Zeldaa... W.W.

[Orion]

I'm with Retane, the first Zelda 64 game was one of the best I've ever played, and I've replayed it too many times to count. But I have to say Chronotrigger for the SNES rates very highly in my opinion also, that's <i>the</i> greatest rpg i've ever played.

[Metal Koola]

HF17 - I got so amazingly pissed when I first played the final battle and died, knowing I was screwed... then I saw what happened and started laughing hysterically.

20 - There is a gamecube Final Fantasy being made. It is called Crystal Chronicle and it will be one of the most fantabular games ever to come out. It was the only real reason I bought a GC. They already have a bunch of screenshots and such on IGN go check it out. They also had it on Xplay on TechTV so it's not a joke. It's a multiplayer game too, where certain puzzles require the use of two people. Dunno what they do for people who are playing with... er... by themselves.

[Sammah]

Damn, MK already got to it before I did. >.<

Yes, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles IS coming out for GC.

And yes Final Fantasy Tactics Advance IS coming out for GBA. (I already have it though, and so does a few others here *evil grin*)

[Raditzu]

I have always been a Nintendo purest, so most anything I think of the other systems is purely biased, but I think it's not totally out of line.

I think the GC will end up with more of the 'quality' games than the other systems, purely because everything Nintendo does themselves owns ass. Their second party companies also pull out the great games, like Donkey Kong 64 and Banjo Kazooie. Now, you do have to be able to get past the kiddie looks of the games to enjoy, and some people just dont want to have to put up with that... and that's fine. I say, if you don't like the game, you don't like the game.

The great thing about the PS2 is the sheer number of games that it has/will have. It will be able to cover, probably, any genre with a pretty decent game or two. I, personally, have not been as impressed with the level of gameplay their games have had, but, like I said, I'm a Mario purest. The N64 went through a similar situation, where it had a bunch of games from almost any genre... the difference was that most company were just taking a shit in a box and calling it a game... at least the PS2 has actual games.

The Xbox I am least impressed with. I will say that halo is an awsome game... ... ... is there anything else to be said? Yeah, Halo is great, yeah, it's gonna be great on PC... ... ... Halo 2 will probably be cool too...

*ahem*

Anyway, that's just what I have to say about each of the systems. I'm pretty biased, but I know the industry pretty well, and I don't think I'm too far off the mark.

Oh yeah... Crystal Chronicles is going to own... it's about time Square did another game for Nintendo. Look at everything else they did with 'em:
FF4
FF6 (best Final Fantasy, in my opinion)
Chrono Trigger

Does anything else realy need to be said? I mean, I could have just said "Chrono Trigger" and the list would have been complete. I don't think I will ever play another game through as many times as I did that game. Wish I could say the same for Chrono Cross... does anyone know what the hell that was about? I sure havent been able to figure it out.

Ok, I think that's all I have to say... if I think of anything else, I'll make sure I let everyone know.

Oh, I will say this about Xbox. When it comes to chicks with huge racks bouncing around on a beach in skimpy bikinis... they own everyone, and probably always will.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Ubuu... the water temple sucked ass... period

[Metal Koola]

Originally posted by Raditzu
Oh yeah... Crystal Chronicles is going to own... it's about time Square did another game for Nintendo. Look at everything else they did with 'em:
FF4
FF6 (best Final Fantasy, in my opinion)
Chrono Trigger

You left out FF 1-3 and 5. Those were all on nintendo systems. Oh, and has anyone played the original FF3 (the real one, with the 4 lost boys?) It's the only game that hasn't been brought to America yet and there's a reason for this: The game kicks so much ass that Square wants to keep it to theirselves! I had a nerdgasm playing that game... but the final boss is just way too impossible.

[Raditzu]

I felt the exact same way about FF8 until I replayed it. I you have a lot of patience, you can really understand the brilliance of the junction/summoning system they created. I didn't like having to 'draw' magic, though, I thought that was really lame. But creating cards ot of monsters, to use for either items or the card game was really cool. The system for upgrading weapons was really cool. I like the way they did the limit breaks, and how they played such a big part in who your main characters were.

The only thing i didn't like (aside from drawing magic) was how the story moved in chunks at a time. If you got to one of the large "story building sections of the game, and had been up all night trying to get there, you could just stare at the screen and let all of the last 5 hours worth of story just slip right through your mind. I didn that the first time I played the game. I booted it back up after I got some sleep and immediatly said "what the hell is going on..." The second time I made sure I was coherent for the storyline sections.

Oh yeah, and squalls gunblade just kicks ass. Seriously, what's better than a gun? A sword. What's better than a sword? A sword with a gun in it. It all makes perfect sense. It's like the old "which are better, ninjas or space pirates?" argument. Space ninjas are better than both of them.

Anyway, Ubuu, I would say sit back down with the game and make sure you have the time and patience to really get into the junction/magic drawing system. I think it's worth it. The system is designed so that any character can be anything you want it to be at any given time. There aren't any classes that a character falls under (mage, theif, tank) unless you want them to. I, personally, made squall my tank character, Zell my theif and Quistis my mage, but that is all arbitrary. I think you get my point.

Ok... I'm done with my FF8 rant for now.

BTW: If anyone has an extra gunblade sitting around, or knows someone who has one tell me so I can kill them in their sleep and take it from them.