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Well, V is but that isn't an option....so I am not voting.

VIII happens to be my second favorite in the series. I like the plot, the characters, the battle system, etc.

I did try XI, and I did not like it, but that's probably because I was playing it on a laptop, and I did a download of it, so i had no instruction book and was utterly infuriated.

I really like IX's characters, storyline, and battle system, although I do find the progression and FMVs a bit frustrating.

X is very good, as are VI, I, II, VII (albeit buggy and basically untranslated), and Tactics.

I don't mind X-2. The story sucks, but I find the battle system really fun.

XII was really freaking good, IMHO. Great political story, decent characters (some were better than others), fun battle system, etc.

IV is a classic in terms of story, it really set the bar.

III I haven't finished on the DS yet, but it's alright.

VII is overhyped but not bad at all.

VI is great, with many memorable characters, a decent battle system, the best villain in FF history (IMHO).

EDIT: And to the person who reminded me of Mysti Quest (pg 3), WIN. It's not really a final fantasy, but it certainly sucks really bad.

This post has been edited by yelanates on 22nd November 2008 19:47

Quote (Zjiin @ 21st November 2008 06:49)

Some players really liked IX, but i wasn't one of them. It did seem too cartoony and kiddie'd up. I guess it wasn't for everyone.

yeah, maybe. when i played it i never thought it was like that. of course, its been awhile though.

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Praise Be To Helix!

Awhile back I posted this thread but I cant find my post again to edit it, but in that post I think i said something about XII being crap, I'll have to change my opinion on that now.
I can see where final fantasy fans would start to dislike this game, cos it really is nothing like the old ones, the characters have almost no emotional depth compared to previous FFs and it can get really tedious at times, but looking at it separetly its an amazing game.
However I do think its a pity when certain gaming franchises make massive changes to their games..... I miss the old Final Fantasy!

I still think X is BS.

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*Sigh*....Times are tough

8 was the one I absolutely couldn't play. I hated it. But I decently enjoyed the others, though, I don't play any of them below IV. I've tried, but the thing I like about FF is the story heaviness and in the older ones it's just not there enough for me to really enjoy it. V would be my second worst. I hate the job system. The only time I've liked the job system is in Tactics.

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Currently Playing: Suikoden II

VIII, I wanted to like it. I STILL want to like it. It just isn't happening.

The whole thing comes off as a couple of halfhearted attempts to take Final Fantasy in a new direction. Not surprisingly, as halfhearted attempts, they don't work as well as planned.

Junction system: Liked the idea, but the actual execution of it was pretty clumsy. (Namely the fact that it made you never want to use magic) I think IX improved the concept by making those stones or whatever a completely separate system.

Junk Shops: Another idea I liked, but it was only worth jumping straight to the best weapon since it was just a couple of strength points anyways. IX took this idea to heart and improved it immensely, IMO, with the synth shops.

No Equipment: Just unforgivable.

Card Game: What? They expected us to get bored and gave us something to do IN A VIDEO GAME? Weren't we playing this out of lack of anything better to do in the first place? I'm all for mini games and the like, but when you can easily spend as much time mini gaming as you can rest of the gaming, ON ONE MINI GAME, they took it too far.

The Plot: An antisocial jerk and his lame friends learn the true meaning of love......HOLY CRAP! A SORCERESS!

The Characters: Ya know how in FFX pretty much everyone was was a total wiener but Auron? Yeah, kinda like that, but no Auron.

Limit Breaks: Nothing wrong with the limit breaks themselves, but being able to use them over and over with the only stipulation being low HP was almost like cheating. Did they notice that?

Now, I was pretty hard on it, BUT it does have a few things to its credit. Graphically, it was excellent for the time. I though the music was ok. And as I noted before it had some good ideas that just needed some polish. All in all though, I consider this a thumbs down.

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Quote (Doughboyjones @ 18th December 2008 21:15)

VIII, I wanted to like it. I STILL want to like it. It just isn't happening.

Maybe it's like a Kubrick film. At first you don't like it, but then it grows on you.....

Maybe not.....just a thought.

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Praise Be To Helix!

Triple triad saved 8, so I voted 6. Hurray for 80 characters, yetonly enough plot for three.

I also hate 11, because it's WoW with an FF in front of it

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Quote (Gigantuar @ 16th February 2008 16:50)

Number ten for me, the only one I have played that I didn't like.

Ironically, recently I gave FFX a serious try, and now I actually like it...

Tough decision between FF2 & FF8!

One game has a ludicrous and tepid way of developing your dulled-out characters who do only 0 damage to *randomdragon* unless you spend 3 hours boosting HP+Strength, and the other one is just pure hybrid of comedy with no real punchline and a pointless adventure if one wishes to pass it off as an RPG in which searching for treasures isn't necessary or even having to buy a special gadget that lets you play the only minigame other than the card game.

Vote's on 8.

~AngelWitch666~

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I've been locked away for all these years
Now I can see the light of day
Things have changed a lot since I was last out here
I guess that's the way things, way things go

I voted XII, but my runner-ups are FF8 and FF9.

Final Fantasy 12 was a failure. Not in my opinion, a true failure. It's because it wasn't like an RPG. It was like a MMORPG. And I'd wish that Square Enix did not create FFXI as a MMORPG, that way they wouldn't be influenced in the making of FF XII. Other than the game system, the characters sucked, Vaan had no relevance to the story other than being a aggrevated little weasel, and the story was just crap. The final boss was crap. Everything was crap.

Other than that, I do NOT understand the people that hate FF7 and FFX. They are awesome, and they actually have a story, even though FFX's one is a little bit depressing.
I also do not understand the people that picked FF7 because of the "compilation", other than DoC (that didn't have a RPG feel either), each one of them were awesome, and Squenix DID state that it was a rushed up and incomplete game, it deserved a full nice story.





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Good morning sir. I feel evil today. Now I shall kill you, destroy you, crush you, blast you, demolish you, nuke you, sadistically perform an autopsy on you and... uh... ummm...
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Do you like ice cream?

After looking through most of the posts on this subject, I realize that a good percentage of people dont give the real reason why they didnt like a certain title. I may be wrong, but I hope no one takes it in negative terms.

I have numerous titles that I didnt like. 2 for the famicon was a pain, and so was 5. But I dont think any of these even compare to the most boring title of all, with a bad attempt to make the game in real time. For these reasons and more, my worst Final Fantasy title goes to non other than 12. Boring story, boring bosses, boring monsters, bad voice acting at least in my oppinion, and the fact that It wasnt turned based really irritated me. I want to control all of my characters, instead of controling one, and letting the other characters determine there actions by percentiles. I'm sorry, but I like my old school Final Fantasy. I like no voice actors, a turn base battle system, and a somewhat original story, with plenty of obscure and unexpected enimies, monsters, and of course bosses. But hey, maybe they surprise me in FF 13? who nows! maybe Ill even love it! We shall see.

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Nowhere to run...
Nowhere to hide...

As much as I love Final Fantasy, I'd have to say my least favourite Final Fantasy game has to be Final Fantasy VIII...

Okay, I'm not saying it was terrible. I'm not even saying it's bad.

I'm just saying, compared to all the others I've played, which is 1, 3-10, Final Fantasy VIII didn't give me the same feeling the other games did.

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Final Fantasy I- Haven't really played the game that much. Can't say.

Final Fantasy II- The dungeons are unforgiving, and the characters have a very dry persona. Yet it has a good plot, and a good battle system

Final Fantasy IIIj- ( Haven't played the DS version so put FFIIIj-japanese)
Only played the opening, and it's already a great game. The music is really played for a NES made game.The storyline is great.

Final Fantasy IV- Good Characters.Good plot, masterpieced music.

Final Fantasy V- Kind of felt that Final Fantasy V was good for a laugh, it made a mockery of normal western based fantasy ( fairy tales ) and it was enjoyable yet slighty a challage. Bartz was good comic relief.

Final Fantasy VI- It starts out pretty slow, but after the water rafting scence the game begins to pick up pretty quickly and shows great characters and problery one of the best showed storylines in Final Fantasy history.

Final Fantasy VII- The translators screwed most of the plot up for the western version, the music could of been better ( minus boss theme ) but it had a great storyline, that was more mature and darker than the other past Final Fantasy games, which is pretty refreshing.

Final Fantasy VIII- If you dislike romance, your going to dislike VIII. VII was chock filled with romance scences. Though not going to call VIII the worst just because of that, it does have it's slow moments though.

Final Fantasy IX- IX went back to a more retro feeling, IX can easily be judged upon for it's werid looking characters, and almost chidlish plot.
However you can't be shallow with IX, look inside to find a great game.

Final Fantasy X- Square was new to voice acting and it showed, Final Fantasy X follows a rather linear plot and a change in music theme. But can't say that Final Fantasy X is horrible, it's a emotional game and it's rather thought provoking.

Final Fantasy XII- Final Fantasy XII can be a enjoyable game to play, finding items and fighting great beasts to find and collect- more items
However when it comes to the worst Final Fantasy XII is the worst. It fails on so many Final Fantasy based things, it lacks storyline, character development, and the certain Final Fantasy charm. Final Fantasy XII isn't a bad game, but it's the worst Final Fantasy game.

This post has been edited by ZidaneTribal on 10th February 2009 23:13

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Currently playing Chrono Trigger !!
Currently looking forward to Don't Know.

FF2 is HARD. I got all the way to the end, barely survives two towers, but can't kill the boss. I can't leave the towers to get potions or level up because getting through them was too hard! Oy...

Only the blackest hatred for FF2. ><

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I voted I because is the one that felt the most primitive to me (of course it did, is the first one, duh!)

Am I the only person in this world that actually liked II? *hears crickets* never mind.


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Personally, my favorites were FF4 and FF6. I voted FF3 because it didn't have much of a story. If FF10-2 would been on this poll, I would have picked it...

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Am I the only person in this world that actually liked II? *hears crickets* never mind.

I do have a liking of FF2 myself...

This post has been edited by Cactuar1 on 11th March 2009 17:21

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A creature born from eternal darkness and heavenly light. One single entity, birthed of two opposites. They somehow coexist, to create I, the Lunarian Prince...

Final Fantasy I- Nice at the beginning but I got lazy to look for the next place and looked for a guide.

Final Fantasy II-Haven't finished hard dungeons

Final Fantasy III- Haven't played

Final Fantasy IV-Just started playing

Final Fantasy V- It started out good but I got bored of it and stopped.

Final Fantasy VI- Great games It should be one of the best FF.

Final Fantasy VII- Best FF game so far has the best story but the ending was terrible.

Final Fantasy VIII- First FF game I played has a good story and the card games was interesting.

Final Fantasy IX- It was one of the best I've played even if I haven't finished it yet.

Final Fantasy X- Haven;t played

Final Fantasy XI- It's an online game so I never tried it.

The worst FF has to be FF XI since they made it an online game. They coul've made it as a different game.

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Man in FH: Heartless son of a bitch...
- When he learns that Squall doesn't like cats.

Squall:To tell you the truth... I worry too much about what others think of me.
- To Rinoa while she is unconscious.

Hooboy... Final Fantasy VIII was a total let-down. I find the cast to be generally annoying, the storyline/gameplay ridiculous, and the only saving grace is the graphics, and maybe some of the music too.

It is truly a downhill game after FFVII. I know it's obvious for FF fans to despise VIII, but I can't argue with them.

PS: Squall not only being a moron, but a boring one too. Worst male lead.

Think said Final Fantasy XII last time around.

But changed mind.

VIII is the worst.

< Squall is just a horrible leader. He's a right jerk and doesn't really give much of a crap about his close friends or anybody. But then he becomes school leader ?

<Rinoa. RINOA . Oh my gosh. Just go and jump off that cliff you almost fall down okay ? You are the most annoying thing since- things started to become annoying..

< Crappy romance plot

I hate you
I flirt with you- act like a dizzy airhead around you.
Omg your hurt and almost in coma !
I LOVE YOU !

< Weapons

Just dislike how you have to go around the world just to upgrade your weapon.
If you struggle/ can't find these items. Then your stuck with one weapon all of the way through. Which can be frustrating.

< Battles/ Level up system

There is no point in fighting because the lower the level- the easier the game.
What is the point in fighting in the first place ?

Yeah FF VIII sucks.

Though the game does have Laguna & Zell
So guess it's not too bad. Just ruined by the main couple/ leads >_>


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Currently playing Chrono Trigger !!
Currently looking forward to Don't Know.

I love Final Fantasy, but I just don't like the original NES FF, I'm sorry, but it's the truth. I love the GBA and PSP remakes, now that's a Final Fantasy 1 that I can play. Coming in close is XI, just like one of the first post says quote... "HONESTLY. IT SUCKED" end quote!!!

This post has been edited by SaffireWeapon on 23rd June 2009 04:32

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"...quite possibly the greatest game ever made"

FF8. The story is God-awful and ridiculous. The junction system practically forces you to junction your most powerful magics "to keep up with the Jones'" and then punishes you for using said magic.

Quote (cloud007 @ 10th April 2008 07:38)

I cant understand why sooo many people hate final fantasy 7 just because it is the most popular of the series by a mile. I also don't know why 8 is being hated on too. Am I the only one that doesnt like 9? I just never got into my main character being a thief with a tail. I might be the only one on this, but I actually really enjoyed FFV.

You're not the only person here who likes FFV

I loved FF2 FF3 FFIV is the same as ff2 just harder on psx.and the psx version of ff6 i don't have.

I would have to say most of these comments are null cause they cannot appreciate oldies.

Most people are to graphic jaded to appreciate oldies like ff1 and take them for what they are.

Ff1 had a story.It was a simple story.Yes dragon warrior 1 had a bit more story to it so yes it can be considered one of the worse in story.But when it comes to gameplay it has alot of replay value due to the mixtures of classes to play and it isn't really hard to know what to do.The first place to go is garland by lvling up and then go past the bridge to the port city and level up get better weapons go to matoya's cave and read the backward texts and open chests.

FF2 was brilliant,why are you guys bashing it? it was one of the best rpgs of its time.It's characters are really emotional and loveable.Even the bard edward is a good character.

I think ff8 is the worse,it takes too long to get to the story i did not find any of the characters memorable whatsoever and the ridiculous fights!! 1 step fight.Worse yet was it took forever to get to places.FF9 i thought was ok,but the main story and plot was kind of weak.The dialogue and characters were good.Heck i'd have to say freya was a good character and so was vivi and dagger and zidane and blank and of course BEATRIX!! you gotta be kidding not to mention her.I did not like quina at all,although quina did have some funny lines i did not care for the character,nor did i like most of the ff7 characters.Especially cait sith,i disliked cait sith alot and despised cloud and sepiroth and barret.

i'd have to say so far ff7 is the fourth worse on the list because of the terrible script and the boring stereotypical characters.FF7 did have a deep plot wich saved its ass and it had really good scenes like the motorcycle fight at the beginning and the skiing thing in the snow.

FF10 had very good characters.I found that the story and the characters and their relation melded in together well.For an example wakkas distrust for rikku because she is a albhed and he thinks derogatively of her because they use machina and some in the past have been terrorists and he distrusts them.Also the deep meaning of religion this game talks about in wich don't be absolutely sure about your doctrine as you can see that the doctrine betrayed its followers.The ones in high power were using machina and keeping it secret.So as you see it deals with racism and religious zealots in this game.Ff7 talks about mother nature and protecting it and talks about not trusting the goverments because alot of times the most important thing is:votes and profit.

So,these things do have meaning and of course have a deep impact on a game,some people i think do not even think about these deep plots or realize about them.For that,final fantasy 7 and 10 are very philosophical in a way.And i respect them for that.

FF6 talks alot about rebellion against dictators and powermongers and abusers.If you look at the game closely,the empire sort of reminds me alot of the spanish conquering the americas or maybe the english.They wreak havoc and have no respect,taking what they want and not giving anything back and using force to get what they want.Maybe even like the french revolution sort of.I thought of another thing,maybe they are america? Possibly the americans who bully the irakis by bombing em? or vietnam? or possibly korea? Ff7 if you look even closer seems more like america than anything else.

Take for an example president shinra=clinton? bush senior? the turks=the cia? maybe fbi? those guys are involved in dirty work.space travel astronaughts is so american it can't be anything else.

Anyways because of this you have to reconsider all this.There are games with far worse story than ff6 ff7 and ffX.

Ff4 is extremely well rounded,it is a good game.Ff4 is more like a shakespear tragedy.It is also extremely old and its graphics and music are brilliant for its time.I loved every single character in the game.I thought even Tellah who dies and golbez and of course.fusoya would be my least favorite,i mean he is the one you least talk to and know or deal with.

FF5 has very good dialogue,krile is definately the weakest and second weakest is the princess.Butz and bartz and faris are hilarious.They have great dialogue.

FF6 has brilliant dialogue brilliant characters with deep emotional chains.In fact i think it is yet the most brilliantly scripted in comparison to the others.

FF7:While it has a very good story to hold and a extremely deep enviromental meanind with a good plot.I think cloud fails in epic proportions as a hero.He lacks empathy and the whole thing with aeris was not even believable.Barret with the whole black talk thing seemed stereotypical and well sephiroth was not hateable.I could simply not hate sephiroth at all,no matter how hard i tried i could not imagine him hurting a fly.Cid was probably the best scripted person with personality,

I think it did have plot holes when it came to the main plot of the game and alot of epic fail scripting when it came to comedy.It tried to be funny with the whole cloud dressing up as a woman and was a epic fail,the thief girl was fun but not funny.And only in that scene did there seem to be a bit of her story.I think the characters needed more history background and to be reviewed.It is not a bad game but it is not the best either.

I also hated the materia sistem.The reason i hated it,was because it took forever to get maxed out and by the time i was at the end i wasn't maxed yet and had a million years of fighting to go.

I would give it:7.5 and that is because i'm also nice and considerate.

FF6 seemed more balanced in that issue and so did ff5.

i did not notice it as much as i did in ff7.







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Quote (Magitek_slayer @ 23rd June 2009 21:28)

FF2 was brilliant,why are you guys bashing it? it was one of the best rpgs of its time.It's characters are really emotional and loveable.Even the bard edward is a good character.

You're mistaking games here. FF2 is not FF4.

As a fan of FF2 I have to say I understand all the people that bash it. It's yedious, drawn out, broken at several points, but I love it for the epic story, for Prince Gordon's development, for the similarity to the old Star Wars, for the first Dragoon ever and especially for the system. For that tedious skill and stat levelling system.

I also cannot agree with you saying that FF9's story is weak. It's filled with intertwining stories of the characters and at times was a real tear-jerker.

Possible spoilers: highlight to view

Even if it is DBZ

Also, it's not that FF8's characters were not memorable, they were very memorable. Unfortunately that's mostly for their idiocy, totsl ludicrousity (is that a word?) of the plot and how they were a bunch of incompetent youngsters handed with the task of saving the world.

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FF6 talks alot about rebellion against dictators and powermongers and abusers.If you look at the game closely,the empire sort of reminds me alot of the spanish conquering the americas or maybe the english.They wreak havoc and have no respect,taking what they want and not giving anything back and using force to get what they want.Maybe even like the french revolution sort of.I thought of another thing,maybe they are america? Possibly the americans who bully the irakis by bombing em? or vietnam? or possibly korea? Ff7 if you look even closer seems more like america than anything else.

What? Seriously, what? Each socio-historical event you're trying to refer to is a completely different kind of conflict. Furthermore, none of those is similiar to FF6's plot (or at least I don't see it) especially the French Revolution.

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I would have to say most of these comments are null cause they cannot appreciate oldies.

Say what? In the Caves? Not appreciate oldies? Huh?

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You want to talk lousy? Let's talk FF7's controls. No analog control possible, still only have up/down/left/right with O to run. A 3D game with 2D character manipulation.

X to run. Also the worst final fantasy has got to be any I have'nt played because I like em all.

I just edited this to lower the length of the text.

1:Ff8 characters were ok in the beginning,the fight with seifer and squall was interesting.I thought this might actually make a impact.The fight where seifer insults zell at the very beginning was cool.Later i lost interest not because of the characters.I think because it took to long to get to the story and i lost interest alltogether.

2:ff7/ff6 deep meanings hidden not so hidden sometimes? Yeah exactly what it means turks=cia? shinra=american president? nasa project? draining life of planet=planet contamination? enviromental thing.Ff6.returners rebellion+people rebelling against empire=possibly being a dictator like franco? or maybe its soposed to be someone else? i mean they went around and tried to conquer people and if they ddin't like it they used brute force.the empire was brutal to the end and corrupt.

3:mixed up ff4 with ff2(sorry) I thought ff4 was a brilliant game.

as for CRISIS FROM THE SKY

You want to talk lousy? Let's talk FF7's controls. No analog control possible, still only have up/down/left/right with O to run. A 3D game with 2D character manipulation.

Hmm what? i'm absolutely sure i used analog.I could be wrong.

What bothered me was the stupid mtateria sistem wich was too slow to learn and became tediously boring in the end.

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We are stardust.Our bodies are made from the guts of exploding stars.

Neil Degrasse Tyson.

I've never played III for the DS. I've played almost all of the FF games except for XI and IV for the DS (and the after story sequel for the Wii).

So to be fair I will not count against any of them (even though I'm familiar with the stories and the game engines).

So from what I've played I definetly have to go with Final Fantasy XII as the worst game. I couldn't get over Vaan's voice actor being a Spy Kid. LOL. Also it reminded me of Star Wars and I'm not the only one to think that am I? I don't mind the characters (Fran, Balthier and Penelo are AWESOME imo), but the battle system sucks.

I like the old school battle system!!

My second choice though would probably be II.

This post has been edited by Cait_Nate on 24th June 2009 22:42

I played ff2 and i changed my mind

FF2 has some strongpoints but damm i learned to hate this game's gameplay with a passion not because there are monsters that instantly kill you and cannot be killed at the beginning of the game.

Or the fact that you level up your weapons and strengths.

IT is because of the goddam monster rate.

Has anybody noticed that every step or 2 you get a monster?

AND WHY ON EARTH DID THEY PUT DOORS TO AREAS WITH HIGHER MONSTER RATES?!!!!!!!!!!

what on earth where they thinking?

and to add why on earth did they make it so hard to run?

I learned to hate this game,not because of the stuff others are ranting but because it took so long to finish a dungeon.You cannot run most of the time because of the bugged running system,

I mean why do they allow the right to run and yet it is impossible or near impossible to run? what is the point? I don't mind the characters as firion and Hilda and the queen.

I haven't played ff3J so i cannot say is it any good?

I played so far:

FF:1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Legends 1,2 and 3.
chrystal chronicles.

I did not like ff legend because of the stupid food system.

How is it nobody mentions ff legend?

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Not an actual Final Fantasy game. Final Fantasy Legend -R51

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 30th June 2009 21:05

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We are stardust.Our bodies are made from the guts of exploding stars.

Neil Degrasse Tyson.

In terms of story FF7 was horrible. (well not horrible...) but the gameplay re-deemed it. Just so many re-playable options it's just amazing.

FF12 was just incredibly bad in both story and gameplay

FF8 wasn't that bad, I can see how some people might not like it but personally I found it pretty fun. Mostly because it had lots of customability.

FF10 was dreadful, horrible characters, storyline and playability. The only redeeming factor is that it always seems like it's going to get better so I played more of it then I did of the others I hated.

Never played FFs 9, 2, 11 and 3

FF1 Was really boring and was hard as hell until I discovered walkthroughs. After which it has become my 3rd favorite Final fantasy game.

FF4 Was mindblowingly good. I would say it's on par with 6

FF5 Basically a harder to get and slightly less fun 4

FF6 So good someone made a website named after a location in it.

My first choice was FF12, I considered the others given that some had really bad spin-offs *cough*FF7*cough* but I decided it was mainly about the ACTUAL game in which case I decided on either 12 or 10 but I stuck with 12.

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XII deserves a lot more credit than it gets. It had the most immersive world of any Final Fantasy so far in my opinion, the world actually feels alive. The scenery and art direction are beautiful too, that doesn't hurt. I actually liked the battle system too, because it didn't waste time cutting away to a battle screen, the harder battles actually got very hectic switching between characters because you couldn't rely completely on the gambits anymore and every moment felt like an emergency, and spells like protect and regen were worth casting because they lasted several battles. Also mp recovery while moving made using magic fun and intuitive since I didn't feel the need to hoard all my mp for emergencies and boss battles. All in all it's not a perfect game, but it's far from the worst Final Fantasy.

It says I already voted on this but I can't remember which game I picked, but it's a toss up between I and III for me out of the ones I've played (II is the only one on the list that I haven't). They're just too archaic for me to enjoy at this point.

XI...is actually pretty good. The quality of the storylines would probably surprise a lot of you guys, they're really impressive. It's just hard to experience them because of the insane difficulty of this game.

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You want to talk lousy? Let's talk FF7's controls. No analog control possible, still only have up/down/left/right with O to run. A 3D game with 2D character manipulation.

VII was actually released before Sony started making controllers with analog sticks for the Playstation, so it gets a pass there.

In my 21 years of EXP playing ff games (Got my first NES when i was 8) I absolutely HATED 11. If I had wanted to play WoW then I would have played WoW.
FF8 was an awsome game IMHO so was 6,7&12 all for diff reasons.

7&8 really 7 was kinda like a changing of the guard for me...Better graffics and new battle systems that didn't seemed like the same system revised (ie. 1,4,5&6).

I really enjoyed 10&12 too....10 because the Voice over deal that everyone seems to dislike I found to be alot better cause sometimes I tire of reading sometimes.(Lazy) The battle system was cool because you could always include every party member in the battles and it was set at a faster pace.

12 because of the gambit system (Again lazy) and real time battles

Other than 11 I dislike 2,9 & 10-2....2 was just stupid hard....9 just seemed childish to me...and 10-2.....Ah 10-2....@#%% ^&%^*&# )(&%%$ !@$% ahem Was totally driven twards girls...I could not even get to the 2nd chapter...Final Fantasy Spice Girls

that being said...Mystic quest was even more horrid but it wasn't and option....

I kinda dug 5 And I just adore Tactics.....Oh well....I'm done ranting now