Win a Free Copy of Dissidia: Final Fantasy Giveaway Thread

I've never really played any psp final fantasy games... never really had a psp, but as soon as I caught wind about this game, I ran out and bought one... with money I didn't necessarily have. =\ It'll totally be worth it tho!

 

yahz..japanese is really difficult to learn. it has many ways of saying the same thing and the same thing can be expressed differently based on the recipient of the message. really complicated stuff

btw, read the news tat dissidia got a low score...who cares anywayz? its a great game imo and i'm sure most pple will still rush to the store to buy it =)

 

I have to say VII. One of the only turn-based RPG's that I actually had fun playing. The characters were some of my favorites, the story was deep. Most importantly, I became attached to the main character, Cloud!! A first for me in RPG's! I remember losing Cloud, and having to play as Tifa. That was okay. Then Cid, that angered me! The materia system is my favorite magic system to date. The only thing I don't understand is how Sephiroth descended into madness. Crisis Core didn't explain it well, or at all for that matter...

 

*SPOILER ALERT*

Sephiroth's decendance into madness is not that hard to understand. In Nibelheim, he found out that he was born to become a monster. Since he was born, he knew absolutely nothing about his mother except what Hojo told him, which was that his mothers name was Jenova. This, however, was untrue. Lucrecia was his mother. He was only injected with Jenova cells while he was still in Lucrecia's womb so that he could become a super soldier. When he found this out, he Locked himself in the Shinra Mansion's basement and read all about the Jenova Project. This infuriated him, and that's how he was driven to madness. I mean, that's a lot to take in! Look at it from his perspective. He found out he's been lied to his whole life and was born to become a monster. That's enough to drive anyone off the deep end. Well, after he came out of the Shinra Mansion, he massacred the town of Nibelheim and the rest is history.

And now, what I really wanted to say...

Another great game in the Final Fantasy series is Final Fantasy: Tactics. I liked quite a few things about it. Like, I've always been fascinated with the zodiac, and to see them personified into horrific monsters who's a$$ I had to kick was pretty awesome. Another thing was that, this game wasn't one that you could win just by being strong enough. It was one that you had to play with a strategic mind. If you just went in and tried to muscle your way through, you probably didn't get too far before you got stuck. And, honestly, I think that one of this game's themes is to believe in what you believe in and do what's right, no matter who's against you. I mean, Ramza was labeled a heretic by the Church of Glabados and was pretty much made the enemy of the entire land of ivalice, just because he found out the Churches secret. And in the end, he didn't recieve any recognition for saving the world. He was still looked down on, and one of his most loyal friends was burned at the stake for telling his story. He did what was right based on what HE believed. Which is definately one of my personal philosophies on life.

*END SPOILER*

 

Thanks, bullbl01, maybe I'm over thinking it, but Angeal was created similarly and he kept his sanity. Maybe that was because Angeal knew his mother.

That's actually great, Logan! I'll admit that a LOT of things in VII are taken from other games, not just FF. But FF VII was the one that gave me a new found respect for FF and RPG's.

I forgot to mention the Sci-Fi aspect in VII, another reason why it's my favorite. It wasn't based in a world with different kingdoms with different crystals.

 

I think VII suffered from what many franchises suffer from when they move to a different console. The producer-developer-whoever got worried the game may have changed so much in some way that the fans may actually not like it. I use Phantom Hourglass as an example. And Metroid Prime Corruption. VII went 3D, had a Sci-Fi setting, and other things. somewhere in there, Square decides to keep some, maybe a lot, of ties to a previous FF (VI) that the fans enjoyed. It worked too! Can't say the same for Phantom Hourglass...

 

Yeah, I agree with Logan. Terra was definitely the main character of 6.

And I think Kefka is a better villain than Sephiroth.
Kefka murdered like a whole castle by poisoning that wah-wah!

 

Well, I can't really argue in favor of Sephiroth here, but he's still my favorite. Don't know why. But I'm curious, if I might could I get your opinions on Genesis and/or Angeal? I have mixed feelings at the moment...

 

Cloud even says that he doesn't ever see Zack use it. There was a short scene in the DWM/DMW (I forget which) where Zack says he uses the side of it... That's gotta be a lie...

 

Square Enix is notorious for (leaving things out/the way they) for the sake of it being cool. The idea of Zack continuing the wear and tear tradition is cool and speaks to his character. Zack actually USING the blunt sides wouldn't have been as cool.

 

I hated Genesis so much. ARGH. And I hated Hollander with his stupid sandals, and chasing his ass around all the time.

Angeal was meh. I mean he's tolerable, but ehhh. Nothing special.