Final Fantasy

Music: The Script - Breakeven

As some of you might know, I am currently re-playing Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII. Now why am I doing that? Mostly because I'm really bored, and I'm giving up on Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories for now. Too...eck.

And since I'm re-playing them (also I'm running out of things to blog about)...I've decided to blog about all the Final Fantasies I've ever played, starting with....


Ahh, the final fantasy that started all the craze, if I'm not wrong, all thanks to one silly spiky-haired dude called Cloud Strife =P Now if you've actually played the game, you know what I'm talking about. To all Advent Children fans...Cloud was not all that cool in the game itself. I mean, he was literally an idiot for 3/4 of the game, and in that final 1/4 he was surprisingly talkative, shocking even Yuffie...unbelievable I know.

Anyway, the game itself. Quite fun to play (I'm still not done with it though), the in-game graphics were um, quite advanced back then, in 1997. However, compared to everything else (I played FF8 and FF9 before FF7 btw)...it looks bad enough. All the characters are okay, my favourites being Vincent and Yuffie. And fancy Cloud crossdressing XD

Last but not least, (probably the best part of the game)...*drumroll* the ultimate villain of recent times...SEPHIROTH!



The first FF I've ever played, way back in 2002. And you know what, I restarted this one about like ten times, and accidentally deleted one file that was already on the fourth disc! Tragic, I know. I'm not done with this as well. Stuck at the final battle again. Seriously, Ultimecia is the WORSE final boss ever. But her castle's awesome =D

Squall and Rinoa - great couple, but as far as singular characters go, they all fall flat. Quistis is...bleh, Selphie's boring, Zell and Irvine are okay though. Nice battle system, great sidequests, awesome GFs (aeons and espers for none FF8 players). I think this is my favourite FF...lol.



The FF with my favourite female lead. I think I must be the only one who likes Princess Garnet Til Alexandrios XVII aka Dagger the best. She's the prettiest and the sweetest to me anyway. (Isn't she pretty? =D) And she got the best ending out of everyone else too. Zidane was a fresh choice for the male lead too, after both emo Cloud and Squall. He's cheerful, he's cute, and he has a tail! (Sigh, why is Romi Paku voicing him in Dissidia? Seems rather unsuitable to me) Sadly the other characters are all pointless.

Kuja is one...un-imaginative villain, and quite pointless too. The last battle was very silly, Necron just appeared out of nowhere, seriously. Also the easiest FF ever. I completed it twice...the second time I finished off everything, including all the sidequests and stuff. Crazy huh. Love the graphics, it was fantastic for the PS1.


Tidus and Yuna, sigh. Hands down, the best Final Fantasy couple ever. Tidus alone, on the other hand...wow. I've forgotten how annoying he was until I replayed it a few days ago. The side characters rock though, Lulu with her...assets, Wakka (voice actor is Dr. Drakken from Kim Possible!), Kimahri (same voice actor too), Rikku and Auron.

Has the best story too, I think. Tidus walks (runs?) really slow though. Not as bad as Magna Carta, but slow enough for me to feel like strangling him or something. Another bleh final battle. The quality of final battles definitely went down the drain since Ultimecia. You can't even die from this battle, auto-life goes on forever.



Somehow I just can't take this game seriously. It's just too silly for words, what with Rikku and Yuna being all childish, and Paine for actually bearing with them for so long. Only thing good about the whole game is the ending...well, the good endings anyway. (And I still have absolutely no idea what sort of ending you got Becky dear!)

There is one place that's quite interesting though - Via Infinito. Now that crazy dungeon is just nuts! And all 100 floors must be completed if one were to aim for 100% completion. Crazy! And the fiends there are anything but easy. Plus, the atmosphere there is creepy too *shudders*


Probably the Final Fantasy with the worse cast ever, with the exception of Balthier. Even though the graphics for FF12 is great, the character designs are just terrible. Vaan is just...some stupid tagalong, together with Penelo, with no relevance to main story. Come to think of it, the lead character should be Ashe, since the whole game is about helping her to claim her rightful inheritance as the ruler of Dalmasca. While getting rid of the nutcase called Vayne along the way. And Balthier's just there to help her out (okay, okay he has his own demons to deal with as well). Fran's part of the Balthier package, so she tags along too. Stupid.

Battle system was a total turn off initially, but you know what, it's actually quite innovative and clever. Saves time too =P The final boss is slightly better than Necron and Yu Yevon, since he is the primary villain and it makes sense to get rid of him in the end. Anyway, this looks to be my second favourite FF in terms of story and the battles. Not to mention the awesome sidequests. Really time-consuming, but quite fun.

If I were to rank the FFs in order of preference, it'll be:

1. FFVIII
2. FFIX
3. FFXII
4. FFVII
5. FFX
6. FFX-2

Best Story - FFX
Best Cast - FFX
Best Battle System - FFVIII
Best Villain - Sephiroth, FFVII
Best Boss Battles - FFVIII
Best Male Lead - Squall, FFVIII
Best Female Lead - Garnet, FFIX & Yuna, FFX
Best Couple - Tidus and Yuna, FFX
Best Graphics - FFIX & FFXII
Best Hair (Male) - Cloud, FFVII
Best Hair (Female) - Yuna, FFX
Best GFs/Aeons/Espers/Summons - FFVIII
Best Sidequests - FFVIII
Most Annoying Male - Vaan, FFXII
Most Annoying Female - Rikku, FFX
Best 'Cid' - FFX & X-2
Best Ending - FFX (even though it's really sad, it was amazing)
Best OST - FFX
Worse OST - FFXII
Easiest FF to Complete - FFIX
Hardest FF to Complete - FFVIII
Most Enjoyable to Play Without Me Getting Frustrated - FFIX
Best Worldmap - FFIX (come on, it was fun! =D)
Best Airship - The Strahl, FFXII & Ragnarok, FFVIII
Best Towns/Cities/Countries/Territories - FFXII (they're all huge...and awesome!)
Best...Chocobos - FFX (cute and easy access)