archard

Joined: Jan 11 2007

I might have to agree with Final Fantasy VIII as well. I've been thinking about this lately, and I think FF8 is an underrated game in the FF series. The more I think about it, the more I love the storyline, the characters and the music. I really liked the junction system as well. That was really an epic game, but didn't really hit home with me at the time I played it (I was 11 or 12). It's really hard for me not to say that FF7 was the best though.

Devandra

Dark Jesus

Location: Le Mans, France

Joined: Mar 02 2008

I think I prefer the 9.
'Cause I love the story and the univers. I love the 8 for his music and the story of the SeeD.

Rick

Unusual

Joined: Apr 17 2007

The reason why 8 is underrated is because it came after 7

I've played FF 4-7-8-9-10/2-11

If I were to arrange those into favorites...

7-8-4-9-10-11-10/2

But 10/2 was just awful (Game Play)

I couldn't stand the game, so I didn't beat it lol

Didn't get very far either...

Joined: Dec 31 1969

I dislike the 3D ones, as they seemed to bound even further into repetitive and unoriginal (I'm looking at you, VII). I'd have to say VI due to how it is more steampunk than the other hurr durr guys with gigantic swords. IV is also where it's at.

VoxHumana

You spoony bard!

Joined: Apr 20 2008

I really cant decide if VII or X is the best FF ever for me. I haven't played III or VIII or finished IX or XII so i can't rank them anywhere.

I really like the feel of FFIV and ESPECIALLY FFVI, so even if VII or X are on the shared first spot, IV and VI follow very close indeed.

X-2 wasn't an utter piece of poop but it could've been a much better game if it were more linear. Yes, you heard me: you could complete the game without really finding out about much about the events of the two years after X, or really going deep into the story. It sucked that you would have to so some meaningless-feeling dungeon crawl to see a sphere or whatever had happened between Nooj, Baralai, Gippal and their camera-person. Also the completion percentage was just stupid, if you really wanted to get the most out of the game, you needed to get 100% in one playthrough, and that was tedious, even with a guide (which i admit using). I'm currently ant the start of the last chapter at 81% or so and just can't be bothered to finish the game.

Whoops, seems like this post just turned into a rant about how SE coulda made FFX-2 better

Krimson

Much nerdy love

Joined: Jun 01 2008

Tactics (NOT tactics advance) was a pretty awesome game too. Good music, great gameplay, amazing storyline (though I wasn't really old enough to appreciate it the first time I played through it). I'm glad they re-released it for the PSP.

link2126

Joined: Jul 06 2008

Final Fantasy VIII is certainly the best. Fantastic music that has stuck with me for years. The storyline was pretty amazing as well. The characters are much better, I think, than the ones in FFVII. No one likes Yuffi.

atukomanga

Shiny/Glowy object collector

Location: Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Joined: Jun 13 2008

7-6-4-tactics-tactics advance-11-3-2-1-8-10-9-12

And if anyone wants to argue why 8-12 are last, I have a list of arguments.

Tales of Guitarra

Joined: Jan 29 2008

My order:

Crystal Chronicles Cube, Final Fantasy III, Crystal Chronicles DS, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy IV

These are all the FF games that I have, I've heard VII is great but for me Crystal Chronicles for the GameCube is the best
Just like Yoshi because I'm also a Nintendite

TheDoomOfAllFires

VG Maniak

Location: France

Joined: Aug 26 2008

FF VII and FF VI are definitively the best for me.

laoise

Laoise

Location: Northern Ireland, UK

Joined: Mar 31 2008

You Can't Beat FF6 Like

TrangOul

Insomaniac

Location: Germany

Joined: Feb 24 2008

#1 FFV, zomgwtfrotflolamazinggameplay! o.o
#2 FFVII story, period...
#3 FFIX nostalgia <3

1219sean

Jobless on weekdays, King on weekends, Loser every day of the week.

Location: Canada

Joined: Aug 29 2008

My Top 3:
1) IV
2) VI
3) V

1219sean

Jobless on weekdays, King on weekends, Loser every day of the week.

Location: Canada

Joined: Aug 29 2008

Makes me a sad panda to see your top three games not include any of the 2D ones (1-6).

Binarynova

Location: Nevada

Joined: Nov 26 2007

(beware, a long post follows)

My favorite will always be VI.

That game left a huge impression on me when it was released (I was in junior high at the time). I still remember walking into the Magitek Factory and stopping, putting down the controller, and listening to the music. That happened to me more than once. FFVI was when I learned that game soundtracks were available. "Kefka's Domain" was the first game music album I ever bought. My dad didn't get it at all. Many tracks sounded like random garbage to him (see: Dancing Mad). But I listened to those discs every day through high school it seems like.

The way the story and characters were laid out was great to me. I love having a huge cast of main characters whose stories randomly intertwine until the end when they all come together (see: Heroes). Ha! I even hooked my SNES up to my VCR and recorded the final battle/ending sequence so I could watch them at will. Ahh, the days before DVDs, and certainly pre-YouTube.

Other games on my favs list will likely surprise you. I really love FFXI. I recently started up my subscription again. The job system, the world (Vana'diel), the stories, the music... they all surpass industry giants like World of Warcraft in my opinion. And why? Because Square-Enix has known how to make RPGs for decades, and just because they made an online game doesn't mean they ignored all those aspects that make an RPG great.

Another of my top favs is the first one. Final Fantasy started it all, and it did it with silent character-less protagonists. It introduced all the wonderful things about the series I still love today (well, except for Summoners, Geomancers and Dragoons). What can I say that has not already been said for 20 years? I remember my step-dad (at the time) picking it up when I was in elementary school and claiming that there was too much reading for me to get any enjoyment out of it. HA!

I also recently finished XII and I have to say, once I got my head around the politically charged plot I loved it. That plot style reminded me of another great RPG from my past: Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall. But yeah, XII was a great game in its own right, and a great Final Fantasy game (yes, it *is* one ;).

Favorites list: (TLDR version for lazy bums. :p)
1) VI
2) I
3) IV
4) XI
5) XII
6) V

Somewhere floating between 4th and 12th place:
VII - I would be able to like it more if it hadn't been senselessly fanboy'd to death. Yes, I get it. Cloud is cool. And Seph is 'teh bada$$' but let it go already. :p Seriously though, I loved the Limit Break system (it hasn't been done half as well since VII, although XI's weapon skill system is close) and the Materia system. And while this might surprise you given my above opinion, I'd actually like to see a remake. No, not for the crazy graphics, but so that we might be able to get a decent re-translation/localization out of it. Parts of the script were physically painful.

thevanillabear93

Joined: Aug 12 2009

I've played all of the FF's up until 12 apart from crystal chronicles,
so in my opinion number 7 would have to be my favourite, mainly because the storyline is sooooo good, and the characters are some of the best there has been in the FF series. And the music was world class!!!!

The order of FF's
1)7
2)10 - awesome
3)9 - Loved the music, espescially the world map theme, it was different to the others as well, because the main character had a tail, and your compainaigns were weird as well like Vivi and Quina Quen (I mean what is up with him)
4)6 - Music and best birds eye view FF
5)8 - I liked the card game and collecting the cards
6)4
7)5
8)2 - Great game
9)10-2 - alright, fighting was a bitch
10)3
11)1
12)tactics and tactics 2 - ok i liked the idea
13)12 - boring
14)11 - losing its touch

Taai

I'm Dutch, but I ain't Cheap!

Location: Near a cookie

Joined: Jun 07 2008

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (with friends and 4 GBA's XD)

Juja

Location: Utah

Joined: May 27 2007

FFVI is the best. No doubt about it. My friends and I were actually discussing this recently, and we were saying how a lot of people think FFVII is the best. My argument went something like this "VII isn't the best because it's not VI." That logic is flawless, and it can be applied to any other game in the series.

squeeker92

Location: Perth WA Australia

Joined: Mar 21 2009

9 and 10, the only ones ive played LOL

auriplane

Joined: Sep 06 2008

I agree with Laoise, Juja, MTM and all the other correct people. FFVI ^-^

Vic9mm

The Fingerstyle Mechanic

Location: Dallas Texas

Joined: Aug 27 2008

Final Fantasy 1-7 but if I had to choose 1 Id go with the one that started it all for me Final Fantasy 4 the rest are a piece of shit. The music in all of them is great tho.

perpetiel01

Nv.Cherry.AicelleAnne

Joined: Jun 19 2009

1:X -best story/music/graphics. the OST really really rocks. I agree with Waladus that after this fantasy, the series lost it's touch. it's like WTF? XII only have good graphics, and good graphics alone.
2:VII -NOSTALGIA. fu** you sephiroth!! who can ever forget this? plus, very broad story line. again, fu** you sephiroth!!
3:IX -no dull moment. beautiful environment. lovable characters. except quina. i guess. haha
4:VI -lots of summon(espers)! this is an epic.
5:VIII -the first time i played this it was boring. but when the story line deepens, this game will suck you into it until you can't stop playing and waiting for the next scenes to play. one of the best. but i placed it to #5 because it doesn't feel just right. haha.