My 3 favourite Main Characters from the Final Fantasy Series done in Beads

Apparently, three thiefs with auto-haste and a rabite's foot each are more than enough to stunlock one of the most annoying bosses of the Via Infinito.

As form me i'm personally kinda mixed between Cyan Garamonde (FFVI) Auron (FFX) and of course Gilgamesh (FFV)

I seriously don’t understand why there are so many comments throughout multiple platforms telling people to play CC before knowing the full story

I might be exaggerating but this literally ruins the FF7 story experiencing, if you get the main plot twist spoiled that Cloud’s character development is based on, and the whole story too, this makes FF7 story kind of generic

Loved it! Charming and fun game breaking mechanics. Not one for job classes but this one made me want to max out each one and not because of a trophy. Now onto 6 to see what all the hubbub is about. After that I’ll have completed every mainline Final Fantasy (minus the MMOs of course)!

What should I perform next?

Music Sheets will be in the comment :)

I forgot Barret being black was just an interpretation for a while. And some people saw him as just a tan guy. But either way. White Barret is cursed

Really wish there was a counter somewhere. 400 is a crazy number but it's the last achievement I need for Platinum.

Definitely today it’s obvious. This could possible be the most relevant game to our current world (atleast the Midgar portion)

I'm on Disc 2 & i've got are 1000 Needles, White Wind, Lv 4 Holy Metra Magic & Goblin Punch, any suggestions for things we should hunt for?

I'm playing through it for a third time now and, while I personally still lean overall positive towards XVI, I think I get why a large portion of people hate this game so much. Obviously there's some amount of turn based purists that will never like any action FF, and that's fine, but I'm talking primarily about people that don't mind action combat but still hate XVI.

It's because the game absolutely reeks of missed potential and how so much stuff was obviously left on the cutting room floor for budget. For reference, XVI's budget was only $50 million or so, while VII Remake's was $140 and Rebirth's was $150. Revelation's will almost assuredly be even higher.

A lot of the most common criticisms of XVI are things that are pretty obviously cut for budget.

No party members? Jill and Joshua are with you for the vast majority of the game, the only reason to not make them playable is the time/resources it would take to develop kits for them. Aka budget.

No RPG mechanics? Again, budget. Why are Strength and Will even separate stats if they're literally the exact same value the entire playthrough, with only one way (that's in The Rising Tide DLC) to make them unbalanced? Budget. This was obviously meant initially to be a way to customize Clive and have different weapons be better at staggering vs higher damage, but at some point got simplified/cut for budget. Same thing with armor only having a token amount of HP and some defense, there's 2 slots and it was clearly meant to do more, but got pulled back.

No exploration? Budget. They made these big maps but they're empty. Why? Because developing out content to do in them costs time and money.

Bland side quests? Again, same thing. Fleshing out side quest gameplay more, adding actual side dungeons, super bosses, etc etc costs resources.

Obviously, that's not to say all of XVI's flaws are solely because of money, but it's budget was actually quite low for a AAA release (Wolverine, a similar linear action game, had a budget of about $300 million and is about a quarter of the length) and, so, it makes sense why they had to leave so much depth on the cutting room floor.

And finally, after all that rambling, I think the reason so many people hate XVI is so much is because it has so much potential, and was let down by all of this content missing. XVI's story is good, the voice acting is good, the graphics are incredible, and the combat is fun (if a bit easy) but... There's no depth to anything at all, and that makes people angry about what they should have gotten. It's a 6 or 7/10 game that, with a couple more months of development and a bit more budget to flesh out the systems, could have been an easy 9/10 game. And that sucks.

A bit tough to perform when it comes to speed and timing and feels like there's some error in notes.

EDIT: Music Sheets are now in the comment.

Final Fantasy has one of (if not the most) extensive music library among video game franchises. From OSTs to arrangements and remixes, it's hard to keep track of it all. So outside of the most well-known, iconic songs (One-Winged Angel, To Zanarkand, etc.) and main/character themes, what are your favorite songs from the series that most people likely don't know by name or recognize instantly?

I'm sure everyone's list is massive. I know mine is, so to keep it manageable, maybe limit it to 1 per game?

I've often put these songs on repeat to relax to. The ambiance always puts me right back into the world they come from:
- Phantom Forest (VI)
- Terra (IX)
- Sulyya Springs (XIII)
- Melancholia (XV)
- Train Graveyard (VII Remake)

And on the completely opposite side of the spectrum to hype myself up:
- Fire and Ice (XVI)
- Queen's Blood - Prodigious Pedigree (VII Rebirth)

Edit: It's great to see how different everyone's answers are. Really emphasizes the diversity among the series!

title. What Story (Games, Movies, Books, Stories in general) do you think would fit the closest to a final fantasy game and why?

I absolutely loved the game and it was honestly my favorite FF game since probably part 12-13. But one thing that was a bit annoying was juggling all the skills and resonances. If you could save skill load outs like in Clair Obscur for example it would alleviate so many issues of scrolling through the hundreds of skills.

Also its annoying to have a skill equipped all the time, such as MRP +50%, then have it be unequipped automatically when you switch resonances.

Even with these minor annoyances i still thought this game was amazing and i cant wait for a sequel.

I've beaten some version of every main numbered FF title except for IX and XI. I'm currently playing through IX, and I would like to play at least some of XI for the sake of completion.

Unfortunately, I don't really like MMOs. I prefer playing single player and solo battles are usually very boring in MMOs since they're designed around cooperation. I played through all of ARR in XIV, but boy were the single player quests a slog.

I'm mainly curious about two things with XI. First, how do the battles compare with XIV as a solo player? Is it pretty much the same thing? Second, would playing through the recently-extended free trial give me a mostly complete story experience? ARR obviously left many plot threads open for expansions, but it had enough of its own narrative that I felt satisfied after finishing it.

I'd love to hear from other people who have played XI solo recently and how it compares to the XIV solo experience!