About the site

Around 2006 or so, I decided to make a Final Fantasy fansite. I'd loved pretty much every game I'd played from the series, and it stood to reason that I was going to like a lot of the ones I hadn't yet played. I decided to call it Classic/Modern, with the idea that the first six games were "classic," and the latter six were "modern."

Today, the idea that FFVII is anything other than "classic" is pretty comical. Even FFX is over 20 years old.

So why'd I go with the name anyway? ...I didn't have any better ideas. I could have named it after a Final Fantasy song or gameplay feature, but nothing seemed to fit. And even if the name isn't quite what I originally intended, it still works. There's a clear divide between the classic and modern FF titles, but that divide is different for each player.

Not bad, for a name I came up with in 2006.

In any case, this site was a long time coming. Once upon a time I might have filled it with actual gameplay info, but fandom wikis long took over that niche and do it far better than I could. There are so many Final Fantasy games at this point that even just writing about the ones I've beaten makes for a sizable site. I don't really need to go into more depth than that, I think. This is my fansite for the series, not the fansite.

I fully expect that many visitors will have wildly different opinions about the games. That's great! It's more interesting if we all like different things. The more I dig into why I like or dislike a particular game in the series, the more it tends to be how much it aligns with my personal taste in fiction. There are some games I think are phenomenal that just won't land for someone else — and the reverse can be said of the games I didn't like.

At the end of the day, this is my favorite video game series. I'll probably always play these games. Please continue to take me on this wild ride, Square Enix.

A note about updates

I will try to keep this site relatively updated, but I make no promises for timeliness. As of this writing (April 2024), the new FFXIV expansion is on the horizon, and I need to finish playing the Pixel Remasters. I also plan to play FFX-2 within the year. Past that, I've no idea what's ahead. Let's find out!

Design notes

This is a very simple layout, probably the simplest I've made in years — and yet it took a ton of work! I knew right away that I wanted to theme each page after the logos, but... there are a lot of games! Making different themes for each page was going to be an endeavor, so I really didn't want to fuss too much with graphics.

I actually debuted the site without header images at all, but this didn't even last a day before I put them in. I probably could have integrated them more into the layout, but at launch time there were almost 30 headers to make, so I didn't want to overdo it...

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