Comment on Final Fantasy III, IV, VIII and IX are now available on GOG

Aielman15@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I was going to say it’s hard to go back to games with random encounters after the genre moved away from the system, but their rereleases usually let you disable them.

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  • Colalextrast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Man, I love random encounters. They feel like an intrinsic part of the genre for me. And I was mildly annoyed by the open-world encounter style in FFXV (latest one I played), partly because I felt consistently incentivized to avoid encounters but running around enemies. But maybe I’m just turning into an old man lol or I have too passive a playstyle

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s legitimately a gem. On par with 6 and 7, without a doubt

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• Auster@thebrainbin.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Played it some years ago. Story felt to be a lot on the weak side, but in retrospect, the gameplay was superb. =D

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• ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’ve played FF X-2, there’s no point in playing another one, right?

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  • Aielman15@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Every final fantasy game is different in terms of gameplay, story and characters, themes, music. If you like the genre, I think it’s worth playing the newer games and rediscovering the older ones. Every entry is unique, and they tend to resonate differently with different people, so it’s hard to point at one and say “play that one, it’s the best”, but IX is usually ranked pretty high among the fanbase. I don’t think it’s the best JRPG ever (that would be Xenogears), but I rank it pretty highly, too.

    I also never played it, but X-2 is (as far as I know) considered pretty mid or even bad by some, so if you’ve been put off by that one, it could be worth playing at least its predecessor.

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Nah, was kind of a joke. I had put off playing FF games for years, and bought X-2 not really knowing FF (was aware of 7) but thinking “it’s the latest one out, so probably the best?”

      About 20 minutes in I realized it was probably not the best introduction to the series.

      Have played a number since.

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