WAS ANYONE ELSE HERE DISAPPOINTED WITH FF 6?

I never really fell in love with any of Square's classics, but I also didn't play many of them till I was into my late teens or early 20's, when I had become less impressionable and less patient. My personal favorite RPG from that era of game development is probably Phantasy Star IV, for the sake of comparison, which had much higher quality localization - and writing - in general.

author=Sailerius
There was tons of character interaction in Chrono Trigger, it was just bland, cliche, and forgettable.

As the master of bland, cliche and forgettable character interactions, you'd know best, Sai.

author=Sailerius
There was tons of character interaction in Chrono Trigger, it was just bland, cliche, and forgettable.

So you're the Angel rape guy, right?

author=LockeZ
Um, I can only assume you couldn't see any dialogue because you had the bottom third of the screen covered up by a coffee table that was in front of your TV, or else your memory is terrible.

It can admittedly kinda seem that way really really early in Chrono Trigger, when there are only two party members, just because Crono doesn't talk. I... don't know why Crono doesn't talk. In some RPGs, the protagonist doesn't talk so that the player feels like the protagonist is an extension of himself or herself, not a unique character with a personality of its own. It's to let you project your own emotions, decisions and actions, instead of being told what you feel and say and do. But Crono has a personality of his own, even without speaking. Marle and Lucca explain their beliefs, tell Crono what he needs to do, and he silently agrees with them. He fist-pumps in celebration and draws his weapon in defiance and sacrifices his life to save his friends, without the player's input. Characters ask him questions, and then respond as if he answered, without the player choosing an answer. You have no more control over him than you have over Terra or Cloud. So he's not a "silent protagonist," he just... uses sign language or something.

But even with the weirdness of Crono not talking, you can't claim there's no character interaction, holy shit! That's like saying "I can't recall the original Star Wars trilogy having too much character interaction, at least not like in the Dungeons and Dragons movie."

Man, someone should remake CT exactly but have Crono actually talking and interacting with his crew. It could only make the game better (as long as said creator was a decent writer). I'd play (replay?) the fuck out of it~

You know, it's odd the way I found my way to the older FF games. I never played CT or FF6 until after I played FF7 and Suikoden 1/2, but they both remain near the top of my games list even after all this time (granted, they're fighting with Suikoden II, Lufia II, Breath of Fire II, Terranigma, Okami, FF7 and a few other games like Skyrim and Fallout 3.)

And, yeah, I liked FF5 but I've never been able to finish it for some reason. I'd always get to another world and just tank some time after the submarine. Or tank right near the end (not unlike Mother 3 or Earthbound, actually). I like the characters but not as much as I like the ones from FF4 or FF6.

I dunno, the crew from 4 just interacted really well together and while there was a lot of variance in your party, they always took time to get to know each other and interact. Same with 6 - bar a couple of characters, the main crew interacted a lot and you could see them growing closer as their journey went forward.

author=Corfaisus
You're saying a game is better for having shit gameplay if it is essentially a visual novel. "Young and impressionable gamers"? Excuse me, what? FF5 takes the cake in terms of what constitutes a good, satisfying game; FF6 is 100% nostalgia. I say this because I can still fully enjoy FF5 today (even after putting it under weighty criticism) while doing the same to FF6 results in me giving up sometime before the battle with Sabin's(?) nemesis in that one mountain that I can't for the life of me remember or care about. Even FF7 as a game I "grew up with" is just terrible today as the thing is designed like a monkey on a stepladder. Seriously, it goes right up there next to Super Mario 64 in "games that used to be phenomenal. The fact that you summed it up to appealing to "teenagers" (the most angsty, uncertain time in a person's life) just shows that it's a piece of shit. That'd be like praising Myspace and My Chemical Romance for giving you a place to scream when no one else "gets" you.

Maybe you weren't paying attention if you thought FF5 was just a "hodge-podge" (or, more likely, you've never actually played it)? While the last thing I would use to describe FF6 is "easily-digestible" on account of the fact that I can't keep it down.

Your post sounds like you're pissed off for some reason. Breathe.

Yes, I have played FF5. Many, many times. In fact, I've performed the game's OST by memory multiple times for interested audiences. If you're trying to make a point, accusing me of not having played it is not the way to go.

I like music from all FF games (but not every single song), and music from Earthbound... Earthbound is a completely different game from Final Fantasy, so in my thinking one soundtrack can't be better/worse than the other, because they're just different, and for a different purpose.

I haven't played much of 6 so I can't compare it to the others in the series I have played. I do love 9, though I like 7 - 10 in general.

I think all of the Final Fantasy games after Final Fantasy 3 (original FF3 not FF6 in America). They each had their own charm to them, and I LOVE charm in video games. But, I think the charm was more prevalent from FF6 and forward, because FF4 and 5 stuck with a medieval fantasy setting. But in FF6, you have a steampunk setting, which I thought was really unique for a SNES RPG. FF7 had a futuristic dark-pastel theme. I actually thought the blocky characters really made it charming, for the undisproportionness (not a word :( ) of the character models made it seem more anime. In FF8, you have a more cyberpunk theme with proportional characters. Though that game is great, don't get me wrong, I utterly despise the junctioning. It was too much to keep track of and even though it did give you free customization, I could never use that to create what each character would be best for :(. FF9 (my favorite) went back to the fantasy theme, but the art style and diverse characters made it very cartoony. Not really anime, but just cartoony. FF10 was the first real 3D environment game in the series, and its charm is being really quirky. You have this kind of primitive world (which is primitive because of Sin who wants to destroy technological advancements) but the more populated buildings are very intricate and actually kinf od futuristic in architecture. Plus it focused a lot on its religion, which made the characters have a real "faith" and "moral limit" instead of just doing whatever they want like in other MOBAs. FF12 (which I feel is a highly underestimated game). Really reminds me of those fantasy MMOS, but with futuristic technology. You still have armor-clad warriors with swords fighting, but you also have magic and magic technology, and I think that game really brought out its battle aspect, escpecially since the entire thing is about a war. FF13 was futuristic (and I also think it was underestimated) but still had many elements of fantasy and, personally, I love its battle system.

author=Mr_TagoMago

author=IcyJK913
I think all of the Final Fantasy games after Final Fantasy 3 (original FF3 not FF6 in America). They each had their own charm to them, and I LOVE charm in video games. But, I think the charm was more prevalent from FF6 and forward, because FF4 and 5 stuck with a medieval fantasy setting. But in FF6, you have a steampunk setting, which I thought was really unique for a SNES RPG. FF7 had a futuristic dark-pastel theme. I actually thought the blocky characters really made it charming, for the undisproportionness (not a word :( ) of the character models made it seem more anime. In FF8, you have a more cyberpunk theme with proportional characters. Though that game is great, don't get me wrong, I utterly despise the junctioning. It was too much to keep track of and even though it did give you free customization, I could never use that to create what each character would be best for :(. FF9 (my favorite) went back to the fantasy theme, but the art style and diverse characters made it very cartoony. Not really anime, but just cartoony. FF10 was the first real 3D environment game in the series, and its charm is being really quirky. You have this kind of primitive world (which is primitive because of Sin who wants to destroy technological advancements) but the more populated buildings are very intricate and actually kinf od futuristic in architecture. Plus it focused a lot on its religion, which made the characters have a real "faith" and "moral limit" instead of just doing whatever they want like in other MOBAs. FF12 (which I feel is a highly underestimated game). Really reminds me of those fantasy MMOS, but with futuristic technology. You still have armor-clad warriors with swords fighting, but you also have magic and magic technology, and I think that game really brought out its battle aspect, escpecially since the entire thing is about a war. FF13 was futuristic (and I also think it was underestimated) but still had many elements of fantasy and, personally, I love its battle system.

FF 3 is so underrated.

I've never played it :( did I say it was "bad"? I apologize, it's just I've never played it or seen anything about it before. :)