Best Final Fantasy Game?

[RandallJohn]

My top three:

Six (Good story, fun characters, tight battle system. Everything it needed to be.)
Twelve (Terrible protagonist, but wonderful setting and an amazing soundtrack)
Seven (Because it's seven.)

 

[ineedscissors]

XIII.

no just kidding, X is my fav.

 

[Stako]

From the originals - I say Final Fantasy IV - it's not sloppy, it's somewhat fun to play and it has cool characters and a somewhat good story that isn't told very good...

After it I say Crisis Core, because it's fast, it has great story, a lot of content and is really, really fun.

And lastly, but most definetely not least - Dissidia, because it kicks ass. All FF games should be like it!

What I say: The exploaration of Crisis Core + combat of Dissidia = best Final Fantasy Game Ever.

^^

 

[viranimus]

My personal favorite is 6 (sticking with the Japanese numbering).

I think 3 (I am going with the NA system. ) is by far the best overall FF game.

Its a hard choice for personal favorite between 6, 9 which I want to be more awesome than it really is, and 1 which FF1 borders on classical lit for me.

 

[Dimitriov]

Final Fantasy 6 is the best because of Kefka. That is all.

 

[Reaper195]

I've only played and finished 7,8 and 13. But I have also played 6, 9 and 10. Out of them, 7 was my favourite, although I will always love how shiny 13 was during it's pre-rendered cutscenes. I wished Square would make more movies, especially if it takes them about a year to make a FF game with the rate they seem to be coming out lately.

 

[Bakuryukun]

Most Final Fantasy games are at least decent imo, but I would say 3,4,6 7,9 and 10 are the my personal favorites in the series....yeah....I'm pretty indecisive.

and for extra points: my least favorite is the famicom incarnation of FF2

 

[Wayneguard]

Final Fantasy IV. Much like FFIX, it really captures the spirit of what final fantasy is supposed to be about. To me, IV and IX are almost on even standing but IV just edges it out. I really loved the environments in IX (the town surrounded by a sandstorm and Alexandria really stand out) but I LOVE! the characters in ffIV. Cecil is my favorite ff hero and Kain is the perfect foil. The love triangle between Rosa, Cecil and Kain is fantastic. I love Golbez (fantasy Darth Vader) as well. The ending is quite emotional as well. So it really could go either way between IV and IX but I'm going to go with IV.

 

[Cridhe]

This thread makes me sick...

VI is unarguably the best, most well written and interesting of all the series.

 

[TheMagicIndian]

My favorite FF game would have to be FFXI. Feel free to hate but I enjoyed it the most. If XI is disqualified because it's an MMO, then I choose FFI because it holds a lot of nostalgia for me.

 

[icyneesan]

Final Fantasy 1, 4, 9, 10, and 10-2, are all equally tied as my favorite Final Fantasies.

6 does hold a special place in my heart, but not because I thought it was super great, but because of the opera scene.

Special mention to 5 for just being fun.

 

[zeldagirl]

It makes me so happy to see so much FFIX love. Undoubtedly, that game has the best of everything in the series.

I also LOVE XII. It gets hated on a lot, but when you really look at Vaan, his character isn't the worst (his VA is, but that's a different story), it has overall some of the most bad-ass heroes (Ashe, Balthier, Basch), and villains (Vayne and Cid), it's narrative is so well done (yay, political intrigue), and I loved the battle system. Different enough to be a real change, but still a FF feel to it. Great music, great atmosphere.

A lot of what I love about XII is also present in Tactics. God, that's a good game.

 

[nbamaniac]

Final Fantasy 6 because it has great overall aspects and goddamn Kefka is in it. Ohh and ULTROS.

Heck even Yahtzee liked it.

 

[Valdus]

I would say 9 followed closely by 6. The plot in 6 was better IMO but the gameplay for 9 was much better (and the "blue magic" learning was the first that didn't suck).

 

[Sleepy Sol]

Out of all the ones I've played, FFIV.
I've only played I-V, XII, and XIII for any decent amount of time, though.

 

[TheEverix]

My favorite was 9, and despite what everybody I know thinking otherwise, I actually enjoyed the card game minigame.

That said, objectively, I think 10 was probably the best made, well rounded and most accessible.

 

[BaronIveagh]

Final Fantasy VI. VII was also good, but it ha a huge nostalgia factor for me, so I have to lower it's rating to compensate.

 

[khoax123]

Tactics advance is my favorite. Tactics advance had the 3 act structure as well as a strategic game play style which combined enhance my gaming experience despite the graphics. Most final fantasy has the story telling bit but lacked a meaning and gameplay. oh yerh and the title "Final Fanatasy" actually fits the story of tactics advance.