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[Chrisrj]

Since Final Fantasy was made because it was their final game(which was fantasy-based), I think it'd be ironic if their sequel ended up being their last game. :P

[The Man]

Later Dragon Quest games are easier than the early ones, in my experience. I didn't experience much trouble in DQV, and I haven't experienced much in DQVIII yet either, although I'm still only about twenty hours into it. But yes, the DQ series is well worth playing, though to date the only ones I've completed are DQI and DQV.

Some people here feel that FFII was the so-and-so sequel of a good game. I haven't really played much of either, so I can't comment.

[scrumpleberry]

I think they were just ridin' the wave, possibly while developing better ideas for FFIII and the job classes and all that. But it wasn't really a flop, and introduced significant character development and a more complex story.

[sdm42393]

As an RPG I think Final Fantasy II is amazingly smurfing awesome.
As a Final Fantasy, however, it's just so-so.

[eestlinc]

Standing on the shoulders of giants. FF2 blazed the way for so much that the franchise holds dear.

[black orb]

Originally Posted by Linus ^

Imagine this for just a second. If Final Fantasy II had flopped horribly in Japan, would our favorite characters ever have existed?

>>> We would be playing Square's Tom Sawyer XII right now..

[Wolfen]

FFII introduced the side view without the boxed in menus and added more character development as opposed to the last game.

[Khalin]

Originally Posted by Crossblades ^

DQ games are indeed hard. But they're still awesome

If FF II would have flopped, the rest of FF series would have never existed. We either would've gotten another series or DQ would've been a lot more popular

To be honest, I didn't really find Dragon Quest games to be hard, though I did play those first before ever trying a Final Fantasy game [back in the NES/SNES age of course]. I feel that recent Dragon Quest games weren't very good at all, but the old ones were the best [I-IV]. Dragon Quest is awesome in many ways except for the fact that Akira Toriyama does the artwork for it. But obviously, Dragon Quest no longer piqued my interest after Dragon Quest IV, whereas Final Fantasy still continues to pique my interest.

Originally Posted by scrumpleberry ^

I think they were just ridin' the wave, possibly while developing better ideas for FFIII and the job classes and all that. But it wasn't really a flop, and introduced significant character development and a more complex story.

The story seems rather dry to me, but then again it's not something I'm going to hold against it, considering the era in which it was developed, in which case it was quite an advanced story considering other games of that time. Also, I'm pretty amazed at how they were able to cram all the information for the skill-up system into the NES cartridge [it seems a lot more complex and meticulous than a basic leveling system]. To me, that's pretty amazing.