Should I play FF I?

hhr1dluv · 05-03-2008, 03:37 AM

Hi everyone...So, I've been wondering for a while whether or not I should play this installment in the FF franchise. I got started with X and then moved on to VII, VIII, IX, VI, and XII. I've never really had any interest in playing the first 5 games, but I played IV because I got the impression that was the best one of 1-5.

Anyway, the reason I'm reluctant is because I can't really see how this game would appeal to me. I really love stories, and to be honest, I'm not a very intense gamer or a very good one. I do not play RPGs because I like battle systems. I play because of interesting stories with characters that I will enjoy following through an adventure. I don't know very much about FFI, but it seems like it would be very simple story-wise. FFIV, though good, was my least favorite FF because it seemed so simple plotwise and everything. I know that the game was probably revolutionary for its time, but for me, it felt like I was playing an outline for all other FFs (if that makes sense). I worry that I will get the same 'bare bones' feeling from FFI.

As an aside, I have now completed IV, VI, VII, X, and X-2, and I have tried a good portion of VIII, IX, and XII. There's something that I love about each one of these titles, but as I play more and more, each title loses its 'zing.' I was floored by X, as it was the first RPG I played. It remains my favorite for nostalgia reasons. However, as I proceeded to play VII, and then VI, and then X-2, and then IV...they started to lose some their impact. Have any of you ever felt that playing so many FFs has sort of...desensitized you to the series? If not, do you spend a lot of time playing other games?

Anyway, if I did decide to play FFI, I would but Dawn of Souls. Then I'd probably get III and V because I couldn't stand only missing two titles.

zack_fair · 05-03-2008, 08:40 AM

Well the level of difficulty in I is around the same as IV, if not easier. Also, there is not much character development (hell, they don't even talk). The story is well simple, like you said. It's just find A to give to B, get C from B, give C to D, etc... The battle system is alright (no ATB, which is good or bad for different people, it's a very normal battle system). The graphics and sound are good, esp on DoS and PSP.

I'll leave the rest to you. Hope I helped.

hhr1dluv · 05-03-2008, 03:19 PM

Wow, the characters don't even talk in the GBA and PSP versions?

Sagensyg · 05-04-2008, 04:52 AM

but I played IV because I got the impression that was the best one of 1-5.

You were correct.

Play Final Fantasy 1, if you do, you can recognize all the little spoofs in the other Final Fantasies.

,,, · 05-04-2008, 05:41 AM

To be honest with you, I doesn't have much in the way of story. If you have a good imagination you may enjoy it because a lot of things are really left up to that. But there's barely a plot, what plot there is doesn't make a lot of sense, and the characters, well, just like the plot they're nothing except what you imagine them to be. Based on what you've said, I doesn't sound like your kind of thing.

zack_fair · 05-04-2008, 07:10 AM

Originally Bespoken by hhr1dluv

Wow, the characters don't even talk in the GBA and PSP versions?

yeah, they don't. unless a ! above their heads counts as talking. :P

Momiji · 05-04-2008, 04:06 PM

Originally Bespoken by hhr1dluv

Wow, the characters don't even talk in the GBA and PSP versions?

Ummm...no? What did you expect? o_O