Why i hate FF series and love earthbound Options

[*kryogenix*]

too much hype... the games aren't even that good. i think the only good ones where FF 1 and whichever one had cloud in the game (ff7 i think). i hear FF5 or 6 was pretty good but i never played either. so lets see here, 12 games now and only 2 (maybe 4) were really good in my opinion. i ask people why they like the games so much and they say graphics. which is probably one of the stupidest reasons to play a game. You might as well watch a movie (unless it's FF sprits within of course). No wonder why so many people bought into that FF spirits within garbage. way too much emphasis is put on graphics. yes i know, bad graphics can really hurt a games success (see my next paragraph) but shouldn't good gameplay count? Take a look at FF9. what a horrible game. yet people are saying "diZ GaMe rOX mang!!! dA gRaFFix yo!!!" i find it that whenever a FF game is released, people immediately call it the best one ever. because it's graphics where better than the previous game. stupid. i don't know what happened to square, they used to be awesome then they turn into this greedy company square enix. geez, reminds me of the artist formerly known as prince. i liked it better when their games had decent graphics, good gameplay.


now, on to a game on the opposite of the spectrum. Earthbound for SNES, also known as mother 2. one of the best rpg's i've ever played, maybe even the best game i've ever played (chrono trigger is also one of my favorites). the plot is great, it's almost like the game could be made into a saturday morning cartoon. for those not familiar with the game, it is about a boy named ness who is a child with special psychic abilities. a meteorite crashes nearby his house and when he goes to investigate, he is told he is destined to defeat the evil gigyas who is supposed to take over the earth in 10 years. Ness begins his journey, fighting gang members, possessed people, a cult, wild animals and picking up friends along the journey. the great thing about this game is it's originality. it's not the typical rpg. the weapons are not swords, bows and arrows but things that a child might have. baseball bats, yo yo's, frying pans, bottle rockets. the game is excellent across the board, except for graphics. here are a few sprites from the game. good, but not as great as other games on the SNES. which is why the game isn't as popular as it should be. It exceeded the ff series in everything except for graphics and marketing. but, i find that most gamers today are too superficial to not just check out a books cover, to read the beautiful story being told rather than enjoying the pretty illustrations. it's a shame really.

if this post has struck some interest into the earthbound series, pm me and i'll give you information about obtaining a copy of earthbound .



i'm getting ready for the onslaught of angry FF players.

[*kryogenix*]

yeah, so anyway, i was watching tv, and i see this commercial for the FF game, that online one. so as i'm watching, this kid is like "loOk aT t3h gRaFfIx Yo!" . i hate those BS cinematic CG movies. they look nice, and when you play the game, the graphics aren't so great. neither is the gameplay. and everyone is spending their money on this game because they want to be part of the community. i think i'll take my real life community over an internet community (i still love createblog though!). so anyway, people are paying lots and lots of money on this stuff without thinking, "hey, isn't this a bit overpriced? maybe, if we stopped buying this and demanded better gameplay, we'd have a lot more fun?" SquareEnix is going to become the Microsoft of the gaming industry, overpricing, underdelivering.