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Topic	Anagram ranks anything Final Fantasy-related (spoilers)
Anagram 11/20/21 2:03:32 AM #92:	He was brilliant... Perhaps too brilliant... Final Fantasy (name): Fantastic name. The alliteration is perfect, it tells you immediately that this is a fantasy series, and it's just a cool name. And yes, everyone knows the story about how they thought it was their last game. It's such a good name that I have to believe it was just an accident of fate or chance, I would actually call this the best name of any video game series I can think of. Aerith dies Blue Magic Spheres 8-Bit Theater Nobuo Uematsu This is the way Final Fantasy VI: I see a lot of people claim this is the best in the series. When I did a series re-playthrough a few years ago, and got to FFVI, I was like... you know what, this game has its flaws. Play it too many times, and you see the seams a little too easily. But with that said, it's still top three in the series, it's just not perfect, which Final Fantasy as a series has never been. It's got the silliest villain of the series, although I'm not a fan of evil clowns, it's got an emperor with a dog face for some reason, and it's got a cast that's waaaay too big for its own good. I remember once seeing someone argue that Setzer counts as the main character. I also really appreciate the gameplay attempt to let anyone learn any magic, but give everyone a unique power. In practice, though, this just results in Sabin and Edgar carrying your team for the first half of the game, because they have the easiest abilities to make useful. One interesting element about this game is that this is the first one where the final boss is just a straight-up god, but it lacks any of the pseudoreligious nonsense that infects JRPGs as a genre. There's no giant robopope or ancient gods who need to be slain or anything like that. Desperation Attacks Chocobos Opera Scene Kilika Sending Scene Suplexing a Train Unique Game Logos Final Fantasy IV Yuna's Character Growth Final Fantasy I Aerith vs Tifa Bravely Default FFT's Original Translation Final Fantasy V Weather-themed Names Official Dressphere Spelling Job Systems Gunblade: Mechanically, one of the stupidest weapons ever. But man, they're cool. Stay Away From the Summoner Lady Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Card Games Final Bosses The Laughing Scene Monk: Conceptually cool, mechanically a mixed bag. They have to match normal weapon classes without being better than them, and how do you do that? I guess the niche of "lots of HP, moderate other stats, and lots of weird special abilities" is as good as anything, but this is not a class that ever wowed me. Of note, though: this class has Sabin and Tifa, who are great characters. It also has Yang and Zell, who aren't as great. Is there no FFIX monk? I guess Amarant sort of counts? Tidus being an awkward fool Edea The kid who wants to grow up to be a blitzball Ondore's Lies Same Orphanage This Guy Are Sick Xenogears SMFFFC Whatever Final Fantasy Dissidia 1 Gabranth Frontier Village Dali (song) Summon Monsters Terra vs Celes Costa del Sol condo Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Final Fantasy XIV FFVI Glitches FFVII CPR Minigame Smash Ultimate Sephiroth Reveal Irvines hat Moomba: I had to look these up. I have zero memory of these things. If you told me that I'd just mandela effected into another universe with a slightly different version of FFVIII, I'd believe you. Dilly dally shilly shally Tetra Master Hot Dogs Argath's Name Change Ramza's Nose in Dissidia Final Fantasy Renaming Characters Final Fantasy III Racist Wakka FFXVI Trailer Final Fantasy II Prerendered Cutscenes Zidane's Sexual Harassment Level Scaling: I never liked this conceptually, but it at least makes sense in like Dragon Age, where you have multiple options for where to go and the developer can't predict where you'll go first (spoilers: Mage Tower), so it's mechanically necessary. But in the context of a linear JRPG, there's no reason for this that I can think of? Like, what's the logic here? Did they include it just for fun? It robs you of feeling like you're progressing in the same way as the rest of the series. Even FFII got this right. Feral Chaos Crazy Chocobo Shelinda FFX being the last good one Characters with names three letters or less Materia (Dissidia NT) Hundreds of voices screaming in unison Lightning Dodging --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:960170059] in Anagram ra... [t:79764958]...</cite> <quote>He was brilliant... Perhaps too brilliant... Final Fantasy (name): Fantastic name. The alliteration is perfect, it tells you immediately that this is a fantasy series, and it's just a cool name. And yes, everyone knows the story about how they thought it was their last game. It's such a good name that I have to believe it was just an accident of fate or chance, I would actually call this the best name of any video game series I can think of. Aerith dies Blue Magic Spheres 8-Bit Theater Nobuo Uematsu This is the way Final Fantasy VI: I see a lot of people claim this is the best in the series. When I did a series re-playthrough a few years ago, and got to FFVI, I was like... you know what, this game has its flaws. Play it too many times, and you see the seams a little too easily. But with that said, it's still top three in the series, it's just not perfect, which Final Fantasy as a series has never been. It's got the silliest villain of the series, although I'm not a fan of evil clowns, it's got an emperor with a dog face for some reason, and it's got a cast that's waaaay too big for its own good. I remember once seeing someone argue that Setzer counts as the main character. I also really appreciate the gameplay attempt to let anyone learn any magic, but give everyone a unique power. In practice, though, this just results in Sabin and Edgar carrying your team for the first half of the game, because they have the easiest abilities to make useful. One interesting element about this game is that this is the first one where the final boss is just a straight-up god, but it lacks any of the pseudoreligious nonsense that infects JRPGs as a genre. There's no giant robopope or ancient gods who need to be slain or anything like that. Desperation Attacks Chocobos Opera Scene Kilika Sending Scene Suplexing a Train Unique Game Logos Final Fantasy IV Yuna's Character Growth Final Fantasy I Aerith vs Tifa Bravely Default FFT's Original Translation Final Fantasy V Weather-themed Names Official Dressphere Spelling Job Systems Gunblade: Mechanically, one of the stupidest weapons ever. But man, they're cool. Stay Away From the Summoner Lady Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Card Games Final Bosses The Laughing Scene Monk: Conceptually cool, mechanically a mixed bag. They have to match normal weapon classes without being better than them, and how do you do that? I guess the niche of "lots of HP, moderate other stats, and lots of weird special abilities" is as good as anything, but this is not a class that ever wowed me. Of note, though: this class has Sabin and Tifa, who are great characters. It also has Yang and Zell, who aren't as great. Is there no FFIX monk? I guess Amarant sort of counts? Tidus being an awkward fool Edea The kid who wants to grow up to be a blitzball Ondore's Lies Same Orphanage This Guy Are Sick Xenogears SMFFFC Whatever Final Fantasy Dissidia 1 Gabranth Frontier Village Dali (song) Summon Monsters Terra vs Celes Costa del Sol condo Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Final Fantasy XIV FFVI Glitches FFVII CPR Minigame Smash Ultimate Sephiroth Reveal Irvines hat Moomba: I had to look these up. I have zero memory of these things. If you told me that I'd just mandela effected into another universe with a slightly different version of FFVIII, I'd believe you. Dilly dally shilly shally Tetra Master Hot Dogs Argath's Name Change Ramza's Nose in Dissidia Final Fantasy Renaming Characters Final Fantasy III Racist Wakka FFXVI Trailer Final Fantasy II Prerendered Cutscenes Zidane's Sexual Harassment Level Scaling: I never liked this conceptually, but it at least makes sense in like Dragon Age, where you have multiple options for where to go and the developer can't predict where you'll go first (spoilers: Mage Tower), so it's mechanically necessary. But in the context of a linear JRPG, there's no reason for this that I can think of? Like, what's the logic here? Did they include it just for fun? It robs you of feeling like you're progressing in the same way as the rest of the series. Even FFII got this right. Feral Chaos Crazy Chocobo Shelinda FFX being the last good one Characters with names three letters or less Materia (Dissidia NT) Hundreds of voices screaming in unison Lightning Dodging --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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