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I actually have just, over the past few months, been playing all the Final Fantasy/Square games that I never experienced. I played them in the following order:
by briHass 10y ago
I actually have just, over the past few months, been playing all the Final Fantasy/Square games that I never experienced. I played them in the following order: FF4 (USA FF2), FF6 (USA FF3), Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, FF5, and FF7. I just started FF9.
I have to agree that FF7/FF9 was a huge adjustment from a graphics perspective. The 3D-ish characters are ugly and the camera angle/distance makes certain areas feel like guiding ants around. I doubt I will continue with FF9...I may just pick up the Dragon Warrior (Quest) games instead.
The SNES era really stands out to me as the high-water mark for JRPGs
- JoshTriplett 10y agoFor old SNES-era RPGs, if you haven't already played them, I'd also suggest Earthbound and Seiken Densetsu 3. (And, in a completely different style, Super Mario RPG; it's Nintendo/Square, and it feels very Square-ish.) > The SNES era really stands out to me as the high-water mark for JRPGs Agreed.
- jerf 10y ago"The SNES era really stands out to me as the high-water mark for JRPGs" I'd have to put the high-water mark at the PS2. The PS1 era was confused, but they mostly figured things out again for the PS2. That said, the genre remains alive and well anyhow. Once everybody but Square accepted that you don't need to try to make every single one a graphical extravaganza, they picked back up again. (I don't know what I'd call the flagship series nowadays but I can tell you it is not Final Fantasy anymore.)
- clw8 10y agoI really wish jRPG developers would just give up on expensive 3D graphics and go the way of Ni no Kuni and Saga Frontier 2. Suits the genre perfectly.