Thanks for making this thread Aeana!
Currently 100 hours into XV, Platinum was achieved a while ago but theres still plenty of stuff to do, and im ready for any updates/DLC they have coming. This was my 7th Final Fantasy platinum (out of 9 possible)
My love for Final Fantasy started about 20 years ago, I grew up a Nintendo kid, i loved Zelda, Pokemon, and Mega Man. I had never played Final Fantasy before but so many people were talking about FFVII that i figured i should give it a chance, it took about 2 hours to realize that this this game was something special, and 20 years later its still my favorite game of all time and likely always will be. (starting that game on a school night was a mistake LOL) To my amazement FF8 and FF9 both came out very quickly after VII, i realized VII wasnt a fluke but that squaresoft was simply a machine at making great games, VII and IX are not far behind on my favorite games of all time list. This solidified my switch to Playstation for generations to come. Until i was old enough to buy multiple systems of course.
There's been alot of ups and downs with the series ever since,
I was absolutely crushed when they announced FFXI was an online only game. I thought it was weird that they made a direct sequel to X rather than moving straight to XII. Was frustrated with the wait from X to XII, then frustrated against with the wait from XII to XIII. I actually love the XIII games and even got the platinum trophy for all of them. Then i got frustrated again with the wait for Type-0s localization, XIV being another online only game (then having to remake it) , and the overall wait from XIII to XV. But i ended up enjoying Type-0 alot, even World of Final Fantasy. And finally being able to play XV was just awesome. The game was worth the wait.
It's going to be really interesting seeing how things go from here. FF7 remake is on the way, im really excited to see what Nomura's vision for the game is, judging by the little bit of gameplay footage we saw it looks like he's going to implement alot of the old Versus XIII mechanics into the game. So its kind of ironic that people may get their Versus XIII after all, just not from the game that they expected. Im also really interested to see who will direct the next mainline game, Tabata, Ito, Yoshi-p? Also speaking of FF7 remake, i was so excited that during that trailer i jumped in the air and actually broke my computer chair, zero regrets though.