Best Final Fantasy Game?

[Jazoni89]

I've played them all (not including the MMO's, and a few spin off's), but I still stand by Final fantasy VIII as my favourite one.

I really don't know what it was about it, but everything about the game just seems to click with me. The music, the Setting, characters, everything.

I'm also a fan of the fifth one as well, seeing that it has the best job system out of the whole lot.

To be quite honest though, the only final fantasy game (other than the first two due to sheer boredom) that I haven't played for a decent amount of time is final fantasy VI. Which i will soon rectify when I get it on the PS3 shortly.

 

[nbamaniac]

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

You're talking to Octopus royalty dear escapist.

 

[Murray Kitson]

FF-9. Nine owns all of them.
Freya, she's my favorite.
Steiner is next. He's just awesome putting up with that he has to.

nonono, Zidane is best character. common, he has reality going for him. like when he tells dagger to come on "that airship ride" but he acidently forgot he had asked ANOTHER girl to go on it... cant tell you how many times that has happen to me. ya, zidane and i are flirts

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Do I have to say this every god damn time. Cloud is not an emo he is a jack ass at the start.

OT: My favourite is 7 even though it has been completely abused and is no longer overrated due to the staggering amount of hate it gets I feel that neutralises the zealotical fans which you never see at least here.

 

[scorptatious]

The best Final Fantasy game is a VERY subjective opinion.

Me? FF9 is also my favorite in the series. Followed by FF7 in a very close second. FFXIII would be third, FFIV fourth, and FFX fifth.

Those are all the FF games I've played so far.

 

[dday4you]

ff7 compilation, if i could choose that would have been the ff games ever made.
story and gameplay, everything, even things like crisi core were fun.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Somebody pushed my nostalgia button a bit ago therefore I need to mention the best Final Fantasy spin-off which is Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest on the SNES.

It was generally passed by since the SNES had Final Fantasy II and III. Mystic Quest was a great game though. It was the first one that showed the boss's physical forms degenerate as you pound the hell out of them. I honestly don't remember too much from it because I haven't played it since my age was missing a digit but what I do remember is the fact that Mystic Quest had the best music out of any Final Fantasy, ever [sub]in my opinion[/sub]

 

[Kiytan]

my favourite FF is 8 (very closely followed by 10)

However I think the "best" (best style, well told story e.t.c) is probably 9, however I haven't played it all the way through yet, so can't say for certain.


Having said all that, my favourite character is from FF7.
It's not Cloud
or Sephiroth
or even Vincent.
But Cid, Cid is probably the most believable, well written and most under-rated charcter in the game, or any FF game for that matter.

 

[Genixma]

Played FF to Final Fantasy VII.

Went to play VIII and by the second disc a bit of me had died. And I haven't played a final fantasy since. Except Dissidia but still I only go back to play the first seven, mostly VII, every time I blow off the dust of my PSX.

 

[LittleBlondeGoth]

Even after all these years, FFVII still holds sway over me. I can, have and will play this game over and over and over and... You get the picture. I know it looks dated now, and that the translations can get a bit wonky and you can go away and make a 3 course meal in the time it takes Sephiroth to cast Supernova, but that doesn't matter to me. Everything about the characters and story just won me over so completely. Hell, I still have a major crush on Vincent, and I'm now well over the wrong side of 30.

In fact, I'm hopelessly hooked on everything from VI to IX. I defy anyone to come up with a more inspired method of recruiting a party member than the opera scene in VI (and Ultros!). I may not be the greatest fan of VIII's junction system (too many hours with Materia, probably), but I found the story of it really engaging and the characters were an interesting mix. And what can be said about IX that hasn't been said already? Zidane made for a good change after the darker leads of Cloud and Squall, while Vivi was simply awesome.

The newer ones like X or XII... Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed them immensely. But I don't seem to be able to go back to these with quite the devotion I do with VII. Which is proven by the collection of action figures. And the statue of Vincent. And plushie Cactuars. And the throwing herself at the feet of the Vincent cosplayer she came across at the last comicon.

There's a saying floating around that the first Final Fantasy you play is generally your favourite, and for me that's accurate.

 

[Luthir Fontaine]

FF6 is and well always be my favorite game on the snes

 

[siygen]

for me it's 10

 

[LittleBlondeGoth]

It had far better music than anything in FFVII! Hell, the only good songs were Midgar theme, Aeris' theme, and The final boss battle. FFVI, every theme was beautiful (Listen to the Grand Finale version) and Aria de Mezzo Carrettere was the BEST VG music every created!

Best FF game goes to VII; Best Music FFVI!

Confession time. I'm going to the Distant Worlds concert in London in November, and I'm bringing a box of Kleenex mensize tissues with me in case they play the Aria. I cannot get through that piece without bursting into tears and ruining my mascara.

 

[Raddra]

7>9>6

Was a close call between 7 and 9 since Freya is such an awesome character.

Dragoons rock.

 

[cefm]

Overall favorite is probably 7 (most well rounded in all aspects)
Second place is 1 (the first! and liked the class combo choices, and the pacing)
Third place is 6 (best overall storyline and most engaging characters)
Fourth place is 9 (great look and feel to the game, more like 1 again)

8 can burn in hell forever.
4 I tried to like and spent hours on, but the job system meant none of the characters had any personality.

 

[Lrbearclaw]

Well, played all but 9 (didn't get far into 8 due to the emulator taking a dump basically 8 hours in), 11, 13, 14. My favorite has to be the original. I can sit and play it all day without a thought (and have played nearly all incarnations of it and FF2J) and enjoy it. For over 20 years. I picked it up when I was 7 and my dad had gotten his butt kicked by Chaos and gave up the game.

I learned why over-leveling is bad due to FF1. You see, Chaos gets more powerful the more you level. So at 50 (max) he has EVERYTHING your Black Wizard does, Cure4, AND elemental attacks. When I got older I made my first "challenge" to take him out at 50 just for bragging rights. No Game Genie, no glitches, no exploits. Knight, Ninja, White Wiz, Black Wiz... and a dead timebending demon-god.

Story-wise, 6 is alright I did enjoy the scope and points of view but felt there were TOO MANY, so I found myself not caring for any of them. That's where I liked 5, 7, 12 and especially 10. I cared about the characters because you watched them grow. Yes, Cloud was an emo douchebag but you learned WHY, Seriously wouldn't YOU be if your best friend was killed protecting you? I know I did when Mom died. Tidus was annoying (mostly his voice, I mean really, different voice and no one would complain) but I found myself enjoying his quirks and optimism. Vaan was similar to Tidus in the beginning due to similar backgrounds (what a shock! Similar backgrounds producing similar results... alert the media) but you really watched him grow because of his friends AND better his friends. You FELT the friendships in X and XII and that made them better.

It's easy to tear the series down, but there is a reason why people keep coming back.

 

[MFenix]

The first one, FF5, and Crisis Core were the best.
Zack = the coolest dude in the whole dang series.