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Comment by pcdoodle | Hacker News Reader

I love this series. IMO, 4,6,7,8 and 9 all bleed immense character through graphics, audio and story.

It's so good people will argue which is best and there's no wrong answer.

IMO 10 is up there too. After that, the series went to hell but I guess nothing lasts forever. We got some incredible games while Squaresoft was at their peak.

What's crazy is that arguably the greatest story is in their MMO game FFXIV, which has spanned over 10 years at this point to its build-up. I would argue its big story climax, Endwalker, rivals some of the greatest classics humanity has ever produced, even in literature. It exudes meaning and soul in using an epic story to answer one of the biggest mysteries of life: "why, given this life, are we meant to suffer, to die? Why should we exist and how do we find meaning?". It has some of the best cinematography direction, music, and an incredibly optimistic conclusion.

I urge anyone to please consider going through FF14. You can practically complete the story as an individual experience, for the most part, without needing to do much "MMO"-like things.

That sounds great, but upon reading it was an MMO I lost all interest. MMOs are measured in days and not hours of (pure) play time, all for the promise of something great, no I don't think so. I'd rather replay FF7 once more, that's a predictable time investment.

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