Top Five Final Fantasy FMV Cutscenes

Game Podunker TylerXDurden writes, "The Final Fantasy franchise has spawned over 25 games on more than 10 consoles. Since Final Fantasy debuted on the NES, it has captivated audiences with it's tales of spikey haired heroes traveling alongside unlikely groups of friends forced to band together to save the world. The games have evolved through numerous gameplay and graphical advancements over the last 23 years and almost everyone, including the people at Square-Enix, never could have imagined how successful the franchise would become..."

[Heart1lly]

Not what I would have picked, but thanks for reminding me there are other cool cut scenes in the Final Fantasy series!

[Noct]

Say what you will about FFXIII but the chapter 12 opening cutscene was stunning.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

All my friends who don't care about FF were so amazed lol

[FarEastOrient]

That was where all the money went, to the race scene... I kid, I kid; Final Fantasy has so many amazing cut scenes and a movie that was basically a very long cut scene was even better with the "complete" version.

[limewax]

No mention of any FF8 scenes at all? FAIL

the chosen cutscenes were good but most definately were not the top 5, The mention of the FF13 scene....really bad choice, the final scene of 13 was actually much more stunning, or the scene at the end of the second chapter. But still you missed out many much better scenes there

[Gue1]

FFVIII has arguably the best intro of any FF game. And then there the CGI from the spider on Squall's first mission, the battle between the academy's, the CGI when Squall goes to kill Edea because Irvine was too scared to make the shot, etc. FFVIII basically has the most epic CGIs...

[Cheeseknight28]

Agreed on FFVIII's intro. A lot of these are really good but, with the exception of Assault of the White Dragons and possibly the Crisis Core scene, they lack one key aspect: music. FFVIII's intro has some of the best music and CG work (In my opinion it is *the best* but I digress) in the series.

[FarEastOrient]

FFVIII had one of the best openings in the series plus the cliff hanger at the end of disc 1. I don't think I've ever changed a disc so fast!

[ilikestuff]

no ff7 murder scene? did i miss it? this guy is a butthead, whats more awesome then killing off one of the weakest people in the group?

[Eamon]

in my opinion, the best fmv (or at least my fav) is the one where Sephiroth goes insane, burns Nibelheim and walks off calmly across the flames.

[AngryFork]

The one they picked for FF13 is amazing. I also love the sequence when they're flying in the ship and the things in the sky are flying around, the music and direction in both scenes is just incredible. Not to mention how glorious it looks in 1080p.

[limewax]

I agree it is an amazing cutscene, Just personally felt there were actually better cutscenes within the game. The music and artistic direction was actually what salvaged this game for me, I actually want a sequal, with a different approach though, but purely because the world it was set in and the soundtracks were jaw dropping. I would love to see ALL of gran pulse as it were in 13, Versus looks good but the 13 world was better

[darthdevidem01]

They are thinking about making a XIII-2 which will just be set on gran pulse so we get full exploration in that manner.

[darthdevidem01]

The one they picked for FF13 is amazing

but come on Chapter 11 opening.....when you see pulse for the first time while flying on bahamut is the most epic one.

Or the one where they go into cocoon in that pod race.

[RankFTW]

The pod race scene was the best imo.

[Optical_Matrix]

That one from FFXIII was one of the best FMV's I've seen in my 18 years of life. let us not forget however, when the crew return to cocoon in the middle of that bike racing thing. That was also brilliant. Still, great choices there.

[limewax]

Almost forgot that scene....Yeah that was probably the best of the game, Its hard to track really as it felt as if there was so many in 13

[Redempteur]

what made this scene even more epic is that you have a battle in the middle of it ...

[darthdevidem01]

Agree it was an awe inspiring moment

[darkdoom3000]

FF8 had a bunch of awesome cutscenes. Garden battle was awesome.

[Relientk77]

Yea I'm suprised theres no FFVIII in there. FFVIII had some sick cutscenes

I'm glad FFIX and FFX got mentions, I love them.

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

I liked the genisi sephiroth fight. it was very good. But definitely not the best list.

[Eamon]

Someone needs to call in Kefka to kill off that ff13 cutscene from the list... with poison.

[ash_divine]

say what you want about FFXIII's design. But you have to admit the CG work was stunning(especially the ending). I feel the CGI is one of the 2 areas where SE hasn't lost their way. (the other being musical score.)

[darthdevidem01]

oh ignore Eamon

He seems to think that if you hate a game a lot you aren't meant to like any small spec of the game.

blind hatred basically.

[Eamon]

yeah, the CG from Square have always been stunning. But I don't see how that particular cutscene should make it into the list.

Oh well, it's just a list. No need to get so annoyed, ash_divine and darthdevidem01.

[ash_divine]

Simply curious, although initially it did seem like blind hatred. But maybe I simply misunderstood your comment. Either way, it's all good bro. (it's not like i'm angry or anything).

[kanetheking]

cos of the battle epic + the super epic music.o and only played 10

[SpoonyRedMage]

Awesome cutscene, one of my faves:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Layle could have ended it right there... stupid Althea.

[gam3fr33k]

Where was FF8 intro?

[Asuka]

no FF8....at all?! Kinda surprising if you ask me. Would have thought the intro would have made it.

[Lucreto]

There is so many epic FMV's in the Final Fantasy series.

My favourite are: (in no order)
1. FF XIII shiva and Snow rescue
2. FF XIII the ship crash on Pulse
3. FF XIII the parade
4. FF X The sending
5. FF IX Odin destroying the giant tree
6. FF VIII the Garden moving
7. FF VIII The battling Gardens
8. FF VIII The space launch
9. FF X the lake scene
10. FF VIII The spider machine attacking
11. FF VIII The Opening scene
12. FF IX Alexander protects the castle
13. FF VIII the dance scene.
14. FF VIII the ending where Zell is choking on the hot dogs.

[DrDreadlox]

is my all time favourite. I wanted to cry when I first saw that, so much emotion.

[IrishYamato]

Nobody has mentioned the FFX scene where Rikku strips. Ecchi FTW.

[SquareEnixFan]

The Final Fantasy series has had so many great cutscenes its hard to narrow it down to 5. I'd say Final Fantasy X had some great scenes but VIII and XIII also have some of my favorites.

[spectyre]

Didn't personally care for the game X-2, but the "1000 Words" cutscene was fantastic.

[Redrum059]

lmao

[stragomccloud]

FFVIII Intro should be number 1!

To me, that's still the best game intro ever.

[imoutofthecontest]

A lot of you didn't play FFXI, but regardless of the game and its polarizing MMO nature, its opening cinema was something awesome.

[stragomccloud]

It was really nice. Beautiful music too. I must admit, even though they were completely random characters, I got a little misty eyed at when the sister helped her little brother escape the orcs.