You all make me feel so old. My first rpg ever was the original FF on the NES, I think it was really FF3 in Japan. At first I wasn't too crazy about it but I liked the monk class (nunchuks, Square where are my nunchuks? I want them back). I nearly beat the game before having to give it back to a friend. Then later a SNES came out and I bought FF2 aka FFIV. Omg I was hooked forever, geat game great story, character deaths that made me scream in front of my tv (Palom and Porum!). The biggest badass I've ever seen in a game at the time: Kain MF'in Highwind. Yeah that MF'n part is really not in his name but my god does it belong there. Speed up to later where FFVI came out and the story of that game and its character roster still to this day is the absolute best out of any FF game I've ever played or seen. The soundtrack the story, the exploration just everything. Fifteen characters, all of them interesting. All of them. The best soundtrack imo in all of the FF games. That game sucked in hours of my days. I remember my mother coming into my room and hearing the map music and saying "That is really nice music".
Just good times man. It makes me smile as an older FF gamer to see so much love given to FFVI in FFXIV:ARR. I didn't really like the others aside from VIII as I felt they were too railroaded, and the worlds were not as open as the previous NES/SNES versions. I got to try V on emulator and fell in love with that one too due to the fantastic jobs system. The story wasn't the best but with classes like Geomancer and Chemist you didn't care. I also eventually got to try FF Tactics on PSP though I missed the original PS debut. Another classic that I will love forever. Square had me so mesmerized that when I found out about FFVII going to the PS and not the N64 I told my friends "Where Square goes I go". I really feel bad for you guys that missed their SNES classics like FFIV, V, VI, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, really go back and try to play them if you are able. That was Square at its finest imo.
Now lets all collectively wish for a mmo based on the Xenogears, Chrono or Secret of Mana series!
Just good times man. It makes me smile as an older FF gamer to see so much love given to FFVI in FFXIV:ARR. I didn't really like the others aside from VIII as I felt they were too railroaded, and the worlds were not as open as the previous NES/SNES versions. I got to try V on emulator and fell in love with that one too due to the fantastic jobs system. The story wasn't the best but with classes like Geomancer and Chemist you didn't care. I also eventually got to try FF Tactics on PSP though I missed the original PS debut. Another classic that I will love forever. Square had me so mesmerized that when I found out about FFVII going to the PS and not the N64 I told my friends "Where Square goes I go". I really feel bad for you guys that missed their SNES classics like FFIV, V, VI, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, really go back and try to play them if you are able. That was Square at its finest imo.
Now lets all collectively wish for a mmo based on the Xenogears, Chrono or Secret of Mana series!
A good FFXIV lore site: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Eorzea
