I never found the 2-D versions of FF4 to be very difficult, although it was still somewhat more difficult than VI (which is far and away the "easiest" FF game). The DS version, however, is quite brutal.
I'd say the toughest of the main FF games is probably FFV. In that game, the difference in power between your party members and the enemies is very thin, and the bosses are cheap bastards.
Fun fact: Uniracers was made by DMA Design, which is now called Rockstar North - the studio responsible for Grand Theft Auto.
What I'm facepalming over is the number of stories, as noted above, where North Korea is the bad guy. North Korea isn't going to nuke or invade the US. They have no way to get a nuke or troops to the US. Their sole purpose of existence is being a big fortress to keep the United States Forces Korea from invading China by land. China is never the enemy because the Chinese government is notoriously thin-skinned and American companies are afraid of losing their cheap, obedient Chinese labor and iPad and movie ticket sales from the Chinese middle class. :)
We've had Red Dawn, Homefront (a Red Dawn video game remake written by John Milius, the original Red Dawn director), and now Olympus Has Fallen.
Don't forget Homefront, which was a video game remake of Red Dawn written by John Milius.
That was before Capcom steroidized its character designs to the point of ridiculousness.
Lordy. Another implausible story about North Korea - a country that can't keep its lights on and whose sole purpose of existence is to act as a buffer zone between China and the United States Pacific Command - somehow taking over the world. How many is that now in the past couple of years?
I don't think Tidus or FFX suck, although Auron is the king of badass in that game. Still like FFXII better though. However, I will definitely be getting the PS3 version of FFX HD.
My favorites....
Tifa Lockheart - as far as I'm concerned, Tifa, not Lara Croft, is the pin-up queen of the 5th gen.
Kitana (Mortal Kombat)
Bayonetta
Judith (Tales of Vesperia)
Ashe (Final Fantasy XII)
Cherry (Valkyria Chronicles)
Sakura Shinguji (Sakura Wars)
Never played this one. My experience with Star Ocean revolves around The Second Story and TTEOT. I'm a fan of Tri-Ace, however, mainly because of Valkyrie Profile and Resonance of Fate.
