In anyone's defense, you buy a system in the hopes that it will work out. Sad part also being, you can't really know what you get into until you have bought it. In some cases, even had it for a while. That's why I always buy systems from stores that I can return them to. I don't buy a single game and just feel it out, maybe rent a few games if necessary. The Wii goes sour very quickly, has a very short term appeal and that's why it's the most bought, least played console.
While I enjoyed FFT and Fire Emblem (I wasn't a huge fan of it's "Rock, Paper, Scissors" gameplay in FE), for me it has to be Disgaea. The freedom it allows, the hilarious story, (who didn't laugh when you first heard Flonne say "Nin nin nin"), and the fact it doesn't take itself seriously wins it for me. Final Fantasys storys are so overblown, and serious, it didn't grip me as much as Disgaea. Who can forget the Horse Wiener joke, or Thursday saying "Jeez Louise", or the damn Prism Rangers :lol:
Dataleak
Those kinds of things don't just ruin the game, but they also ruin the whole genre. Not to mention... No - none of that stuff is funny - ever. I looked at Disgaea for the DS and I didn't laugh once. It was for kids and even I know, if you wanna make kids laugh, you do it by being vulgar.
No. They need to let it die. It's over. In the past. They way to counteract losing your ability to make a good game with a good story isn't to just keep making spinoffs and rereleasing previous games that were actually good.
JonSnow777
I love FF7 to death, but even I agree with this. Let it die, move on. FF7 came to be because they didn't sit there re-releasing FF6 18 ways from Sunday. So true.
There's definitely cause for concern. The single player Final Fantasy RPGs really aren't much fun to play anymore. They're gorgeous to look at, and make great movies. But they've become too linear and rigid, even beyond what you would forgive from a JRPG. Square lost their way ages ago.
... that you have got the most entertainment out of?
Just overall. Yes, some games are better than others, but there is the one that you continue to go back to and would never consider trading in.
What is that game?
For me, it's Rock Band 2. Although I don't play as much as I had in the past, with the steady flow of DLC it always ends up finding its way inside my PS3.
I loved FFT and I have it for both PSX and PSP. But I wouldn't touch any of the newer versions. They're just too childlike in their story, I wish square would stop acting like gamers have to be 8 year old kids. But that shows how not-serious they are about making any good games still. They just want you to pay for garbage and remakes.
No other games, fire emblem and disgaea included come close to touching the depth of FFT. In many other cases, TBSRPGs also end up being too kiddie to really appeal to the same people who played FFT. D&D Tactics came out for the PSP and could have been good if the menuing system wasn't so godawful. That one flaw literally killed the game. Until a game offers the deep classes and amazing interplay between classes that FFT has (only with more!), it will be king of the turn based tactical RPGs.
Toss it, I was lucky enough that I was able to return mine. The console is just not worth it. Take what money you can get for it now and put it towards a PSP or something with a bit more promise.
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