I love Final Fantasy! Have played the first 7, 10 and 13 and a couple of the spin-offs (FF Legend - the first SaGa game, the rhythm games and some of the puzzle and Chocobo games :3) Am a big fan <3 Is a goal of mine to complete all FF games one day :3
Yesss! Transistor is probs my fave soundtrack of all time <3 Such an amazing listen back to front, has an atmosphere that no other soundtrack has for me <33
I will admit the part of FFXIII where the game opens up alot does turn into this :3 But the combat in FFXIII is so good I don't think it ever got tedious :)
I've also always loved the linearity, especially with like you said modern JRPGs being massive fields where you have to painstakingly walk back and forth across the whole map 10 times to complete each quest :3 And the cast is amazing, one of my fave casts of any game for sure! (even Hope grew on...
If you play any then pls let me know what you think <3 (I dont remember if you said you played Chrono Trigger but if you haven't then I'd recommend that as my go-to JRPG, and it's on the shorter side for JRPGs :3)
I know, it is so sad that he gets completely dropped ;-; And ye I imagine it is because of that unfortunately :c
He's probs my vote for most underrated FF character, the amount of emotions he embodies throughout the whole story is really impressive from a writing and voice acting perspective <3
I adore Vanille!!! Her and Fang are my favourite couple in media, you can't convince me they aren't in love with each other :3
I also love her interactions with Sazh, their scenes together are so heartwarming, and when that part gets revealed the story gets sooo good! People hate on FFXIII way...