Alright, this probably looks a lot like the Dragon Quest vs. Final Fantasy poll, but now that we're comparing video games, I want to see what people think of these three.

These are AWESOME games, and I equally love them all:
*Final Fantasy for its PURE AMAZINGNESS
*Tales of... for their great storylines/battle system
*and Star Ocean for it's unique battle system/overall story (spans over 3 games)

Tell me what you guys think...

Haha. I am a total Tales of fanboy. >___<

So of course: Tales > Star Ocean > Final Fantasy

My judgment is based on that Gameplay > Characters > Setting > Plot > Graphics.

After playing SO3, I couldn't go back to turn based RPGs (excluding Persona 3), only unless they were tactical (Advance Wars, FF Tactics, etc.) and I never really enjoyed any of the main FF games, so that left it in the dust.

The only problem I had with SO3 (the only SO game I've played) was that there was too much of a medieval theme even though it's sci-fi. (I'm not a fan of most medieval stuff).

Tales, even though the setting is something I dislike, is made of win. The plots aren't anything special. But the characters are what hook me onto the series, even though some of them are quite cliche. Unlike the other two series, I actually cared about the characters in the Tales games. And also unlike FF, the newer main Tales games get better and better. (Vesperia > Abyss > Symphonia ? Legendia, etc.) Although that's ultimately up to personal opinion.

Another thing that Tales wins at is that it actually makes me want to replay it from the beginning, which is something I hardly ever do with any RPG.


TL;DR Version:

1. Tales - Awesome Characters/Battle System/Content/Replay Value
2. Star Ocean (3) - Battle System/Content
3. Final Fantasy - Cool characters/Nice CG cutscenes

Wah! How can I choose between these games? DX

All of these games are really awesome. I've never played Star Ocean, but I've seen other people play. From what I've seen, it looks pretty awesome.

Between Tales and FF, I've always been a big fan of the two games and I can't choose. >.<

I really like Tales for its unique battle systems/plots twists/characters/... and everything to it! I just love every single thing about it... >.> I really liked how everything was always intertwined somehow. The characters also really touched me as they all have their own personal stories/purpose in the game that somehow just connect. It was really hard to "hate" any character. Even after finishing, I always want to play it again over and over. I also liked how the battle systems were free-handed and not going after one turn after another... <.<;;;

FF: I've always loved those interesting, different stories/plot twists. Their characters were quite interesting and fascinating, at least to see their pasts and personalities unroll. I also was really loved their different kinds of settings. Not really normal settings, kind of technologized, I guess. =P I never really liked the battle systems in FF, but they were tolerable enough. The graphics are way deadly awesome, lol. And sometimes they can get long, but it was worth it, to see the ending. Though, I don't think I'd want to replay the whole game all over again.

Final Fantasy cause FFVIII is by far the greatest masterpiece I have ever played. It was my very first RPG and my first PS1 game.