http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/final/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'final' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/final/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us Final Fantasy III is the third game in the popular Final Fantasy Series. As with the rest of the games, this is an RPG. Four light warriors go and save the world from evil, similar to the story of the original Final Fantasy game. It has a job system where you can give a character a job, and then they gain the unique advantages and disadvantages of that job. It was recently released on the Nintendo DS as an enahnced remake, including new jobs, expading the storyline, 3d graphics, and being released outside of Japan for the very first time.

]]> 29 Jan 2007 09:19:47 Final Fantasy XIII is part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis series and will be an RPG for the Playstation 3 Console.

Final Fantasy XIII was announced at Square Enix's E3 2006 Press Conference in Las Angeles on May 8.

White Engine
Final Fantasy XIII will be using the white engine to create the game. This will allow for seamless graphics with billions of polygons on the screen. The E3 2006 trailer is supposedly not done using the White Engine.

Main Developers
Director: Motomu Toriyama
(FINAL FANTASY VII, FINAL FANTASY X, FINAL FANTASY X-2)

Character designer: Tetsuya Nomura
(FINAL FANTASY V~VIII, FINAL FANTASY X, FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN, KINGDOM HEARTS)

Art director: Isamu Kamikokuryo
(FINAL FANTASY X, FINAL FANTASY XII)

Main programmer: Kazumi Kobayashi
(CHRONO TRIGGER, XENOGEARS, CHORONO CROSS, FINAL FANTASY XI)

Movie director: Eiji Fujii
(FINAL FANTASY: The Spirits Within, FINAL FANTASY XII)

Main theme: Nobuo Uematsu, SMILE PLEASE Co., LTD.
(FINAL FANTASY series)

Composer: Masashi Hamauzu
(FINAL FANTASY X, DIRGE of CERBERUS -FINAL FANTASY VII-)

Producer: Yoshinori Kitase
(FINAL FANTASY series)

]]> 25 Jan 2007 08:55:27 Final Fantasy Versus XIII part of th Fabula Nova Crystallis series and will be an Action game for the Playstation 3 Console. In Latin, Versus means "Change in direction".

Final Fantasy Versus XIII was announced at Square Enix's E3 2006 Press Conference in Las Angeles on May 8.

Not a merely a sequel, but a wholly independent story unfolding in a different world with different characters. This title will appear alongside FINAL FANTASY XIII on the PlayStation 3 system.

Main Developers
Director & Character designer: Tetsuya Nomura
(FINAL FANTASY V~VIII, FINAL FANTASY X, FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN, KINGDOM HEARTS)

Movie director: Takeshi Nozue
(FINAL FANTASY IX, FINAL FANTASY X, FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN, KINGDOM HEARTS)

Composer: Yoko Shimomura
(LEGEND OF MANA, Parasite EVE, KINGDOM HEARTS)

Producer: Shinji Hashimoto

]]> 25 Jan 2007 09:58:43 The game is a prequel to Final Fantasy VII and is also the fourth entry to the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series, which also includes the games Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- and Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, as well as the CGI movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and the anime, Last Order -Final Fantasy VII-. Production is being overseen by Yoshinori Kitase, the director of the original Final Fantasy VII, with Hajime Tabata serving as director. Tetsuya Nomura will be responsible for the character designs.

Very little information about the game has been released of now except that it will be on the PSP. It seems that the game will mainly focus around Zack, a 1st Class SOLDIER and Cloud Strife while he is a lowly Shinra Guard. Another character also present in the game is Aerith Gainsborough as her voice is heard in the trailer of the game. This game appears to take place around the events of Nibelheim outlined in Last Order -Final Fantasy VII-.

]]> 26 Jan 2007 04:06:10 Final Fantasy V is a classic SNES Final Fantasy game. It was originally released in Japan sometime in 1992, and the US didn't recieve it until 1999 under the title Final Fantasy Anthology, being packaged with Final Fantasy VI. It has you take the role of Bartz, a young man set out on a quest to travel the world. He runs into Lenna, a princess, Galuf, an old man who lost his memory, and Faris, a pirate. They later gain the power of the crystal of wind and are able to use Final Fantasy V's job system. There are over 22 jobs in this game, and each one has its own advantages and disadvantages. It plays similar to Final Fantasy IV and VI, but using the Job system is key. This game is definately worth checking out.

]]> 29 Jan 2007 09:38:06 Magisteral is a traditional-style RPG that puts a big twist on the classic "save the crystals!" storyline. It follows six special Magisterals, or magic-users, who possess a power called the Illuminance. They'll face the perils of their world and a revived evil as they attempt to save their world from dying. The gameplay is similar to that of NES and SNES era Final Fantasy games, with similar difficulty, and will be enjoyed the most by people familiar with those games.

]]> 31 Jan 2007 07:28:22 Final Fantasy IX (ファイナルファンタジーIX, Fainaru Fantajī Nain?) is a console role-playing game developed by Square Co., Ltd. in 2000. It was published in Japan by Square, in North America by Square Electronic Arts, in continental Europe by Infogrames, and in the United Kingdom and Australasia by Square Europe. It was the last original game in the Final Fantasy series to be produced for the PlayStation. The game was developed alongside Final Fantasy VIII, but took a completely different path in line with fans' requests to return to the series roots via castles and other allusions to games in the series. Final Fantasy IX introduced new features to the series, such as the Active Time Event, Mognet, and a revamped equipment and skill system.

Set in the fantasy world Gaia, Final Fantasy IX's plot centers on a war between two nations, sparked by an ambitious queen. Players follow a young thief named Zidane, who joins with the others to defeat the Queen. Soon after embarking on their quest, they discover that the queen's campaign is a cover up for a greater plot involving a parallel world and Zidane's past.

]]> 06 Feb 2007 10:00:58 This is another addition to the treasured Final Fantasy RPG series from Square. Released in the US as Final Fantasy III, this SNES title is actually the sixth FF game -- the previous Japanese titles did not make it across the sea, and to keep continuity on the series, the game was renamed to part 3. Whatever you call it, however, this is one of the most engrossing RPGs of its era, Final Fantasy III stands up well to the test of time and still intrigues RPG fans to this day. Known for its intriguing storylines, the Final Fantasy series has always been filled with imaginative plots and twisting storylines. In Final Fantasy III, magical beings called The Espers return from centuries past to destroy the rational and mechanized new world.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 06:52:15 Square's first game for a Nintendo console since the days of the Super NES takes the lush fantasy world from the Final Fantasy franchise and adds-in Gauntlet-style four-player action. The game does away with traditional experience points and instead focuses on action-oriented combat with a unique co-op slant. Up to three friends can join in on the quest, by using Game Boy Advance units connected to the GameCube as controllers. While all the main action takes place on the screen, the GBAs enable the players to access menus, organize their spell spheres, and perform upgrades without slowing down the action.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 09:55:23 Square Enix's Nintendo-based Final Fantasy offshoot made a small splash on the GameCube, but now it's coming back in a big way on both the DS and Wii. The DS version of Crystal Chronicles, surnamed Ring of Fates, made its playable debut at the Jump Festa in Tokyo.

Square Enix hasn't had to dumb down the gameplay in Crystal Chronicles any in the move from GameCube to DS. We can also confirm that the game's presentation hasn't taken too much of a hit either. The world and characters are colorful and detailed. Cinema scenes feature full voice-overs; this doesn't seem to be the case for all areas of the game.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 10:19:44 Square Enix debuted its anticipated Wii and Nintendo DS versions of the multiplayer GameCube RPG, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles.

For the Wii, the game will be called Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers.

The game is being designed to take advantage of all of Wii's unique features.

]]> 04 Mar 2007 10:57:56 Chocobo Tales follows a story from a Chocobo's point of view. In the story, an evil book's been opened and almost all the Chocobos have been sucked into the pages. One was spared. You are this Chocobo. It's up to you to save your friends from the bookworld by performing tasks and playing mini games that propel the story forward.

The RPG portion takes place in full 3D, with a style and visual appeal that's to be expected from Final Fantasy. But when Chocobo gets sent into the book, the game takes on a very unique style all its own. It's very smililar to a pop-up book which almost looks like it was drawn with crayons.

With Chocobo Tales, Toshiyuki Itahana, of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles fame, brings his signature character design stylings to the tale of a chocobo's journey through a land of fairytales. Creatures from the by-now familiar FF bestiary take on roles in Aesop and Brothers Grimm tales--like the Tortoise and the Hare becoming the Adamantoise and the Cactuar--in Square Enix's chocobo-themed take on familiar childhood yarns.

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