New FFXV Details

Since everyone else is...

FF1: Only played the Dawn of Souls version to the finish. Enjoyed it well enough.

FF2: Never touched it.

FF3: Ditto.

FF4: I still run through this one once a year or so. It's the first Final Fantasy I played and still one of my favorites... though things start getting a little out of hand when you're sent to the freakin' moon.

FF5: Another one I really enjoyed even with its severely imbalanced classes and lack of character development. The class system is what really shines about this game, despite the aforementioned imbalances.

FF6: I'll refrain from commenting on this one for the same reasons Lockirby did.

FF7: Despite the clunky materia system and poor storytelling, it was decent enough. Can't say I really liked any of the characters, either... which makes me wonder what exactly I do like about this game.

FF8: Ugh. I trudged my way through crappy characters, a horrible story, and the abysmal junction system only to finally put this game down for well over a year after the sickeningly awful orphanage scene. I did pick it back up and force myself to finish it out of sheer stubbornness. Luckily, it's absurdly easy, so it wasn't much of a chore aside from the fact that it's just a terrible, awful, no good, very bad game.

FF9: I enjoyed what I played, but I put it down after disc 3 for some reason. This is one I keep meaning to go back to and finish.

FF10: In general, terrible voice acting doesn't bother me too much, so I was able to set that aside and thoroughly enjoy this one. It has what is probably my favorite FF battle system, and I really like the sphere grid, even though it eventually suffers the same issues so many other FFs do - all the characters end up more or less the same toward the end. That said, none of the characters really stood out to me, and the story was decent, but nothing special. I've not played much of FF10-2, but from what I have played I think I'll enjoy the class system (despite the stupid terminology) and not much else about it.

FF11: Never played it.

FF12: The reason FF8 is only the runner-up for worst main series FF game. There was literally nothing about this game that I enjoyed. The characters were bland and uninteresting and the gameplay is virtually non-existent, but both of those pale in comparison to the utter disaster that is the license grid. I didn't play enough of the game to comment on the story, so I'll end it there. Despite my abhorrence of this game, it's another one I intend to go back and finish at some point, just to see if I can glean what people seem to like about it so much.

FF13: I didn't hate it, I didn't love it. Dull story, dull characters, and a battle system that had promise in theory but was poorly-executed. FF13-2 is slightly better in that regard, though it was a really weird story (time travel) and the cast remains dull. I've not yet played much of LR, so I can't comment much on it.

FF14: I actually quite enjoyed this one, but the terrible MMO community drove me off. It had pretty typical MMO gameplay with a few unique aspects, gorgeous settings and character models with fluid animations, and I really liked the storytelling, but unfortunately, people are assholes, and I got tired of dealing with assholes in my eight years of playing WoW.

FF15: Haven't seen much on it (intentionally), but I'll probably buy it anyway when I get bored of the games I currently have, or if the pre-order bonuses are particularly interesting (although really, for me to be interested, all they need to add are a soundtrack and an art book).