09-21-2010, 04:59 PM
I rarely participate in these forums, but I'll make an exception for you mortals, and I'll even lend my opinion. For me, the magic of Final Fantasy has long since bid bon voyage to fans around the world. Most Final Fantasy fans upon hearing that Square's coming out with a new FF game find themselves immediately asking "are they remaking final fantasy 7?" and of course, the answer is always a resounding no. For me, Final Fantasy died a brutal and painful death with number 10 (number 8 gets a honorable mention for the horribly contrived junction system). It just took everything I liked (save for the music) and screwed it all up. I refuse to go on talking about FFX, because that would mean mentioning Tidus the "hero" and "his story". Instead, steering us back in the right direction, after reading a bit of the story, this game immediately strikes me as having some similarities to the beginning of FFIV (track 1 on their site sure pounded that feeling in). All that was missing was the reason as to why the Garlean Empire bothered to invade. Boredom? I don't know, but from there I moved on to see the playable races available....and oh my god! Fucking gnomes/halflings!! Fuck this! The little interest I had in this game is gone. Guess I'll try Guild Wars 2 instead. It looks better anyway.