Quote Originally Posted by ChocoPuni View Post
You could just go and play a game where smoking would be fitting. You don't want to. What you want is to find something beautiful and try to pervert it in every way possible so that you would neutralize the positive messages it is sending to you, so that you wouldn't feel bad about yourself. Games like Final Fantasy are there to encourage people to be the best version of themselves, not the worst version.

Smoking is disgusting, very much like drugs (marijuana included) it makes severe negative impact on one's health. So does alcohol, though it's not as damaging. Sugar can have negative impact, as well but again, it's not as damaging.

If you desperately want a game that makes you feel good about doing something immoral or degrading, there's plenty of them. Final Fantasy is not what you're looking for and never will be.
Observably false, starting in Final Fantasy II. Final Fantasy II involves three characters who join a rebel force to overthrow the Empire of Palamecia that has conquered their home nation. These three characters are after revenge for the deaths of their parents. There is a fourth character who is basically an anti-hero, and he spends most of the game on the Empire's side, seeking to take the throne and rule the world, rather than avenge his parents.

Final Fantasy VII, you take on the role of a mercenary working for Eco-Terrorists and bomb the magical equivalent of a geothermal power plant, killing hundreds of innocents right at the beginning of the game. Again, the desire to stop the villain is more personal than heroic. The lofty heights of world saving are merely a by-product of another personal revenge story, and this time innocents are caught in the crossfire.

These are just two examples. There are many others. There are also individual examples in many of the games where more graphic or perverse things are in the game. References to pornography, strip clubs, prostitution, alcohol, smoking, and many other vices all make the list. What's more is that major characters in each game are shown participating in said vices.

Final Fantasy has, on the other hand, always encouraged you to have fun and be adventurous.