Final Fantasy - An Entire Series Retrospective and Analysis

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  @NeverKnowsBest · 3 years ago · pinned

  I forgot to mention Patreon in the video and I did say I would try to promote it more from now on... so I&apos;m mentioning it here. If you want to support me you can - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/NeverKnowsBestYoutube">https://www.patreon.com/NeverKnowsBestYoutube</a><br>That&apos;s it, that&apos;s all I had to say. Thanks!

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  @imveryangryitsnotbutter · 3 years ago

  &quot;Lightning lost her sister, Hope lost his mom, Snow lost his fiancee, Vanille lost several brain cells...&quot; Goddamn, that burn was delivered so smoothly.

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  @Storygospel533 · 2 years ago

  &quot;I don&apos;t fuck too much with chocobos either, if you know what I mean.&quot; No sir, I do not.

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  @INTJosh · 2 years ago

  Killer phrasing in the closing comment, &quot;find it a little disappointing how many people are so quick to praise the FF games from their childhood, yet so quick to dismiss those from someone else&apos;s&quot;.

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  @Kale13000 · 2 years ago

  The Final Fantasy series might be the most mass appealing series ever created while simultaneously being the most niche. Every game is different and resonates differently with different people, and because of that I think everyone has something called Final Fantasy that they like, while also having something called Final Fantasy they have no interest in. I&apos;d be fascinated to see correlation between how much an individual enjoys each Final Fantasy game and the variety of genres of stories or music they enjoy

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  @therealloose · 2 years ago

  I hit “I’m feeling lucky” and got transported to a 5+ hour final fantasy video…. Ok I’m in, let’s do this

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  @Diatain · 2 years ago

  Final Fantasy VIII was the game that got me into gaming as a whole. It holds a special place in my heart because of that.

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  @tranjimmy · 3 years ago

  You weren’t kidding about how beautiful the pre rendered backgrounds were in 8, absolutely stunning

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  @heydun · 2 years ago (edited)

  tinder date told me i get to pick the movie

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  @IsilZhaSB · 1 year ago (edited)

  A lot to cover as I watch this in segments, but I had to pause to address an issue with your FFX section: <br><br><br>SPOILERS<br><br><br><br><br><br>You misunderstood what happened with Tidus. &nbsp;There never was any time travel. Tidus was a dream of the fayth, in a dream Zanarkand. &nbsp;His entire city of Zanarkand was a dream of the fayth, as it existed 1000 years ago. &nbsp;But it happened in modern Spira. &nbsp;The summoned, dream Zanarkand is somewhere out in the oceans of Spira. &nbsp;Jecht, as Sin, was driven there and picked up Tidus and dropped him off elsewhere in Spira. &nbsp;While it did mindlessly attack it, Sins entire existence was to protect dream Zanarkand so it could live on. &nbsp;(Which it did since no one ever discovered it.)

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  @Alis_Games · 2 years ago

  &quot;I find it a little disappointing how many people are so quick to praise the games from their childhood yet so quick to dismiss those from someone elses&quot;. Wow, Mr. Never. Just wow. This is the best thing I&apos;ve ever heard from any video game essay. You are truly a master of your craft. Thank you for the inspiration!

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  @m.kienanbriscoe6009 · 2 years ago (edited)

  When I stumbled upon this video on my feed I thought: “This sounds like something I’d be interested in but there’s no way I’m buckling up for a nearly six hour video.” However, it kept popping up so I thought I’d give it a whirl, if anything to have play in the background while running dailies in FFXIV…I am so extremely glad I did. I, like many people, absolutely fell in love with FF in 1997 when FF7 came out (my first FF game). I’ll never forget the feeling I got from it. How I thought about it every moment of my day, I would bring the player’s guide to school to read during lunch, draw the characters, hurry home to return to the world, and stay up far later than I should have (or was allowed to). I’d set the controller down and just listen to the music sometimes. It marked an ongoing obsession with the series for me that has spanned into my mid-30’s. I remember how special the days were when a new FF game would release and I’d drop everything I was doing to pick up a copy. Magical Christmases when FF8 and FF9 were my favorite gifts. How I bought a PS2 JUST to play FFX. How I cut class when FF12 released so I could pick up my collectors edition and play all day. How I took time off from work when FF13 dropped so I could pull all nighters. Now that I have a career, a wife, and a family my video game days are not quite as flexible but I always make time to play the latest FF. My best friend recently passed away (almost a year ago to this date). I entered a deep grief-driven depression where I picked up a lot of unhealthy habits. One of those was videogame binges which I used to cope. And I, just like you, played through all 16 FF games sequentially within the last year (including the MMO’s) as a sort of escapism I guess. Doing so brought me back to a time where I felt the most enchanted with the world I suppose. However, I recently wrote an essay on my experiences revisiting these games and my thoughts on each - many of my thoughts echoing yours. By the end of the video where you say how FF means different things to different people and how significant it is to people’s lives it almost brought me to tears. Thank you for this, but more importantly thank you to FF for making our lives so much more magical. There simply isn’t a series that has had the same everlasting effects.

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