I got a few DMs for my bad mouthing of FFXIII and for my belief that Snow is a fucking CREEP, but now I'm afraid that has stirred me to take it to a whole new level. I've been playing FF for a long time, and I've played every last one of them other than DMC 16. Please realize that I am not shitting on your memories, or your fun with each title, but my memories of FF are different as I can now say that the majority of these games are fucking dog shit.
Will not even talk about I-V as they are a complete waste of time. FFVI was the first good game in the series, and it still appears to be the chosen one after all of these years. How? I do not know. FFVII is better in every sense of the word. What a brilliant game it was. Materia, combinations of Materia, the story the characters. My life would not be complete without this game. FFVIII comes out about a year later and totally rocks my world. I mean HOLY hell that game. Then they went to IX and despite playing as a FUCKING RAT and looking like a cartoon, the story actually captivated me as much as I wanted to hate it due to the FF community loving it.
Final Fantasy X is arguably one of the best RPGs of all time despite having one of the worst skill trees in existence. It was also hard and unforgiving. Every time I got to the next cut scene, I felt like I earned it. Final Fantasy X-2 was one of the best games in the series and I knew it was going to be slandered by the "community" of FF because well look what they define as a masterpiece. It was so fun, and I got more Yuna.
FFXII was where it all went wrong. I said fuck my life so many times while playing that despotic pile of shit. The voices of those characters still haunt me to this day. I couldn't believe how uninteresting the storyline and characters were. I also can't believe I chose to 100% the game. Maybe it was because the RNG spoiled me with a fast Bone-Breaker. IDK but the game can royally fuck off.
FFXIII was the BIGGEST load of shit I've ever played. Quite possibly the worst game in the history of the franchise. Like FFXII it was about interesting as watching a Jane Fonda interview and about as fun as poking yourself in the eye with a pencil. I did not understand or like any of these characters. This stupid saga introduced a lot of people to FF and it's such a pity that this was their first impression. Outside of the battle theme, this game was a nightmare and was the start of my disbelief that this series could ever be good again.
FFXV was a breath of fresh air. To me it felt like maybe there was some life left to the series. This was MY Kingdom Hearts because Kingdom Hearts sucks and if you like Kingdom Hearts BOY OH BOY do I feel sorry for you.
FFXVI I can't really discuss, but if I want DMC I'll play DMC. To me this was another step back for FF if I'm being real as I can be. Too much boring politics that nobody gives a shit about. What was Square thinking when writing XIII, XVI and especially XII. Nobody gives a fuck about those storylines. We want love and triangles of love. That's what made VII-X-2 so fucking good.
That leads me to Remake which served as a FANTASTIC blueprint to Rebirth which is one of the finest games ever made. I don't know HOW the fuck they did it.
