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by DarkAlex » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:21 pm
I loved Final Fantasy and had played 1, 4 (2 US), 5 (Anthology), 6 (3 US), 7, 8, and 9. Then I played 10 and lost all faith in Square as a game company. It graphically excellent but completely lacked the things that I had come to enjoy in the Final Fantasy series.
****I'm sorry, this is a rant/spoiler, do not feel obligated to read it*****
The ATB was a huge advance in gameplay, why would anyone go back to turn-based? The fact that you could sub players in and out of battle made it ridiculously and effectively eliminated the need to plan for battle. The lack of an overland map made the world seem as small as it really was. The Sphere Grid, while an interesting concept, permitted everyone to know everything and helped lower the value of character classes. Ex. My Tidus knew all of the white magic before Yuna. The ratio of cool characters to sucky characters was so low that I couldn't form a party without including a sucky character. (Cool = Auron, .5*Rikku) (Sucky = rest) In FFVII I had to go out of my way to form a sucky party (Sucky = Cait Sith, .5*Aerith) (Cool = rest) Also I hated Yuna and stopped playing FFX for 2 months when I got to Zanarkand and she didn't die.
*********************Whoo, rant done*************************
As for Final Fantasy Unlimited, I have heard a few good things, a few bad things, and a few things that say it is just Square name-whoring.