I hear the linear complaint a lot with rpgs. Nobody talks about the reverse problem. If the game is too open world with too many side quests, it makes the main story really disjointed. For people who want to do everything to not miss good rewards, you can completely forget where the actual story left off.

A recap of my experience playing Final Fantasy 15: "Who's that bad guy and how does he know the crew? Oh I guess I gotta watch the prequel movie. (He died unceremoniously anyway). "Where's that character going? Oh DLC Pack 1. (It didn't matter)" "Why's that character blind? Oh DLC Pack 2. (Choose your own adventure)" "Dang, we left him behind for 5 minutes? Oh DLC Pack 3. (It wasn't 5 minutes). "That timeskip was crazy, what happened? Oh, gotta read the manga." "Oh now this would be an interesting backstory to explore." Oh DLC was cancelled. (Nobody wants anymore content). "What happened at the ending? Guess I gotta wait for the update."

I always thought that the world of ruin in FF6 was supposed to feel disjointed and overwhelming. I thought they intentionally did that because the world was destroyed and the villain won. You were supposed to feel overwhelmed and confused as to what happens next. Atleast that’s what I got from it.

I feel like highlighting that some of the worst things about the older games is that they're outdated and lacking things compared to the newer games is a moot point for the video topic. Obviously, in 2060, the worst thing about FF16 will be that it's outdated and doesn't have features from FF22. Better to only isolate the inherent problems that the games have from the get-go during their time of release.

FF12 is a game about preparation and watching your plan come together. It's a game about staying ready so you don't gotta get ready.

The fact that every single bad thing you said about ffx are things that i absolutely love about it shows how much i love this game

For FFXV, I'm surprised you didn't mention how important story beats are told in separate media from the game. Specifically, as I've heard, the first and second half of the game are split by a manga that you have to read to keep up with what's happening.

That song "You Can Hear the Cry of the Planet" from the City of the Ancients in 7 is so haunting and sad. It perfectly suggests a once glorious civilization that is now but ruins, with its secrets lost forever.

Me and my sister were first introduced to the franchise with ff8 and i can attest that the junction system is divisive, because my sister was so confused with the system and left the franchise for good, while i got hooked and became an ff fan 😂

The sphere grid was the best leveling system in any FF game.

My main problem with the first FF is that if an enemy is defeated, attack commands of subsequent characters can be wasted attacking the air where the enemy used to be. The remakes fix this but I wish there was a rom hack that modernized this one aspect of the game, because I find the original very charming otherwise.

The only downside to FFX for me was that chocobo race. I’ve played the game many times, but never won Tidus’ final weapon. 😟

The voice acting in 10 was perfect and the akward laughing between tidus and yuna was meant to be forced and awkward if youve played through that masterpiece youd know

It drives me crazy that any time someone makes a video like this, they always show footage from the first two hours of XIII. I get its not the best one, but come on. Ill rip on that game all day but I played the whole game. This video actually touches on something that almost no one gives XIII credit for. The paradigm system is such an interesting mechanic that really shifts how you view the characters on screen. You aren't necessarily supposed to be choosing spells and stuff, you are supposed to be managing roles. If you go into any boss fight with less than 3 paradigms, you're doing it wrong. The system even has a -bug- neat feature where if you switch between two identical paradigms, your ATB gauge resets. Coupled with the stagger mechanic, you're more-or-less managing how your party is attacking the boss, rather than what they're attacking it with. Now all that comes with the massive caveat (and I'll give it to you, its massive) that it takes around 5 chapters to pick your own paradigms, and around ten chapters to choose your party. The game's linearity is absolutely a by product of its horrible production, but i think they managed to tell a decent enough story. If you're giving the game the benefit of the doubt, I think you'll be able to follow along well enough (despite what a lot of people say). To me, the story is supposed to sound like gobbledygook. The characters are supposed to be weird and close-minded, cause they live in this fucked-up gated community where they've constantly been lied to by the people in power. The game's codex is there so you can delve into the lore if you really want to, but nothing in it is really necessary to the plot. XIII gets so many complaints about the story being nonsensical if you don't read the codex, and how everyone talks with made up words, when that's a staple of RPGs. I'm sure there are rpgs out there that have simple plots, but I'll bet you all the good ones don't. If the game did go over every little minutia of every bit of lore, people would just complain about the game spending too much time explaining and lore dumping. The world is supposed to be alien and not make sense, cause it is literally alien. the Fal'cie manufactured every detail of the human's lives in cocoon; down to where they get their food and where they sleep, and where their light comes from. To them its normal, and to us its not. Speaking of the characters; of coarse everyone is an insufferable child who cant communicate like adults. They ARE a bunch of children, some even literally. Lightning is young, self important, arrogant, and pissed off that her beloved sister is marrying some block-head. Block-head Snow is an idealistic moron with delusions of grandeur and a hero complex. He's an optimist, but he's blind to the effects of his actions and how others suffer from his rash decisions. Sazh is the odd one out, he's the old man who doesn't really want to be there, and is just kinda going through the motions after the supposed loss of his son. He's a lost man, relying on children to solve the problems that he's too emotionally unstable to deal with himself. Vanille is perpetually running away from all her problems. She never deals with anything, and elects to let someone else deal with it. She almost caused the deaths of millions of people, and is really fucked up about it. There's a reason she's the narrator of the game. Much like Sazh, Fang seems to be out of place. She kinda has all her shit together, and knows her place in the world. It's interesting cause she is the only party member who isn't present from the beginning of the game, and she's the one who finally manages to get Snow to shape up and stop being such an idiot. She is the only real adult. This goes even deeper cause she is in-lore someone who has already fulfilled her focus and lived. she is a walking talking example of what the main cast is wanting. Not only escaped her impossible fate, but also an emotionally stable adult. I got nothing much for Hope. It's ridiculous how long his arc is. Chock it up to him being the youngest i guess. He's the baby of the group, and i think his portrayal kinda betrays that as hes just as competent as the rest of the cast in combat so you get this weird dichotomy where hes supposed to be a timid kid, but also a powerful mage who kills monsters. If you wanna give the game shit for how long it takes to get going, how you basically have to play the entire game before you're allowed to choose your party, or how easy most of the game is, or the insane difficulty curve once you land on Pulse, then go for it. I'm not expecting to change hearts and minds or anything, this is just my yearly rant about how people don't like the game I do. There are A LOT of games that are good right from the jump. This is not one of them. XIII is a slow linear mess, but not that bad. If you feel like giving it a shot, hey i guarantee you can find a copy at a game store for like $2, and hey you just might like what you find.

The voice acting in 12 is the best. Yes, I'm referring to balthier and Fran's voice and accent. And the music is also really great

A few gripes I've had with some of the games, 7 was the first one that I played so I can't speak about the ones before that. 7 - I often got dumped onto the world map with no idea where I was supposed to go or why. 8- No minimum levels made combat completely trivial if I was under leveled. 9- Having skill acquisition tied to equipment meant that I couldn't equip my newest and best stuff. 10- The interactions in the trial chambers felt finicky sometimes. The solution was often an interaction that I had already tried but I was standing a few pixels off. 12- Spellcasters go through MP way too fast and MP recovery is scarce. 13- While your main character changes randomly throughout the game, if whoever happens to be your MC at the time falls in battle you instantly game over. Allies can't revive you. 15- Lack of healing options.

10 was my entry title to the FF series but 12 stole my heart. I loved the combat system in 12 and the world of Ivalice. While I dont remember a lot of the Soundtrack, I do very clearly remember the Empire theme and Gabranth who merely had to be on the screen for a second to get me excited...he was the Darth Vader of my late Teens. The Summons, the bosses, the freaking Barheim Passage which somehow traumatized me...I'm still sad about the fact they never made another one, Revenant wings was still enjoyable to me but its just not the same. FF 13 on the other hand...oh boy. Trying to finish it since its release. I just cant get into it, the story, the combat system and the characters are all a pain in the ass to me. Perhaps it is the whole setting that is so offputting to me, it just seems bland. Got high hopes for 16 though, everything I have seen so far is amazing and every 3-4 entrys in the series have been real gems to me so it is about damn time again.

I'd like to add a few: FF VI - Balance between characters varies greatly. Contains game breaking glitches when sketching some enemies. FF VII - Very little sets the characters apart. Mostly strength is determined by Materia. FF VIII - Also little difference between characters, though Limit Breaks set them apart more than in FF VII. FF IX - Time based item is a killer for completionists. FF XII - Grind midgame discourage rotating characters.

The only real problem with VI is that each character can do everything, which takes away their uniqueness.

Ffxv was my first ever final fantasy and I loved it

I don't like it when people don't mention XI and XIV in these lists. Even though they're ongoing, they are some of the best stories the franchise has to offer, especially 14. I'm not an MMO player in general and 14 became my favourite final fantasy game. I know this might date the video because MMOs are ongoing, but dating 1/14th of a video (11 basically gets close to no changes) is much better imo than excluding them. And for anyone that hasn't, trust me, play 14.

How you talk about worst things in each game and not mention FFX's unskippable cutscenes especially when some of them go on for a long time. And one that especially can be mentioned is the long cutscene before Yunalesca, which by many people's accounts is one of the hardest story bosses in the game...

Just recently beat FF15 8.5/10 I think it’s ridiculously amazing and left me feeling empty when I finished it all 😭💔

12:49 is where you earned my respect! FF12 is one of the most underrated RPGs, and it's rare to hear someone else who appreciates how ahead of the curve it was and still is TO THIS DAY.

As someone who has played and finished them all except for 6 (I'm excitedly playing through it now) 7's biggest gripe for me was the story being extremely slow with somewhat bad pacing. It took me out of it a few times and with quite a few areas in between big story moments that can take a lot of time if you like to explore. It can feel like, while it's story overall is incredible, it's just slow. Big examples being the story progression between Kalm-Fort condor-Wutai- and Red XIII's home. I won't lie, in Midgar meeting Aerith and her section before meeting Tifa again in don cornelio's mansion felt like filler and the story from Cloud and Tifa falling into the life stream to the very end of the game (for me personally) Felt like it was just dragging out to fill more time. In saying that I do love the game, I just find people who think it's flawless forget how slow it was in a lot of spaces and it can take you away from the game. Or in my case, put it down and not pick it back up for a long time before finally forcing yourself to finish cos you know it's good.

I’d say the biggest problem I have with 7 is that the characters don’t have any unique abilities to them outside of their limit breaks. Sometimes when RPGs make the characters immensely customizable, the feeling of uniqueness goes away. And yeah, 7 is hardly the only one to suffer from this, but it still is something there that can be raised as a negative.

Fun Fact on FFVI world of ruin. It wasn't suppose to be anywhere near as massive and optional as it was. But development for VI went so perfect that they were so far ahead of schedule by a few months in fact. So they increased what you could do in World of Ruin by about 3 times.

One way to make 13 more enjoyable, Every time the character Hope says ' There is no hope ' complete it with ' there is only Zuul ' it happens more often than you'd think.

I'd add that the storytelling in FFXV is terrible. Poor Lunafreya was meant to be an important character that you don't actually care for most of the game. They relied heavily on explaining the story outside of the game. If someone didn't watch Kingsglaive, they'll be missing on a TON of lore that makes the game more significant. Also, I didn't like the gameplay. Controversial opinion, XIII is way better than XV

It's saddens me to see another list that omits FF11 and FF14. The sense of exploration for FF11 was unlike any other in the series. You could ask any veterans of FF11 their favorite moments and most of them will tell you about the 1st journey to Jeuno, the main hub. And for FF14, although it has a weak and slow start, the game is beloved by the millions. Currently standing, FF14 is the most profitable for It's franchise. And being recognized as having the best story for their franchise. Some even claim it's the best RPG story ever told in their life.

Would've liked to hear your thoughts on X-2 and the other games in the FF13 series. The fact alone that they had sequels was an issue for some people.

I recently played FFXIII and I didn't think the linear nature would get to me but it did eventually, though I do love the soundtrack and the game is gorgeous as well!

I just finished FFVIII, I like the junction system and having no MP. What i didn't like doing particularly is having to play ridiculous amount of Triple Triad and not seeing a single enemy aside from bosses because of being a low level completionist.

The night/day cycle in FFXV really wound me up, like having to rest and stuff. Not the one

6, 7, 8, and 9 all have extremely good music. But 8 actually has the best. It's just a shame it's slightly worse because of it's questionable story and plot holes than 7 or 9.

i do not understand the critic on ffx voice acting. i replayed it a couple of months ago and to be honest, i find it much better than most modern games. the dialogues in the game are so well written and executed. it is not perfect especially lining the voices up with the animations. still, regarding voice acting was new for ff and, applying it on such a scope, pretty new for games in general, it is remarkable. it still beats a lot of new games but a country mile. they did hire professional seasoned voice actors for the job and took a lot of effort to instruct them well. why wouldn't that turn out a good job? btw talking about the english dub.

the worst part of ffxv is the raids, sometimes groups of enemy soldiers will jump from their airship to kick your ass and it's annoying, not the fight in itself but the fact there is no delay between them, if you fight for too long you can have a second or a third raid while you fight the first. really the thing that prevent me from replaying the game

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"You won't feel much nostalgia when you hear FF12's music" I beg to differ. FF12 was the first mainline entry I really invested myself into, and it's also the first steelbook I've ever owned, and one of the first games I ever got for my PS2 (which I got shortly after the PS3 released). Royal City of Rabanastre (specifically the in-game PS2 version) is one of the most nostalgic VG Soundtracks I have in my catalogue. The other being Garden from RuneScape 2.

FF15 had depth, It was just all hidden in the post game content. Some DLC but the majority was in that secret dungeon. The story that that dungeon told, that's what the game should have been about!

What I really hate about IX (my second favorite game in the series) is the stealing system. Even if you optimize everything you can, some fairly hard to get items will still only have a 1-2% chance of getting… which sucks! I don‘t mind having things that are „hard to get“, but they should be hard to get because it takes a lot of good strategy to optimize everything to increase your odds. They shouldn‘t be „hard to get“, because even under optimal conditions, you‘re entirely dependent on a 1/100 RNG role!

Yes, XIII doesn't open up until Pulse. But Pulse is the majority of the playthrough. Cocoon is a 15-hour Act I.

Name of FF5 background ost played in the video? Thank you!

I think 15 is the greatest "wasted potential" game ever created, so many amazing ideas, but rushed and not explored properly.

Here is a few for me : 7 - the graphic design of the character with their squary bodies (was a big turn-off when I first started) 8 - the confusing story 9 - the trance system 10 - the confusing leveling system (which actually becomes fun afterwards) and the lack of explorable map. Tactics - the fact that you could just be "trapped" in the game if you saved at the wrong time (for instance, before facing a difficult boss and having no solution for gridding and leveling).

FFVII is also my favorite, to me it was nearly perfect except for the ending. FFIV didn't like the temporary party members and being forced to play with them and found it hard to connect with the definitive party members

> "FF3 does not have memorable music" > Has one of the most memorable overworld theme in the series

An interesting list, though I felt it did border a bit on repetition and being surface level in the complaints from time to time, especially in the early entries. Here are some of my own issues... FFI - Magic Items unlimited use robs the game of a lot of the purpose of the magic system in the first place. (As do Ethers in later versions of it.) FFII - The Stat system is fine, for the most part, the real issue is that your rotating last party member is entirely at odds with this system. What's the point of building up these characters if they're not permanent? At least later versions added a use for Minwu, Ricard, and Josef's stat increases when they were in your party. FFIII - The original forced you to basically be a Sage/Ninja to stand a chance against Cloud of Darkness, robbing a lot of the freeform aspects of the job system. (Also the lack of saving in the World of Darkness.) FFIV - This is my favorite in the series, so I find it a little hard to find flaws. The start of the game, regardless of the (2D) version, is a touch too simple. The entire Dark Knight part of the game is a cakewalk. (This is fixed in the 3D remake which gives those areas some needed gravitas). FFV - I guess the original was a touch too easy to break with the right job/ability combos? Hard to think of flaws for this one. FFVI - I love this game, but boy does it have a good number of issues. It is a touch too easy throughout. The ability for all characters to learn everything robs some characters of their individuality, outside of their unique command, Espers giving level up bonuses and being the Only thing to give those bonuses is such a strange choice. FFVII - I'm not a fan of the Materia system. it has the same issue I have with FFVI, except even commands now aren't unique to characters, they're just Materia. The only thing unique about characters is their weapons/Limit Breaks FFVIII - They did it again! They took away all unique aspects away from a character outside of their weapons/special attacks and placed in the Guardian Force and Junction System, which goes as far as to change a character's role, bah. FFIX - Very few complaints, it fixes all of my issues from FFVI-VIII, though the battle system is a touch slow. Thankfully later versions have speed up to deal with that. FFX - I rather like the Sphere Grid. Its clear how you are *supposed* to develop the character to play the desired role, but... you can also go off of that path. The option is there to forge a character as you want to, but is not required. FFXII - As much as I loved the world, story, and overall mechanics, I never liked the original License Board. A big mess that just encouraged everyone to do everything (my main issue with FFVI-VIII). Zodiac Age does a beautiful job of course correcting by allowing the player to assign two unique boards. FFXIII - Linear areas without many nooks and crannies. You can say that the overall flow of games like FFIV is linear, but the dungeons were filled with rooms and passages leading to hidden loot. In FFXIII most things are on a map. The Crystarium was incredulously limited. I never played XV so I can't comment on it.

9 and 10 are my favorites, and yeah these are pretty accurate to my least favorite parts: 9 - Battles are so slow thanks to the animations. Even basic spells and abilities take too long to finish. Also trance has gotta be the worst type of 'limit break' in the series 10 - I hate every minigame and lots of the other side stuff. Blitzball, chocobo race, trial spheres, post-game grind, etc.

FFXII's gambit system is great, it's turn a turn based combat into a strategy combat.

FFV is less emotionally poignant than later games yet Galuf still makes me cry in 2023 😭

My own list, because I know you all care: I: All the bugs (NES Only) II: The leveling system, same as everyone else III: Taking 20+ years to localize IV: The fake-out deaths that undermined the story V: The terrible translation (PS1 only) VI… Uhhhh… I got nothing. Nothing bothers me. VII: …Yeah, again, I love everything about this one. Even the flaws. VIII: Junction system being badly implemented. IX: (Sane Version) Battles being way too slow (Psycho Version) Amarant sucks and my true love Beatrix should have been the last party member instead! X: The Awful mini games (Blitzball, butterfly catching, dodging lightning, etc.) XI: Absolute Virtue/Pandemonium Warden XII: Only two of the main characters actually mattering. XIII: “Fabula Nova Crystalis” being a botched project that consumed the franchise for years XIV: 1.0 almost killing Square Enix XV: 75% of the plot and content not being in the game (50% if you want to be generous and include the DLC) XVI: Yoshi-P tantalizing me with an amazing finished game and not letting me play it until June. That’s like a million years away!

To say 7 was "overwhelming", and "graphicly aged" is hilarious to me, they are actually STRENGTHS. Graphics are not important to a game, only the characters, story, and music. They actually allow it to make a fuller game and faster as well. And the materia system added creativity. 7 is a perfect game in all honesty.

Worst thing about FF7, it's fans.

I only played 7 and 8. My worst part of 7 was having to redo your materia whenever you lost control of Cloud due to the storyline, like when he lost his mind for example, and with 8, I hated making sure I had all parts of the sword before going to the end of the storyline.

First half of FF Series games: The story is either non existent or too simplistic. Second half of FF series games: Story is overly convoluted and hard to follow.

::immediately clicks on the FFVII timestamp to see how angry I will get::

As a long-time Final Fantasy fan myself, that's some pretty good analysis! A couple of things I'll mention that weren't mentioned in the video: Final Fantasy 4: While not considered crucial to the gameplay, one of the main sticking points in replays for me has been just how rare and random it is to try to complete Rydia's ability list, as four Summon spells are only dropped randomly by certain random encounters. Plus, some of the equipment whether better or not, are also dropped randomly and often difficult to collect - even in the sequels "Interlude" and "The After Years". Final Fantasy 10: Collecting all the items needed in order to complete the best weapons in the game. Counting lightning dodges, and balloon collecting while bird dodging on a Chocobo... those minigames can (*censored*) themselves. That was frustrating, and I so far have not completed all of the Celestial Weapons. Final Fantasy 12: I personally loved this game. The battle system took some getting used to, but I found it enjoyable. However, in this game, the treasure containers are all semi-randomized! On one hand, it's a plus that several treasure containers re-appear and can be collected again and again... on the other hand... it can be awfully tedious knowing what you want to collect, but having to spend hours trying to make a container appear - much less contain the desired item!

I really don't understand why people discuss the laughing segment in FFX.... It was a forced laugh

Worst thing about 3 has to be its villains. Given that the last game gave us a crazy emperor who came back after conquering Hell to take back his empire in the final act, non-existent Xande and the Cloud of Darkness were so bland it was depressing.

Final fantasy 9 is the best of the series.

I actually have to disagree with one point in FFI, I've never found it difficult to level up in that game, often times I end up over leveled because of what I consider the biggest issue (bugs aside because yeah..those are bad lol) with the game, the level of constant random encounters. Everything else I whole heartedly agree with lol

Just found your channel. Instant subscriber. Great video. I struggle to come up with complaints about Final Fantasy. I, too, love all the games in the series. The way I see it, if they changed the name from “heroin” to “Final Fantasy,” I’d become a junkie.

I actually like when characters have a class, it is a part of who they are. Don't like "anyone can do anything" systems and I will never understand a "ninja" needing to equip an item to know how to throw.

I don't care what anyone says, FFXIII was a good game. I still prefer traditional turn based combat like in the Trails series, but FFXIII was a beautiful game with great characters.

One thing that I love about Final Fantasy is how unique each combat and progression system is. With a series like Dragonquest, if you have played one you have basically played them all. Nothing sets the combat system apart from the others. If you compare the combat of 2 modern FF games, they won't even look like the same franchise.

About Final Fantasy XII gameplay: for those who complain about it, you have the option of playing the entire game with Gambits turned off!

FFX was my first FF experience, probably my favorite FF game and one of my favorite videogames in general. The difficulty spikes are a bit of an issue but the game is overall very easy, if a bit grindy. It would benefit a lot from less of those Seymour/Yunalesca moments and a slightly more challenging experience overall when fighting against standard enemies and some very weak bosses. I've always loved the flexibility of FFX's gameplay. Even when I was a kid and I didn't really have the skills to make any kind of plan (it was more of a "level up a bit, try, fail, try again until something works" kind of approach) I could tell that if a person was dedicated enough they could achieve crazy stuff. Just look at all the crazy challenges people have completed on that game, like the No Sphere Grid Challenge. I didn't mind that the game was linear, it made sense to me. The party was on a pilgrimage to save the world from a monster that could wipe out entire cities in a single attack. There's a certain sense of urgency involved, having too much non-linear content would've been counterintuitive. Same goes for FFXIII, I didn't mind that it was an extremely linear game 90% of the time. The party is basically a group of wanted fugitives that need to escape from the planet, so it makes sense that they don't deviate from their path. It also makes sense that there are no cities, or hubs to visit. Kinda hard to do when you're constantly on the run. I would've loved more moments for the party to just converse and get to know each other, it's kinda hard to care about some of the characters in the early parts of the game. There are some cutscenes where they just talk (they mostly just argue and bicker at first) but they also often just speak while you're exploring and the background music + enemy encounters really get in the way and make it hard to follow the conversations. What I would really change in that game is the combat system and the level up system. I like the Paradigm Shift system but it boils down to "Make the 6 most useful formations you can think of, spam A/X to auto-battle and win". It would've been better if they just used FFVII or FFX-2 battle system with the addition of Paradigm Shifting. Basically a slower, more controlled version of what FFXIII has, which also allows you to control the entire party. Also, if the leader of the party goes down the game shouldn't immediately end, I always hated that mechanic. Levelling up is also kinda stupid in FFXIII. You get points and you spend them in each class to learn skills and gain stats, but it's just a matter of picking which class to level and holding down a button to spend points. It's a completely linear upgrade system for 99.99% of the time, might as well just cut it and have the characters level up on their own. Either that or add a real upgrade system like in FFX

Ff12s gambit system is god tier. And for the more personal touch i would turn gambits off on the lead character so while my two party members were automated I would still manually choose actions

My problems with the games that I played are : FF1: where do I go now ??? FF2: empty rooms with high encounter rate FF3: the last dungeon FF4: Kain FF5: that it was exclusive to Japan for a long time FF6: none ... I can't think of a thing I hate about it FF7: the materia system streamlines what was the unique battle system of FF5 and FF6 FF12: treasure chests FF13: the game assumes you know the terms FF15: item management

As someone who played 1-6 games in order, going from 5 to 6 was kinda difficult, because of how linear 6 is compared to 5. I even dropped it at some point due to getting tired of being constantly led from one point to another. Good thing I picked it back up, because the second part of the game was absolutely a treat for me with it's open world and exploration, optimizing your party to tackle more challenging fights and getting better gear for every character before the final dungeon

I don't think people have really thought about just how linear every single final fantasy from 1-9 actually are. People like to think they are "open" but you usually have just one place you can go for most of the game and then they open up late game. People hate on 10 and 13 for being linear until late game but they just don't have world maps like previous entries but again, those world maps almost exclusively have 1 place to go to next until late game. Ff12 is probably the most non-linear game in the series since there's actually stuff to find off the beaten path and there's side quests to do that go off the main path.

Should redo this when Rebirth comes out, and include: FF7R1, FF7R2 , and FFXVI

Final Fantasy VI...out of the four final fantasy I played (6, 8, 10, 13-1), it's probably the one I found the most boring and forgettable, story-wise, after a few hours of gaming. (apart from the Opera scene and the supplex train...such a memorable scene!) I couldn't bring myself to finish it after the team of too many playable characters got separated...again. Oh well, to each their own :)

Final Fantasy 12's gambits system is awesome! there's nothing like you perfect all pages of gambits for each character in a way that you can play by just making minute detail choices to keep them working like a clock. like position of the characters or using some item that you think is better used in your time, or do a quickening. dude, when you see that team comp working just fine, it's a big brain moment, the fanfare in the end feels different. also, the best fanfare in all FF, no doubt

Worst thing about FF13 is Lightning not having enough ass despite being THE badass

I'll defend XIII, kind of: The problem with its story is that it's too complicated. It's basically a novel in video game form. Besides the monolithic lore, the characters themselves are also a lot more complicated than your typical JRPG heroes. That's one thing I really like about it - they feel more believably like messy people reacting to a messy situation in messy ways. But it does demand the player pay close attention to really follow along, and that's a big ask from people who maybe just want a fun fantasy romp. As for the combat, I like the concept, but I'm so-so on the execution. I genuinely dig the idea of acting as coach to the team, and how it forces the player to pay more attention to the battle in progress rather than just "playing the menus" while ignoring the battle animations. But the execution felt clunky at times, and it doesn't seem like it ever has quite enough tactical options for the system to feel robust.

You forgot that FFXV needs DLC and a movie to develop the plot properly

Imagine Square getting reviews. "It's too linear, driven by the narrative, I want to explore more" "It's to open, too much exploration not enough narrative" like excuse me wtf do you want??

Ngl, I actually enjoyed the Gambit system in FFXII, it allowed very creative strategies for either roaming or to fight bosses, almost as good as the Materia system.

I can't say I felt the gambit system was ever a issue for me. I mostly set the gambits to handle any micromanaging I need to do (like maintaining buffs such as Bubble, Float, Libra... stuff I want on at all times basically) rather than doing it manually. The game recommends at a few points to set up gambits to handle enemy weaknesses, but I always felt like I should handle that aspect myself. so I have a mix of Gambits easing the tedium and me selecting what I want to do in battle. Sometimes there are some mistakes but I refine the gambits, and have a smoother experience. That said, I do see why folks would have problems with the system. This is coming from someone who considers FFXII to be their favourite so take that how you will. I can see some aspects of the negatives pointed out (for instance, I followed the plot well and found it very interesting, which added to the worldbuilding the game accomplished, but I fully get why people didn't click with it, especially on launch)

I don't understand the hate of XV. I enjoyed it anyway. It was different, but I had fun.

13:50 NO! The worst thing in FFXIII, by FAAAAAR, is Vanille. *Drops mic

Nice vid. I always enjoy discussion of the classics. Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff. That said, the one thing I noticed is that your complaints almost all boil down to "its not a later game in the series". There was a lot of repetition of a talking point that doesn't really mean much of anything. No disrespect intended. Just some constructive criticism.

The battle system of FF XII was really ahead of its time. It was an auto battler before smartphones even where a thing.

As a FF6 fanboy my biggest bitch about the game is that Leviathan and Titan were cut from the summon roster, and the Gau rages can be a bit tedious to collect. Otherwise, absolute perfection!

I loved ff9's card game. I hated ff8's though. Collected every card in 9.

love how half the criticisms for the older games is that they are old.

Worst thing for ff13 was the stagger mechanic. It was annoying having to do the exact paradigm shifts to stagger and during boss fights it felt like the game telling you how exactly to do it without any experimentation

Very refreshing and different topic on well known series. Great work🎉😊

The gambit system is ome of the greatest combat systems i have ever used in a video game. Every single game that uses non-controllable combat characters in combat should be using some form of the gambit system imo. The options you have is insane. 100000000% ahead of its time.

ff1- so many bugs and not working things, ff2- shifting 4th party member and a weird way to level up ff3- difficulty really ramps up and if your healer goes down you are borderline SOL because pheonix downs are harder to come by. ff4- shifting and rotating cast while being unable to set up your party. could potentially lose valuable equipment if you put it one someone who leaves. ff5- encounter rate waaay too high, and higher end magic feeling like low-mid tier in older titles. ff6- limit break moves were too random to access ff7- translation+spelling errors like wtf were they smoking it was so bad in some ways. ff8- Junction system being mandatory and enemies leveling up at the same time you do ff9- getting abilities off of equipment ff10- sphere grid system ff11- mmo ff12- everything took FOREVER to get somewhere and sometimes it didn't even feel like you were progressing ff13- the battle system took all your control out of the game other than lightning. ff14-mmo ff15- summons are too damn random and in a lot of cases didn't come when i needed. anyone want cup of noodles? those are my personal niggles of things i did not like. all in all i liked most of the games

I started with FF1 on famicom. By time 6 came out I was overwhelmed by all the different characters. Even in most the subsequent titles I still kept the same four people as much as I could, then level up everyone at the end, then never use them again

I loved the video! Nitpicking in things I like is a pleasure of mine that people don't really understand. I would even like to do so as well: In FF IV people die and come back so often, that at the end you don't even care when a character dies because you think they will just come back after. Funny enough some don't, and you will only remember that way past finishing the game In FFVII, the party obsession with Sephiroth after the Midgar events makes ZERO sense. At that point they had no reason to fight him, and he helped them by killing the Shinra current CEO. instead of using that opportunity, they ran away from Midgar to follow somebody that had done nothing to them (that they could remember), and after that the whole Midgar plot is ignored. FFXIII have easily one of the best and most engaging turn-based mode in jrpgs... As soon as you unlock all the mechanics ALMOST 40 HOURS IN. The way the story is told is very weird, this is a case where unironically you would benefit a lot by getting spoiled, at least with a good detailling of the lore. So I hated the story and found it confusing on the first playthrough, but I actually really liked it on the second, when I was finally understanding what the hell was going on. i still think the game is worth it even with all it's flaws, mostly because you need to play the first to understand FF XIII-2, that is hands down a masterpiece Type-0's time mechanic hurts the game enjoyment, as it halves you from exploring the huge world, running after side quests, and fully experiencing the story on a first playthrough. Only maniacs and psychopats replay JRPGs right after finishing them. In order for you to fully enjoy what is easily one of the best Final Fantasy tittles, you need to use a time stop cheat. FF XIII Lightning Returns have the same issue, another amazing game that is brought down with time mechanics and need a mod to be enjoyed fully, I really don't understand why make such a rich world and then shove a timer there to restrict you from actually experiencing it

Was that a clip of vossler being controlled? Didn't think that could happen?

FF12 is my favorite in the series, so i'd like to talk a bit about the gambit system, which is actually one of my favorite aspects of the game. Think about it, in other RPGs like Persona 3 characters will move automatically, not letting the player the option to giive instructions and so in some scenarios the character will not do what you want. Or in games like fallout/TES your companions only follow instructions like "follow", "stay here", "be more or less aggresive", etc. Having your companions play by it self can be frustating and only a few games have figured out how to do good AI. In FF12 you get to literally "program" your party's brains to do whatever you want or need them to do, which adds a bit of trial and error while you try to come up with the most efficient combination of gambits so that these robots behave as best as possible. It's like if the devs welcomed the player into the programing process by giving us this option, and i just think that's really cool. Of course is not a perfect system, in many scenarios turning off gambits is the best course of action, but i still like it. Also, i ussually don't use the gambit on the party's leader so that i can keep playing. At the end of the day gambits are optional and can be turned off at any time, so i don't know why players would complain about this.

After playing FF7 again, I found myself wishing there were more Materia. There’s a considerable amount there but… I wish there were more lol

I too am a huge final fantasy fan. Heck, my username for pretty much anything has been Finalfant111, representing Final Fantasy 1-11 (as 11 was just released at the time I created it). Here is my list and "complaints" of each game. FF1 - I mean it was the first game in a beginning generation. Honestly, the only major complaint I have is the difficulty spikes for dungeons and the lack of unique characters. It was genre defining so we can't complain too much. Music is awesome too for its time. Love Motoya's cave theme. FF2 - i actually like the leveling system, it was cool. Music was good. My major complaint was the need to grind. It was really easy, almost too easy. FF3 - Major complaint is that the story was Meh. The job system was pretty good, but as you mentioned, the need to level both characters and jobs was tedious for a completionist. FF4 - Wow, I really don't have complaints for this one other than one he mentioned. Music for this game is SUPER iconic. Allot of the music for this game actually set the under tone for nearly every subsequent game. Terra's theme for example in FF6 is based on the Love theme for Rose and Cedric. The complaint I have is The fact that characters come and go based on story. So you can spend a large chunk of time leveling your characters that could disappear in the next act. Also, the characters you are given could be hard to work with. Looking at you Bard. FF5 - Much like FF3, job leveling was tedious. I agree story was mediocre when compared to others. However, I really enjoyed the music to this one. It was a good prelude to FF6. FF6 - Like the person in the video, it is hard to nit pick this game. I would say the only major nitpick I have is that there are almost TOO many characters. Trying to 100% this game can be a challenge because you have to equip every esper to every characters and grind grind grind Cactuars. FF7 - Again, not much to say. It was revolutionary for its time. I would say the only complaint is the block character in the over world. To me it clashed really bad with the picture realism of the back grounds. It wasn't hard to come into a scene an know immediately what was background and what wasn't. Also, the story was great but was slightly confusing in some parts. Lastly.... Aerith :.-( FF8 - Ok, hear me out. I LOVED the junction system in this game. I loved the story and characters. It had a love story that actually felt like it did in FF4. My only complaint with this game was the fact that monsters leveled with you. To be honest, I hate it when any game does this. I like knowing that if I hit an area where the monsters are super strong, I know that I either shouldn't be there or I need to bring my A-game. It was cut and defined. With FF8, you could litterally beat the game at level 1 and I dont like that. FF9 - THIS GAME. By far one of my favorite Final Fantasy games. Probably is my favorite. The story is amazing. Each character has an engaging and heart felt story. Freaking Vivi's story is one of the best! Side quests are engaging and fun. The game spikes in difficulty at the right times. Graphics were great. I would say my only complaint is that it simply was released at a horrible time and never garnered the reputation it should have because it was shadowed by the PS2 and FF10. Also, Kuja not being the final boss. The final boss made no sense in my opinion. FF10 - Again, no complaints. One of my favorite games for the PS2 generation. Probably 3rd favorite in the series. I would say my only major complaint was the Linear nature of the story and not really having an open world. Also....dodging lightning bolts URUUURRURRUGGGHGGH, and birds. F-ing things. FF12 - Hmm. What to say here. So this is one of the first ones, I waited at Walmart until midnight to pick this up. Came home with a case of Coke and some energy drinks, skipped college classes the next day and stayed up laying it. First off, I liked the new way of doing combat. It was interesting and new. It was a nice mixture of the ATB with live game play. You could still control your people on an individual basis but has the auto system if you wanted it. All in all it was a great game gameplay wise. My major complaint was the story. OMG the story was so stinking boring. Probably one of the MOST boring. Completely Politcally driven with no twists. I did like how Basch and his twin were reminiscent of Edgar and Sabin in FF6. FF13 - Everything. I hated nearly everything about his game. I am not joking. The music was horrible (mostly because Nobuo Uematsu was not involved). The story was horrible. It was linear with no open world. Characters were one dimensional. I just did not like it. And the thing I hated the absolute most, the DAMN FIGHTING SYSTEM. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I could rip my hair out with the fact you could not control more than one person. The amount of times I was screaming at the screen: HEAL ME YOU TWIT!!! NO, don't do that we are going to die HEAL MEEEEEEEEEE!!!! FUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKK. FF15 - Story. OMG the lack of story and the need for DLC to learn the rest of the story. I beat the Vanilla version of the game. I still haven't gone back to play the DLC for "The boys". Graphics were great. Gameplay was ok. I didn't like how it was built on a PS3 engine with PS4 graphics. How in the world you can have a guy teleport around the battle field, but you have to go through a sprawling dungeon fighting crap to get to a platform the was litterally a foot above your head. Anyway, this game could have been more. But it wasn't.

Vann was litteraly a studio note inclusion. Execs thought people wouldn't relate to Basch.

Good insights and well put together. Would love to see another video like this about the side games like Lightning Returns, Type 0 and the MMO's