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| Satoshi_Miwa 516th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):Here's a question fer ya!"
, posted Thu 28 Feb 17:02
Well, here's my attempt at the list...Starting for the First one...
Final Fantasy -
Released for the Famicom/NES
Remade for the Wonderswan Color
Released in NA
Battle System - 7/10 Character Devlopment - 5/10
Misc comments - Battle system has a few quirks that lower playing value (Can attack nothing, can only buy one item at a time). But the system is also highly replayble (Can make truly awesome parties of 4 Red Mages, 4 whites, 4 Black mages, or 4 Black belts for a real Challenge).
Final Fantasy 2*
Released for the Famicom
Remade for the Wonderswan colour
*(Never made it to the US...The US Final Fantasy 2 was the easy version of FF4)
Final Fantasy 3*
Released for the Famicom
Remade for the Wonderswan Colour
*(Never made it to the US...The US Final Fantasy 3 was Final Fantasy 6).
Final Fantasy 4/Final Fantasy 2 (US)
Released for the SNES/PSX, soon to be released for the Wonderswan Colour.
Battle system 7/10 Character Devlopment 9/10
(The US release for the SNES was the Easy version of the game, missing extra areas and bosses. The PSX version restored these, releaseing the hard version of the game over here finally, and was released with CT in the FF Chronicles anthology).
Final Fantasy 5
Released for the Super Famicom/PSX
Battle System 9/10 Character Devlopment 8/10
(The Super Famicom version never made it over here. The PSX port was released with FF6 as part of the FF anthology)
Final Fantasy 6/Final Fantasy 3 (US)
Released for the SNES/PSX
battle System 8/10 Character Devlopment 9/10
(The SNES version was uncut for the most part, with a few small name and dialouge changes. The PSX version uses the same translation as the SNES one, except it is renumbered to FF6).
Final Fantasy 7
Released for the PSX,PC
Battle System 8/10 Character Devlopment 7/10
(First 3-D Final Fantasy, The game was renumbered in the US to match with the Japanese series. Unedited, but sports a rather wooden translation).
Final Fantasy 8
Released for the PSX, PC
Battle System 6/10 Character Devlopment 7/10
(The US version has a Pocket Station mini-gam that is unused due to fact the Pocket Station was never released here. The Mini-gamw as included in the PC version).
Final fantasy 9
Released for the PSX
(Haven't played, yet)
Final Fantasy 10
Released for the PS2
(Haven't played)
Other Final Fantasy Games
Final Fantasy Tatics
Released for the PSX
(A strategy RPG)
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Released for the SNES
(Considered the worst FF game...ever..)
The following are the Gameboy Final Fantasy games, released by Squaresoft. Please note that these probably aren't FF games, they were just simply retitled that to help them sell in NA...
Final Fantasy Adventure
Released for the GB
(This is actually the first Sieken/Secret game, so it is an action RPG...)
Final Fantasy Legend
Released for the GB
Final Fantasy Legend 2
Released for the GB
Final Fantasy Legend 3
Released for the GB
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| Freeter 1894th Post
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| "Re(1):Here's an answer fer ya!" , posted Thu 28 Feb 16:51
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" Any of you guys out there fancy yourself RPG experts? Perhaps you consider yourself to have a higher knowledge of the Squaresoft business... Well if you do then I need your help.
I need someone to write down the final fantasy games that came here. 1-10, and if they didn't come here include that information. I know some of them didn't make it over or when they did their number changed. o_O I just can't remember which ones.
What I'll need to know, if you can is.
Title:
Where it released:
What console:
and if you really know your stuff you can try to fill me in on..
battle system:
graphics: rate from 1-10
character development: rate from 1-10
Thanks! ^_^
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I'm not a big FF fan, but I know which ones came here.
US released:
-Final Fantasy, NES (JP: Mystic Quest)
-Final Fantasy 2, SNES (JP: FF4)
-Final Fantasy 3, SNES (JP: FF6)
-Final Fantasy 7-9, PSX
-Final Fantasy X, PS2
-Final Fantasy Anthology, PSX (has JP FF5 and FF6)
-Final Fantasy Chronicles, PSX (has original FF4, the "harder" version)
JP only:
-Mystic Quest 2 and 3, Famicom
The series was originally called Mystic Quest, but Square changed the name to Final Fantasy ala the US title because..well..it sounds better 
I only played 7 and 8 thoroughly enough to provide some scores, I'll give them to ya later.
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| NARUTO
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| "Re(6):Actually...." , posted Fri 1 Mar 03:56
Hello, nice to see you again Lady Kisune, well everybody already says from where they are I only give my opinion on the games:
FF1, FF2, FF3: never played
FF4: first FF with the active time battle.
Graphism:7/10
Characters:8/10
comments: one good FF,booth in story and in play.note this is the only on FF with 5 character in battle.
FF5:ATB always here, And job system is back.
Grapnism:7/10
Characters:7/10
comments: with the job system, character seems to lose some personnality.
FF6: one of the best ever.
Graphism:8/10
Character:9/10
comments: job system have change, any body can learn what he want's but they keep their on technique with.
FF7: Frist FF in 3D.
Graphisme:7/10
Character:8/10
comments:Every body can laern everything so once again no real class and no real personnality, but a great character design.(thanks Nomura san)
FF8: Sommonig system change.
Graphisme:8/10
characters:8/10
comments:good story but worth fighting system.
FF9: back to the roots.
Graphisme:9/10
Characters:9/10
comments:one of the best, everybody have his on spell and a very good story.
FF10: my favorite!with the tactics
Graphism:9/10
Characters10/10
comments: real good in all, thanks agin to Nomura san for the character, and best spell and summoning system.
FFtactics: tactical rpg.
Graphism:9/10
Charater:10/10
comments: very complete, with many heros, and a very good pattle system.
Ho...If you need some other info just says, I hav the full list of all FF character and summons.I can send it to you if you wish.
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| Toxico 1527th Post
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| "Aquí llego el que manda carajo; FF reviews" , posted Sat 2 Mar 22:21:
About Final Fantasy, I hear you ask?? Then I hope you are on the mood to read one of the huge reviews that I like to write; worry do not; I will touch all the FF that I know of.
Well; Final Fantasy has been a part of my life for some time; I could still remember the thrill that I felt when I obtained FF1 for my beloved NES... this game did taugh me to speak english correctly... to bad SNK ruined that with their Engrish... but anyway:
N.E.S.
Final Fantasy I: Well; this game was born because the success of Dragon Quest; there it was 7 player selectable; you have four "slots" for characters... you can pick 1 character 4 times if you want to; but once you select them; you are stuck for the rest of the game with them... the ploy was simple;
The warriors of good must restore the 4 elementes and bring peace to the world... there are some cool villains, like the 4 elemental fiends and some good history turns; like the fact that the first boss is the last one and some things such as that... the game itself was unholily unbalanced; the
oposition could wipe out your toughest guy with 3 moves... or 1; for example there are some basic creatures that deal no damage; they just kill you (they camed in groups of a max of 9, what a charm he?)... on the last maze you had to fight the 5 main bosses of the game... they where hell; the music of
the game pass by without glory nor failures... it was OK.
This game was released on the US with is name.
Final Fantasy II: The most glorious thing of this game is it's original "experience" system; system that has never handed over to anyu other game; I must explain it:
The more MP you use; the more it grow... the more Damage you sustain; the more the HP grow; the less weight you carry; the more agility you obtined; the more times you hit; the more acurracy you obtained with a weapon
(weapons can "combo" hiting up to 9 times in a row, with just 1 turn)... there it was not such thing as EXP; you never knew when status grew... note that when agility is increased strenght is decreased; trying to balance things... the ploy was also simple... some war orphans reveal against the army of darkness; this game was more easier because you could increase your strengths as you wished... the bad part is that 68% of the game is incresing your character powers so they can survive what's next... the music was nothing to write home about; but it was a very good improvement from FF1.
Not released on the US.
Final Fantasy III: Here is when we beggin with the cristals matters, with the Chocobos (can't recall if they where on FFII) and some other classic stuffs; music is now a lot better; it was appealing to me... plot was similar; warriors of light that are summoned to fight the evil... but the game did knew how to keep things interestings... when you thought that you conquered the world; at the end that "world" was nothing but an small floatating island in a MUCH MORE larger world... you have the "Job" system from FFT and FFV; the game was more balanced and tough enemies where hard, they where not imposible; note that there it was a nice number of side quests, unlike the other 2 FFs; a interesting thing was that the party could be accompanied by another person; that person did not fight but you could talk to him/her, they where usually
guides or they holded items or knowledge of any use to you.
Not released on the US.
S.N.E.S.
Final Fantasy IV: Now we are talking; the main character is a dark knight; EVIL, well, he was against the evil deeds that the king had for him; anyway, many people know the ploy of this game and I must say that it was satisfactory; the music was also inspiring and there it was a very decent quantity of
characters; tough you could not keep them all... note than in the US version many commands for your characters where lost and most of the difficulty was driven away (tough still was decently hard)... there it was some good turns on the ploy, unexpected allies, proud and honorable enemies (not many, tough)and nice character desing.
This game was released on the US as FFII.
Final Fantasy V: My, my lightnings rampage on my mind when I recall this baby; the ploy was simple on your side, chossen warriors against evil; on the other side ploy was more insteresting, betrayal, allies, the game
sometimes "fool" you that you are on the last maze, but you are wrong; you still lack 14 hours of play :)... there it was many subquest, in fact in the "last world" there it where only subquest, not any escential maze that where reglamentary to go to the end.
There where 4 characters with the job system, special note on the blue magic, there where like 26 blue spells; and they where mostly pretty good... music was better than in the previous game and the difficulty... let me make some notes on the legendary toughness of FF V; the game itself was decently hard; but the last maze... I got to descrive it; it was an alternative universe called "The Void"... and in that place... there where... 17 bosses, yes, 17 bosses... and the maze itself was still very large; but I got to make another stop to describe my two favourites 'pets'... they are Shinryuu & Omega.
Well, Shinryuu... he was an alternative enemy that could be avoided... he was on level 97 and, well; to begin with, he cast "tidal wave" (leviatan summon action) at the beggining of the fight, making like 9200 of damage to all the party... that is before you have a chance to move...if any character block this attack THEN the fight may begin, and let me tell you that this dragon can move 16 times in the time your time bar fills, and while you are selecting turns; even in the wait setting; he can move another 4 times... note that this guy use a lot of status attacks and status defences to himself, he really likes to use "old" status that reduce your levels quickly... no matter how quick you heal it; you will at least lose 2 every time he cast it... the fight was rough; it took me 40 minutes to slay the thing... note that this creature use rarelly an attack called "Diamon Breath" (saw it once in like 1 year of fighting this guy)... this magic takes 9900 damage and leaves you on what I call degen (remember FF7 regen... now thing of that as it where
damage, that's degen); plus the previous moves he takes.
Well; Omega... another alternative enemy; note that he was on level 137; this robot will counter attack ANYTHING YOU do, and won't counter attack once; he will hit twice any character (not necesarily the one who hited him); any of the 2 counter attacks he can do take like 3400 damage... since after
15 hours of increasing your level with the game most bitching enemies your HP is like 5000; you are not too happy about this... note that this guy moved like 3 times before you moce once... the good thing is that in order to touch him you have to "share his pain"; that is, cast reflect on 3 party
members and and reflect a magic on all the 4; Omega and 1 party memeber will recieve damage; but if you bounce a single hitting or bounce the 4 hits of the spell, he will counter attack... belive me; I have tried EVERYTHING and this is the only way to avoid his counter attacks... note that when
his HP reachs a certain number (the half, I thing) he will cast Quake + Surge Beam;
and if you are not floating that is 13000 damage and degen to the party... that enraged me SO MUCH the first time he used this... the fight with this guy lasted 1 hour.
When I FINALLY slayed the two; I realized that I used 76 elixirs, 26 phoenix down and 32 remedies... that is why I think these guys are the toughest on the FF saga; because I keep a "record" of the battles.
This game was not released on the US.
FF VI: Haaaaa... we sure know this game, don't we???... the poetry; the drama; the feeling... I have played most of the FF recently and I have to say that tough X and VII have cool storylines; they can not compare to the detail level of this game... as Onslaught says, this game is made with
the heart... the thing why I like so much this game is becuase FINALLY I found RPG characters for me (I also found it on BoF games); as you suspect; I like the 'freak' type of character... Mog; Gau; Umaro; Gogo; Strago... they where great; but we also had or fair amount of style within the party... Celes; Edgar; Sabin... you just need to pick... the storyline did knew how to keep things insteresting... I got to said that the Floating Continent is the scene that I have enjoyed the most on any RPG... I like
the "first world" so much; that I usually score 40 hours on it... I just don't wnat to leave... HAGH; enough taste and more analisys; another good point is that the game leaves open the room for leadership; you 'turn' any character on your main once you reach the "the end of world"; no character is mandatory... also the esper system was easy to power up and understand... there are a good share of subquests... but the only trouble I can say about the game is the lack of difficulty... the oposition always does their best; but they are fated to lose with the strenght of your characters; even the Magimaster; the "strongest" alternative enemy is easily dipatched and the danger of his "Ultima trap" is easily avoided with life 3.
This game was released on the US as FFIII.
PSX:
Final Fantasy VII: It think is pointless to make such deep research on a game that most people know all of it... just a funny thing; the Ruby and Emerald weapons where originally invented by Square US; also Square of US "censored" a kiss on the ending, the Japanese version of the game was
pretty easy, but with the "full ending"... when Square of japan knew that the alternative weapons where so tough and added so much to the game they shortly released another version of the game; where the Ruby and Emerald weapons where stronger and Sephiroth was even stronger than those two weapons; and of course that game as the "full ending".
Final Fantasy VIII: Well; I did only played to the second CD when one of my friends wnated to borrow the game, so I handed it over... just one thing; I developed the ability to draw magic while my brain was sleeping; tough I do not say that the game is bad; jsut that was tiresome.
Final Fantasy IX: Have not played.
Final Fantasy X: I know something of it; enough to make an short analisys; but I feel lazy right now and I don't want to spoil.
The other FFs; FFT is well know and FFMQ has nothing to say... simple game.
[this message was edited by Toxico on Sat 2 Mar 22:47] |
| Time Mage
226th Post
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| "Omega & Shinryu = not so difficult" , posted Sun 3 Mar 08:33
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Well, Shinryuu... he was an alternative enemy that could be avoided... he was on level 97 and, well; to begin with, he cast "tidal wave" (leviatan summon action) at the beggining of the fight, making like 9200 of damage to all the party... that is before you have a chance to move...if any character block this attack THEN the fight may begin, and let me tell you that this dragon can move 16 times in the time your time bar fills, and while you are selecting turns; even in the wait setting; he can move another 4 times... note that this guy use a lot of status attacks and status defences to himself, he really likes to use "old" status that reduce your levels quickly... no matter how quick you heal it; you will at least lose 2 every time he cast it... the fight was rough; it took me 40 minutes to slay the thing... note that this creature use rarelly an attack called "Diamon Breath" (saw it once in like 1 year of fighting this guy)... this magic takes 9900 damage and leaves you on what I call degen (remember FF7 regen... now thing of that as it where
damage, that's degen); plus the previous moves he takes.
Well; Omega... another alternative enemy; note that he was on level 137; this robot will counter attack ANYTHING YOU do, and won't counter attack once; he will hit twice any character (not necesarily the one who hited him); any of the 2 counter attacks he can do take like 3400 damage... since after
15 hours of increasing your level with the game most bitching enemies your HP is like 5000; you are not too happy about this... note that this guy moved like 3 times before you moce once... the good thing is that in order to touch him you have to "share his pain"; that is, cast reflect on 3 party
members and and reflect a magic on all the 4; Omega and 1 party memeber will recieve damage; but if you bounce a single hitting or bounce the 4 hits of the spell, he will counter attack... belive me; I have tried EVERYTHING and this is the only way to avoid his counter attacks... note that when
his HP reachs a certain number (the half, I thing) he will cast Quake + Surge Beam;
and if you are not floating that is 13000 damage and degen to the party... that enraged me SO MUCH the first time he used this... the fight with this guy lasted 1 hour.
When I FINALLY slayed the two; I realized that I used 76 elixirs, 26 phoenix down and 32 remedies... that is why I think these guys are the toughest on the FF saga; because I keep a "record" of the battles.
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Omega was cake, just equip some fire absorbing rings, and use magic sword+lightning3 that deals 9999 damage a slash to Omega at fairly low levels(~45). Then, just heal a lot and attack when you can.
Shinryu was (in a first aprroach) more difficult, I beat it at ~lv55, but that just because I didn't used until then one thing: coral rings. This little marvels protected or absorbed many elements, making his water and lightning attacks nothing to worry about, and after that, only equip two swords and whack him with on elemental weapons!! He was easier than Omega, once coral rings used.
^_^ I'm the best.
Time has come... crash down on the wicked! Meteor!
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| Toxico 1529th Post
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| "PECADOR!!, hur, Shinryuu & Omega." , posted Sun 3 Mar 08:42
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" Omega was cake, just equip some fire absorbing rings, and use magic sword+lightning3 that deals 9999 damage a slash to Omega at fairly low levels(~45). Then, just heal a lot and attack when you can.
Shinryu was (in a first aprroach) more difficult, I beat it at ~lv55, but that just because I didn't used until then one thing: coral rings. This little marvels protected or absorbed many elements, making his water and lightning attacks nothing to worry about, and after that, only equip two swords and whack him with on elemental weapons!! He was easier than Omega, once coral rings used.
^_^ I'm the best.
"
It was at level 66... and that was on ROM, SNES or PSX1??? because theyu are harder on the ROM... and tough I am complaining I still slayed the things...
The other guys in my town share that tough of them being bitching.
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| Time Mage
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| "PECADOR DE LA PRADERA!! JAARL!!" , posted Sun 3 Mar 14:17
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" quote:" Omega was cake, just equip some fire absorbing rings, and use magic sword+lightning3 that deals 9999 damage a slash to Omega at fairly low levels(~45). Then, just heal a lot and attack when you can.
Shinryu was (in a first aprroach) more difficult, I beat it at ~lv55, but that just because I didn't used until then one thing: coral rings. This little marvels protected or absorbed many elements, making his water and lightning attacks nothing to worry about, and after that, only equip two swords and whack him with on elemental weapons!! He was easier than Omega, once coral rings used.
^_^ I'm the best.
"
It was at level 66... and that was on ROM, SNES or PSX1??? because theyu are harder on the ROM... and tough I am complaining I still slayed the things...
The other guys in my town share that tough of them being bitching.
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I beat FF5 using ZSNES. So, yes, I beat it in the ROM. My friends said that they were impossible... Mwahahaha!! They're easy once prepared. I even beat Omega without mastering all the jobs...
And, Why it was harder in the ROM?
Time has come... crash down on the wicked! Meteor!
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