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[TurkSlayer]

Originally Posted by Auragaea

FFV, VIII, and X-2 are actually some of my favorites because their battle systems and customization system were REALLY deep. To me, I don't care much for storylines or character development in RPGs, but rather their battle and customization system. As such, those 3 games are really very good to me. In fact, my all time favorite FF is a tie between FFVIII and VI. Both had exactly what I want and love in an RPG.

Wow, you and me are completely opposite. Story and characters come before everything to me. Though the battle system in FFVIII is one of the main reasons I hate that game.

And Maxx Power is right, I'm the only one who doesn't like it that much.

[Azar]

I don't know. I honestly didn't enjoy it that much. I wasn't especially interested in the story or the characters, and while the Job system is good, the battles were'nt especially fun, and they were far too frequent. I just got bored and frustrated. Plus...X-Death? C'mon.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Originally Posted by Azar

Plus...X-Death? C'mon.

Hey now come on, you can knock most things but you can't knock the X-Man. A crazy wizard-tree intent on bringing the end of everything, without motive? You just gotta love that extreme brashness.

[The Devourer Of Worlds]

Originally Posted by Azar

Plus...X-Death?

Pfft, what exactly was wrong with X-Death? He was at the very least superior to all of the FF villains before him. If people could get over his obscure name (which was more than likely a mistranslation of ’Exodus’) they would realise that he wasn’t half as bad a villain as everyone makes him out to be.

Anyway, the reason FFV is underrated is probably because it wasn't released outside of Japan until Anthology came along. Far more people would have enjoyed it IMO if it wasn't a SNES port that was trying to compete with actual 3D PSX games...

[Shin Gouken]

X-death is short for Exeeding death so ive read.

The very first time i played, i remember X-deaths name being mentioned for the first time and it struck me with fear. Seriously, i really didn't want to fight him, i was crap back then and he sounded scarey

I thought he was great. He had a legion of monsters that supported what he was trying to accomplish, including the most feared monsters that were banished to the N-zone. He had more brains than brawn. He managed to arise after being trapped by the power of the crystals, and managed to rise again once defeated by the light warriors. He had a mind of war, and managed to defeat galufs army through gorilla warfare and such. He set his sight on the most powerful force in existance and suceeded (kinda) certainly nothing bad about him comes to mind.

[Rengori]

It's a huge improvement over FF3.

[The Devourer Of Worlds]

Originally Posted by shinangel2292

X-death is short for Exeeding death so ive read.

Yeah, I've heard this as well but I don't think that name was even confirmed by any official sources though. One thing that the name ‘Exodus’ has going for it is that when FFTA was released in the US, a Totema that was supposedly based on X-Death had it’s name translated to ‘Exodus’.

I guess if this was supposed to correct a mistake in anthology, it will show up in FFV: Advanced. We’ll just have to wait and see then…

[TurkSlayer]

Originally Posted by The Devourer Of Worlds

Pfft, what exactly was wrong with X-Death? He was at the very least superior to all of the FF villains before him.

Are you calling him superior to Garland!? I don't see X-Death knocking you all down!