Monday, February 2nd 2009
So, this all started out as a post in another thread, but it didn't really belong. Basically, I felt that I should go on some rant about how the Final Fantasy games parallel Windows. Maybe it's not a novel idea, but I thought it was interesting. Plus, I don't feel like googling it only to be disappointed that I'm not the first. Anyway, on to the show:
Much like Windows 1-3, the earliest FF's (1-5) are a distant memory to most, but were good enough to keep the franchises going. They had complaints, but were sound products for their time. Without them, both the gaming and OS industries would likely never have gotten to where they are now.
Win95/98 would probably be FF6/7, the good old mainstays that got most fans into it in the first place, the ones we still dream to have a taste of yet again.
WinME/2000 can be FF8, changing a bit too much, which frustrated a lot of people. Ultimately, Win2000 and FF8 barely met most users' expectations. I don't remember FF8 crashing much, but we can pretend that there's a parallel for ME's incessant crashes.
Vista would likely be FF9, a fundamentally great release, but ultimately very unpopular because it didn't deliver the fundamentals the way the users wanted them. (I'm still bitter about how few people liked FF9).
And XP, the current king, most like FF10. A robust product that weathered most of the complaints and remained popular for most users. Especially in light of previous releases.
Windows 7? I have yet to find out. Hopefully not like FF11... I don't need a hundred Japanese people yelling at me because they think I'm using Notepad wrong.
Sure, the order's a bit out of whack, but maybe it works. Maybe no one will agree. I just happen to be a tad bored at work.
Windows 7 and Final Fantasy
Anyone looking forward to playing the new Windows sequel? I haven't tried the beta yet, but I'll be sure to do so before forking over $400 or whatever on the final release.So, this all started out as a post in another thread, but it didn't really belong. Basically, I felt that I should go on some rant about how the Final Fantasy games parallel Windows. Maybe it's not a novel idea, but I thought it was interesting. Plus, I don't feel like googling it only to be disappointed that I'm not the first. Anyway, on to the show:
Much like Windows 1-3, the earliest FF's (1-5) are a distant memory to most, but were good enough to keep the franchises going. They had complaints, but were sound products for their time. Without them, both the gaming and OS industries would likely never have gotten to where they are now.
Win95/98 would probably be FF6/7, the good old mainstays that got most fans into it in the first place, the ones we still dream to have a taste of yet again.
WinME/2000 can be FF8, changing a bit too much, which frustrated a lot of people. Ultimately, Win2000 and FF8 barely met most users' expectations. I don't remember FF8 crashing much, but we can pretend that there's a parallel for ME's incessant crashes.
Vista would likely be FF9, a fundamentally great release, but ultimately very unpopular because it didn't deliver the fundamentals the way the users wanted them. (I'm still bitter about how few people liked FF9).
And XP, the current king, most like FF10. A robust product that weathered most of the complaints and remained popular for most users. Especially in light of previous releases.
Windows 7? I have yet to find out. Hopefully not like FF11... I don't need a hundred Japanese people yelling at me because they think I'm using Notepad wrong.
Sure, the order's a bit out of whack, but maybe it works. Maybe no one will agree. I just happen to be a tad bored at work.
- Posted: 2/2/2009 5:02 pm
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I've been using Windows 7 and I'm pretty happy with it so far. The taskbar always stays clean, which is a plus for me, and seems pretty speedy so far.
I haven't tried the beta though. i don't have a computer to test it on. but i do have confidence that the OS will be like ... well like your favorite pie... good while it lasts. but when its over you'll be sad :( (over as in the next os after windows 7)