Best Final Fantasy Game?

[Seriin]

You're going to get a lot of different answers but my personal favourite is 8. I'm not sure why entirely, I love the music and I love Triple Triad. After 8 being on top I couldn't call a second place because I like a lot of other ones equally for different reasons. 7 and 12 have enjoyable characters (7 also has an excellent soundtrack), 9 has a great setting and mostly good characters (Amarant has no place in the story), 10 has a great battle system, music and the best pacing in the series. And that's just the playstation era, 6 has a great story, and in 4 you fly an airship to the moon. To the moon!

The only Final Fantasy game I actively dislike though is FF1. It may be a classic, but it is boring and slow with out dated mechanics and the pacing is just awful.

 

[Fleeker]

My order...not counting any of the spin off games (tactics, the chocobo games, or crystal for example) only those that are a console and not a handheld (although I did enjoy many of them) or mmorpg.

FF, FF7, FF10, FF12, FF9, FF8, FF3, FF13, FF8, FF6, FF5, FF2, FF4

 

[nbamaniac]

Third place is 6 (best overall storyline and most engaging characters)

I like your take on that. Miss those terrific bastards. Terra, Locke, Celes, Edgar, Sabin, Shadow and his trusty dog Interceptor, Cyan, Mog, Setzer, Strago, Relm heck even Kefka, General Leo and Emperor Gestahl were fresh.. *sniff*

Ughhh, now my rock-hard balls are in nostagia mode, sheesh.. >.<'

 

[busterkeatonrules]

IX for me. Great story, great characters (and main man Zidane isn't some emo douchebag! HOORAY!), and a lush, beautiful world to explore - what's not to like?

Also, composer Nobuo Uematsu has said that the soundtrack for FF IX is the best he's ever written. I'm inclined to agree.

 

[xochiquetzal]

Final Fantasy in order that I like the ones I've played

FF Vll
FF Xll
FF lX
FF lll
FF l

the ones I didn't like where

FF X
Echos of time

Best characrters

Bach
Sephiroth
Terra
Auron

Worst characters

TIDUS
TIDUS
TIDUS

and possibly Rikku and Fran

 

[auronvi]

My List is including all games that bear the Final Fantasy Branding... never done this so here we go.

FFVII - All time favorite game for me
FFVIII - Music is phenomenal and first Final Fantasy I bought on launch day
FFXII - Took the battle system somewhere new and loved it, too bad I was in the minority
FFVII - Crisis Core - This game made my life complete with knowing Zacks full background story
FFXIII - Loved what I have played enough to rank it here. Still working through it. Too busy
FFX - First PS2 Final Fantasy, loved every minute... and Lulu's boobs
FFVI - Amazing game from the SNES, a must play!
FFV - Another great game from SNES. Get anthologies and enjoy both V and VI.
FFIII - For DS, great 3D remake of the game.
FF Tactics - Boy do I love this game. Such a challenging one too.
FFXI - First MMORPG I ever played and have lots of in-game memories
FF - PSP remake was great. A fast play if you want to just power though it in a few hours.
FF Tactics Advanced - Great story and gameplay. Part of the XII universe.
FFVII - Advent Children - I know, not a game, but I still loved it!
Dissidia - Final Fantasy - Loved it even thought it's just a cash in. I love Cloud vs Squall!
FF Tactics Advanced 2 - Again, solid game and story.
Final Fantasy X-2 - Final Fantasy's take on Charlie's Angels... oh and the Hot Springs.
FFIV - For DS again, good game but not a earth shaker.
FFXIV - Currently play when I feel like grinding in an MMO, still haven't payed a subscription
FFIX - Good game, ending left a bad taste in my mouth - phenomenal music though
FFII - I don't think I will ever muscle through this game, its the worst FF imo

Final Fantasy Games I haven't played but mean to:
Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus - Heard the story was pretty good, gameplay so-so
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - All of em
Final Fantasy: 4 Warriors of Light - Heard was pretty fun, I played the beginning but died.

EDIT: Changed order of some things.

 

[tahrey]

6...
but only because my rose tinted shades are welded to my skull
it's also one of the few where i can actually tell the different pieces of overworld / town / etc music apart, and play them on an instrument

5, 7, 9 are good fun too

i can stand 4 and 8, and am dragging myself through 10 without really "feeling" it so much

the others i can take or leave, largely because i'm no fan of the NES graphics/sound (NES fans: don't even start, please; those who I know in person have been evangelising for about a decade now) and haven't (yet) had access to the later ones... but haven't heard too many others rave about them either. it's got a bit samey TBH.

 

[Kizo]

IV > VI >>>>> the rest >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> VII.

 

[Stormpigeon]

9
10
8
12
7
10-2










13.

 

[LittleBlondeGoth]

@auronvi: Dirge of Cerberus is tricky, in that the gameplay is mediocre at best. But it has Vincent in it, the story is interesting, it has Vincent in it, the graphics are beautiful for a PS2 game (especially the cutscenes), and it has Vincent in it.

You can probably tell what my main motivation to play it was.

 

[nbamaniac]

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.

This will do for now..

 

[Artina89]

I would say my favourite is Final fantasy VIII. It was the first Final fantasy game that I got that I really love. I know people are not keen on Squall, but I liked him, not to mention the gunblade is the coolest weapon ever (at least in my opinion)

I mean, if that's not cool, then I don't know what is

 

[BlueSinbad]

7&8&9 are my equal favourites....
so yeah, inconclusive!
10 and 6 are also the balls!

 

[Mouse_Crouse]

FFIX - Still my favorite to this day.
FFX-2 - No I'm not kidding, loved that game.
FFVII/FFVI/FFX - All 3 are equally good IMO

 

[GlenTheFox]

Final Fantasy Tactics, by far. The story line, battle setup, and intricate class system has made me play through it so many times, breaking the game timer repeatedly due to too much playing. In terms of numbered series though, I'd say IV (especially with the inclusion of the After Years). It's the one that got me started on the series. Plus you just can't beat the simple styles of the classics. VI was pretty great too though.

 

[EscapistUser123456]

My favorite is VI because:
-The hero isn't an emo-angst filled ****** with a huge aluminium sword.
-The protagosomething is a woman.
-A rape-able one too, but everyone is too stupid to do anything.
-I needed a fourth explanation.

 

[FlikViktor]

I gotta go with Final Fantasy 6. A large cast of characters, each one play differently, and had there own personalities which made them more badass. The story was amazing, it was one of the first games I played that can get an emotional draw from you (the opera scene, and Celes when she wakes up on the island with Cid, where he dies and she breaks down and takes a leap of faith of the side of a cliff, among other things.) And of course Kefka was awesome because he wanted to destroy the world as everyone knew it and PULLED IT OFF.

Number 4 was also pretty good, and of course 7 makes an appearance in my top 3. Thinking on it my order probably goes

FF6
FF7
FF4

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

FF4. Hands down.

A simple, yet emotional tale of a knight searching for redemption, a kingdom being torn apart, and a mad hunt for the magical maguffins that control the world's fate...

Definitely my fav.