FF7 is out and I feel all nostalgic... :)

[Mikedizzy]

FFVII was great...that was my introduction into the series. I came home one day to see my brother playing and saw the part where you are going through the snow. I was hooked and had to go buy it immediately and start playing...I have never looked back and have enjoyed every FF "main" title since. My favorite is a tie between 7 and 8...but 14 is blowing those out of the water (graphics, to a point really help the game). can't imagine playing that on my iphone though...no tablet...guess means no play...damn it.

[Reinfeld]

Did they ever fix magic resist in any iteration of the game or has it been broken since release?

[Ayuhra]

FFVII was a great game but...and here I will get flamed perhaps... It wasn't my favorite RPG of all time or even my favorite Final Fantasy. I wonder if some of its appeal is that it is people's intro to the series...and if that's the reason that's fine! I know many people's favorite Zeldas are whichever one they started on, as it was the freshest experience for them.

I am one of only a small number that prefers IX and X over VII as far as the "modern" FFs go. Where am I going with this......?

IDK.

Can we have a HD remake of IX?

[Daralii]

FFVII was a great game but...and here I will get flamed perhaps... It wasn't my favorite RPG of all time or even my favorite Final Fantasy. I wonder if some of its appeal is that it is people's intro to the series...and if that's the reason that's fine! I know many people's favorite Zeldas are whichever one they started on, as it was the freshest experience for them.

I am one of only a small number that prefers IX and X over VII as far as the "modern" FFs go. Where am I going with this......?

IDK.

Can we have a HD remake of IX?

More 9 stuff in general, really.

A PC port at least.

[RyuRoots]

FFVII was a great game but...and here I will get flamed perhaps... It wasn't my favorite RPG of all time or even my favorite Final Fantasy. I wonder if some of its appeal is that it is people's intro to the series...and if that's the reason that's fine! I know many people's favorite Zeldas are whichever one they started on, as it was the freshest experience for them.

I am one of only a small number that prefers IX and X over VII as far as the "modern" FFs go. Where am I going with this......?

IDK.

Can we have a HD remake of IX?

A small number, really? I seem to see people banging on about IX everywhere I go, not that I understand *how* people find it engaging.

[ChazNatlo]

A small number, really? I seem to see people banging on about IX everywhere I go, not that I understand *how* people find it engaging.

Different folks, different strokes, Though yeah, I do tend to see a huge love for IX. Most of the time I read about VII, It's someone informing the masses that it is awful and that they should spend their time playing something else, like trashing VII is how you get to hang with the cool kids at recess. ((This thread doesn't count. I'm talking about SPONTANEOUS VII bashing. This is a thread about it, so stating a dislike of it is just commenting on the discussion.))

My personal opinion, the game is at it's strongest while you're still in Midgar, though it is still good after you leave it.

Edit: I am keenly aware that my rant on people ranting about VII is pretty much like a hipster ranting about hipsters.

[Voltyblast]

I think the issue with VII (and also VIII), is that it's not aged well in terms of graphics and gameplay.

With the exception of the first 3 games (I'm not speaking of remakes in this case, but the original release themselves), IV-V-VI are way better in terms of aged graphics: sure they are 2D and the controls are clunky but they're at least very charming to look at and very colorful; VII on the other hand is a mess now, with its weird looking 3D characters that just don't feel right in this time and can make someone cringe in nuisance. VIII is fine graphically, but IX? It's very bright, colorful, and it's a reminiscent of the old releases with a proper fantasy setting which is something that, for the exception of XII, we won't see ever again. Unless you count X too.

In terms of gameplay it's also another issue: all of the games prior to VII and VIII had unique character with their unique skills that settled them apart from the others; yes V had the job system, potentially making everyone the same, but you could still customize their skills to make hybrids. In VII and VIII however, each character is a blank slate with only their limit breaks separating them apart and that also gave me troubles to enjoy the combat nowadays: whenever one left the team, I just used his or her materia on someone else without much difference in terms of damage and hp, something that made me hate XII too since you had 6 characters but they were virtually the exact same character. IX and X on the other hand used the old way, with X giving the chance of customizing their skills by learning other characters' ones.

TL;DR IX is more like the old FF games. I liked the old FF games. Hence my /thumbsup!

[Ayuhra]

VII is still a fine, fine game don't get me wrong, I've played it more than once and I own Advent Children. I just need more Zindane Tribal and Kuja in my life. That game was nuts in a way I really loved.

I liked VIII too, actually, but it was probably the weakest game for me. VIII and XIII.

[Synestra]

infact my favourite is 9.

9 and 8 are propably most underrated FF's out there, 9 was imo one of the best if not best FF game ever made(chocobo hot&cold, best mini-game ever, why its not in XIV yet? we already have treasure maps), only good thing in 7 was materia system and weapon bosses.

[RhoKry]

I get so nostalgic everytime I think of the Honey Bee Inn and bathing with all the muscular guys in the hot tub together!

So yummy, I wish there was something like that in FFXIV!