My personal favorite was 8 becuase it had the perfect music for it and how it revolved around a cool sword fight was pretty neat.

i agree with you

I also like ff8's. It showed the rivalry between Squall and seifer. And the graphics look cool. And Liberi Fatali was a good song to go with it

Moving to General Final Fantasy.

Oh, and Final Fantasy VIII's movie was downright breathtaking. I remember seeing it and thinking "That field looks so real..."

Every detail of it amazed me. Especially after FF7's relatively boring one :(

My second favourite would have to be Final Fantasy X - Sin ripping up Zanarkand was pretty damn cool :D

When i say Intro movie i mean up to the point where the FMV stops and you can control the character so the thing with X is the actual Intro movie to me ends before sin destroys zanarkand. but still it was a pretty cool scene.

yeah i agree

I liked VIII's the best, because it was sort of a mystery. You dont find out the connection between Squall and Rinoa until later. I was so confused when it was saying "Ill be waiting." "Why?" "Because." It got me into the story, and the graphics alone are outstanding!

You forgot I, II, IV (I think, haven't played Chronicles version), V, and VI.

:|

I was thinking about saying that, but honestly - the FMV that Square chucked onto their remakes was pretty sub-standard.

Quite disappointing, really, considering that they expected us to shell out full price for FF Origins.

is ff origins any different from the original versions of ff1 and ff2

I was thinking about saying that, but honestly - the FMV that Square chucked onto their remakes was pretty sub-standard.

Quite disappointing, really, considering that they expected us to shell out full price for FF Origins.

I thought the ones on Origins weren't that bad. =\

My Fav is X just the hard rock music playin a cool blitzball game going on and Auron on the building and sin approching and destroying Zanakand apsoulty awsome

is ff origins any different from the original versions of ff1 and ff2

Origins is the original FF1 and FF2 that were never released in the US, so they should deffinatly be different then the ones on the NES and SNES if thats what your talkin about.

Also, im goin with 8 just cuz the orchistra was awsome Nobuo did an awsome job on that one, and the duel, and im a big fan of 8.

Like i said before X's intro movie ends before the blitzball tournament becuase you can control tidus before that scene.

Like i said before X's intro movie ends before the blitzball tournament becuase you can control tidus before that scene.
the thread is called Final Fantasy Intro Movies isn't it? so you are talking about the part were Tidus says "This is my story....etc..." I still think that the one were Sin attacks Zanarkand is pretty cool.

Origins is the original FF1 and FF2 that were never released in the US

No.

FF1 was released in the US. It was called Final Fantasy for the NES.

Oh, VIII opening. Simple as.

VIII and X-2.....both great its pretty hard to say.The music and the duel is awesome but the dance scene in X-2 is just as good.Its a draw for me

I couldn't remember FFVIII's opening before I voted :'( I went for FFIX but now i've read some of the posts I agree!! it kicks ass. It shows the game enough to make it look interesting, I loved it the frist time I saw it.

VIII's intro rules!

FFVIII's intro fmv is simply the best. And the music was excellent too.

yes 8's intro was the best

No.

FF1 was released in the US. It was called Final Fantasy for the NES.

the Final Fantasy the was released in the US on the NES was FF3 in Japan, the 1 and 2 in japan were never released in the US until now in Origins

FFVIII because it's about Squall and Rinoa making there promise.

the Final Fantasy the was released in the US on the NES was FF3 in Japan, the 1 and 2 in japan were never released in the US until now in Origins

No.

FF2, 3, and 5 never had any versions in the Us until Anthology/Origins.
FF3 has still not been released here, although it is rumoured to be on Nintendo's DS.

yes 8's intro was the best

Pity the rest of the game couldn't live up to the hype the intro put on. >:O

it did i thought the game was great and that it had a great storyline and the characters had great emotional depth. i think taht it was one of the best final fantasies created and most people i know who hate it never got past disc 1 and hate it becuase of the new things they added. How can you say that a game sux when you havent even seen the entire storyline. and everyone i know who has beaten it says that it was amazing. but then again these are just me and my friends opinions.

I thought 8's was cool, I really liked Tactics' because I like Chocobos. I thought FF7's intro was very appropriate, it set the mood for the game...hey Last Seed Fallen, the Final Fantasy for the NES in America is the original Final Fantasy, I have the Japanese Final Fantasy 3, and it is definitely different from the Final Fantasy released in the States in 1990.

why did they do that with the order in the first place?

8's by far the best its sooooo good especially the sword fight and so's the music and all that stuff and Odin


Pity the rest of the game couldn't live up to the hype the intro put on. >:O

what the heck you talkin about? The game is great =) >:O =)

I would have to say that I thought the FFX intro was the best (provided we're talking the Blitzball sequence otherwise I just chose the wrong one and would have gone for FFVIII) because I absolutely love Blitzball and to see it played in such good graphics was like a dream.

FF8's intro was breathtakingly good :-D

It's just a shame the game nosedived from there on :(

i like ffx's intro movie. really good graphics especially the water.

I liked VIII's the best, because it was sort of a mystery. You dont find out the connection between Squall and Rinoa until later. I was so confused when it was saying "Ill be waiting." "Why?" "Because." It got me into the story, and the graphics alone are outstanding!

That's basically why I like the VIII intro the best.

FFVII was by far the best,and FFX gets second and as soon as you start playing it gets dropped to dead last with FFV.

ff8 defintly but ff9 come faily close for me :angel:

en't ff7's just a view on aeris then midgar and then you go staright into the game or am i missing something?

10 Sux its just tidus saying this is my story cuz what i consider an intro movie is everything it shows up to the point of which u can control the character so the blitzball doesnt count as an intro movie but it was pretty cool looking.

i thought that was the intro i mean like a follow on form "this is my story" kinda thing......who else thinks that the blitzball parts the intro or the "this is my story" or is it just me?????

I totally think that 8 had the best intro, because it really gave a good summary to the storyline and the music/graphics were just superb. I luved the battle scenes and at the end how squall and rinoa never like touch, it leaves you in such suspense. i know that it made me! it was the first game id ever played! lol! so i mean seeing the intensity of the first scene actually made me nervous for the entire game lol. the ending was superb as well btw. totally made everything worth it!

the thing that amazed me the most about 8's was that i had to keep reminding myself they were ps1 graphics they were that good.

can someone answer my questions please?...

for FFX
i thought that was the intro i mean like a follow on form "this is my story" kinda thing......who else thinks that the blitzball parts the intro or the "this is my story" or is it just me????? cause all FF intros that i know of involve that special graphics CGI i tihnk its called??correct me if i'm wrong

for FF7
en't ff7's just a view on aeris then midgar and then you go staright into the game or am i missing something?

( Wonders why FF8 has scored so highly.)

Pfft. All FF8's intro had was a short battle between Squall and Seifer. Not outstanding.

I chose FFX. Heck, compared to the rest, this intro outshone the others. Graphics, sound, tension.
It's a PS2 title yes, but it kicks ass anyway.
Auron looked super cool too :)

10s is just tidus walking up a hill and saying "listen to my story" becuase the intro movie ends the second you can take control and you can control tidus before the scene blitzball and sin destroying zanarkand.

10s is just tidus walking up a hill and saying "listen to my story" becuase the intro movie ends the second you can take control and you can control tidus before the scene blitzball and sin destroying zanarkand.

This is true.

FFVII. It was my first PS1 game, so at the time it blew me away on a technical level. When replaying the game obviously that side to it is gone, but whats going on can be better understood. Now knowing the shrill sounds being played over the footage of the stars are in fact the cries of the dying planet, and that the flower girl is the only one on the busy street who can hear them as she's the last of the Cetra.

eh...I loved FFX, but I didn't like the beginning...for the same reasons as basically stated....FFVII didn't really have an awesome beginning either for the same reasons as stated...Even though FFVIII was my fav. I liked X-2...it was just really different than the ones I've seen so I thought it was interesting =)

it was kinda the first one where anyone said anything (for the begining) in proper, good graphics i think

(soz bout the font and size just wanted to make sure i got that part across......)

i like them all. ff8 was pretty cool. they all were.

IX was my favorite, its animation was at the peak of playstation, and the intro was very cinematic, not just "animated", and there were a few intro clips in the first 15 minutes of play, it set the mood quite well.

i think ff9 had kinda a cartoonish feel to it, but the fmv's were amazing. i didn't think that psx could have gotten any better.

It returned to the "fantasy" style, I liked it. I just started FF8, about 4 hours into it and up to the owls forest or whatever...im not liking it yet, i hate the whole drawing magic thing, and junctioning.

Definetly ff8 , its music was just unbelievable and also it was quite mysterious.

The beginning scene was pretty kool, butt I liked the ending scene in FF7 then the beginning scene. Which is probably a given.

FFVII, simply because of the sheer simplicity of it's execution. From the first glimpse of Aeris' face looming through the water vapour from a heating vent as the camera pans out to show the whole city of Midgar, before zooming in onto the train pulling into Sector 1 and literally throwing you and the party right into the action, the seamless transition from streaming FMV into actual gameplay is as smooth as silk..

FFXI's intro movie however, is also amazing, showing the fall of Tavnazia to the Shadowlord's Orcish forces. Sure, the English voice acting is badly done and poorly lip-synched (as usual), but it's the sheer magnitude of the battle that really grips you. Seeing those huge Behemoths rip through the city walls while lines of Tarutaru Black Mages valiantly try casting Meteor to halt the relentless onslaught is amazing. Plus, the music is absolutely brilliant.

Pity that actually viewing the movie disconnects you from PlayOnline (forcing you to login again), due to a time-out bug, but it's still amazing to watch.

VIII's hands down! just the way the music, and all the little clips link into bits of the game, plus the graphics were impressive (and I only started playing it last summer!)

VI's(PSX)

Not a choice chorns.

These are the original intro movies not the newer versions of them.