces.

I look back at games like FF VII, with a great bad guy, fantastic party characters, sidequests that were always fun to do, and a great story, and look at what has happend since and wince at what's gone wrong.

I'm worried that the next FInal Fantasy game will have the same problems as the last couple. Do people think that the series is as fun as it used to be or not?

osirisomeomi

I didn't liek 10 either. it bore me. 12 was kinda of boring too but it was better than X. 7 and 8 are good. Sep and shrina were fun bad guys.

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"][QUOTE="osirisomeomi"]

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]I found the story in 12 was a bit weaker than most, and thats what draws me into most RPG's is the story rather than the gameplay, good gameplay is always a plus though. I've still yet to get a story better than 7...Chutebox

I hated playing as the guy (?) in FF XII. I'm still not 100% sure what gender the guy is. If i'm going to play a roleplaying game, then I want to play as someone i respect in some way.

On another note, I've always been a huge fan of the star ocean games, Other than the 100% map completion thing in SO3, those games are top notch fun.

If you dont like playing as Vaan (the main character) you know you can switch the pty leader rite?,I mostly use Balthier.You can mostly go through the game with no Vaan unless its a cutscene and thats why I love FFXII.

I just wish they would make an actual man the main character for once. It's time to ditch the feminine, whiney main character for a main like Auron, Jecht, or the other guy from ffxii. Forgot his name, he was the one who they thought killed the price in the beginning of ffxii.

If Auron was the main character in X I would prolly crap myself with joy.

Personally I think Auron,Balthier and Basch (they guy your thinking of from the beginning of XII) shoulda been the main characters of X and XII.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="Ballroompirate"][QUOTE="osirisomeomi"]

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]I found the story in 12 was a bit weaker than most, and thats what draws me into most RPG's is the story rather than the gameplay, good gameplay is always a plus though. I've still yet to get a story better than 7...Ballroompirate

I hated playing as the guy (?) in FF XII. I'm still not 100% sure what gender the guy is. If i'm going to play a roleplaying game, then I want to play as someone i respect in some way.

On another note, I've always been a huge fan of the star ocean games, Other than the 100% map completion thing in SO3, those games are top notch fun.

If you dont like playing as Vaan (the main character) you know you can switch the pty leader rite?,I mostly use Balthier.You can mostly go through the game with no Vaan unless its a cutscene and thats why I love FFXII.

I just wish they would make an actual man the main character for once. It's time to ditch the feminine, whiney main character for a main like Auron, Jecht, or the other guy from ffxii. Forgot his name, he was the one who they thought killed the price in the beginning of ffxii.

If Auron was the main character in X I would prolly crap myself with joy.

Personally I think Auron,Balthier and Basch (they guy your thinking of from the beginning of XII) shoulda been the main characters of X and XII.

Yea Basch, taht's the guy lol. Auron is by far my favorite in the ff series so far. Jecht was awesome too! And I loved Balthier because he was witty and added a human nature to the game.

[QUOTE="osirisomeomi"]

I was just playing Final Fantasy X, and after trying to dodge lightning for over two hours, I realized that I hadn't actually had any fun for hte entire game. Every sidequest is tedious and boring, the story, script and acting is terrible, the gameplay is linear, and even the minigames are universally painful to do. The game has stellar production values, it's incredibly addictive with lots of stuff to see and do, but Square somehow forgot to make its game fun.

FF XII has the same problems. Trying to open a certain chest thirty times until you get the right item, having to reset each time it doesn't work. Grinding for hours upon hours to get anything done. A battle system that should have never left the MMORPG space. Characters that are all the same fighters with diferent faces.

I look back at games like FF VII, with a great bad guy, fantastic party characters, sidequests that were always fun to do, and a great story, and look at what has happend since and wince at what's gone wrong.

I'm worried that the next FInal Fantasy game will have the same problems as the last couple. Do people think that the series is as fun as it used to be or not?

ff7isnumbaone

I didn't liek 10 either. it bore me. 12 was kinda of boring too but it was better than X. 7 and 8 are good. Sep and shrina were fun bad guys.

Dont forget the Turks from VII.

I have not liked a FF game since 9. 10, X-2, 11, 12 and there spin offs all sucked imo.

Maybe 13 will be like classic FF, I once loved.

FFX wasn't fun, it was immersive, it drew you in their world, it's a fantastic game IMO, the music, the atmosphere, the ending...... breathtaking.

i can't see anyone beating the game and simply say "meh on to the next game" or anything like that.

big fans of 10 and x-2ljlrj

Come on now. That's a lie. No one likes X-2.

Final Fantasy hasn't been fun since Squaresoft became SquareEnix...

coincidence? I think not. The series has been reduced to a dime-a-dozen series with crummy knock offs and bad remakes. The only thing that SquareEnix can do right is port the old games that made SquareSOFT so damn awesome.

It ticks me off to no end when I read an article that says Final Fantasy VII was made by SquareEnix...ugh...

FF6 is the best one, followed by FFX. FF6 was good for a number of reasons, the first for me was that the story was actually very good and that there was no true main character. The story moved in such away that through out the game each character becomes the main character. The next thing is the music, this is probably Nobuo Uematsu in his prime. For a SNES game the music is fantastic and I haven't heard him make anything as good since. Another thing is, the game isn't about some teenager with emo issues. The past five FF games have revolved around this concept. FF6 has more mature characters and issues a individual can relate to that makes them feel for the character.

I see a lot of people saying that Aeris dying was a emotional moment, but to be honest I didn't even care if she died. It was more like "ok maybe she comes back at the end *sigh*" I would love to see Square remake FF6 in full 3D, but they will only keep making FF7 games. Its a shame.

FFX wasn't fun, it was immersive, it drew you in their world, it's a fantastic game IMO, the music, the atmosphere, the ending...... breathtaking.

i can't see anyone beating the game and simply say "meh on to the next game" or anything like that.

nintendo-4life

True..true..FFX's ending might be the best in the series.

I was just playing Final Fantasy X, and after trying to dodge lightning for over two hours, I realized that I hadn't actually had any fun for hte entire game. Every sidequest is tedious and boring, the story, script and acting is terrible, the gameplay is linear, and even the minigames are universally painful to do. The game has stellar production values, it's incredibly addictive with lots of stuff to see and do, but Square somehow forgot to make its game fun.

FF XII has the same problems. Trying to open a certain chest thirty times until you get the right item, having to reset each time it doesn't work. Grinding for hours upon hours to get anything done. A battle system that should have never left the MMORPG space. Characters that are all the same fighters with diferent faces.

I look back at games like FF VII, with a great bad guy, fantastic party characters, sidequests that were always fun to do, and a great story, and look at what has happend since and wince at what's gone wrong.

I'm worried that the next FInal Fantasy game will have the same problems as the last couple. Do people think that the series is as fun as it used to be or not?

osirisomeomi

You're saying its addictive but its not fun? How can u be addicted to boredom? FFX for me has one of the best stories for a final fantasy but i know some people who didn't like it so fair enough. You're bashing the minigames? they're just hard if you want to get the ultimate weapons but other than that they're quite fun. Just so you know, you can actually finish the game without finishing the minigames.

Lol, you tried opening a chest 30 times to get a measly item/weapon? You do know you can use the bazaar right? Which is much better than opening chests. IMO, the whole point of chests being random is so that the game doesn't become too easy for the player. The battle system for ff12 is by far the best in the series but the license grid was not.

Yeah, ff7 was great but so was ff8 and ff9. I dont get people who want every ff to be like a FF that they like when they should expect a different game experience everytime. That is what FF is all about.

FF is a game for anime lovers to live out their Japanese fantasiesBig_Gamer_Al

and halo is for starship trooper wannabes that want to live out their sci-fi fantasies?

[QUOTE="osirisomeomi"]

I was just playing Final Fantasy X, and after trying to dodge lightning for over two hours, I realized that I hadn't actually had any fun for hte entire game. Every sidequest is tedious and boring, the story, script and acting is terrible, the gameplay is linear, and even the minigames are universally painful to do. The game has stellar production values, it's incredibly addictive with lots of stuff to see and do, but Square somehow forgot to make its game fun.

FF XII has the same problems. Trying to open a certain chest thirty times until you get the right item, having to reset each time it doesn't work. Grinding for hours upon hours to get anything done. A battle system that should have never left the MMORPG space. Characters that are all the same fighters with diferent faces.

I look back at games like FF VII, with a great bad guy, fantastic party characters, sidequests that were always fun to do, and a great story, and look at what has happend since and wince at what's gone wrong.

I'm worried that the next FInal Fantasy game will have the same problems as the last couple. Do people think that the series is as fun as it used to be or not?

exiledsnake

You're saying its addictive but its not fun? How can u be addicted to boredom? FFX for me has one of the best stories for a final fantasy but i know some people who didn't like it so fair enough. You're bashing the minigames? they're just hard if you want to get the ultimate weapons but other than that they're quite fun. Just so you know, you can actually finish the game without finishing the minigames.

Lol, you tried opening a chest 30 times to get a measly item/weapon? You do know you can use the bazaar right? Which is much better than opening chests. IMO, the whole point of chests being random is so that the game doesn't become too easy for the player. The battle system for ff12 is by far the best in the series but the license grid was not.

Yeah, ff7 was great but so was ff8 and ff9. I dont get people who want every ff to be like a FF that they like when they should expect a different game experience everytime. That is what FF is all about.

It's addictive in much the same way that Pokemon is. It appeals to my hoarding instinct, and makes we want to get to the next level just because I can. It challenges me, so I feel like I need to be up to the challenge. However, the game seems based on frustration. UNless you want to beat the game without doing any sidequests (particularly the ultimate weapons sidequests), the game becomes an exercise in masochism.

As for the character development, while I agree the story is involved, the emo characters are painful. I know that type of storytelling is liked a lot in Japan, but when a company is seeing half its sales come from outside the country, you'd think they'd make it more palatable for international audiences.

I don't want every FF to be like VII or IX in terms of gameplay mechanics or story (though I'd like a story that worked a little harder on its scri pting), I want an FF game that's fun to play, whereI don't want to put the controller down because I'm enjoying myself to much, not because I want to beat the game into submisison. I mean, what kind of sick idea was it to make someonedodge lightning bolts 200 times? That does not belong in a game where the purpose is challenge, enjoyment and a good story.

im a big fan of ff4/ff6/ff7/fft

and i didnt like ff8/ff9/ffx/ffxii much either but ff13 looks fantastic an the female character looks nothin like a tidus or acted like him

im very excited bout ff13 an versus an it looks like it really will be much better then the past few from what ive seen so far

ProtossRushX

I love how people know a game will be better than similar games when they know almost nothing about it.

FF is a game for anime lovers to live out their Japanese fantasiesBig_Gamer_Al

Or not?

I played Final Fantasy XI for 3 years, so it's possible to be addicted to boredom.

On a side note, Final Fantasy X had a great ending. But they decided to s*** all over it with X-2.

Final Fantasy XII is by far the weakest in the franchise. FFXII is what happens when you take out interesting characters and a good story and just focus on a battle system. I can't believe how bad they messed up with FFXII.

I played Final Fantasy XI for 3 years, so it's possible to be addicted to boredom.

On a side note, Final Fantasy X had a great ending. But they decided to s*** all over it with X-2.

Final Fantasy XII is by far the weakest in the franchise. FFXII is what happens when you take out interesting characters and a good story and just focus on a battle system. I can't believe how bad they messed up with FFXII.

BreakingPoint8

lol, that game was a grind from hell...

played it at launch for 1 year.

Good times

AscendantSky - Fenrir

I'm a huge fan of the final fantasy series but no I dont actually have fun while playing them. Actually I dont think I ever have fun playing any games. Its just passing time for me... Only when playing with friends I've had fun in a game.

But seriously if you think Final Fantasy X has a bad script, acting, story then I think theres something wrong with you. That was one of the first games to have voice overs and "acting" and I think it was wonderfully done. The story is one of the most beautiful and epic stories in gaming history.

I haven't loved a FF since FF7. FF8 was okay, and so was FFX, but I thought the cast of characters in both left a lot to be desired.

Give us back real characters with unique abilities and classes. Not a bunch of interchangeable dolts with the ability to excel in every single area.

I was just playing Final Fantasy X, and after trying to dodge lightning for over two hours, I realized that I hadn't actually had any fun for hte entire game.

osirisomeomi

thats when i quit playing that game for about 2 yrs... finally beat it luckily

still stuck in x2... and 6, vagrant story, and darkcloud2 sadly

I really liked FFX. VII and IX are my other favs. 13(or 13 versus possibly) doesnt look to interesting to me. The video reminded me of a Tomb Raider game with the flipping and shooting.AgileNate

Wow.

And I guess Crysis reminds you of Contra because it has a gun?

You guys need better reasons to hate on a game. I wouldn't be surprised if someone hates The Orange Box because its boxart is pretty bad.

I'm a huge fan of the final fantasy series but no I dont actually have fun while playing them. Actually I dont think I ever have fun playing any games. Its just passing time for me... Only when playing with friends I've had fun in a game.

But seriously if you think Final Fantasy X has a bad script, acting, story then I think theres something wrong with you. That was one of the first games to have voice overs and "acting" and I think it was wonderfully done. The story is one of the most beautiful and epic stories in gaming history.

Pessu

People hate FFX for one purpose and thats Tidus the worst main character since Gex the Gecko

[QUOTE="AgileNate"]I really liked FFX. VII and IX are my other favs. 13(or 13 versus possibly) doesnt look to interesting to me. The video reminded me of a Tomb Raider game with the flipping and shooting.ReD187

Wow.

And I guess Crysis reminds you of Contra because it has a gun?

You guys need better reasons to hate on a game. I wouldn't be surprised if someone hates The Orange Box because its boxart is pretty bad.

No I dont "hate" the game and No I dont need better reasons. I play Final Fantasy games because its Final Fantasy not some game that reminds me of another game-type. When I see a game like Crysis I see a shooter like its supposed to be. I said of THE VIDEO(does not mean final conclusion) I have seen on 13 was that it reminded me of something other than an FF game.

Now I hope you get well soon, you must be coming down with something.