Final Fantasy - A Game Comparison

Final Fantasy - A Game Comparison
A review of all Final Fantasy games. Which ones included Cid? Which had Biggs and Wedge? How about chocobos and airships? A cross-game comparison of the famous Final Fantasy series.

Final Fantasy
Graphics: 8 bit 2D top down view
Theme: Classic 4 adventurers go after big evil thing
Enemy: Chaos, Lord of Demons. Garland is the first baddie you meet
Chocobos: none!!
Biggs + Wedge:
Cid:
Airship: "Airship" - original, eh?
Review of FF1 in the Final Fantasy Origins pack

Final Fantasy 2
Graphics: 8 bit 2D top down view
Theme: Evil Empire tries to destroy Rebel Alliance :)
Enemy: Evil Empire!
Chocobos:
Biggs + Wedge:
Cid:
Airship:
Review of FFII in the Final Fantasy Origins pack

Final Fantasy 3
unknown

Final Fantasy 4
unknown

Final Fantasy 5
Graphics: 16 bit 2D top-down view
Theme: Evil force "ExDeath" goes after 4 elemental crystals
Enemy:
Chocobos:
Biggs + Wedge:
Cid:
Airship:
Review of FFV in the Final Fantasy Anthology

Final Fantasy 6
Graphics: 16 bit 2D top-down view
Theme: Evil empire trying to control magic
Enemy: The Empire and Kefka
Chocobos:
Biggs + Wedge: Imperial soldiers at game beginning (they die)
Cid:
Airship:
Review of FFVI in the Final Fantasy Anthology

Final Fantasy 7
Graphics: 3D, blocky cartoony characters (realistic in battles)
Theme: Enviro-nuts out to save the planet's "spirit energy" :) :)
Enemy: Sepiroth and the evil Shinra Corporation
Chocobos:
Biggs + Wedge: Rebels, Biggs has a great 'code' phrase at the game beginning.
Cid: Airship pilot with a temper who swears a lot
Airship: Highwind
Review of FFVII

Final Fantasy 8
Graphics: 3D, realistic style characters
Theme: gunblades, mix of tech and magic. Fighting a war.
Enemy: evil sorceress Adel
Chocobos: Go to little forests and play catch-babies game
Biggs + Wedge: Enemy Galbadian soldiers.
Cid: Headmaster of Balamb Garden
Airship: Ragnarok
Review of FFVIII

Final Fantasy 9
Graphics: 3D cartoony and cute
Theme: magic, war between many forces
Enemy: Kuja, Garland
Chocobos: Find footprints and then call them
Biggs + Wedge:
Cid: Ruler of Lindblum, turned into an oglop
Airship: Invincible
Review of FFIX

Final Fantasy 10
Graphics: anime style, semi-realistic
Theme: evil entity out to destroy the world
Enemy: Sin, who is reformed after each 'killing' battle
Chocobos: Must find Chocobo Trainers to ride, only certain areas
Biggs + Wedge: Blitzball players
Cid: Rikku's father, the airship head pilot
Airship: called "Airship" - Fully flyable after Lady Y fight
Review of FFX

Final Fantasy History and Timeline
Final Fantasy, Star Wars, Biggs and Wedge




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