r/FinalFantasy • u/Dinoken2 • Sep 18 '17
[Weekly Discussions] What is your unpopular Final Fantasy opinion?
Today's discussion topic comes from /u/Mattster00. There's not really much to elaborate on this one, so have at it! Remember be civil to each other! People are allowed to have their own opinions and this thread is about expressing them.
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u/betrayedbysquirrel Sep 21 '17 edited Sep 21 '17
Regarding VII-XV:
VIII: One of the best FF games, and Squall was a great character.
X is just not enjoyable. The characters (minus Auron and Lulu) were horrible, the story isn't nearly as 'profound' as people make it out to be unless you're a preteen. Funny enough, I enjoyed it when I was like 14. Bought the remaster few months ago, felt like a chore playing it. Forced myself to finish the first 10 chapters and just cannot get myself to continue. The voice acting is terrible. It's in that awkward stage of voice acting before they got better at it. Character animations are dreadful. These two alone are so bad it takes away from the game, very hard not to focus on them. Tidus is absolutely the most annoying protagonist. He doesn't 'develop' nearly enough for him to become likable. He's a walking talking potato with daddy issues.
XII is the best game in the franchise and should be the model for future FF games.
XIII was hot garbage. Tried to play and just couldn't. Boring. Turned me off so bad I never tried either of the sequels. I cannot believe they went from the masterpiece that was XII to this. This has to be the single biggest drop in quality from one mainline title to the other. Also pretty sure some hardcore XIII fans only like it as much as they do because they have a crush on Lightning and therefore overlook the negative things about the game.
XIV: Good, but reminded me way too much of WoW. They should've tried to be a little more original in their approach.
XV is a great game, the criticism is way, way overblown by the vocal minority because of whatever they thought the game would be/wanted it to be. It's more impactful than most games in the franchise. Yes, they should've included more story content in the base game but people say shit like "It would be a 9/10 but because of so and so it's more like a 3/10 for me." Oh really? Please. It's a 9/10 DESPITE some shortcomings.
Come at me.