I finished a very enjoyable playthrough from start to VI thanks to Pixel Remasters, and I bought VII-IX on Switch to keep it going. I'm on the first arc in Kalm after leaving Midgard and I am finding it a struggle to get through. This game moves so slow, the story is not at all interesting so far, combat is entirely monotonous, the characters are flat, the controls are clunky, and the cut scenes are excruciatingly long and pointless.

I do not want to play through it for completeness sake, but I also don't want to give up too early.

I feel like I should be enjoying it by now, right? Is there some point in the story where it really takes off? If so, how close am I?

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[–] Ashtear@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Glad you liked VI! I do think it's aged pretty well. It and X are my favorites in the series.

I struggled with VIII and IX because the combat was a lot slower, but you might enjoy them. A lot about VIII is quite different from the jump.

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Agreed that 6 and 10 are Pinnacle titles that outshine the others, 7 is behind a few others for sure

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I played VIII and IX years ago on roommates' consoles. IX I really remember loving the story and characters, but I didn't remember the combat at all. I don't remember much about VIII, but I know I played the hell out of Blitzball.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Blitzball is X.

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 days ago

Ah ok thanks. I don't think I played VIII, then.