Board 8 > Less than 6% have finished the main FF games?

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Safer Sephiroth 777
10/26/11 7:32:00 AM
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I find that strange to believe.I mean there are so many ports of the old games at least that I thought that a lot more people would have played them.But so few?

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Colegreen_c12
10/26/11 7:36:00 AM
#2:


I've not played a single one.
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Some_Character
10/26/11 7:38:00 AM
#3:


The older FFs serve as a big fat monkey wrench.

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YetAnothrShadow
10/26/11 7:46:00 AM
#4:


Only played one.

12.

Never bothered to finish it.

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Dark Silvergun
10/26/11 7:46:00 AM
#5:


This pretty much says it right here:

Sega Consoles owned:
Master System
Genesis
CD
32X
Saturn
Dreamcast

Nintendo Consoles owned:
Gamecube

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metaIslugg
10/26/11 7:57:00 AM
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Considering it's twelve games, it's kind of a hard thing to pull off! No matter how many times released or whatever. This isn't an RPG site, and also these are 80+hour games most o' them.

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BakusaiTenketsu
10/26/11 8:15:00 AM
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I imagine 2 and 3 being the biggest roadblock for many players, not to mention other players being slowly disenfranchised with Square Enix, only the most dedicated will probably have them all complete.

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Safer Sephiroth 777
10/26/11 9:45:00 AM
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I would like to see the same poll for the main Zelda games myself...

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xSimpsonsfan421
10/26/11 9:47:00 AM
#9:


FFII's leveling system is terrible and makes the game a complete joke. I've beaten I, IV, and VI.

I haven't gotten around to playing any of the newer ones because I didn't have a PSX/PS2 as a kid.

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KingButz
10/26/11 9:50:00 AM
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Yeah, I'm sure that most of the people haven't finished 1-3.

And then there is also FFXII's astonishingly low complete rate. I know far more people who have played FFXII than those who finished it.

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SMOKEDOG42O
10/26/11 10:15:00 AM
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I used to be huge into the FF games, and even I've never beaten 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, or 13. I'm frankly surprised that 6% of the voters have, or even have the gall to say they have.

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voltch
10/26/11 10:19:00 AM
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2 and 3 prolly get in the way.

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masterplum
10/26/11 10:27:00 AM
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From: BakusaiTenketsu | #007
I imagine 2 and 3 being the biggest roadblock for many players, not to mention other players being slowly disenfranchised with Square Enix, only the most dedicated will probably have them all complete.


This. Other then not having a PS3 for 13, I have never played 2,3, or 8. Wait. And 4? Is 4 the one that didn't come to the US either?

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BakusaiTenketsu
10/26/11 10:32:00 AM
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From: masterplum | #013
This. Other then not having a PS3 for 13, I have never played 2,3, or 8. Wait. And 4? Is 4 the one that didn't come to the US either?


5 was the other.

Though it was eventually released on PS1 with FF6.

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Aecioo
10/26/11 10:37:00 AM
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7 and 10 are the two I'd say more gamers have played than have not played.

The others are definitely much less popular.

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Not Dave
10/26/11 11:15:00 AM
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2, 10 and 12 can suck it

not worth playing through

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Red Shifter
10/26/11 11:19:00 AM
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Nintendo Consoles owned:
Gamecube


on the behalf of nintendo fans everywhere, i apologize

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Weakupedia
10/26/11 11:21:00 AM
#18:


Not Dave posted...
2, 10 and 12 can suck it

not worth playing through


i

what

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BakusaiTenketsu
10/26/11 11:29:00 AM
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From: Weakupedia | #018
i

what


Those 3, and 8, are all bottom of the barrel games for me as well.

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masterplum
10/26/11 11:29:00 AM
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From: Not Dave | #016
2 and 12 can suck it

not worth playing through


True.


10


wait. what

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BakusaiTenketsu
10/26/11 11:33:00 AM
#21:


My bottom five FF games are 3 > 12 > 10 > 8 > 2. I thoroughly enjoyed all the other installments.

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masterplum
10/26/11 11:36:00 AM
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what about 10 did you not like?

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BakusaiTenketsu
10/26/11 11:48:00 AM
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Tidus, specifically. Plus the romance plot was boring to me. Also hated the battle system that you had to switch everyone in at some point in order for them to gain exp... turned even the most basic fight into a bit of a grind making sure no one got left behind.


Characters are the most important thing to me in an RPG, especially the lead or primary character. I think if Yuna was the main character, and they eliminated the Romance, I probably would have liked it a lot more. I hated 8 for almost the same reason, except the plot was almost entirely about the romance, and the stupid "we all knew each other, we just forgot" plot point (and I hated the Draw and Junction system).


I'm more into the ensemble cast FF games too. I hate it when certain cast members get overshadowed by a character I really don't like.

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KingButz
10/26/11 11:56:00 AM
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From: BakusaiTenketsu | #023
I'm more into the ensemble cast FF games too. I hate it when certain cast members get overshadowed by a character I really don't like.


Isn't 12 an ensemble cast FF game though?

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Kirby Driver Reborn
10/26/11 12:02:00 PM
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Yeah i'd agree with 2 3 8 10 12 being the worst ones too. wasn't particularly fond of any of them. Never finished 2 or 3 though.

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GuessMyUserName
10/26/11 12:07:00 PM
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man everytime I read "FF" I think FireFox

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redrocket
10/26/11 12:07:00 PM
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Safer Sephiroth 777 posted...
I find that strange to believe.I mean there are so many ports of the old games at least that I thought that a lot more people would have played them.But so few?

I think it's actually the new games that have a lower playrate than the old ones. Certainly true in my case anyway!

Edit: By "new" I mean 12 and 13.

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BakusaiTenketsu
10/26/11 12:21:00 PM
#28:


From: KingButz | #024
Isn't 12 an ensemble cast FF game though?


I don't like 12 for other reasons, but yes, it is an Ensemble cast. I like lead character based FF games as well, like FF7 and FF4, but they need to be done right. In this particular case. I think FF12 would have been better if it were a lead character game with either Ashe or Basch as the primary character., both of who (though it is Ensemble) get overshadowed by the less likable Vaan. The game also has no real Primary Antagonist that you grow to love or hate; Vayne is a terrible final boss.

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Metal_DK
10/26/11 12:28:00 PM
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ive beat all of them except 3. And 11/14 but who cares about them.

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junk_funk
10/26/11 12:34:00 PM
#30:


I'd be part of that 6% if XIII wasn't so God awful after the expansive world map opened up. Couldn't bring myself to finish it.

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MarvelousGerbil
10/26/11 1:01:00 PM
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If half the series wasn't terribad, maybe more people would have beaten them all. Most people really should be falling into the 2-5 range TBQH.

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Grand Kirby
10/26/11 1:06:00 PM
#32:


Played all except FFXI, XIII and XIV.

Never finished III, IV, or XII. I probably should get back to XII at least. I didn't dislike it, it's just... long.

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BakusaiTenketsu
10/26/11 1:18:00 PM
#33:


From: MarvelousGerbil | #031
If half the series wasn't terribad, maybe more people would have beaten them all. Most people really should be falling into the 2-5 range TBQH.


It's not that half the series is terribad, it's that the series is so popular with so many different games, that people have wildly different opinions on which ones are the good ones and which weren't. AFAIK, 2 is the only one that seems to universally get the lowest regards.

I don't like 8 and 10, but those are popular amongst other players. I love 6, 9, 13, and Tactics the most, and they are disliked by other people.


It's actually a sign of a good company that they can make a diverse series of games that each game has a different fan base and each one has it's set of haters, but no one can show definitively which is which.

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Lopen
10/26/11 1:21:00 PM
#34:


From: BakusaiTenketsu | #023
Also hated the battle system that you had to switch everyone in at some point in order for them to gain exp... turned even the most basic fight into a bit of a grind making sure no one got left behind.


Here's a thought: Don't do that? You don't get more exp by doing this. If you're obsessed with keeping levels equal just do it like you would any other FF game and swap less used guys in outside of combat every once in a while. Or just don't keep them equal I had Lulu and Kimahri both with less than 1000 hp at the end of the game.

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Pretty_Odd
10/26/11 1:23:00 PM
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I've played them all, and as you can see, most people have played a lot of them. Finishing them all is a completely different story. You can't be surprised at that number.

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Lopen
10/26/11 1:25:00 PM
#36:


And yeah I would expect 2, 3, 12, and 13 to be the biggest roadblocks for the group.

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SHINE GET 64
10/26/11 1:26:00 PM
#37:


I've beaten them all and FF isn't even my favorite RPG series!

or even my 2nd favorite!

people need to step it up

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Tohoya
10/26/11 1:27:00 PM
#38:


Who's beaten the original FF2, like really.
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metaIslugg
10/26/11 1:48:00 PM
#39:


Say you've never played one. Hardest one to get a hold of nowadays is actually Final Fantasy V. It's only available on JPN/EU PSN.

There's no other way to play it this generation. (the worst part: it's the PSX port, lawl)

For all the others all you need is a PSP and PS3 (X and XII will eventually get their HD releases)

EDIT: wait wait, also a DS for FFIII. But at least that one's sort of still current gen. For FFV only way would be to track down the GBA port if you live in America.

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BakusaiTenketsu
10/26/11 2:51:00 PM
#40:


From: metaIslugg | #039
Hardest one to get a hold of nowadays is actually Final Fantasy V. It's only available on JPN/EU PSN.
<other stuff>
For FFV only way would be to track down the GBA port if you live in America.


http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197336-final-fantasy-anthology

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Red Shifter
10/26/11 3:12:00 PM
#41:


Okami Wii is a better port than FFV PSX.

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azuarc
10/26/11 3:23:00 PM
#42:


I didn't own any consoles growing up, nothing before the N64. So I played what I could at friends' houses. I managed to beat the very first game since my best friend had an NES, and I got stuck at his house for like 3 days during a blizzard. However, between literal availability and my lack of the correct console, it wasn't until 12 that a game was coming out for something I had. I've played everything from 7 forward in passing, but the only one I put serious time into was 8, and that was on a cruddy PC port that crashed constantly. I got frustrated and quit. And then 13 came out, and I slogged through it.

So yeah, I've only ever beaten the first and the last games. Nothing in-between.
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transience
10/26/11 3:49:00 PM
#43:


is it sad that I want to finish FF13 just because I have a perfect streak of beating every other FF game?

6% is a damn lot of people to beat an entire series. I doubt the Zelda number is any higher (if at all)

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metroid composite
10/26/11 3:56:00 PM
#44:


BakusaiTenketsu posted...
I imagine 2 and 3 being the biggest roadblock for many players, not to mention other players being slowly disenfranchised with Square Enix, only the most dedicated will probably have them all complete.

I think 12/13 are probably as much of a roadblock. The kind of people who go to RPG sites and have played all the first 10...seem pretty uninterested in 12/13.

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Safer Sephiroth 777
10/26/11 5:10:00 PM
#45:


I guess FF 3 must be the lowest played then,since it came only on DS and for people that don't have one that is.But anyway low rate.Still it is an old series so it makes sense.

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WarThaNemesis2
10/26/11 5:17:00 PM
#46:


I'd expect the mainline Zelda beaten-rate to be higher because there's only one roadblock, one that has been released in the US on the original console, a GBA port, and not to mention a collection that included only the most popular Zelda of them all.

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paperwarior
10/26/11 5:18:00 PM
#47:


There's 12 of them, they're distributed over 5 console generations, and they're all long.

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