Favourite Final Fantasy Ever?

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Dirge of Cerberus - the game that made me enjoy shooters...for a time.

Somebody actually liked Dirge? Wow, I'm amazed...

FF:Tactics is king.
FFX-2 and FFVIII are both very good (and misunderstood).
FFIV and FFVII also get honorable mentions.

Worst FF game is Mystic Quest
[sub](and I would say Dirge, but it may offend the quoted poster - but it is awful)[/sub]

sadly i did enjoy dirge of cerberus too, idk what it was but i literally flew through that game in two days, i had a open weekend and just sat and destroyed that game with vincent.

it was a decent fan candy kind of game, but wouldn't rate it too high.

oh and my favorite (not best) is still 7, i've beaten that one 3 times already, im almost done with 9 soon, so that might take the spot, and 6 i'm goin to play eventually..its been hard for me to get into it.

 

[Truth Cake]

-FFVI all the way!
-Tactics and Tactics Advance were alright, not great though, Advance 2 sucked.
-3 for the DS and 5 had too many hard bosses for me, it was always just breezing through the game until you found a hard boss that murders you many times, thenyou tediously grind to beat it, only to find another much harder boss right after it
-VII was all hype, nuff said
-VIII was alright gameplay-wise, but I quickly got lost in the story...

Those are all of the Final Fantasy games I've ever played, VI being the best overall hands-down

 

[Vredesbyrd67]

The one that didn't have a ridiculously over-the-top storyline with unlikable, paperthin characters.

Wait...

oh, so you can relate to/like kratos, phoenix, and master chief? and they totally are not paper thin?

and aliens invading earth is more realistic than a megalomaniac trying to take over the world? at least the second one has been attempted.

/rant

Lol.

 

[Mr. Omega]

I've only played FF3 for the DS. I don't mean 6. I mean the actual FFIII. I figured since it was the only one not to ever reach the states until then, I'd give it a look. It was ok. But it wasn't that good to me. Prefered Chrono Trigger. But after watching some Youtube footage of other games, I've decided to try my hand at other FFs. I'm thinking of starting with either 4 or 6, considering that out of all the ones available to me, they are widely hailed as the best.

 

[Flamezdudes]

Final Fantasy X is my favourite. The music was outstanding, the gameplay was fun, the story and characters were great (If not very sometimes annoying) and the romance was heartbreaking and tear worthy.

And this may be a shocker for some but Final Fantasy XIII is one of my favourites aswell, i enjoyed it's tactical and fast gameplay and it picks up a TON of pace later on. The story was interesting and the character's interactions together was interesting.

Final Fantasy XII can just go and die in a burning pit of fire.

 

[Caligulove]

Final Fantasy VI. Also the only one I finished.
But from what I've played of the others and read about, Six still seems to have the most compelling story. That and I always liked how Kefka wasn't some possessed human or deranged other-worldly form of evil, he was just a REALLY twisted man- and just a man. That, combined with the other human elements, combined with how they used magic- it just felt like a much more human story. That, and essentially it's a story where the Bad Guy wins, in many ways.

 

[Ace of Spades]

FFX. It's exactly what a turn-based RPG should be.

 

[Firoth]

FFXI, because I dare to be different.

 

[JenXXXJen]

I loved all of them from VI onwards, including X-2. My favourite's are VIII, IX and X. Mostly VIII.

 

[Riddle78]

Final Fantasy VIII. It has a great story if you actually pay attention and have a head for piecing together stories. The characters were well defined,and the main character,Squall Leonheart,evoled from being an immature,emotionless tard to being a character who emotes well,and is quite mature,considering what's going on,what with some crazy woman trying to Divide by Zero.
The soundtrack was a work of art,with amazing pieces like;
"The Legendary Beast" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe45YhKQEQU
"The Extreme" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01mxuw31GVs&feature=related
"Maybe I'm a Lion" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8h6vt-5B2g&feature=related
"Premonition" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUu2olqwZ8s&feature=related
"Force Your Way" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SneYMN66cEs&feature=related
"Ride On" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpZ3lCJ1TVM
"The Man With the Machine Gun" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vpqd9gKXk&feature=related
"The Landing" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h8ZeYyRkIU&feature=related
The Trigger mechanic was great,and it made sense. Junctioning,although being a number-crunching chore with the potential to destabilize the game,is stll quite enjoyable because you have to work for your Uberstats. The weapon crafting is also quite enjoyable,because that way you save your precious Gil for potions and the like. Oh,and on the topic of money,you don't get money from killing things. You get a paycheck every so often.
The setting is also quite enjoyable,because it's nowhere NEAR your classic fantasy setting. It ranges from port towns set in the 1980's and more modern cities to futuristic cities. There is only a single inhabited location that's anywhere near fantasy,and that's the Shumi Village.

 

[Naheal]

Tactics.

Obligatory extra content to prevent low content post.

 

[Sassafrass]

I'd have to say my favourite FF game is X. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/326.166262] Then, in order, XIII, [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/326.203989], VII, X-2, VIII and last but not least IX. But with IX, I only had it for a week and then I had to give it back to the person I borrowed it from.

 

[Jamiemitsu]

9, followed closely by 5.

 

[Shameless]

Mine is 4 actually , Cecil is the best protagonist in the history of the series, and I know I am going to get myself flamed but I didn't really like Final Fantasy VI.

 

[AngelSword]

I gotta say Final Fantasy Tactics. Its story is, by far, the best thing to come out of Square since Secret of Mana.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

My favourite Final Fantasy is VI, with X, XII, VII and Crystal Chronicles vying for runner-up.

VI had everything I want in a Final Fantasy game - an incredible world, brilliant characters, an awesome villain who actually accomplishes something as well as coming across as properly evil and one of the greatest soundtracks ever in a game.

Oh, and it features an opera. Not many games can claim that one.

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

VI.

Everything you could want from a globe-spanning epic with a villain nearly as iconic as the one he's semi-based on. Every battle background or enemy looks like a still-life painting, particularly the final boss. The only complaint I could think of is that it has over a dozen broken equipment setups capable of destroying anything the game throws your way even without the Vanish/Doom glitch, and as a result the early segments are harder than anything in the World of Ruin.