Favorite Final Fantasy [Intellectual Version]

Music

My favorite arrangement of music in the series comes from FFVIII. Until VIII appeared on the scene, it had always been VI. My favorite themes--Forever Rachel & Celes--come from VI, but it lacks the compact soundtrack of VIII. VIII's music seems to always fit the mood perfectly, with contrasting forms that surpass any work that a midi ever accomplished. I love its great variety of music offered. A Must-buy FF soundtrack.

Characters

My favorite group of characters from any of the series comes from FFVI. It was the revolutionary Final Fantasy, that set the standard for those to follow--as far as in-depth character analysis. When I played VI for the first time...it brought the story to life. It made me feel as if I were a part of the adventure..as It breached through the lives of Locke, Terra, Edgar, Celes, Sabin, and the others, I understood their cause---They brought the story to life.. It served as the first game of the series that I was actually introduced to. It will always be my favorite.

Character

My favorite character comes from FFVIII. I believe that as an individual character, Squall was the most analyzed, took the most work to create, and is faced with more conflicts than any other--most of which within himself. In order to defeat his enemies and rivals, he had to face his own struggles, contrasting viewpoints, disappointments, hopes, and dreams. He serves as the most complex character in the history of Final Fantasy. He is my favorite.

Battle

My favorite battle system originates in FF tactics. It's astonishing how many components were placed within the system. It allows for more planning and strategy--rather than the frantic tactics of the active time system. Still allowing a great number of variables and competition--Tactics is my most enjoyed Final Fantasy when it comes to being involved in battles.

Villain

My favorite villain was in FFVII--Sephiroth. Representing the truest of evil intent, he fit the part of main villain in more ways than one. Many of the other FF's had main villains that contrasted the final boss expectations--such as VIII and IX. It was amazing how they could relate a character of absolute evil and allow him to be such a crucial part of the storyline throughout the entire game. Sephiroth is the perfect arch enemy.

Storyline

My favorite storyline came from FFX. The storyline was unbelievable. It had so many twists and turns, contradicting your expectations through every step of the way. The conflicts faced by each characters were brought about throughout the game--adding the the magnificent storyline that only adds to its greatness. An amazing and mysterious beginning--ending with the same touch--allows for your own interpretation of its greatness. I interpretted the game as the best--storyline-wise.

The Finale

My favorite ending came from FFVIII. I've always been taken with the adventurous aspect of FF games--but when one adds a romantic depth--It beefs up my viewpt. of the game. The ending was touched with romanticism, adventure, and an answer to the many mysteries that many of the characters possessed. The graphics, which are necessary for a truly great ending, were astonishing. Everything about the ending was perfect. From graphics and music to a suitable end to the storyline.

[Shan'do Spike]

[quote]Originally posted by Mydako
[b]Unlike everyother cheap what is your favorite FF topic, I want this one to be Intelligent.

I want you to tell your Favorite FF on several levels, and why.

Which FF had your Favorite Music? VIII and VI. Kefka's tune is my favorite theme out of like anything, however the music doesn't fit the scenes as well as FF8. Eyes on me is a great song, and Liberi Fatali gave me goosebumps during all the times that I heard it.

Which FF had your Favorite Characters Overall? Defintely IV. Dark Knight Cecil just kicked ass. Rydia was able to give you an emotional level to follow on a female, seeing the death of her mother and everything. Selfless members like Cid and Yang sacrificed their lives, and Cid gave the quote about the middle finger. Kain is like no other character. The love triangle between Kain, Rosa, and Cecil increased the tension to a maximum amount and made me love and respect all the characters in the game. Except Edward.

Which FF had your Favorite Character, and who is it? Final Fantasy VI. Can you say "Celes"? She had just about the most powerful moment in any game. She had in one hand the devotion to her friends and locke, many who had not trusted her because she was a general. In her other hand, she carried ruling the world along with Kefka(ostensibly). She had it all, and gave it away for her friends with one of the most powerful quotes in a game ever. "Power breeds only War. I wish I were never born!" She is able to overcome the demons of her past of being an evil general and come to the light, becoming my most beloved character in the process.

Which FF had your Favorite Battle System? Although I'd like to say Chronotrigger, which I consider an FF game, it's not. So I'm forced to go with IV. I liked how IV did not let you complete meld every character into a mindless clone of all the other characters. Each character had individual strengths and weaknesses.

Which FF had your Favorite Villain, and who is it? VI. Kefka edges out Sephiroth because of the laugh. He made me think clown; however, he has a point. Life, dreams.. where are those going?

Which FF had your Favorite Storyline? VI and VII are tied. VI and VII both showed governmental corruption at its peak. They both had unexpected twists and are completely dear to my heart. Aeris and Celes are side-by-side....almost.

Which FF had your Favorite Ending? X. The speech by Yuna, the deaths of many characters whom you had grown attached to over the time you had played the game. Hell, I cried.

[Loki]

Which FF had your Favorite Music? I would have to say Final Fantasy IX, It had one of those sort of medival kind of music themes and i really loved every single track on the soundtrack.

Which FF had your Favorite Characters Overall? Final Fantasy 7, Definetley Final Fantasy 7, It had a cast of characthers that really come together in a way. Cloud was an awesome characther though, his story was really intresting and it made me want to find out more and more about him, Vincent is alos another favourite of mine.

Which FF had your Favorite Character, and who is it? Final Fantasy 7 again, like i said above, Cloud looks cool, and he has some of the coolest Limit breaks, His story is also another thing i like about him.

Which FF had your Favorite Battle System? Final Fantasy X, It was the old FF Battle system but it was totally changed in terms of how it was played, a very unique fighting system.

Which FF had your Favorite Villain, and who is it? Final Fantasy 7, Sephiroth was a genius when it comes to destroying the world, and if you saw the ending you know what i mean, The way he looks is just plain evil and cool, i like his cold attitude aswell.

Which FF had your Favorite Storyline? Final Fantasy 7, The story was simply maginficent, at times it was serious and others it was filled with humour, I loved the game and especially the story.

Which FF had your Favorite Ending? This is a hard one, I personally loved Final Fantasy 8's ending, It concluded the game in a better way than FF7 and FF9.
So yeah, I'd have to say FF8's ending was my favorite.

I think my post got deleted previously because it wasn't long enough, so I'll post again!

These are the FF games I have played (warning! May contain spoilers):

FFVII- This was an amazing game. I liked the characters and gameplay. I definently thought Sephiroth was the ULTIMATE villain ever. The storyline was a little much. I had trouble weeding through all the possibilties and stuff. I mean, I got the main part, but there were still questions left unanswered, like I still don't really understand Seph's plan.

Grade: B

FFVIII- I loved this game. The music was awsome and the storyline...WOW! This was my first FF game so it will always be in my heart (LoL). I thought the characters great (except for Rinoa), and I didn't have any unanswered questions about the storyline. I liked the Junction System pretty much, too, eventhough a lot of people didn't. The ending was very good and offered a full, complete closure (not matter how many people believe Squall died).

Grade: A

FFIX- I thought this was a little dissapointing. It was a good game (as of any FF), but it just didn't please me as much as FFVIII and FFVIII. It was a good game compared to others, but compared to within it's kind, other FF games, it wasn't as superior. For one, I don't like "deformed" characters. I like human because it gives a realistic feel. I also thought the storyline was a little cheap. While gameplay was good, it wasn't enough to boost it up on my all time list.

Grade: B-

FFX- This was a great game. Gameplay, characters, music, graphics, all were outstanding. The ending was magnificent (had me in all out tears). I really liked the Sphere Grid a lot, too. The only thing I didn't really like was the storyline. It was good, but, like with FFVII, I had unanswered questions concerning what happened 1000 years ago and thing like that. Also, I thought the whole religion thing...it just didn't really appeal to me (no affence to those religious).

Grade: B+

Which FF had your Favorite Music?

Probably FFVII. The battle theme has always stuck in my mind, and the Weapon theme has to be one of the best pieces of game music ever.

Which FF had your Favorite Characters Overall?

I would say FFVII, but then there were characters like Cait Sith and Yuffie (I dont hate Yuffie, just didnt use her as a character). So probably FFVIII. I found myself using all of the characters on a regular basis, and most of them had really believable personalities (Squall, Irvine, Seifer)

Which FF had your Favorite Character, and who is it?

Sephiroth, without a doubt. Noone has ever come close to matching his excellence. With such a cool appearence, excellent weapon and detailed past, you cant help but like him (unless you were a big Aeris fan, but then again, I liked her as well...) He may have been the villian, but he wasnt evil, just confused and lied to. The real villians of FFVII were Hojo and Jenova.

Which FF had your Favorite Battle System?

I havent got FFX yet (its not out here till 31st May) so FFVII for now. The materia system was so east to get to grips with, and the combo abilities were fun to set up. Plus there was the Omnislash. That move will never be equalled, not even by the Lionhart.

Which FF had your Favorite Villain, and who is it?

Sephiroth, obviously. See above for my many reasons. Actually, I dont consider him the villian any more.

Which FF had your Favorite Storyline?

I'd be inclined to say FFVI, but there were too many characters overall to have the story apply to them all, so again, FFVII. The number and scale of the plot twists kept you engrossed throughout, and from the offset you knew who you were after,m unlike FFVIII. You didnt know about Ultemacia untill near the end, which kinda annoyed me.

Which FF had your Favorite Ending?

FFVIII. The ending tied up all the loose ends, unlike FFVII, which was seemed to me unfinished. FFVIII's ending didnt leave anything unexplained, plus you got to see Seifer as a good guy, which was cool. And the home video during the credits was pretty funny!

[Scorpian]

(Hope you don't mind Masamune..but I borrowed your Questions)


Which FF had your Favorite Music?

Had to be FFVII..the music is haunting..Especially The Aeris Death teme..gives me goosepimples everytime..FFX opening theme is good also.

Which FF had your Favorite Characters Overall?

FFVII and FFT about a 50/50 spread...although like Masamune..I didn't like Cait Sith..but I LOVED Yuffie.

Which FF had your Favorite Character, and who is it?

Cloud. I like him..he's a Weak (normal) person caught up in extraordinary events. Rikku and Vincent are up there also.

Which FF had your Favorite Battle System?

I liked FFVII's Materia setup..but i also Like FFX's Player Switching..I hated FFVIII's Magic system (Draw?). Combining 7 and 10 would be good.


Which FF had your Favorite Villain, and who is it?

Duh, the "One Winged Angel" blows em all away.

Which FF had your Favorite Storyline?

Well, It's hard but..Ultimately I chose FFVII over Tactics...(i hated 8's)

Which FF had your Favorite Ending?

As much as I loved Playing FFVII..it's ending was..odd...IIj sucked..Tactics was okay..Guess the best and most rewarding Is IV...V wasn't too bad either.

FAVOURITE MUSIC:i just love the regular battle music in ffX. also in ffIV in the bahamut cave when you run into behemoths the battle music is changed to regular boss music for the battle. and one winged angel from FFVII. how can you not like that?

FAVOURITE CHARACTERS: probably VI or VIII. by the time i finish ffVIII i end up crying cause it almost feels like i actually know the characters (if that makes sense). ffVI cause ive gone through the game so many times its almost like i know them, too.

FAVOURITE CHARACTER: hmmm...i would have to say Zell cause the guy would get so worked up over the dumbest things. reminds me of my friend Jamie. favourite girl would be Terra. poor girl didnt really know her parents and she was turned into a living killing machine.

BATTLE SYSTEM: first off im gonna eliminate all final fantasys where all your characters can use magic, that can make the game so easy. either Tactics cause that game REALLY made you think, therefore the battles had incredible depth to them. and ffX. you can use all your characters in one battle! it doesnt get much better than that...

FAVOURITE VILLIAN: if the *Rinoa is Ultimecia theroy* is true then that would be an awesome layout for a villian, definatly being a contender. otherwise, Kefka. so far he is the only villian that actually DID destroy the earth. and he did it HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAME!!!!!! Jecht also had a cool layout for a villian (the main characters abusive father). then there is Garland/Chaos. not too much depth to the guy, but the thing where he created a 2000 year time loop along with the 4 Fiends to make him immortal? thats just friggin awesome!

FAV STORYLINE: ffIV. an evil dark knight becomes a paladin and finds out the villian he has been fighting for some time is actually his brother. his best friend betrays him TWICE and kidnaps his girlfriend. two young twins turn themselves to stone to save your lives. your king sends you to a village to burn it down. you go beneath the earth and to the moon. you get the picture...

FAV ENDING: definatly ffVIII. every time i see it i ball my eyes out! especially when Laguna is at Raine's grave. and when Raijin gets pushed into the water and Seifer bursts out laughing. i cant help but laugh every time i see that

[Leviathan]

Definately FFVII had the best music out of all the final fantasies, i loved the boss battle music, 'Jenova absolute' and 'one-winged angel' the most.

Final Fantasy VII had the best selection of characters. To stand and look at them you wouldn't think they'd be travelling the world together....but it is fantasy...i liked all the characters from Final Fantasy VII.

My favourite Final Fantasy character is either Vivi, Auron and Vincent....i really can't decide between them....so it's Final Fantasy VII, IX and X.

Final Fantasy Tactics had my favourite battle system....i loved the little grid and the fact that hitting from behind does more damage and there was a lot more strategy involved in planning the battles...not just mash the f*ck outta the x button with attack.

Definatel Final Fantasy VII again.....it was the first Final Fantasy i played and threrfore the most memorable....i knew i'd like sephiroth because the first time you hear of him the president of the world's largest empire has a sword in his back which only sephiroth can use....there's blood on all the walls and all the guards and staff are dead too, then the next time you see him is in the flashback and he is invincible and kills dragons vertually singled handedly...cloud can't do nothing to the dragon really, then you see hear of him when a so-called invincible 30ft serpent has been impaled on a tree....truely a nice guy.....

FFVII again....no wonder why it's my fave of all the Final Fantasies, i loved the storyline and would believe it more than the time compression in FFVIII....Final Fantasy tactics and Final Fantasy VI come close second and third.

Final Fantasy VII had my favourite ending...especially the 500 years later part.

i just gotta say FFVII reigns supreme!!!

1. Favourite Music?
Well, I'd have to say FFIX. I loved Melodies of Life, and I still accidentally hum it. I really like 'You're Not Alone', too...

2. Which FF had your Favorite Characters Overall?
7, without a doubt. The only Fantasy where I can relate to every character, even the villains

3. Which FF had your Favorite Character, and who is it?
Eh, crud, this is hard. 7, once again, has my favourites, who are equal first Sephiroth and Reno. Since there's the 'villain' thing down there, I'll just say why I like Reno here. Reno's cool because he's very rogueish, but at the same time handsome. He's a really cool guy, and I love the Wutai part ^_^ (May I add that Locke and Celes are close runners-up?)

Which FF had your Favorite Battle System?
Once again <sigh> 7. Materia- easiest thing I've ever used. I don't think I'll ever truly understand 10's, and 9 and 6 are too traditional and no-brainer for me. I dare not even comment about VIII (mainly 'cos I haven't played it). You really have to think about Materia.

Which FF had your Favorite Villain, and who is it?
7. Sephiroth. Hands down. He's the perfect villain. You're angry with him, but at the same time you feel sorry for him. And he used to be a nice guy... (gets distracted by Sephy-chan related thoughts) Anyway, he's just the coolest.

Which FF had your Favorite Storyline?
7, surprise surprise. It was dark, and much more like real-life than any of the others. You could actually relate to one-liner strangers like the people living in Midgar, Costa del Sol, ect. What I'll never understand is how FF9 got a PG-13 rating and FF7 only got a G-8+, what with Don Corneo and the Honeybee...

Which FF had your Favorite Ending? Well, By default, I've gotta say IX (mainly because that's the only one I've finished ^^ I really liked it, though... but Necron was too sudden; I reckon that a hyped-up version of Graland shoul;d'e been the boss, and you shgould've had to fight with Zidane and Kujah. The bit where the party members gave eachother their power was sweet, though...

Overall, the best Fantasy is hands-down VII. I think that a lot of people agree with me in saying that VII is the true champion of video games.

Spoilers ahead, duh.


Best Music: FF8. It was just perfect in every way. The opening score was awe inspiring, the theme and it's varients were absolutely beautiful. All the music fit the scenes perfectly and with the exception of the final castle it all stayed where it should be - in the background. No blasting into some huge score when all you're doing is walking around. It was perfect and did what music in games is meant to do.

Fav characters: FFX. While it was real close between this and FF8, the characters in FF8 were too similar. They all seemed to be average teens who reacted to the situations in remarkably human and realistic ways, but all too similar. They had personalities, but their movites were the same. FFX however had a cast about as good (Yuna sucked but eh) yet far more varied. They didn't only have their own personalities they had their own backgrounds, and just a sin real life these worked in tandem with their personalities to shape how they acted and what they said. They all had different roles, different reasons, and played them out and worked together well. In fact their companionship and interaction was about the only thing that kept me going through the game. It was also cool with the flashbacks and such that went to truly develop Auron, and play out the search into Jecht and what really made the man.

Fav character: My, now this is a hard one. I really like so many, it's very difficult. Though out of all of them I can separate them all into two groups, and then pick the best of those groups, yet I cant decide between the two. First for the serious group (talking about if I'm in the mood for a *real* character) it would be Lulu. She is basically everything that my previous fav (Quistis) was, but to the next level. She is mature, intelligent, strong, wise, and yet still has her more warm and human side that shines through. A background leader with plenty of background herself, she is really excellent all-round, and the more serious side of me identifies with the way she responds -not reacts- to the many things around her.

Yet on the other side on the more light hearted characters there is Rikku like many before her she is more apt for fun or for action, yet what I like about her is that she doesn't take it to the unrealistic extreme of so many other characters before her. This makes her outstanding (in the literal sense) yet realistic. Add to this her mechanic abilities and Al Bhed (SO COOL) heritage, and she is a very unique and wonderful character that plays closely to my more fun-loving side. So anyways I guess that comes out to FFX as well.

Fav Battle System. This is difficult, but I would give it to FF7. FF7 had the depth of newer age systems with the rewarding and progressive nature of the old school. Older games are too basic, yet newer games could quite stay balanced. In FF8 it gave you supreme control which made thigns too easy and effortless, taking the point out of battling (which led to me using Enc-None all the time) and then FFX while ingenius in so many ways (character switching *drool*, all the abilities), basically was very unbalanced. You were very weak for a long time (relying on Aeons when things got tough) then suddenly had massive power that could destroy anything. Status effects were also useless because anything weak enough to actually be hurt by them could be easily taken out by sheer strength. However Final Fantasy 7 gave you all the depth of newer games, the different magics, status spells, command abilities, and ability to mix them all together. Yet kept it all in old-school progression, rewarding you progressively for time and effort. Not only in magic growth, but in magic use and combination through weapons which progressively held more at a time. Complex but not hard, control but not overpowered, perfectly balanced and progressive. FF7 is definitely the best dispite lack of small refinements given with the current gen of systems.

Fav Villain. FF7. As someone said before Sephiroth had reasons, sure he was still nuts but he seemed far more deep, intelligent, and even yes - human, about it all. His quest for power is very human, though amplified by madness and increasing power. He started out cool and ended a different flavor of the same cool. His role through the game was far more important to everyone than villians in most other games. And plus the thing that gets him the biggest props - he offed that stupid ditz Aeris! He sure knows how to pick em, it's sad I couldnt shake his hand and thank him for that before I offed him. But yeah, she was my most hated character in any RPG, he gets MAD PROPS for that, heh. FF7 also has the best supporting villians - the Turks! they are just so cool.

Fav Storyline. FF8. Most people don't like it, though from all what I've seen it's because they didn't pay enough attention to get it. But I got it, understood the meaning, understood the characters, understood the metaphors. It's all the most beautiful love story, better than your novels or movies or other games. It's all so hard to explain but it's really great, so beautiful I got a little teary-eyed a couple times, and that really almost never happens for anything.

Fav Ending. FF8. It was the climax and tying together of everything in the game, not only that but the most beautiful CG sequence I've seen in my life. Theres not really much to say, it just finished and revealed so much at once, it's the best by far.

Best FF Music

Hmmm tough one but i think i am gonna have to go with FFIX i love the music building up to the ending and I love the way the music builds up the to reunited part between Zidane and Garnet and also listening to the music when Zidane is running through the woods. FFX also had good music the ending theme is the best piece of FF music i have ever heard the way it picks up at the end is amazing but to be honest every FF has a piece of music that i fall in love with (ff4 rosa, FF6 main theme Etc)

Best set of Characters

HMM another tough one i loved FFVIII's because of the indivuality and there diffrerernt personailities and there relestic looks and also liked FF IX's too but my favourite set of characters has to be FFX i think it the voice acting that makes them seem real and that way you feel attached to them and you feel sorry for them in places.

My Favourite Character

Easy Squall Leonheart, the guy just kicked ass he looked the hero type i was so gald he got the girl and he was just so strong and he was a leader and his attuitude was amazing that also why i liked cloud aswell another good character was Auron but my favourite will always be Squall Leonheart they guys a legend

Favourite Battle System

Another easy one FFX's was the best actually made leveling up fun and the switching of characters made it a more tatcial game and i just enjoyed that. FF IX was also fun i liked using weapons to get abilities.

Favourite Villian

Right i am gonna say Kuja that guy went on a killing spree and also destroyed a world and he just had that bad-ass look about him with that class dragon that he had made him look stunning also when he was in trance i actually thought i was done for. i would have said spethiroth but he was just a poor end boss.

Favourite Storyline

FFVIII i love this game and its story it was the first FF i ever played and i loved it it is my favourite game of all time (despite strong challenges from MGS 2, FFX and PES) the thing i loved the most was its storyline the loved this kinda growing love between Squall and Rinoa and also love all the rumours outside of the game i think i could talk about FFVIII's storyline forever

Favourite Ending

This one is a tie between FFX, FFVIII and FFIX. FFX because its amazing music and amazing CG's and its very touching part. FFVIII because i think that Rinoa finding Squall then the sky just changings is brillient. FFIX because the music when Garnet jumps onto Zidane is brilleint

Which FF had your Favorite Music
The Final Fantasy which had my favourite music had to be
either Final Fantasy VII or Final Fantasy IX. I loved Final Fantasy VIIs theme for when you walk on the world map. I also liked FFVIIs One Winged Angel. For Final Fantasy IX it was definatly Kujas theme. I also loved Dark Messanger.


Which FF had your Favorite Characters Overall?
The Final Fantasy that had my favourite characters overall would have to be Final Fantasy VII... Final Fantasy VII ha