Weekly /r/FinalFantasy Question Thread – Week of January 03, 2022

Do you have a samurai or character using Gil Toss/Zeninage? That ability essentially uses money to do damage.

I reckon V is your best bet, out of that lot its definitely my favorite. The gameplay is definitely amazing and yes it has a good story but it's strong point is the job system so you can create so many job combinations. It definitely has some difficult bosses so grinding may be necessary so that will help.

They all have a bit of grind to them. You wont really go wrong with any of them. 5 is probably the longest. 4 is a fan favorite. 2 can be made super long with its proficiency system but in practice its not that long cause there no need to grind that much.

Not for nothing but every mainline game up to 9 is on Mobile atm, id recomment 6-9 more than the previous ones. Maybe 4 is a good contender too. They are all longer in general with more side content to boot

the 2D pixel remaster version of 3 and 4 are closer in feel to the originals than the 3D remakes. usually it depends on whether you prefer old school sprites or blocky 3d

I'd say 3 and 5 present a lot of opportunity to grind, because they have pretty robust class change systems. FF2 does as well, because its combat system is just kind of unique, but plenty of people find it kind of frustrating as a result. Installments 1 and 4 are good, but somewhat straight shots from beginning to end. (1 does have a class selection and then a change, but that's it, and 4, characters have set roles, so it's just a matter of leveling your end game party when you get there.)

I highly recommend the rest of the trilogy if you’re enjoying XIII (glad to hear it!).

XIII-2 has combat similar to XIII but introduces some fun wrinkles, including monster collecting. It also allows for much more exploration that I found well worthwhile.

While this is an unpopular opinion, Lightning Returns is my favorite of the three. The combat and party building systems depart significantly from the previous two games but it’s a blast to play - you get something resembling a classic job system and thrilling combat that’s somewhere between XIII/2’s styles and full action. The world is well designed, the aesthetics are beautiful, and there’s a ton to explore and discover. Very unique entry in the FF series.

Story-wise I feel that XIII’s is the strongest of the three, but I won’t say anything beyond that to let you form your own opinions.

I think 13-2 was better than 13. Especially in terms of gameplay. You'll probably enjoy it if you liked the way 13 feels to play.

You can't really go wrong with either, but I think 12 has more of a "fantasy epic" feel, similar to 9, than 10 does. That being said, I think 10 is a bit easier to play, since 12 has a combat system with less direct control. Nothing too complex though, so really, I'd try them both.

FFX is a good starting choice for Switch.

You'll want to check out FFXII and Tactics: WOTL for the raids post Stormblood.

There are a lot of references. The biggest one in ARR is the Crystal Tower series of raids, which is all based on FFIII.

If you want to look for all the references there is this page:

Follow the links to whatever you're interested in. But the page on references to other FF game is sorted by the other game, not by which expansion has the reference. I don't know of any list that does that.

EDIT: Oh and the best one to play for Heavensward is probably VI. However it isn't as strong of a connection. There is a series of fights in XIV about VI but they are all single fights and not a whole raid series. There is a series of raids in Heavenward and it is kind of related to VI but not really. It's more like two things that have the same name rather than actually being a reference.

So if you specifically want to prepare for references III is your best bet, but VI is the better game between the two.

Also there are allusions to FFIX in the Heavensward Hildebrand side quests

If it's the same as the Steam version then yes.

If it helps, I'm specifically lookimg for ff12, ff10, and ff4, mainly.

The order I would play in would be: 1. X & X-2

3: XIII & XIII-2 (you’re missing Lightning Returns)

I suggested these ones first because of the turn based battle systems, once you play XV and VII Remake, their active styled battle system makes it sluggish to get through the turn based ones.

I would then tackle XV next and then VII Remake.

It’s not necessary but if you can handle the old school polygon graphics of the original VII, I would play through that before playing VII Remake.

Depends on who you ask. Some people consider it to be the most canon of all canons, while some think it's just an Easter egg and not even a real connection at all. I fall into the latter camp, in part because the main writer of both VII and X said it was just a fun thing that was never meant to be taken seriously.

At this point in time, unlikely. They are available on some mobile devices and Steam currently. If they are coming to console, I haven't found any articles about it.

If you're talking about the sampling rate, which gives you a noticeable saturated sound, it's fixed in Moguri by default.