I was editing the Final Fantasy Wiki when I saw a discussion about which game in the series deserved to be a Final Fantasy and which not, for my surprise every game from FF VII onwards where criticized by one or another user. It's not a secret that most of the editors of the FF Wiki are old time players of FF and almost everyone adores FF VI.

For example:

FF VII is hated by many because it took away the franchise from it's original concept, and because it changed the original designer Yoshikata Amano.

FF VIII is hated, and I agree, because the story is somewhat lame and the characters are too forced and not very convincing.

FF IX is hated because for some it represents a regression to the old and obsolete ways of the NES era.

FF X is hated for the bad voice acting in the English translation, and there is also the opinion that the main characters: Yuna & Tidus seem to have brain damage.

FF X-2 (the most hated game of all) is hated for a thousand reasons, and I agree whit most of them. The foolish characters, the bad change of personality in Yuna that goes totally against the original concept. But above all for ruining a very good story and a very original ending.

FF XII (My favorite FF in this list) is hated, rare thing, for the same reason FF VII is hated. Because it changed the formula, the battle mechanics, the main artist, the main music composer, for changing everything, in a few words for innovative. And the funny fact is that most of its detractors are the FF VII lovers. Oh the irony!

Seeing this I took a little time to think. What defines a good game? Could it be the sales? I don't think so, because it would be like saying that wonders like Dark Cloud, Psychonauts, Otogi, etc. are not good or great games because they didn't sell as much as Halo, Mario, Zelda, GTA, MGS, FF, MK, etc.

I sometimes feel angry reading the opinions of the fanboys saying that Halo is the greatest game ever and any other game is garbage, or saying that Halo is a pile of overrated sh*t.

Halo is a great Game and I can say it even when I have never played it (I feel very sick when I play FPS) But the fact that so many people loves it, that it saved the original Xbox from Oblivion, and above all because that it could revamp and turn the FPS genre in the most influencing and important genre today proves it.

We all have the right to hate or love something, but I sincerely believe that everything, even our most guttural emotions need a real reason to be. I hate FF VIII and FF X-2 but that is because I have played them and there were things that made me hate them. There's also people that hate games that I love like FF XII, and I even understand some of them, those who have real reasons to hate it, not those who simply hate it because it was not designed by Tetsuya Nomura and the music score was not made by Nobuo Uematsu. We all have the right to hate, but even in hate we need to be intelligent.

I would never hate a game I never played or a console I don't own, but most of the fanboys in here do.

I haven't beaten this game yet and I already have 160 hours of gameplay, from these, 15 hours have been fot trying (unsuccesfully) to get the Danjuro so I can complete my equipment list.

I know a lot of people totaly hate the game because of the story and the non-charismatic characters. Maybe this is true, but the mechanichs of the game are exellent IMO, not having random encounters is a dream come true, knowing exactly where to find a monster, even a rare one is what I like the most, the best that could happen to the series.

I have played every FF since IV, and I have enjoyed this one a lot, even whitout a great dramatic story, without a lot of tears, whitout hot kisses, it's a marvelous challenge for a completitionist like me, the Danjuro alone is taking me more effort to get than the Excalibur II from FF IX and that's good for me.

My only complain are those damned random treassure chests, I hope never to see them again  in my life. I HATE them!

Anyway, I'll start playing Rogue Galaxy as soon as I complete this Game. It looks sensational!!!!

OK, I'm halfway through Shadow of the Colossus and the only adjective that comes to my mind is: Gorgeous, I've been this close to die several times for just staring into the colossus.

It's a beautifull game, worth the buy in Greatest Hits, I like the fact that every colossus is harder to beat than the one before, even the little differences in the landscape make it interesting, I don't feel like I've been riding through the same place over and over.

At the same time I've been playing FF IX and GTA: San Andreas, this makes these two the games I've played most in my life, being the fourth time I play each one, maybe Shadow of the Colossus won't be very far from these in the near future :P

This past months have been very active for me in Gamespot, I've achieved like 10 new emblems and have changed a lot of stuff. I hope you like it.

After finishing Xenosaga III I Have Mixed Feelings, First of all it feels great to complete a story so epic and finally understanding a lot of things that weren't clear before, the mechanics of the game were excellent, IMO the best of the trilogy, and the only deception i have are the optional bosses that were extremely easy to defeat.

On the other hand I fell somewhat nostsalgic thinking that this was the last Xenosaga, I hope that I'm wrong, maybe if there's a sequel it won't have the name Xenosaga on it, and I really don't think that my two favorite characters would appear, chaos and Jin.

Anyway I loved the trilogy, For me the story was superior to any Final Fantasy, and even when some people disliked the long cinematics I enjoyed them a lot. Any RPG Fan should try these games.

I hope that things like this event of After Hours happens more often, with E3 changing not for good I'm afraid, and a lot of people outside of the U.S.A. this is a good chance for us to find things that we may be missing, If Gamespot and other developers like the idea we will learn more of the games we should buy. Nor I´m going for Guitar Hero :P

When I imagine what will happen when the Xbox 360 comes out I feel a little worried, here in México people have the tendency of being a little precipitated when something new comes out to the market. We will see a bunch of guys buying an Xbox 360 in more than 1000 dls.

But the worst part will be the fan-boys babbling about how their new console "owns" or something like that, and the other fan-boys saying that the PS3 or the Revolution will be more powerful or original. I don't care which console has better graphics or more technology, I care about the games, I want my GTA, my Metal Gear, my Final Fantasy and my Silent Hill, so I will close my ears for a year or maybe more time.

But as Otacon says in the MGS4 trailer, it's worth the waiting :D

What can be worse?

My PS2 doesn't work, I don't have money, I only have my PS one and I have finished Final Fantasy Tactics for the fourth time.

On the other hand my girlfriend is mad at me for no good reason, and my cyber girlfriend is on vacations, I'm afraid this is one of those seasons when everything goes wrong, I better stay home for a while.

:?

:shock: My PS2 is broken, just when i was about to finish Xenosaga ep. II.

I only wrote this to take out my frustration, so i wont write anmore:?:cry: