That story is so far inferior to that of FF6 it isn't allowed to swim in FF6's toilet bowl! aAAAAaaaarhghghhahghhgh
Maybe it sucks balls and I'm just remembering it through the eyes of a teenager.
Then again, I'm confident that FF7's story was better (and better executed) than that of FF6.
For the record, I think the best videogame story ever was in Braid. Small glimpses that force the reader to piece things together seem to be the best storytelling method for videogames, because they can't out-film film or out-cartoon cartoons.
The story to 7 got very morose with all of Cloud's Melodrama. I would say it is no better or worse than the story of 6 in that respect.
What 6 did better than any other Final Fantasy is the character's stories. Each character felt fleshed out (with the obvious exceptions of Gogo, Umaro, and Mog). And it was easy to understand why everyone was doing what they were doing. XII came close (except for Vaan and Penelo) with that aspect, I thought. I enjoyed the main story of XII more than any other FF, except for 2/4 (American/Japanese numbers).
Castle: This is so weird. I dressed up as him for Halloween.
Beckett: Me too.
~When Castle and Beckett met Gene Simmons.
Beckett: Me too.
~When Castle and Beckett met Gene Simmons.
So being a FF fan and never having played FF 12...
24/09/2009 10:25:44 PM
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You're not alone- the characters just didn't click for me, nor did the plot
24/09/2009 11:16:11 PM
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Videogame stories suck the big one, with VERY few exceptions.
25/09/2009 12:29:39 AM
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FF7?!?! You're a nutcase!
25/09/2009 01:50:16 AM
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Fair enough. Maybe I'm proving my own point.
26/09/2009 06:46:26 AM
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I will have to disagree with this...
26/09/2009 08:20:46 AM
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Exactly. When I think story here, I think of the individual stories as well as the whole.
26/09/2009 07:13:24 PM
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Still, it's good for a videogame story.
26/09/2009 07:54:01 PM
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I agree, with caveat.
26/09/2009 11:54:25 PM
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New games do not feature the storytelling prowess of good TV, films, or novels.
28/09/2009 01:03:46 AM
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I disagree. Maybe you're playing the wrong games. *NM*
28/09/2009 04:51:48 AM
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What is the videogame equivalent of The Godfather, The Wire, or Great Expectations? *NM*
01/10/2009 03:31:37 AM
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Ah, I see. *NM*
03/10/2009 08:02:28 PM
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Say what?
04/10/2009 02:21:01 PM
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"Ah, I see" means "You haven't answered because there is no satisfactory answer."
05/10/2009 07:06:03 AM
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So you expect me to reply within two days when it took you three?
05/10/2009 10:29:27 PM
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I've used that escape from a debate I was losing, too. It's a good one
06/10/2009 09:21:31 PM
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And yet so many people claim to play them for their stories...
25/09/2009 03:06:44 AM
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The extras lower peoples' standards, but I DO think it's still the story.
25/09/2009 04:34:30 AM
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That's basically what I meant.
25/09/2009 05:05:19 AM
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Yeah I understand.
25/09/2009 05:18:34 AM
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You are correct. But it sounds like semantics to me, since in practice...
25/09/2009 06:00:41 AM
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I enjoyed 12 more than most of those you mentioned...
25/09/2009 12:55:56 AM
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The grid was fine, but didn't scale well.
25/09/2009 04:35:57 AM
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I'll agree with this point, but I also agree with most of the thoughts of the GP
25/09/2009 05:26:18 PM
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I am glad that at least one person here is with me on this.
26/09/2009 05:53:42 AM
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It's interesting....
26/09/2009 06:55:18 PM
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Final Fantasy XII was the best written FF ever, by far.
26/09/2009 05:47:27 AM
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LOL... FFXII was the best FFXII ever?
26/09/2009 03:43:11 PM
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That was juvenile, TMJ. Also, he said best written FF. *NM*
26/09/2009 06:58:12 PM
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Yes, it was funny on a juvenile level.
26/09/2009 07:11:12 PM
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Some of us --I'd even say MOST of us-- like that, though.
26/09/2009 07:20:55 PM
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Agreed, I want to get into a magical whale's belly and fly through the air ...
28/09/2009 05:03:14 AM
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