That hasn't happened in a while

[jdotmi]

I beat Final Fantasy XIII last night (read 2am). This is one of the few modern (post-Nintendo) FF games I've done in one continuous playthrough, actually. I sorta did it with VII (stopped playing for a few months, and then picked up my old save game), and I did it with X-2, but the rest took multiple times or I havent finished. FFIX is a bad game with a horrible guide, and I stopped 3/4 of the way through XII to go sidequesting and then never got back into the storyline, but my characters are uber in that one! X I finished a year after I bought it when I restarted the game.

So, in my list of FF rankings (only those I've completed), this falls somewhere between VIII and VII. If y'all care, my order (from favorite to least) is VI, X, X-2, VII, XIII, VIII, IV, and I. The ones I own but haven't completed are II, V, and IX, and of the three II and V are the only ones I like. I got nearly to the end of V, and I think I played about 30 minutes of II, but I was on game overload when I bought it. I got to the second disk of IX and went "screw that" and stopped. The only FF game I've played that was worse than that was XI, and that's an online game. And, yes, I'm counting Mystic Quest in that comparison.

Now I get to go do end-game stuff in XIII. And I might actually try to finish XII just to say that I did. :p

Comments

[mat-t.livejournal.com]

I think we've had this conversation before, but what didn't you like about IX? I remember enjoying it...

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

Heh. Where to begin... Strike number one was the utterly moronic guide they put out for it. You know, the one that required you to go online and look things up there using the codes they put in the book to get the actual information? Add to that the fact that VII and VIII had just spent so much time moving the art forward in the series that we suddenly went back to the kid glove look in the game. And the battle/levelling system was clunky with a capital CLUNK.

[aardvarkfloss.livejournal.com]

IX has my favorite character in all of Final Fantasy. Care to venture a guess?

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

If it's one of the main playables I have no clue. Well, okay, other than Vivi, because Vivi is the only thing making me want to finish that game. And I have a big plush Vivi doll, too, so there's that.

give the man a prize

[aardvarkfloss.livejournal.com]

Vivi is the only thing that matters. I have a Vivi doll too. It's not big though. It's a drawer somewhere. my boyfriend at the time gave it to me. You should post a picture of yours.

Re: give the man a prize

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'll have to find it. I think it's in my living room, but last place I saw it it was sitting in a little golden wire sleigh. And it was super cute in it.