Gaming hot takes?
Any weird/controversial opinions? I'll start. Before the remake, the best version of Resident Evil 4 was the Wii version. The Wiimote controls old Resi's tank controls better than any other controller at the time. The PC version had a bunch of little bugs and detractors that the Wii version just doesn't have.
I'll extend this by saying that the Wiimote is actually pretty damn good for shooters, and particularly good for accessibility. Not having to cramp up my hands to press buttons is awesome for having arthritis. Aiming with the Wiimote and moving with the nunchuck just feel really natural, you barely have to move your fingers for anything.
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While I'm a huge fangirl of the series, they are blatantly "JPRGy" and are always very full of the numerous JRPG tropes, which can definitely give a cliched feeling.
Admittedly, overly complicated isn't a way I'd describe most of the games, but that definitely fits many of the more recent entries (especially 16). IMO, 7-10 and 12 are the peak Final Fantasy games. My personal favourites being 9 and 10. And even they have some cringe moments that I pretend don't exist lol (for 9, everything involving Quina or Eiko; for 10, stuff like most of the outfits and the utterly bizarre laughing scene).
The sleepy plot-twist at the end could have only been imagined as good in a dream. It felt so lazy and uninspired I didn't even bother giving X-2 a try.
BUT FFIX and Tactics: War of the Lions are definitely the best ones.
Did War of the Lions fix the game's balance? I loved the original Tactics, but wow that game was whack where balance is concerned. You could go from utter broken characters being unbeatably strong to being soft locked if you only had one save because some battle was so hard.
I didn't really feel the story was much. I'm struggling to remember it at all! But damn the gameplay was really something.
Final Fantasy is the OG JRPG. They invented most of those the tropes that are used today in RPG-style games.
That's true, but I don't think that makes it worth playing these days unless you're curious to see how things have evolved. You'll find better written stories and more interesting features in pretty much any modern RPG.