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What is the best game set in Ivalice? (Final Fantasy)
- Thread starter Makoto Yuki
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I think you are past the event horizon of hyperbole on this one
FF12 without a doubt.
I just loved the combination of exploring, building a party and fighting. While the story wasn't the best FF story it was still very good. And this game ist just so beautiful with a great atmosphere. A timeless classic.
I just loved the combination of exploring, building a party and fighting. While the story wasn't the best FF story it was still very good. And this game ist just so beautiful with a great atmosphere. A timeless classic.
It's a more Matsuno Ivalice game than the knock-offs FFTA, FFTA2, and FFXII:RW will ever be.
Choosing between Tactics, XII and Vagrant Story (AKA the absolute pinnacle of Square for me) is just too hard. Today I'll say FFT, tomorrow it would be Vagrant Story. I think all three games are masterpieces.
As much as I enjoy XII, it's Vagrant Story. Such a fantastic game. And judging from the polling results so far, not enough of you have played it. :p
I like Tactics Advance the most, in gameplay and in story, but that game isn't really set in the real Ivalice if I remember correctly? So I guess I'd go with FFTA2. I hate Luso and I don't think the story is good except when Adelle is relevant, but the gameplay is superb, and I liked the addition of the Gria (even though I wish they had more classes to chose from).
FFTA is so special to me! It was my first tactical game. The music is so sweetly delivered. And the story was extra engrossing as s kid. But the gameplay loop was so addictive for me. It was perfect. A2 was better in some ways but the story was vastly weaker.
XII is one of my favorite FF's (Top 3) but I have to show love to the first game that brought me into Ivalice.
XII is one of my favorite FF's (Top 3) but I have to show love to the first game that brought me into Ivalice.
No argument from me. We desperately need a good remaster for the big screen
Quiet the opposite with me, got bored with Advance and A2. The original Tactics was way more interesting.
Really wish I could play any of these games on Switch right now.
Edit, I mean besides 12. Of course i replayed that one.
Edit, I mean besides 12. Of course i replayed that one.
I can't remember a thing about A2's story, other than that it was Isekai (-2). It's certainly more colorful and I like the environments but the main character is notorious for looking ridiculous; I did however like that it seemed less grindy than FFT and a bit less stressful to play.
Ugh, tough vote. Vagrant Story is my favourite game of all time, but wasn't really Ivalice. That was appended to the game, not the lead writer's original intentions at all. War of the Lions is a phenomenal game that is a true Ivalice game. I could vote either way and still feel conflicted.
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FF12 is the best to explore the world of Ivalice. FFT has the best story about Ivalice. But FF14's Ivalice is the most fun I had:
Cid: "SHOW ME MORRREEE"
Players: "OH SH*T OH SH*T OH SH*T"
Cid: "SHOW ME MORRREEE"
Players: "OH SH*T OH SH*T OH SH*T"
I found that weird too tbh, it's a bit jarring compared to the other references they've done (doesn't help they've imported some FFXII asset that are like 15 years old into the game).
Still, I do love the setting and the raids were great.
To answer the question id go with XII, it wasn't perfect but overall I enjoyed the world. Tactics was a very narrow look at what Ivalice is like as a whole, restricted by the format imo.
This one was hard... I went with FF12 simply cause we got the broadest scope of the world in that game.
I could have gone with FF tactics just because it was my first taste of that world and it was a great game, but to be fair that game was also just a lot of screenshots with very little interaction with the world itself.
And then there is Vagrant Story. Damn... I still can't believe a remake for this game hasn't been made yet. But unfortunately, this was also just a small slice of that world.
I need a Vagrant Story remake.
I could have gone with FF tactics just because it was my first taste of that world and it was a great game, but to be fair that game was also just a lot of screenshots with very little interaction with the world itself.
And then there is Vagrant Story. Damn... I still can't believe a remake for this game hasn't been made yet. But unfortunately, this was also just a small slice of that world.
I need a Vagrant Story remake.
I loved A2. Couldn't get into the original. It felt too slow. But then A2 is also pretty slow so i dunno.
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Not gonna lie, I'm not as surprised as I thought I would be with the results.
Though, I'm glad to see the love for Tactics.
At first I was kinda bummed XII was set in Ivalice since it's been done better, but at least they did a grounded take on Tactics Advance's Ivalice and it's various races.
Though, I'm glad to see the love for Tactics.
At first I was kinda bummed XII was set in Ivalice since it's been done better, but at least they did a grounded take on Tactics Advance's Ivalice and it's various races.
