What is your favorite and least Favorite Final Fantasy and why?

[Defense]

My favorite games would have to be a tie between VI and Tactics. Tactics introduced me to SRPGs and had a great battle system, as well as a really nice plot and good characters as well. VI just had great characters and really gave them their own personality, and I found myself liking them within an hour of meeting them. They also know exactly when to use comedy in a game, and they usually pull it off quite well. I loved Final Fantasy VII and still love it, but I recently tried to go back to it and it is just such a bore. I stopped before I even left Midgar, hopefully I can come back to it soon.

My least favorite would definitely be Final Fantasy II. The gameplay was just so horribly broken, the characters had the depth of a puddle, the dungeons were horrible, and the story was so plain. The dungeons actually had you choose between a number of doors, and only one of them lead to the next floor. The rest almost always led to empty rooms with huge encounter rates and much stronger enemies, so you'd have to start the dungeon over from the last save point sometimes because you just so happened to choose the wrong door. "EMPEROR TRYIN TO RULE DA WORLD CUZ HE BE EVIL AND STUFF" as a story may have worked back in the 20th century, but now it looks so dated. Final Fantasy VI may do this as well, but at least they offer a good plot twist halfway.

Admittedly, Final Fantasy II does have two good things. The antagonist and the music. When you kill Mateus, he actually goes to Hell, kills Satan and rules Hell, and his good side goes to Heaven and kills God. Even his good side is so wicked that he would kill God. That's so awesome.

 

[Veylon]

My favorite is Final Fantasy VI. It starts out good with interesting characters and a cohesive plot. Where it really shines is the second half where you travel the world, gathering comrades and resources for the final battle. That is where Final Fantasy peaked for me.

My least favorite... I haven't actually played XII or XIV, as I don't spend money on things I probably won't like. Of those I have played, the worst is X. The main character is annoying and superfluous, the plot makes little sense and neither does much of the world.

 

[FalloutJack]

My favorite? Uhhh...shit, that's a hard question. Uhh, tell you what. I'll call Final Fantasy 7 my favorite, since it was my introduction to the series in proper and alot of good fun. That said...

My least favorite is FF8, which I got afterwards without realizing that its system was terrible, that I wouldn't like the characters, that I'd hate the story, and that it would be such a ***** to defeat...and not even because of any lack of skills either! I have huge rants about what's wrong with FF8 that I will not post unless requested so...because there's so much I have to say! (It's a wall of text even after breaking the paragraphs up neatly!)

Not too happy with FF4 either, but it was still better and I got it with Chrono Trigger, so all is good.

 

[jodko]

ff6 was fantastic it had a talking octopus in it!!! also kefka, now least faveroute probobly 7 far to much angst

 

[Chibz]

Favourite: FF6. It's the last good FF game.

Least favourite: FF12. This was where they not only jumped the shark but... Jumped the shark, raped it, killed it, ate its soul, mounted its head on a wall and then did the same thing to twelve different fucking sharks just to be sure.

And Vaan.

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[Naheal]

Tactics was my favorite.

Least favorite... probably 8.

 

[Chibz]

The video wasn't so much funny as it is completely true.

I think that was the point of the video though.

Remember FF6? Ah, truely great times...

 

[migo]

Final Fantasy, the original, it started out fun but ended up being completely aimless, and unlike a sandbox TTRPG campaign, it just wouldn't progress. It wasn't even a real Final Fantasy anyway.

 

[Dr.Susse]

XII was the first game I got lost in and a few weekends just disappeared with it. Some say it's not a typical FF game and the story is boring/confusing but for me the game was everything a game should be, Fun.

[small]And I count as beating Yiazmat as one of my all time gaming achievements[/small]

 

[KalosCast]

I liked 12 because it wasn't turn-based, and the story was actually somewhat interesting.

The rest are boring and padded.

 

[badgersprite]

My favourite is IX, because it's charming, funny, has a neat story, and you actually get to SEE the danger the world is in. Using summons to wage war on cities is a great way of tying story and gameplay together, (as well as a character being reduced to being mute having the same effect as the "silence" status) and I think it worked really well.

My least favourite is XII, because I feel like I walked into a story half way through that I was never supposed to be part of. I found the combat repetitive and annoying, more like an MMO than anything else, and at times it felt like I was going to different locations for no reason other than plot convenience. The central conflict felt kind of silly, to be honest. If I was supposed to feel like these people were downtrodden and oppressed, I didn't. So, yeah, the different pieces never fit together for me.

I'm reserving judgement on XIII because I feel I haven't given it enough of a chance. I was so frustrated by the incessant cutscenes that I just started skipping every single one that came up. And I have never done that before, in ANY game. I was just so damn sick of hearing about Serah! I don't care! Well, okay, I do care; I care enough that I want to see the story play out properly.

 

[AlternatePFG]

I really like IV for some reason, I just like the story and the characters.

I didn't like XIII at all really, it was just dull for me. I got 20 hours in, when people said it was getting "better" but in reality when the game finally opened up it got way too grindy for me personally.

I haven't played many FF games. I'm hoping Square-Enix will port FF V and VI to the PSP or DS sometime. (I know they're on the GBA, but damn they're expensive on Ebay)

 

[Wondermint13]

I fell in love with everything about Final Fantasx 10. The Characters, the Story and especially the Music! One of the most beautifully delivered FF games ever, I believe.
Final Fantasy 7 was by far the most rewarding though.

The one I like the least would be Final Fantasy 9
Although Freya was f**ing awsome!! the rest of the characters were just hard to enjoy (Quina WTF??)
The story was a little boggled throughout and the game in general felt too 'slapstick'.

I'm afraid I gave up caring after FFX as the games after that were not even worth remembering, They just didnt feel like Final Fantasy to me.

 

[EeveeElectro]

FIX. I thought the characters were awesome, and it was a bit more light hearted, funny and sweet. I liked the levelling up system and abilities too.
I didn't manage to finish it though, I got about 35 hours in, on the 3rd dick and my boyfriend sold the PS3 > But I backed up my save and will carry on playing it when I get another PS3.

A special mention to FFXIII. At one point, I forgot I was playing a game. I was watching a cut scene then was like, "Controller in my hands? buhhhh? Oh!"
I got really into FFVII too, even if they did whore it out.

 

[Hugga_Bear]

Between VII, IX and XII for me.
VII was the first I ever played, literally just started another game a few days ago and am remembering why I loved it
IX I love for the return to the cartoony style, the light hearted looks combined with a pretty dark storyline works really well imo.
XII was a surprise for me, I really like the step away from the saviours of the universe thing and actually quite enjoyed the combat (even though it could get annoying sometimes).

Least favourite:
XIII.
Surprised? I just can't get behind it, the battles are horrific, pathetically easy for the most part with bosses that require ridiculously specific approaches which make it easy to win, all others being nigh impossible. The story is lacklustre despite potential and the characters, to me at least, were impersonal, I don't like any of them, Vanille perhaps and Sazh a tiny bit but generally not at all whereas replaying VII I already like all of the characters (except Yuffie, who's just annoying) I've met. It's like it just missed out on everything, really sub par FF game imo.

 

[telkesh]

Least favorite goes to Final Fantasy 13. The only final fantasy I refuse to play anymore. In fact I think my x-box red-ringed just so that IT didn't have to play that garbage anymore.

My favorite changed a lot. I loved 8 for it's story and gameplay, but my overall favorite will have to be Final Fantasy 9. With it's perfect mix of decent graphics and epic storyline it is hands down the best. The chocobo minigame was quirky and fun right up until it was all over, the mixed attack system based on who you have where was also a huge plus for me. It had characters that I'd love forever from the 6 year old summoner through to the overly huge fisted fighter. I loved every single one of the characters, they all had depth and.. well.. character