2007-12-18, 10:00 | Link #1 | |
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On this day, 20 years ago...
...a little game was being released in Japan. It was deemed to be the development company's last work, as the shadow of bankruptcy was being casted upon it. In a display of ironic playfulness, the game's director imparted his final wish, forever engraved in the name of the game.
On December 18, 1987, Final Fantasy was born. Whether you love or hate the series, you can't deny its impact in gaming worldwide, and its main push towards people starting to consider games as a true work of art. I'm remembered of something I heard once, I think in Gametrailers' Final Fantasy Retrospective set of videos: Quote:
So, here's to Final Fantasy, one of the most influential pieces in gaming history. And let the fantasy never end.
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2007-12-18, 18:32 | Link #3 | |
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2007-12-18, 21:24 | Link #6 | ||
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2007-12-19, 01:50 | Link #7 |
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Final Fantasy always led to an epic RPG experience. I mean, you pick it up and you're starting out small, but you know that by the time you're at the final battle the world - perhaps even the universe - is at stake. Chrono Trigger was my first RPG, and it's still my favorite. I've played 8, IX, X, X-2, and after all that - VII. I'm passing on XII, but I did recently pick up FF III for Nintendo DS.
VIII was my favorite, probably because it was my first FF and because at the time it had some amazingly immersive graphics. After playing IX, I was so burned out from being emotionally caught up in worldly struggles that I began seeking RPGs that were a bit simpler, and found Rhapsody (from which I derived my alias). I still enjoy Final Fantasy, but I guess it's begun to feel a bit generic, in some way. My new favorite RPG series to follow is the Megami Tensei series. They don't quite have the epic feel that Final Fantasy does, but they have very interesting storylines and tend to lace their stuff with mythology from various cultures.
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2007-12-19, 06:59 | Link #9 |
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Final Fantasy is overrated. Only two days later a much better game was released, called Phantasy Star. Much better graphics and sound, three planets to explore, a female main character, animated monsters, an interface that isn't clunky, first-person 3D dungeons, and in some ways a better battle engine that has aged better than Final Fantasy's.
People who played Phantasy Star II and IV unspoiled know that Final Fantasy VII wasn't the first game to make you cry. Ever since Final Fantasy VII the series has become a blockbuster RPG series where they throw a lot of money at graphics (especially cut-scenes) and sound, and spoonfeed the story to you. Food for the average angsty teen.
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2007-12-19, 23:18 | Link #11 | |
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What amazes me about FF is how its games can reach out to the casual gamers. Rather than just the hardcore RPG fans. |
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2007-12-19, 23:32 | Link #12 |
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RPGs at their core are boring and repetitive. What sets one RPG from another is the movie qualities about it such as graphics, music, and characters/plot. Because there is very little different between FF1 and FFX in terms of attack=>target monster=>-500
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2007-12-20, 01:32 | Link #14 |
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So, anyone going to get FFIV DS when it comes out in English? Today's the Japanese release and, judging from the impressions so far on the gaming forums I visit, it's pretty good.
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Phantasy Star doesn't have these problems, though the trade-off is that you can't select individual enemies. The backgrounds are great, though. Much better than Final Fantasy's minimalist ones. Quote:
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2007-12-20, 09:49 | Link #16 | ||
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Anyways, I already explained that FF and Square have as many detractors as they have fans, so point taken, PS rocks or whatever, now let me celebrate the anniversary in peace (plus a game-related religious flamewar makes less sense that an emacs vs vi one) Quote:
Me, I can't stand Western RPGs, even being a tabletop RPG fan myself. My point is that it's impossible to convey the implications a tabletop game presupposes with a video game, so I'd better have something else rather than a highly unpolished, failed attempt at mimicking something I can find by gathering all my friends and my set of dice.
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2007-12-20, 20:40 | Link #17 | ||
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I do agree with your definition of RPG. It's just that the word gets thrown around so much as a general term to mean much more than it should be. So I tend to use it like that. |
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2007-12-20, 22:52 | Link #18 | |
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As for other JRPGs becoming mainstream, I think it's happened. When I first got into the Megami Tensei series with Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, I was amazed to find that it was sold out practically everywhere. I think I snagged the last copy from the store I found it at. I'd thought that the franchise was totally unknown, but apparently people follow it rather heavily (the more well-known titles from the Megami Tensei series are the Persona line of games). Arguably Disgaea and some of the other RPGs from Nippon Ichi Software also generate a lot of buzz and become hard to find. Admittedly, part of the scarcity is due to the fact that the games aren't printed and sold in huge numbers. By comparison, Square-Enix floods the market. But what it really comes down to is that Final Fantasy is an established game brand, and it's very unlikely that they could lose it. Even after releasing FFX-2 and receiving a lot of negative sentiments, people were still eager about FFXII.
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Not to mention that there isn't much to celebrate. It was a half-decent game. In the West, Final Fantasy didn't even see the light of day until many years later, and Phantasy Star was released overseas in 1988 and was the West's first console RPG.
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2007-12-21, 13:00 | Link #20 | |
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20 years...Wow...It came out 5 years before I was born...I never knew that..and yet I've played all of them (except for 3 on DS...)...Final Fantasy, may you go on with another 20 years..and beyond!
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