#FinalFantasy
Tactics: An Overlooked Masterpiece
FFT is an artistic triumph.
It is better written than award-winning TV and films, better developed than most games, & more biting in its social commentary than most art dares to be.
Our final thoughts:
Barret Wallace is the leader of Avalanche
Barrett Wallace is a phenomenal father to an adopted child
Barrett Wallace is a principled freedom fighter
Barrett Wallace is the heart and soul of the moral and ethical core of FF7
Barrett Wallace is NOT. JUST. COMIC. RELIEF.
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FF6: Fascism is bad
FF7: Capitalism/Corporations are bad
FF8: War for Industry is bad
FF9: Individualism is good
FF10: Corruption of religion is bad
FF12: Empires are bad
FF13: Corporate Religion is bad
FF15: Family/friends above ALL
FF16: Family/friends overcome fascism/nihilism
Whatβs funny about Final Fantasy gatekeepers is that most of them started at 7 and stopped at 10.
And they hated 8.
These people like 3 games of a 16-game (or 50+ game) franchise and yet feel entitled to tell everyone else what the series is REALLY ABOUT.
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FFXVI: Too linear. No mini games. Not enough loot. Not enough side content. Not an RPG.
FFVIIR: Too open world. Too many mini games. Way too much loot. Too much side content. Too much RPG.
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Final Fantasy 7 isnβt Final Fantasy!
Gone are my medieval settings
No more family friendly stories
So EDGY!!!
On some weird system
No crystals?
Only THREE playable characters!?
Cars, trucks, and helicopters?
ATB moves too fast, turn based better
Side content is filler
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βI followed you for Final Fantasy not politics!β
Bitch Final Fantasy is ALL politics.
Itβs ALL ethics & morality & how we choose to treat each other & why fascist power hungry people who serve themselves are evil while those fight for EVERYONE are heroes.
FF IS WOKE. Cope.
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New Rule:
Every single person who compares Final Fantasy XVI to Game of Thrones, especially in the context of this being the βfirst dark/mature/brutal/adult FFβ is hereby required to complete ONE (1) playthroguh of
#FinalFantasy
Tactics.
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The reason some folks think the side quests in FFXVI are βdull fillerβ is that gaming media has programmed some people to believe that a reward of fun equipment matters more than gaining a deeper understanding of the human condition.
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Dear Square-Enix,
Remake Final Fantasy 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9
Remaster and widely distribute Final Fantasy Tactics and the entire Ivalice Alliance (including Vagrant Story)
Put FFXIII trilogy on modern consoles in one package
And letβs get on that FFXVI DLC
Ok thanx love u bye
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FFXVI shouldnβt just win GOTY
It should win the Oscar for Best Picture
It should win the Emmy for Best Show
It should win the Tony for Best Musical
And it should win the Grammy for Album of the Year
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So FF16 reviews, largely positive, but some sticking points include a story that falls off, dull filler and side quests, absence of RPG, no vast open world, it's basically Eikon May Cry with amazing presentation. Some will be fine with this, others will be turned off by this.
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Apart from its side content and unstoppable cutscenes, it is a perfect video game.
It has a perfect soundtrack.
Its characters are perfectly imperfect.
It has a perfect story.
It has a perfect ending.
Its perfect.
I have been playing video games since the 80s.
I have never played a better one.
Thank you to every single person who helped make Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
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Putting down FF16 to hype FF7R is weak.
The best thing about Final Fantasy is that we get both kinds of things and donβt have to stay inside of a box. Donβt put FF in a box.
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So the same people who insisted that From Soft games like Elden Ring absolutely CANNOT have easier difficulty options because it would shatter the integrity of the gameβ¦
Are now asking for more difficulty options in FFXVIβ¦
You canβt make this stuff up.
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Stuff like this is why I donβt believe people when they say they are tired of rehashes and want NEW things.
No offense to traditional remakes but when given the opportunity to retread old ground or create something unique & brilliant, FFVIIR went for the latter and thank GODS.
OK SO
The Rebirth demo is fantastic. It has a piano and Sephiroth in it.
But the first two hours of FFXVI is cinema that Marty Scorsese could never dream of.
Nah.
No need to try to fix what isnβt broken.
FF is doing its thing, best itβs ever been and two phenomenal battle systems to build on. FF is always about moving forward.
This game also looks dope. Let two different cooks, cook.
As much as I love Final Fantasy XVI and the VII Remake's, can't help watching the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 trailer's slick, modernised turn based combat, and thinking FF might be better served with similar. π€
It's time to go back to turn-based. Combat vid
#Expedition33
#Xbox
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There is no such thing as the worst Final Fantasy.
There is no such thing as the best Final Fantasy.
There is only YOUR Final Fantasy. And it belongs to you.
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I love Gav
I love Martha
I love Goetz
I love Otto
I love Charon
I love Byron
I love Quinten
I love Blackthorne
I love Tomes
I love Vivian
I love Theo
I love Eloise
I love Isabelle
I love Cole
I love Tarja
I love Wade
I love Oscar
I love August
I love Medicine Girl
I LOVE MID
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I really do think they should've just kept Final Fantasy traditional. Final Fantasy 7 Remake had the near-perfect balance of spectacular, reactive combat with tactical considerations. Also the slow-mo was cool as shit.
Keep the full action games as spin offs imo.
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Itβs fine if Stranger of Paradise is turning you off with itβs vibe.
But PLEASSE donβt pretend like Final Fantasy hasnβt always had ridiculous, over-the-top, even cheesy ass stuff in it.
This is very much what FF has always been.
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Final Fantasy XIII sold over 7 million copies and was the most beautiful game of its generation.
Final Fantasy XV sold over 10 million copies and was nominated by multiple publications for GotY.
This was the entire Final Fantasy βslumpβ
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FFXVI not nominated for GOTY
Phenomenal year for games and canβt argue too hard against anything that did get the nod (though RE4 is sus considering all the remake discourse)
Doesnβt change how much millions of us love it.
Your fav movie doesnβt have to be the Oscar winner.
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You know how easy it is to just NOT be a sexist, racist, transphobic piece of shit?
Itβs like really easy.
Anyway gaming is better off without these people and we should continue to make them feel unwelcome because they arenβt.
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Final Fantasy has ALWAYS been EXPLICITLY anti fascist.
If this is news to you, or if you are inclined to disagree, you might want to take a quick βam I the baddies?β quiz.
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Seriously the critiques of FF16 read like:
βPhenomenal story and characters, brilliant gameplay and a spectacular world filled with beautiful music and stunning visuals all a bit undercut by the fact that I got a hangnail during a side quest early on Iβm also mad no card game.β
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Every time a remake or remaster is announced: βMake something new! This is exploitive! Why is everything so creatively bankrupt?!?β
FF16 releases: βWhy isnβt this like the OLD ONESSS!?!?β
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Hot take:
FFI is the least FF game of all time.
It has no Moogles, no Chocobos, no Cid, no Cactuar or Tonberry, no Marlboro/Behemoth/Bombs etc, no crystals (they were orbs) no character development and pretty paper thin plot and themes and almost zero unique gameplay elements.
FFVII Remake thoughts:
-Itβs WAY better that itβs episodic
-Voice Cast 10/10
-Characters 10/10
-OST 25/10
-GORGEOUS
-Most fun FF gameplay ever?
-Whispers = brilliant meta addition
-LEGIT representation
-Ending was perfect, not knowing what comes next is essential FF experience
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Hot Take: Final Fantasy games are at their best when they are focused, linear experiences and they should reject the vast majority of open world game conventions. Exploration/immersion are often overrated concepts when it comes to game design for FF.
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It's fine if you don't like Final Fantasy XV (15)
But claiming "real" or longtime fans know it is bad while newbies are just ignorant is gatekeeping of the worst kind and also completely inaccurate.
We are happy to put our FF credentials up against anyone and we loved it.
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Itβs all real.
Chrono Cross remaster is real.
Doesnβt that mean that Final Fantasy IX Remake and Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster are also real?
Do dreams really come true?
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The love for this game is incredible.
Donβt ever let anyone convince you that βnobodyβ likes it. Just check out these replies. Yβall are real ones.
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2-3 years from now thereβs going to be a slew of articles and YouTube videos with titles like βForspoken Was Good, Actuallyβ and βHow Forspoken Got So Underratedβ
People actually playing the game having a FAR different experience than what reviews painted.
Forspoken isn't nearly as bad as people made it out to be.
I'm actually really enjoying the combat system and exploration. Full game does a good job of easing you into it unlike the demo.
Dialogue really isn't that bad in context either.
#Forspoken
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Happy anniversary to FFXIII
Also happy anniversary to everyone who loved FFXIII and tuned out the hate
Every Final Fantasy game is someoneβs favorite and this game is a cherished member of the family!
When I say that Final Fantasy 6 is a masterpiece and one of the greatest games ever made, they call it nostalgia.
When I say that Final Fantasy 16 is a masterpiece and one of the greatest games ever made, they call it recency bias.
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I donβt care if you have mixed feelings on FFXVI
I donβt care if you hate FFXVI
in fact this is true of every Final Fantasy
But if you make bad/bad faith arguments attacking this art I love and it comes across my faceβ¦
β¦yeah Iβm gonna say something.
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FF7 is a masterpiece, the most important story-driven game ever made.
But what many of its die hard fans wonβt tell you is that is is DEEPLY flawed.
Plots dropped, a party member that doesnβt make ANY sense, muddy writing, bad mini games and more.
Remaking it better is good.
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