Your defining FF moment?

Ninja Turtle

Do you have any defining FF moment? In other words, where you saw a certain FMV/sequence/story twist where you just say to yourself "this is why I love this series!" or "that was damn cool!"

I think I'll start with two obvious (for me anyway) moments:

FF7

Aeris dying

I don't think any list would be complete without this
FF8's opening intro - blew me away first time I saw it. Was pretty much the best part of the game in my view

Anyone got any others?

Q_Elexra

After seeing the FMV of Seph. walking out of the mansion flames in VII I was hooked.

Infini

Q_Elexra wrote:

After seeing the FMV of Seph. walking out of the mansion flames in VII I was hooked.

That was cool. The advent children version looks just as good too. Best one I thought was the two Gardens going against each other in VII but there are other good one's too.

grimloch

i liked the one wit bahamut and the lifa tree in IX

ghostchant

Infini wrote:

That was cool. The advent children version looks just as good too. Best one I thought was the two Gardens going against each other in VII but there are other good one's too.

Yeah the gardens going against each other was great, but I love the part in VII when you're in the shinra building, and the ensuing chase scene.

Hanza

Had to be the ending of FFX!

I know this is a taboo subject as not too many people liked this game, let alone its ending, but IMO the ending was BRILLIANT!

My girl friend at the time cried her eyes out when I finished it. How sweet...

Q_Elexra

Hanza wrote:

Had to be the ending of FFX!

I know this is a taboo subject as not too many people liked this game, let alone its ending, but IMO the ending was BRILLIANT!

My girl friend at the time cried her eyes out when I finished it. How sweet...

Yeah. My first comment on that was to tell my mate that completing the game was worth it just to see that FMV.

Infini

Hanza wrote:

Had to be the ending of FFX!

I know this is a taboo subject as not too many people liked this game, let alone its ending, but IMO the ending was BRILLIANT!

My girl friend at the time cried her eyes out when I finished it. How sweet...

Wow she really must have been into it. I'll tell ya this much that was probably one of the best endings for a FF game ever.

ghostchant

Infini wrote:

Wow she really must have been into it. I'll tell ya this much that was probably one of the best endings for a FF game ever.

Yeah but then they went and made X-2 and trampled all over it

side note: my 100th post! i've made hard work of it!

Retr0gamer

FFVII:

Aeris dying. How could they do it!

FFX: The ending. What a fantastic way to finish off one of the best games ever.
FFVIII:

The part with Squall and Rinoa in space. Very 2001. It was spoiled unfortunately by that lunar cry bull****

FFVI: The opening with the mechs walking through the snow. Very atmospheric and one of the best pieces of game music ever. Also any part of the game with Kefka, fantastic character.

Gilgamesh

Loved the FFX ending as well.

the missile attack on the Garden was cool, but my fav for FFVIII was when the Ragnarok attacked the Citadel, rockjed bigtime.

FFIX was when bahamut was trashing the city and Alexander was revived, had a great feeling to it,

FFVI had to be the mechs as Retro mentioned.

Ninja Turtle

Yeah, the intro to the SNES version of FFVI is pretty good (I didn't particularly like the PS intro for some reason). For me though, the opera scene was pretty amazing, and more defining. After all, how many games feature a full blown opera?

Rhyme

The start of FF6 with Terra's theme playing while the mechs walk throuhg the mountains... very nice.

FF8 intro is up there too.

The Free Man

the part before you fight yunalesca in X, and you find out

Auron is unsent

Auron gives a great speech

OY

Not so much the death of Aeris but the aftermath. She looked so peaceful when it happened and it was all so slow then it was followed by the Geneva boss fight with the still sad music.
That was one of the hardest boss fights to do because it was so difficult to concentrate after what had just happened!

I have to mention two for this game though and that is in the life stream thingy when you learn that

Cloud was not who he said he was. I thought that that was cool when it went back through the story again and he was always in every scene as a nobody in the background! Class!

The opening scenes to 8 where you go to the town and then get chased all the way down the mountain by the robot spider thing. That was awesome! That whole FMV was great. Even on the way when the moons reflection in the water is broken by the boats looks cool!

The really memorable scene in 9 is the petrification of Evil Forest! That was great to see such imagination used with a spell that we have seen so many times before.

the part before you fight yunalesca in X, and you find out spoiler:

Auron is unsent

Auron gives a great speech

That was definately the most memorable part of X. That was cool!

X-2 sucked! Now let us never speak of it again!
I did play 6 but i cannot remember too much from it. Twas a long time ago.

Retr0gamer

Forgot to mention the end of Final Fantasy Tactics for the Playstation

when Ovelia kills Delita and then commits suicide.

That was such a shock and up there in terms of nastiness with the endings of FFX, Suikoden 2 and Panzer Dragoon Saga.

The other would be beating FF tactics. My god that was probably the hardest game I've ever completed.

The Free Man

i cant believe i forgot about the sister ray on midgar firing on diamond weapon and destroying the northen crater shield!! that ROCKED!!

post 100! (finally )

sci0x

My favorite moment was in FFIX when the gang were on the airship flying through North Gate and were attacked by those black mages. (Small little) Vivi who has showed no real strong emotions before that point in the game suddenly is filled with rage and attacks the robot black mages with fire. Will never forget it, was definatly my defining moment!

Tar.Aldarion

sci0x wrote:

My favorite moment was in FFIX when the gang were on the airship flying through North Gate and were attacked by those black mages. (Small little) Vivi who has showed no real strong emotions before that point in the game suddenly is filled with rage and attacks the robot black mages with fire. Will never forget it, was definatly my defining moment!

exactly what i was about to type

Hawksmoor

All of FFVII.

I love that game.Too many fantastic moments to list.

-Aidan

Töpher

sci0x wrote:

My favorite moment was in FFIX when the gang were on the airship flying through North Gate and were attacked by those black mages. (Small little) Vivi who has showed no real strong emotions before that point in the game suddenly is filled with rage and attacks the robot black mages with fire. Will never forget it, was definatly my defining moment!

Another agreement here. Vivi, sigh... I loved the little guy!

steviec

Well my absolute favourites have already been mentioned so I'll just had a couple more.

Waking up to a whole new world and withough Cloud in Junon in Final Fantasy VII was quite intense. The space side story with Cid was quite moving too.

First reaching Esthar in FFVIII, this massive sprawling futuristic city sprawling in front of you out of nowhere, that was really cool.

Kio

back in december 1998 a freind of mine had gotten final fantasy VII for christmas and i called round to him and St. Stephen's Day to see wot he got and i look at him playing a game i thought was bad and hadn't given the time of day even to listen to and laughed at him and mocked him for it but at the end of
i was hooked on it and watched him constantly

eventualy he got bored of it and bought some fifa game and i asked for a loan and it was the first time i saw the start FMV and from then to now im a ff junkie

also i loved the scene in VII when

arith died and the hole music during the fight and the placing of airth in the water was briliant

Citizen_Erased

FFVII -

Aeris being lowered into the water etc..

FFVIII -

The sorceress being released and all the monsters goin shotting down to earth, or bein on the ragnorak the first time

FFIX -

turning off the console

FFX - Too Many
FFX-2 - Not buying it and laughing at people who did

Crucifix

FF4, or is it 5. The one with Cecil -

The fight against himself "If you are a true paladin, you will sheath your sword and bare this"

FF6 -

Anything with Kefka

FF7 -

"Because you are.....a puppet". That whole bit at the end of the first disc was just that first little hint at the massive story beneath the normal RPG story we'd been following

FF8 -

The mission to assasinate Edea. It's a showcase for what was good about FF8.

FF9 -

I didn't like this game too much, but the FMVs with the summons were brilliant

FF10 -

Hmm, I guess the battle at mushroom rock

FF10-2 -

The bit where I gouged out my own eyes as an act of contrition for playing it for more than 2 seconds

grimloch

FF7 - spoiler: "Because you are.....a puppet". That whole bit at the end of the first disc was just that first little hint at the massive story beneath the normal RPG story we'd been following

now that you mention that crucifix that bit was brilliant, quite the way to get some suspense going

Rhyme

Mmmm, yes... might take a leaf out of your book Crucifix and do one 'o those...
(Ill do what i can remember)

FF1 -

that ****ing cave

FF2 to 5 -

a complete blank for me, sorry... must get back to those

FF6 -

Kefka's laugh and final speech

FF7 -

Aeris dying, got me right here

FF8 -

The entrance to Dollet

FF9 -

Alexander was pretty awe inspiring, but simply a lot of what Kuja said was good "Peace is but a shadow of death"

FF10 -

Seymour talking about killing the Ronso in his giggly voice... put the willies up me

FF10-2 -

Never played it, the trailer is enough

Twin Lance

had to be the spring scene in FFX with Tidus and Yuna.Seriously,the whole underwater thing and the music,it was just so beautiful.the amount of times i went to that cinema place in Luca just to watch that,its crazy

Tar.Aldarion

sci0x wrote:

My favorite moment was in FFIX when the gang were on the airship flying through North Gate and were attacked by those black mages. (Small little) Vivi who has showed no real strong emotions before that point in the game suddenly is filled with rage and attacks the robot black mages with fire. Will never forget it, was definatly my defining moment!

i agree,again!

Citizen_Erased

In FFVII -

When you find nagasaki's father

This actually for me is the defining moment now that I think about it.

Rhyme

Citizen_Erased wrote:

In FFVII -

When you find nagasaki's father

Yeh, he was the bomb yo...

Nanaki!

Citizen_Erased

Rhyme wrote:

Nanaki!

My bad , its been a while...

Rhyme

Citizen_Erased wrote:

My bad , its been a while...

Sure i used to call him Nana for ages til i replayed it, now its burned in my skull

Citizen_Erased

I had a tendency to name him after my dog which didnt help. Thats one thing that is lost with voice acting (naming) but i think it worth it.

grimloch

Citizen_Erased wrote:

In FFVII -

When you find nagasaki's father

This actually for me is the defining moment now that I think about it.

that is actually such an effective and unexpected thing, an absolutely great bit

jaysus i have a new defining moment every other day

Citizen_Erased

grimloch wrote:

jaysus i have a new defining moment every other day

The more you think the more you get . Like that freaky bit where cloud gives the blck materia to sepiroth and you just see weapons huge blinking eye in the background /me shivers

Its up there with FFVII which has to be the scaryist of all the games

The Free Man

my new defining moment is seeing the ffvii tech demo for ps3

grimloch

The more you think the more you get

i officially deem there to be too many defining moments in these games as theyre all so feckin' great

EDIT: didnt mean X-2

Citizen_Erased

grimloch wrote:

i officially deem there to be too many defining moments in these games as theyre all so feckin' great

EDIT: didnt mean X-2

Amen , I think we are realising that. How about we all stop , think about it properly and post again in a week

disclaimer - not to be taken seriously

grimloch

just thinking about it now, theres as many good moments as can be imagined, so many little bits of quality that make the games great on so many levels

with my level of indecisiveness i dont think im capable of choosing any one and will upon my trend of changing it every hour

unless this had been mentioned beforethe end of the part in memoria and the cutscene that preceeded it was cool

entropi

FF 1-5 I have not played

FF6 - Kefka.. enough said.. probably though where

Kefka gives his order for Genocide

FF7 - Probably

Aeris dying

or

The scene with Meteor crashing into Gaia

oh, and Knights of the Round.. such a lengthy killing

FF8 - There's a few , i'll only mention

The Ballroom dancing scene in Balamb Garden and just after that the Dollet opening sequence

and

the ending movie

FF9 - Two here ..

Bahamut attacking the city and Alexander rising again

and

the part where vivi and the mages discuss death, poor vivi

FFX -

The scene in the pond in Macalania Woods with Tidus and Yuna

FFX-2 -

The secret ending was kinda a surprise tbh

weemcd

Bit of a noob to final fantasy. Had VII years ago when I was about 11, didnt have the patience to sit down and complete the game. I didnt bother with final fantasy for years, but I always meant to. About 2 weeks ago i got a lend of final fantasy x. I'm just out of hospital because I had my tonsils out, so i was told basically don't leave the house. I became completly engrossed in the game. I've just beaten Yunalesca now. But I have to say the defining moment so far in the game is the lead up to her battle. The ghosts of Jecht, Lord Braska and Auron (should have seen he was undead, the clues are there!), then your party goes to fight Yunalesca and Auron gives this bood rising proclamation:

Auron: Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!

Even though there are so many glorious moments before that, I get insane shivers seeing that part. Also gets you so motivated to fight Yunalesca (who can be a cúnt to beat!)

I'll leave any more when I finsih the game. I aso have to say I am now hooked. Browsing Amazon for the other games now.

Vokes

weemcd, Im a little bit jealous of you - you're in for a treat - the end of that game is amazing.

grimloch

Quite a few great moments in that game alright. The Gagazet scene and the end scene do stand out.

I wouldn't mind having one of those Men In Black laser pens thingies for exactly this type of thing.

pbsuxok1znja4r

In FFVII when you find out

the truth about Cloud's past

! That was crazy. I actually wasn't all that bothered about the whole Aeris thing.

In FFVIII; Rinoa and Squall in space. That's probably the best gaming moment for me ever. .Or maybe when

Squall frees Rinoa from the sorceress memorial in Esthar

. I thought the lunar cry thing was actually pretty cool...

grimloch

scouser.tommy wrote:

In FFVII when you find out

the truth about Cloud's past

! That was crazy. I actually wasn't all that bothered about the whole Aeris thing.

Which one? As I recall you get Hojo telling you one thing and then Tifa telling you another.

TuneR

SofaKing wrote:

weemcd, Im a little bit jealous of you - you're in for a treat - the end of that game is amazing.

Is it that good? I've gotten to fighting Jecht in Sin about 3 months ago and was beat. Then stopped playing it cause i just got lazy. Must start it again so.

Oh yes and seeing the Weapon FMV for the first time, pure class back then methinks.

4Xcut

The Free Man wrote:

the part before you fight yunalesca in X, and you find out

Auron is unsent

Auron gives a great speech

Have to say that bit made the game for me as well.

Retr0gamer

TuneR wrote:

Is it that good? I've gotten to fighting Jecht in Sin about 3 months ago and was beat. Then stopped playing it cause i just got lazy. Must start it again so.

Oh yes it is

I must warn you that if you weren't levelling up that fight is practically impossible. You should do a bit of monster catching and fighting the monsters in the arena. Stupid difficulty spikes.

Crucifix

grimloch wrote:

Which one? As I recall you get Hojo telling you one thing and then Tifa telling you another.

Tifa's bit was the real deal though wasn't it?

Also, it looks like I'm alone here......but I wasn't that enamored with the ending for FF10.

grimloch

Crucifix wrote:

Tifa's bit was the real deal though wasn't it?

I can't honestly tell you if that bit was actually cleared up or whether it was just left as a loose end.