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DriftRoot
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Personally, I would very VERY much like to see a return of the FF8 characters and story line. FF7 additions are fine as long as they give the other games an equal chance to shine again. Square Enix is sitting on a gold mine with this wonderful series and to not develop them further is simply, IMO, asinine. I don't want to be playing FF30 decades down the road.
I hereby announce myself the first member of the Hot Dog Squad, a nonprofit group dedicated to revitalizing the Final Fantasy series as a whole with a return to the characters and worlds we already know and love (or love to hate). LONG LIVE FINAL FANTASY VIII!!! |
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Anime_Freak
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I'm with Jadress on this one, FF:VII was my first RPG and I loved VII TO DEATH!!!! I was really pissed when SPOILER:spoiler[Sephiroth killed Aeris at the end of Disc 1] Why can't Sephiroth just die and accept defeat and quit reviving himself?! 
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Izlude
Posts: 323 Location: Wherever The Wind Takes Me |
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Heh well I'm not surprized at this announcement, the 7th Final Fantasy was (and still is) very popular in Japan.
I'd love to see a sequal to Final Fantasy Tactics though. |
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Jadress
 Posts: 807 Location: Seattle. It purdy and nerdy! |
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I agree. It's all fine and dandy to keep inventing new worlds and new interesting characters, but you're right- there is so much they can do still with the wonderful things they've already created.. and it's not like they don't have large followings that wouldn't support such ventures..
 I am a consumer whore! ... (and how!)
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littlegreenwolf
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Well, seeing FFX and FF7 get sequels, I know hope VERY VERY MUCH that FF8 will get a sequel since it's my favorite RPG of all time.
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sinistertaco
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That doesn't really seem too likely as FF VII is arguably the least popular of the 3-d Final Fantasy efforts (IX flies under a lot of people's radar's for some reason, but I've seen nowhere near the hate for it that I've witnessed for VIII.) |
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Shiki MSHTS
 Posts: 738 Location: NoVA |
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Much agreed. Of all the FF 3-d games, FFVIII seemed to have the plot with the most potential, but extremely underdeveloped. Laguna backstory please. =/ FFVIII was indeed, a great game. Hell. One of the only ones to really break many of the general molds of a Final Fantasy game. |
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Animefreak08
 Posts: 882 Location: Michigan ftw. |
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Bruce Lee
 Posts: 715 Location: Seattle, Washington |
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Really, I couldn't tell that with your name, Izlude, and all 
Seriously, though, there's a pretty good GBA game called FF: Tactics Advance. Just like the original tactics, but a much simpler story line, and more character/job options. I haven't had much time to play it with my new schedule at work, but so far it's every bit as enjoyable on the small screen. Also, there are some other tactical RPGs on PS2 that have been getting praise - Disgea, Phantom brave, and La Pucelle tactics. These are all supposed to be pretty good, so if you don't have a GBA you might want to try picking up one of these. FFVII was good, but its no FFTactics, or FFIII on SNES. |
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littlegreenwolf
Posts: 4796 Location: Seattle, WA |
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Hate it or love it, I think the fans are pretty much split down the middle with their opinion of this game. I think some fans might not voice their love of the game openly as much though due to the bashing they recieve when they do admit to loving the game. *I and people who agreed with me as it being their favourite game were completely chewed out by FF7 lovers on a certian FF forum that shall remain nameless* Also, in defence for FF8's popularity, Square seemed to of thought the characters for FF8 were popular enough to get at least 2 in Kingdom hearts. The only other FF game to get characters in was 7, and the two latest creations from FFX Tidus and Wakka. FF8 was the only game that had a story I absolutely adored. FF7, nice as it was ground breaking in RPG boundries at the time, truthfully it bored me in story when compared to FF8. I know FF7 fans will probably argue with me, but that there is the main argument of FF fans. I doubt a movie will happen for FF8, but with a sequel game, well, they seem to be trying to cash in their whole FF series now. FF8 had great characters, a great love story, and like said before, a plot with a lot of potential. It didn't end as well as it might of, but it ended well enough in my opinion, and it left plenty open for a sequel. When all is said and done, truthfully FF fans, which game was better in story, FFX, or FFVIII? Also, I don't think I may be the only one to of noticed this, but is it just me, or does the majority of FF8 fans seem to be female? |
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Shiki MSHTS
Posts: 738 Location: NoVA |
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You may be right, though it doesn't really apply to me. Another thing really, is FF8 seemed to be the only game, possibly in the entire series, that emphasized a romance. This could have been a turn off to many FF fans or people in general (and not a very good reason to be turned off either...). And another thing I just randomly thought of, but there is no way a Buster Sword is cooler than a Gunblade. Personally, I think the Gunblade is one of the coolest weapons in any game that I've ever played as of yet. Gunblade > Buster Sword. =P [purely opinion people...] |
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darkhunter
 Posts: 2992 Location: Los Angelas |
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I've played almost every RPG ever released here in the states and FF7 is probably the best RPG ever concieved. It got a ton of people who wasn't interested in RPG to actually play and love rpg. The material feature was way better than the "draw" feature. Plus the world of FF7 was really well done. spoiler[My favorite part Flash back part on the moutain path, using Sephiroth].
FF8 was good, but the romance was kind of cheesy. Squall being the loner silent type is annoying at times. Even though FF7 didn't focus on romance, it had a intriguing and complex love triangle. |
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Shiki MSHTS
Posts: 738 Location: NoVA |
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Erhmmm... materia. Personally, the battle system is one of the reasons I think FFVII is highly overrated. The materia system is no more than spell casting and summoning at a very very basic level. Many of the games before had similar or much better magic systems (mmmmm... magicite & espers.). FFVIII's draw system was probably one of the most unique methods of magic and summoning of heck, almost any RPG out there. And it worked pretty well too. And about the depth of the world and making new RPG's, ther are a few good reasons for that. First off all, it was Square's entrance into the world of 3-D Final Fantasy, which was a major thing which attracted both hardcore fan and newcomer. It's natrual that the 3-d world attracted people, as it was decently good. |
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Ataru
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*Yawns* Let me guess. Final Fantasy VII-2.
 Now how about Final Fantasy 1-6, 8-9, BUT that would be asking too much, then people will get upset, thus the fall of Final Fantasy. I'm happy that 7 is getting it's -2, even though I hate 7.
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Wyvern
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Remember back in the old days when the next three or so FF's would be in development at once, (in varying stages of course) and they all had different storylines? I think what may be happeneing here is that Square's always had an unwritten rule that they only do three FF's per system.
This isn't a bad policy, because ever since FFVII the series has prided itself on having incredible, envolope-pushing graphics, but there's only so much you can do on a piece of hardware before you have to graduate to the next one to offer the same level of pizzaz. With FFXII, they've probably hit the absolute limit of what the PS2 can provide. So until Sony sends out Dev Kits for the PS3, something's gotta pay the bills, and that means sequel, sequel, sequel! Having said that, I hope Square remembers that there were other FF's beside VII. FFIX, for example, ended with a very obvious loose plot thread that just seemed to scream out for a sequel... |
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