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The series died after FFIX.

>>15045

Hope you've been enjoying them. Might also be a good idea to take some breaks occasionally if you're just marathoning them one after another.

Final Fantasy is honestly I series I've ben meaning to give more time to (only played bits and pieces of it in the past). Currently been playing IV on the DS and having fun with it. Some of these enemies, or combinations of enemies though… If anything it's taught me that fleeing certain battles is preferable to having three flame hounds nuking your entire party with fire spells in a row. But I don't know, maybe I'm doing something wrong.

I'd recommendation FFVII: Crisis Core once you've played FFVII. Don't play Dirge.

I'd argue that X was the last good (or at least average) FF, XII split opinions with some people loving it and others not. I didn't really like it but whatever. I've never played XI or XIV so I can't comment on them and avoid XIII and it's sequels since they were pretty bad, barely any exploration or decision making with mostly 'press X to win' gameplay.

I restarted FFIX this morning. I got about 3 hours in, and then my disc decided to glitch out during the Black Waltz 3 airship cutscene.

Now I'm sad.

I'm going to post my all time favourite FF tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMd6V1IOJ5k

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>>15064

Welp that didn't work. I can't into embeding.

>>15064

>>15065

Are you seriously this stupid?

>>15050

So far my opinions on each are as follows:

1

Enjoyed it. Shoes it's age, but there's really nothing that turned me off from it. Might play again now that I know where everything is.

2

I really found this one quite lackluster. After you grind your spells and abilities up once, you'll never want to do it again. There's a ton of boring dungeons and backtracking, and Square was trying too hard to make a super serious story out of a cliche plot.

3

Definitely the best in the Famicom trilogy. I actually had fun with this one. The presentation got me hooked, and the battle system was nearly perfected. While the job system was kind of poorly implemented, it still worked alright. The story was nothing special, but it didn't take itself seriously enough for it to be a huge problem.

My personal favorite is V. The job system was a lot of fun and gave it replay value. While some may say the plot wasn't as great as other titles, I thought they did a pretty good job with character development.

FF2/4 forever holds a place in my heart.

4

This one is definitely my favorite this far. The new ATB system really adds something to the battles. (Even though haste now just makesturns come faster instead of turning my party into the Gist of the North Star.) Now there's an element of reaction and adaptation to the menu driven combat. The story didn't take me for too wild of a ride, but I felt involved throughout and came to love the cast.

5

This one was damn good. It pretty much took everything that I loved about 3 and made it better. The job system actually meant something now that I could switch around my abilities. The story is light-hearted for the most part, but had some serious moments that stuck with me. I actually felt sad when Galuf died. Exdeath was a huge fucking troll, and it felt good to lumberjack him at the end.

>>15091

Running from battles is the best option in any game with difficulty. In Dragon Warrior you'd level beside a town and run from everything when actually going to do something.

Won't be too necessary in Final Fantasy games you're going to be playing now, except in certain cases. Marlboros for sure.