Final Fantasy 2 or 3 you decide..

6 suffered from having too many characters involved directly in the storyline. It was fun at times but gave me headaches in the end and I ended up using five or six characters and leaving the others to rot. The graphics and sound and such were obviously better (it was a number of years after 4 and at the peak of the SNES power) but the battle system was broken beyond belief IMHO.

Of course I am of the opinion that 4 was the pinnacle of the FF battle system : real active time, five characters in battle (no switching necessary), each character with unique abilities and roles in battle (not everyone can do everything), spell timing in direct relation to use, and weapon/magic balancing.

So.

FF4 takes the cake as the better of the two and the *best* FF IMHO.

And I agree with Cecil as the best main character - he's *NOT* a shy, reclusive, pre-teen with a bad haircut and horrible social skills.

But what do I know?

#6

I personally enjoy 3 more. I'm not sure why, or if it's justified, but it's my own perception of how I like it, so I do... yeah.... I think.

I also like FF2.

FF3 was good for me though. I think Kefka did it in for me, he was such a maniacal villain, just wanting to destroy all with the world under his thumb. And what made him super insane was that he actually SUCCEEDED. FF2 had alot of cool things and alot of characters got sacrificed for the game, which made it better.

It also remains one of the only Final Fantasies in which you need to figure out strategy for some boss fights. FF3 has alot of gameplay mechanics with Sabin, Edgar and every character had their unique input.

I'll go with FF3.

Also, somebody said above that the world of ruin sucked. And that's exactly what was supposed to be felt. He destroyed the world, it wasn't supposed to have the bounty and splendor of the perfect society that they had all along, it was split. It moves the plot along nicely.

FF2 (which is also one of my favorite rpgs of all time). FF3 was also good, just not as good as FF2.

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Also, somebody said above that the world of ruin sucked. And that's exactly what was supposed to be felt. He destroyed the world, it wasn't supposed to have the bounty and splendor of the perfect society that they had all along, it was split. It moves the plot along nicely.

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i dont think thats how he meant it

obviously for the characters the world of ruin would suck

i think he meant as in the game during the world of ruin sucked and i kinda agree

you spend all your time in the begging finding everyone and then your dropped into the world of ruin which was WAY TO open ended and you had to find everyone AGAIN

and it was kinda just like ok here we are now uhh lets find everyone and kill kefka

bad story stuff the world of ruin was

I still have my conflicts.

FF2(FF4j) was a way better storyline and way better characters and overall world I think.

FF3(FF6j) was techincally superior in every way, had awesome varied game mechanics to the point EVERY character played totally differently, a customization to each player's play style.

Basically, FF2 was the better experience for me the first time around. But FF3 is infinitely more replayable and the world more explorable with much more secrets and many more ways to play.

Still, it seems like FF2 was localized worse than FF3. The lowered difficulty level, the subtraction of items, the toning down of story elements, questionable translations and altering a few non-key locations all add up to hurt FF2 a little. FF4j was superior to FF2.

FFVI is overrated in just about every way possible.

following is all IMO, of course:

1. too many characters, mostly are unappealing, or at the very least dull.
2. overrated music. dull in the main.
3. graphics very polished but lack variety.
4. pacing is crap.
5. stupid antagonist.
6. localization is kind of kiddie, which detracts.

it's a well-made game but it lacks the certain something which makes it compelling. and the opera just made me roll my eyes, even at the time. =)

whereas FFIV's more or less got it all, and i still find it very playable (i ran through it again when FFC came out on PS.) then again i am an unabashed FFIV lover. i think it has one of the best soundtracks in the series, the most compelling cast prior to the kitase/nojima stuff, most epic feel and story -- in fact, if it weren't an early 16 bit game, it'd have more "epic" sweep than even the more recent games, probably, just because of the subject matter. an FFX-engine remake of FFIV would be divine.

I like 3/6 a lot more. The artwork and gameplay are much better. It just has a less cheesy feel to it.

my vote goes to FF2/4. i've never played 3/6.

Part 2 was where Cecil changed to a Paladin, right? I loved that part. Better of the two, IMO.

I preferred FF2 (aka FF4). FF3/6 was okay but there wasn’t really any payoff at the end, the story just ended. Sure they all had their little cheesy speeches at the end but it never really showed us what the characters do after their moments of self-realizations. I mean The Joker could say a long-winded speech about never trying to find some stupid ways to kill Batman ever again and then 5 minutes later be try to kill him with a feather duster. I felt FF4s story at least had some closure. And another thing that really bugged me about FF4 was how the characters never really interacted with each other. I mean Gau and Relm were around the same age so you’d think that they’d goof around and do stupid childish things but they never even talk to each other. :rolleyes: