Topic: Final fantasy discussion thread

@Ralizah What I really like about Dancing Mad is how amazingly well it fits with the visual and philosophical theme of the battle. At the bottom tier, there is hell; the next tier is purgatory; then we have paradise. Finally at the very top is Kefka himself who has become the new god.

@FullbringIchigo FFX is my favourite game.

Favourite field themes. Ooh Terra's theme is a strong contender and I love the Main Theme from Final Fantasy VII.

More recently:

Wanderlust from Final Fantasy XV

Favourite town theme is Fisherman's Horizon from Final Fantasy VIII.

My favourite dungeon theme is Into the Darkness from Final Fantasy IV. I love the dungeon themes from FFX too, if places like Macalania Woods count as dungeons.

Come to think of it, I love most Final Fantasy music.

@mookysam Final Fantasy is full of amazing music

@mookysam Oh yeah, Dancing Mad was a cool idea, for sure, and it works in the context of the actual battle. It's just as not consistently anxiety-inducing and epic as One Winged Angel.

Bravely Default actually does something similar with its final boss theme, with each sequence thematically linked to certain characters, and it evolves over the course of a battle of increasingly absurd scope. It's great.

Actually, I'll just come out and say it: I think Wicked Flight and Serpent Eating the Horizon, the final two boss themes in that game, are the best boss themes I've ever heard in a JRPG.

@FullbringIchigo My favorite generalized collection of Final Fantasy music on disc are the Distant Worlds CD sets.

I will go as far as saying that, in terms of iconic original music, there's no video game series that tops Final Fantasy.

@Ralizah i have yet to get those CD's but there on my list, right after Play Arts Kai Noctis

on a side note i got the first Ultimania last month and it's a lot bigger than i thought it would be but sadly my copy of On the Way to a Smile: FFVII was delayed

@FullbringIchigo Looks like a book full of Yoshitaka Amano art. One of my favorite Japanese illustrators, alongside Kazuma Kaneko. Have you ever seen the anime art film Angel's Egg?

@Ralizah it's not just art, it has full breakdowns of the production of the first 6 FF games and other things like character bios and relationship charts

if you want a book of Amano art then you want to buy "The Sky"

also no i have actually not seen that film i'm afraid but on the topic of Final Fantasy i have seen the Legend of the Crystal FFV anime OVA's, you know the ones that were only released on VHS and Bartz is called Buttz

@FullbringIchigo Ah, nice.

The Final Fantasy OAVs are awful. Which is unfortunate, because the potential is there for an original FF anime to be a lot of fun given the rich worlds they tend to take place in.

I think I actually still own the VHS set. Bought it at Suncoast when I was a kid.

At least The Spirits Within was decent (and mind-bogglingly realistic-looking at the time).

@Ralizah i liked The Spirit With actually, even if there was some, shall we say hokey plot points (Ghosts on a meteor WTF!)

(i really liked Advent Children too)

@Ralizah You've reminded me I need to play Bravely Default. That's some great music!

@FullbringIchigo Was just going to ask how Ultimania compares to The Sky. Good to know it has lots of other information and bits in it. I plan to get it as a gift for someone.

I quite like Advent Children. More for the physical spectacle than the plot. Kingsglaive was decent too and I liked the background to what was going on in FFXV.

@mookysam yeah Kingsglaive was also good, so was Brotherhood (i got the collectors edition of Kingsglaive so it also came with Brotherhood just a shame Brotherhood wasn't dubbed)

EDIT: on a side note the first time i ever watched Advent Children i had to do a double take as the Kid has the same name as me

although it was kind of funny to hear Cloud and Tifa shouting my name all the time

@FullbringIchigo I want to see 16 as a whole new game. Completely fresh in a new world. 17 will be the ff7 remake. 18 will be the link story between ff10 and ff7. We will all be way old by then so the series can end.

@FullbringIchigo your art 🎨 is so beautiful!

FFXVI: the dream is a Yoshitaka Amano art style cell- shaded game. Turn based combat with a fresh twist 🔀 like Bravely Default or Octopath

@Feena an entire game done in Amano's style might just make me melt, i probably wouldn't even get pass the opening scene

also thanks for the kind words about my art Feena and @Kidfried

Also here is some unexpected Final Fantasy News, the FINAL FANTASY XIII Trilogy is come to the XBOX ONE Backwards Compatibility program, i guess that puts all rumours of a remaster to bed which is a shame (and i just know i'm going to buy the 360 version now even though i already have them on PS3)

@themcnoisy honestly it wouldn't surprise me is Square dropped the number from there series and there was no FFXVI

we would still get Final Fantasy games just no more numbered ones

@FullbringIchigo FF13 - 360 version had a downgraded resolution at release so it's very interesting to see how this backwards compatibility looks. I would play 13 again for sure.

@themcnoisy apparently it's also getting a enhancement like many other BC 360 games have, so it could be the best looking version on a console if they do it right

OH and the topic of music we was on, i really liked the "Battle on the big bridge" remix from FFXV Episode Gladiolus

anybody else got any remixes of FF songs they like?

@themcnoisy You liked 13? I’m curious to hear what you thought about the story and characters then. I’ve never played it before, but I’m a little intrigued if you did. I’ve just heard it’s not very good.

@Jaz007 FF13 is good, just not Final Fantasy good. Too linear, no NPC's to interact with, no towns, Hope (he's the worst), Vanille (she's also the worst), stunted levelling which is a shadow of the ffx system, no mini games, strange use of nouns, I can't actually remember what the story is as I've played ff
13-2 and the overarching story in that game is a joke although it's a better game.

But ff13 is enjoyable. Most notably it is unique, the fighting is great and like all final fantasies very thought provoking. The end game titan trials on gran pulse are amazing also. I would happily run through the game again.