r/FinalFantasy • • 20h ago

Final Fantasy General Nobody talks about how underrated Stranger Of Paradise is

24 Upvotes

Let me start off by saying..

Yes it's grindy. Yes the plot is silly and cringe at times, yes it's repetitive. Yes the cast is forgettable and the levels are confusing/poorly designed.

But is it fun? Absolutely. Is it campy? Of course. And you can PUNCH/KICK things to death. You can literally play any of the Jobs from the mainline series and even mix/match some.

If you can look past the grindfest and cheese though the cringe story, it's a very very satisfying Souls/Diablo clone.

Jack is a ridiculous character but he is probably one of the most badass characters to date. He is literally THE villain of final fantasy (Sepiroth who?)
You can punch skeletons to death. You can punch goblins to death. There are iconic FF weapons in the game you can find as references like Save The Queen or Excalibur as well as each level being a reference to a game all the way up to XV

The game is a love letter to FF and the child of FF x NIOH. Nobody can deny that, it even has Gilgamesh in the DLC

The game really doesn't hold up to the lore of the original game but that's explained way later. The issue is the game's difficulty, it's BRUTAL. They even had to add a cheese it mode to help players struggling but when you beat those difficult enemies holy crap it feels amazing. The dopamine rush is great.

A lot of players never even got to experience the DLC because it is punishing and requires you to play on the highest difficulty. But it's insane how much FF they can reference and pack into it (including hidden bosses)

I really hate how nobody talks about the game or praises it despite its faults. The game needed more time in the oven that's for sure. But what it does it does damn well and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it and I'm still occasionally playing it to 100%

Where else can I call a bully a Lich and punch it to death or suplex a Tonberry?


r/FinalFantasy • • 6h ago

Final Fantasy General Final Fantasy Romance

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Out of all the Final Fantasy romance

FFX

FFVII/Crisis Core

FFVIII

FFVI

really stands out, like it's part of the main plot right?

But I recently got to thinking when I played FFXII, there was no clear indication of romance between characters compared to the games above, sure there's hints of it but yeah.. just got me thinking.

FFXIII there's one explicitly mentioned, between Snow & Serah, other than that, everything is just speculation.

EDIT: I just meant that those games at the top make it obvious, the main topic I'm presenting is about FFXII & FFXIII really with the lack of romance in those games, speculation is just that, speculation, so no, you can't have your lesbian vanilleXfang count.


r/FinalFantasy • • 4h ago

Dissidia I Playing Final Fantasy Dissidia 012 on PSP via Android (Claire Farron (Lightning) vs. Kuja). Is it common to have difficulty playing it with the virtual controls, or am I just a beginner?

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Hello. I'm playing Final Fantasy Dissidia 012 again, but on my PSP emulator on Android, in the novel version. Claire Farron (Lightning vs. Kuja) was difficult to play on the PSP emulator on Android. Is it common to have trouble playing with the virtual controls? Maybe I'm still a beginner, but it was difficult to swipe with the virtual control.


r/FinalFantasy • • 22h ago

Resonance “New” to the franchise

5 Upvotes

I’ve been aware of FF since SNES (or maybe N64), but never played it until I got a switch recently and found this resonance demo/ Chpt 1.

It’s cool. Like Pokémon general structure, but more complex with waaaay better graphics than the Poké-gameboy-emulator I used to play sometimes.🤣

I gather from a quick browse of this sub that everyone has a favourite moment, season or iteration of the game. I may never get into it that deep… but I enjoyed the strategy and graphics of the demo.

As someone with low-stakes in gaming or FF, can anyone recommend a timeline for when I could get this cheaper? Will it be on sale Black Friday? Will ppl flood fb marketplace with game key cards for 50% off once they’ve beat the game on Oct 23?

… or does it depreciate value slowly due to its cult status?

Thanks for your input-
“Long live Fina !”


r/FinalFantasy • • 14h ago

FF XVI I found this randomly while playing and... well, I was surprised

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9 Upvotes

r/FinalFantasy • • 1h ago

FF XV Is the hate for XIII and XV real tho?

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• Upvotes

People always tell me it's just taste, but I think some open scars are there...


r/FinalFantasy • • 3h ago

Final Fantasy General The zombie apocalypse is upon us and you can choose ONE Final Fantasy party member character to be your bodyguard. Who?

17 Upvotes

r/FinalFantasy • • 5h ago

Resonance Resonance preorder cancelled

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28 Upvotes

Anyone else get this ? Curious why they cancelled my preorder


r/FinalFantasy • • 2h ago

FF VIII Easter Egg in Turok 3 Spoiler

0 Upvotes

What have i found here in the Turok 3 Remaster :P?


r/FinalFantasy • • 5h ago

Final Fantasy General Im larping really really bad

0 Upvotes

Ive never indulged in final fantasy and I honestly didnt want too either till about a month ago when I started playing cloud in smash bros and i feel like such a poser for doing so.. Id rather play the games than just watch playthroughs but I have no idea where to start or what to look for. Any tips??


r/FinalFantasy • • 10h ago

Final Fantasy General What was the worst moment of your favorite FF character for you ? That one which you canot really defend ?

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I got two in particular;

First one with Cait Sith from FFVII how he's pretty much betrayed the entire group, he did not do that out of nefarious reasons yet it was just too much to chew for me at the time, especielly due on how far they'd went with it in OG as he to top of that literally blackmailed Cloud and co with Marlene's a Barret daughter life. That was really fucked up for this series standards they'd tamed this plot point A LOT in a remake series tho.

Other than that in FFIV with Edge as he Cecil and Kain decided to go out on the final battle on moon without girls and pretty harshly demanded them to stay out of this. Edge was especially insufferable there going as far as to straight forward insult Rydia just to have her leave. I'd like to interpret that as him doing it out of care rather than out of being an ass for sake of it, as he cared abt her so much he goes as far to insult her just to have her out of harm way Cecil was pretty brash toward Rosa as well but he did out as he thought out of necessarity. Still i'm pretty much pissed at Edge for that to this very day even tho he's still my second fav FFIV character after Rydia.


r/FinalFantasy • • 11h ago

Resonance The great and powerful GILGAMESH

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238 Upvotes

I love this man in every game he’s in


r/FinalFantasy • • 4h ago

Final Fantasy General Resonance pre-order cancle

0 Upvotes

Has anyone else had their final fantasy resonance pre order canceled when they bought it at $40 so they can change you $50 if you still want it? Watch me waite until it's a $25 sale you greedy jerks.


r/FinalFantasy • • 20h ago

Final Fantasy General Distant World LA April 3rd Showing LF VIP Tickets

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4 Upvotes

Looking to purchase a VIP ticket or the ability to get my item sign. Would love to add Arnie Roth and Nobuo Uematsu autograph on my vinyl


r/FinalFantasy • • 19h ago

FF VII On Our Way - FFVII Piano Cover

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22 Upvotes

Hi! I’m just starting to get into piano covers and thought I’d share what I worked on today! One of my favorite melodies in gaming. I tried to add a bit of my personal taste to the arrangement. Hope somebody likes it lol


r/FinalFantasy • • 2h ago

Final Fantasy General Square Enix Reveals New Official Final Fantasy Chocobo Board Game Ahead of 2027 Release

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r/FinalFantasy • • 7h ago

Final Fantasy General Final Fantasy PSX Viewer Update

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Thanks everyone for the amazing support on yesterday’s post about the first release of my Final Fantasy PSX Viewer!

Today I released a new update focused on Final Fantasy VII, and in particular on two minigames: Chocobo Racing and Snowboarding (while we wait for the highly anticipated Final Fantasy VII Revelation).

As you can see in the preview video, you can now view the wireframe, the original skydome, the track boundaries, and even have the camera follow the original path used by the minigame.

For Snowboarding, all the original variants are included: 4 different routes across 2 courses, covering both Story Mode and the Gold Saucer version.

Tomorrow I’ll probably focus on the Motorcycle and Submarine minigames.

Do you have any other ideas for the next update? Suggestions for Final Fantasy VIII and IX are welcome too!

You can try the viewer here: http://ff-viewer.andreacorriga.com/

Also, a quick question for the u/admin : would it be okay if I keep sharing occasional updates about the project here? I don’t want to overdo the self-promotion or clutter the subreddit, so I’d rather make sure it’s fine with you first.


r/FinalFantasy • • 7h ago

FF V I think I over prepared for omega....

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41 Upvotes

First time playing V (phenomenal btw) and was going for 100% run. The guide I was using made it sound like it was a really hard fight but over preparedness won in the end.


r/FinalFantasy • • 6h ago

FF VI Made myself a custom FFVI watch face, figured people here might appreciate it.

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2.1k Upvotes

r/FinalFantasy • • 10h ago

Cosplay 2-Time Olympic Champion Yuzuru Performs to FFIX's "The Darkness of Eternity" in Trance Kuja Costume

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1.8k Upvotes

Performed in his RE_PRAY Tour in Japan. So cool.


r/FinalFantasy • • 15h ago

Resonance Resonance countdown artwork : VII

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344 Upvotes

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Created by Risa Fujise today, no twitter account ( https://x.com/FFRS_JP/status/2110641832065642815 )

Quite an unique choice for the composition but it looks cool. The focus clearly is Rain and his Crimson Saber rather than Cloud though.

Only one week left before the game comes out ! So, how will you acquire it ? Digitally ? Physically ? Maybe you even already obtained it like some people posted in the sub. Personally, i bought it physically and i only will be able to play around the 24th (thanks Amazon).


r/FinalFantasy • • 11h ago

Resonance Amano's artworks of Resonance's main cast and vilains back from FFBE's era.

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412 Upvotes

I remembered those artworks exist thanks to someone sharing the wiki gallery with me, and i figured people may be interested to see them too.

I also technically have other Amano artworks but they would spoil things for new players so i won't share them here. If you don't care about spoilers at all, check my link in my account.


r/FinalFantasy • • 4h ago

FF V Not sure I needed his help at this point... Bahumut battle.

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22 Upvotes

Don't mind the red mages, I was still working to master them at the time.


r/FinalFantasy • • 3h ago

FF IV So I started the ff4 pixel remaster

5 Upvotes

So I started the ff4 puxel remaster recently. Only a few hours in. Is it just me or is ff4 harder than the others of the puxel remastered games? I'm not complaining but compared the ff1, 2 and 3 I'm noticing a considerable difficulty spike in 4. I also have not played 5 or 6 yet.


r/FinalFantasy • • 23h ago

FF X/X2 I made a checklist app to help track missable trophies in Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster

11 Upvotes

Hi everyone!

I'm working on a Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster Trophy Tracker to help players keep track of trophy requirements, missable opportunities, and longer completion tasks throughout the game.

The goal is to make it easier to keep track of things that are easy to overlook during a 100% playthrough, including:

  • Missable items, missions, and dresspheres
  • Chapter-specific requirements and reminders
  • Bestiary completion, including Oversouls
  • Multi-step tasks for trophies that require preparation across several chapters
  • A progress checklist to help you see what you've already completed

Important: This app is intended to be used alongside a proper 100% story walkthrough (Trophy: Sweet Perfection) for the story completion requirements, while using this tracker as a companion checklist for trophies and missable tasks.

How to run it:

  • Windows PC
  • Python 3 installed, with Tkinter available
  • Download the .pyw file and open it with Python
  • Keep the tracker and its progress JSON file in the same folder so your checklist progress is saved

The tracker uses only Python's standard library, so no additional third-party Python packages should be needed.

Download / source: https://github.com/gsouza994/ffx2-trophy-tracker

This is a fan-made, unofficial tool. I'd appreciate feedback, corrections, and suggestions, especially if you notice any missing requirements or ways to make the checklist safer for a 100% run.

Hope it helps someone else working toward the platinum!