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caseofthematts@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Played and beat Final Fantasy 8 for the first time. Bit of an unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed everything about it more than FF7 (which i also played for the first time a few months ago). As a long time JRPG player, the mechanics were really interesting and fresh. I liked the majority of characters more as well. Maybe it’s just the fact that I’m coming to these games 20+ years later and don’t have the nostalgia for them - I’m not sure. I can definitely see why people loved FF7, though I’m not one of them.
I’d love anybodies thoughts on this and their opinions on the two games!
While I didn’t play FF8 yet I can see why that would be the case.
I finished FF7 last year and while I did enjoy my time with it it’s clear how much of a prototype, for lack of a better word, it is as far as 3D JRPGs are concerned. There’s a lot of ambition there but also a feeling they weren’t able (or ready) to pull all of it off at the time.
It didn’t end up among my favorites and titles I tend to replay semi-regularly but I’m glad I got to play it in its original form.
I played 8 then 9 and later 7 and didn‘t like it. But it probably also didn‘t help that it was hard to not get spoilered if you hadn‘t played it already. I already knew some twists so I didn‘t get surprised and played through the whole thing while expecting it.
I loved 8 back then but 9 was just so fucking good I liked it even more. 8 blew me away with its story back then, but 9‘s gameplay resonated more with me and the graphics weren‘t as hard to look at (probably thanks to its comic-y style).
So personally I go 9 > 8 > 7.
On a sidenote, FF pretty much lost me after 10. I did play through all of 15 and I thought it was mediocre at best. The plot holes (you have everyone‘s fucking number but not your fiancees?!) were annoying, the gameplay hardly felt like a FF, the story in general didn‘t do anything (positive) for me. In retrospective I probably would advice myself to not buy it.
(Sick atm so apologies if this is just some confusing rambling)
I’m looking forward to trying out FF9 next. Gonna take a bit of a break, as 45 hours of a FF game are enough for me for the next month or two. I’ve been going through all the mainline Zelda games as well, just reached Ocarina of Time. So I’ll be continuing that until I feel a hankering to go back to FF.
As a kid I played ff8 so much. Truly love that game. While ff7 never really grabbed me.
Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
FF7 came out at the perfect time and it really redefined RPGs in the USA. I know it exposed me to this kind of gameplay and Gabe genre that I had never experienced before. Unless you count some of the NES RPGs. Those never captivated attention like FF7 did.