Final Fantasy 101 - PCP University Lecture

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Final Fantasy: Please Let It Die.

W H A T S  H A P P E N I N,  C R Y S T A L ?

Final Fantasy 

It is cool and I really like it

Wait are they still making them?

Shit, I don't know whats happenin

Mp3 version download link: https://goo.gl/VNn5Bz

(Hosted on google drive, will probably hit download limit, forgib.)

LECTURE SYLLABUS 

(Use these time codes to skip to the relevant section):

0:00 - Class is in session

2:26 -  W H A T S  H A P P E N I N  C R Y S T A L ?

3:09 - History and Development

---4:26 - Hironobu Sakaguchi, Creator

---6:29 - Why Final Fantasy?

7:12 - All Final Fantasy Logos EXPLAINED!

---7:57 - Yoshitaka Amano, Art Director

---15:00 - Nobuo Uematsu, Composer

---15:12 - Tetsuya Nomura, Character Designer

15:26 - Over 30 years of Final Fantasy! :,D

15:47 - Final Fantasy (1987)

---18:03 - Introduction of the Job system

---20:20 - Final Fantasy is already off the rails

---25:10 - Phoenix Down EXPLAINED! (plus other items & magic)

27:26 - Are the Final Fantasy games interconnected story-wise?

29:03 - The rise and fall of a FF EMPIRE

29:50 - Final Fantasy II (1989)

---32:45 - Chocobos! :D

---33:59 - THE ROSEBOIS

---38:11 - Leonhart name origins 

---39:17 - The madness begins

---40:12 - FF2's weird battle system

---45:46 - Dawn of Souls (2004)

53:45 - Final Fantasy III (1990)

---1:06:19 - Shout out to The Warriors of Darkness

1:10:10 - Final Fantasy IV (1991)

---1:24:32 - Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (2008)

1:27:37 - Final Fantasy V (1992)

---1:30:10 - Enter: Exdeath

---1:36:02 - Gilgamesh and the Interdimensional Rift

1:38:24 - Final Fantasy VI (1994)

1:49:13 - Final Fantasy VII (1997)

---1:52:00 - The Cetra

---2:00:49 - The forgotten meaning of Holy

---2:02:10 - How The Compilation of FFVII ruined FFVII

---2:02:30 - #DEEPGROUND

2:14:08 - Final Fantasy Tactics (1998)

---2:20:30 - The framing of FFT's story

---2:22:49 - The Ivalice timline

2:29:45 - Final Fantasy VIII (1999)

2:44:22 - TRIPLE SIMULTANEOUS FF DEVELOPMENT!

2:45:33 - Final Fantasy IX (2000)

---2:55:54 - FF9's controversial art style

2:58:31 - Final Fantasy X (2001)

3:11:28 - Final Fantasy XI (2002)

---3:13:33 - Why make a FF MMO?

3:15:39 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

---3:16:02 - Aki Ross and the "Virtual Actress" program

---3:18:09 - Squaresoft's misplaced priorities

3:19:20 - Squaresoft dies, Square Enix is born (2003)

---3:21:26 - Hironobu Sakaguchi resigns from Squaresoft

---3:22:12 - Do not push the envelope

3:24:08 - Final Fantasy X-2 (2003)

---3:26:59 - Ruining the ending of FFX

---3:28:32 - FFX-2... isn't so bad?

3:30:32 - Final Fantasy XII (2006)

---3:36:35 - Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (2007)

3:37:02 - Final Fantasy XIII (2009)

---3:38:00 - The first bad Final Fantasy

---3:39:00 - The real problem with FF13

---3:41:15 - FF13 is insane from the start

---3:48:19 - The worst plot twist in Final Fantasy

---3:51:36 - Final Fantasy XIII-2

---3:51:58 - Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

3:55:22 - Final Fantasy XIV (2010)

---3:56:01 - Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (2013)

3:57:53 - Final Fantasy XV (2016)

---3:58:40 - 10 years in development hell

---4:11:35 - FFXV continues to be changed, it is NOT complete

4:13:03 - The future of Final Fantasy, FFXVI...?

---4:13:43 - Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition  :/

---4:14:58 - What you need to understand about FF releases...

---4:16:04 - The Golden Age

---4:17:14 - Bravely Default, Octopath Traveler

4:19:10 - Spin-off Games

4:22:00 - Crossover Concepts & Characters

---4:22:04 - Dissidia: Final Fantasy

---4:23:00 - Gilgamesh and the Interdimensional Rift, REVISITED!

---4:24:31 - Shinra and how FFX-2 = FFVII 8^)

4:28:10 - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - how to milk your franchise forever while making your fans hate you

4:29:28 - FF Anime

4:30:12 - Conclusion

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