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Why is Final Fantasy II so widely hated?; totally not ripping off the topic title
Topic Started: Apr 4 2011, 06:35 PM (1,288 Views)
Kula Diamond
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I liked the weird "level" system myself and overpowered Osmose and Toad is fun.

but then again i played the GBA version and i heard it fixed a bunch of problems with the NES one
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Oh you

Anyway, I actually quite enjoyed it when I actually tried it for real. Maybe I should play it again sometimes
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Raven the Obsidian
Apr 4 2011, 06:37 PM
Maybe I should play it again sometimes
Do it.

Also Castle Pandaemonium music is the best thing.
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Kris, Awooer of Worlds
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I've not really heard of any hate for FFII. Not any love either, though. Kinda like FF1 it's just kinda there.
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I really like FFII's normal battle theme and the 2nd boss theme.

I think I beat that postgame dungeon where you
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It took a while though.
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I should do another FFII run then actually play the postgame dungeon <_<
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I never hated FFII, but there were a few things in it that drove me nuts. For starters, it was IMPOSSIBLE to run. Like, Gary Oak ambushing you after you getting your ass whipped, impossible to run.

Next, unless you grinded every character to utter gods, able to cast black and white magic, along with insanely proficient in one weapon, you were going to get plastered. OK, maybe it wasn't that bad of a grind, but it was still extensive, which, combined with the inability to run away, was REALLY annoying.

The last thing that stood out in my mind were terribly defined borders of monsters. Like, Tirisfal Glades sitting next to Western Plaguelands before 4.0.1, but WITHOUT a massive mountain and a well guarded choke point to warn you. I remember fighting like, Imps, then I wander around, and I'm fighting Dark Wizards and Hell Knights or something similar.

And yes, I also played it on the GBA version.
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You ain't listening in the right places then, Chris.

Rebel Army Theme >>> Castle Pandaemonium

And yeah, NES version is a train wreck. You actually lose stats based on their disuse/use of others. Of course 95% of those who have played it played a later version first so that doesn't really stand up as an argument against it.

Anyway, I don't think it's a bad game, but merely mediocre and in terms of main series games it is only better than III. The character/stat leveling up system is perfectly fine, but the weapon/magic leveling up systems are awful simply because of how freaking long it takes to level anything up beyond the first few levels. And the lategame puts so much emphasis on magic that if you haven't grinded it all up to acceptable levels, you're toast. The story ain't too bad, you can see where they kinda "re-did" a lot of it in IV to improve it.
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Amiti
Apr 4 2011, 06:45 PM
Next, unless you grinded every character to utter gods, able to cast black and white magic, along with insanely proficient in one weapon, you were going to get plastered. OK, maybe it wasn't that bad of a grind, but it was still extensive, which, combined with the inability to run away, was REALLY annoying.
More like "Train Osmose and Toad (And Cure obviously) until the enemies cry".
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Chrissy Syntech
Apr 4 2011, 06:40 PM
I've not really heard of any hate for FFII. Not any love either, though. Kinda like FF1 it's just kinda there.
This, basically.
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Crash
Apr 4 2011, 06:47 PM
the lategame puts so much emphasis on magic
When i played it my best attackers outside of Toad spam were physical by that point >_>
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Jackal
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FFII and FFIII are underrated gems that get no respect.
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Crash
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Wheey! I've became a human being!! I am very handsam!

FFIII doesn't deserve any respect though. That game was literally un-fun.
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Kill Thalmor.

I think III gets respect out of the class system as it laid the groundwork for later games in that regard. Granted, the story is just a rehash of I, and it's a bit of a grindfest at times, it's still fun, especially the DS redo which adds character development to the protagonists, where the original was just 4 random dudes like in I.
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I quite enjoyed FFII, would play again when I get bored of what I have (haha, good luck)
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I liked III <_<

But then again i like extremely hard games.
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III was meh. Finished it once, never really touched it again :|

I'll give it props for having an awesome iteration of the Red Mage though.
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Crash
Apr 4 2011, 06:56 PM
FFIII doesn't deserve any respect though. That game was literally un-fun.
Agreeing with this.

On top of the whole rest of the game (Phoenix Downs not purchasable, jobs unbalanced, etc), the final level is horrible. Lost to CoD because she had five attacks per turn? WASTE HOURS DOING THE LEVEL AGAIN AFTER YOU WASTE HOURS GRINDING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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Gilgamesh
Apr 4 2011, 07:03 PM
jobs unbalanced
Tell that to FFV also known as "Freelancer is better than everything ever except maybe mimes".

i still love v don't hurt me
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Kris, Awooer of Worlds
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I liked FFIII(DS ver), except for the end game boss rush shit. >__>
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