I was first introduced to the Final Fantasy series by a High School friend in 2000. He brought a copy of Final Fantasy IX when I invited him to my house. Since then, I've played VIII then VII on the Playstation, then VI on the Gameboy Advance, then III and IV on the Nintendo DS, and finally I&II and V on the GBA. I managed to finish all of them, except for VII; though I did watch my cousin, Joshua, play through the whole game.
Anyway, after 12 years since it was released, I finally finished VII. There are a number of reasons why I didn't finish it the first time:
- My impression of the overall game system (the Materia System) is as bad as VIII's (Junction System).
- Joshua was playing it faster and better than me that I already knew what would happen if I continue my save file.
- I didn't got hooked by the characters and storyline immediately.
- It was very, very, very overrated, which made me hate it since I am an FFIX fanboy. Hehe.
After finishing it, I realized that it was in fact a really great game. The Materia System is way better than the stupid system in VIII. I liked the storyline. I actually forgot a lot of moments in the game that I was eager to play it to know what happens next. I liked RED XIII's subplot, I finally appreciated Cait Sith because of Reeve, and I absolutely loved Aeris's part in the story (I've always seen her as just the girl who died). But I still think it's overrated. Cloud and Sephiroth are SO NOT the best FF hero/villain/character ever. It's still a great game though, I'd put it third just below VI and IX as my favorite FF.
Dissidia Final Fantasy is coming this August. It is a fighting game consisting of the main protagonists and main antagonists of the first ten Final Fantasies, and a couple of characters further up the series. That's my main reason why I needed to complete the game myself, and the only reason why I'm going to buy a PSP soon. I've always been a Nintendo handheld gamer, until Dissidia was created.
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