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Final Fantasy XIII
Alex C:
I really didn't like VIII-X. VII was kinda the last hurrah of the series for me. There was enough going on that I liked to see it through, but I don't dig anime style crazy convoluted plot lines with fragile/angsty/mindfucked heroes. Maybe it's refreshing to some people but it sure as hell wasn't to me. Between FF7, NGE, and Xenogears I was pretty much set up to be done with the kinda Japanese pop culture that actually gets imported over here, and FFVIII really sealed the deal.
Ozymandias:
VII was okay. X was pretty good. IX was decent enough. VIII I think actually killed JRPGs forever for me.
Cartilage Head:
Final Fantasy is just the best series at getting some things perfect, but others terribly wrong. VIII has a cool, interesting and complex system, but a terrible story and characters, as does X. I would say that the most "perfect" of the new Final Fantasies (that would be post-VI) would have to be XII.
So far I'm about 25 hours into XIII. Cool battle system, and it is actually pretty challenging (weird for FF) and the characters are interesting and develop defined arcs pretty early in the game. I'm still holding out for when it becomes less linear, which I have read occurs when your characters move from Cocoon to Pulse.
Storm Rider:
VIII is completely fucking terrible, anybody who enjoyed that game has a head injury as far as I'm concerned. XII is so so so close to being amazing, but the Square bigwigs had to fuck with it at the last minute and it really shows. It's still easily my favorite post-SNES Final Fantasy. Still haven't played XIII yet, I'm waiting for it to get cheaper before I bite the bullet.
VI is the best game in the series by a wide margin, of course.
Johnny C:
ffx slays
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