Just ... just one thing. Please don't tell me you're referring to X as the "roots" of anything to do with Final Fantasy. :p
X obviously was not the beginning of Final Fantasy in any way. However, I would argue that it is a fairly traditional Final Fantasy game. It had a Fantasy setting, turn-based battle system, save-the-world emotional plot, etc. XII, on the other hand, tried a lot of new things. It had a very political storyline that was much less epic in scope, it didn't have nearly the same character emphasis, t(here were no "lead" characters at all, really), and the battle system played more like an MMO than anything else. No turn-base, introduced the tank-and-spank mentality, etc.
Anyway, I'm not sure I really argued the point successfully, but I definitely think that X was much more representative of a standard Final Fantasy game than XII was.
X was certainly more in the traditional style than XII was, no doubt about that. Though one thing I missed from X that all the previous ones had was the open, explorable world.
You could argue that the previous games were mostly the illusion of an open world until the end, though. The games had open worlds, but various things (usually obstacles that could later be crossed with new transportation) kept the player going in one general direction most of the time, until near the end when everything would open up. VII, VIII, and IX are certainly like that. V and VI were a little more open though. Still, I missed it in X.
Warder to starry_nite
Chapterfish — Nate's Writing Blog
http://chapterfish.wordpress.com
Chapterfish — Nate's Writing Blog
http://chapterfish.wordpress.com
FFXIII gets an official North American release date.
- 14/11/2009 07:15:26 AM
644 Views
I'm not excited, because I didn't like 12 (but I'll still buy it)
- 14/11/2009 07:52:04 PM
367 Views
It's not being made by the team who made 12, though.
- 14/11/2009 08:29:51 PM
335 Views
It looks a lot like X.
- 14/11/2009 09:19:30 PM
360 Views
Only in a very loose sense. 
- 14/11/2009 10:24:52 PM
349 Views
- 14/11/2009 10:24:52 PM
349 Views
I can agree with you in general.
- 15/11/2009 12:27:34 AM
338 Views
X was like that too, though.
- 15/11/2009 01:29:35 AM
339 Views
I didn't know it was different people. That gives me hope. 10 and 7 were my favs *NM*
- 14/11/2009 10:08:59 PM
207 Views
Agreed, that's why I'm so excited about it. X was my favorite as well. *NM*
- 14/11/2009 10:25:37 PM
158 Views
The last FF game with a Uematsu soundtrack was Final Fantasy 9.
- 15/11/2009 01:51:33 AM
364 Views
I don't remember a single track from 11, 12, or x-2, so it changes nothing
- 15/11/2009 05:30:22 AM
381 Views
I never really enjoyed X all that much.
- 16/11/2009 03:08:57 PM
326 Views
The minigame? Do you mean Blitzball?
- 16/11/2009 06:40:33 PM
356 Views
*Is excited* Mainly because I won't have to buy a PS3 in order to play it. *NM*
- 16/11/2009 09:47:04 PM
158 Views
Looks nice, but in some ways I miss the original
- 20/11/2009 02:41:11 AM
365 Views
What do you mean by the "original"? Final Fantasy 1? *NM*
- 20/11/2009 04:09:16 AM
159 Views
I don't know about Ryan, but my first FF was II for the SNES (which was actually IV in Japan). *NM*
- 20/11/2009 04:53:31 AM
165 Views
Woot woot mine too! God I loved that game, but still not as much as my next one, FFVI. *NM*
- 22/11/2009 10:00:28 PM
149 Views