Which Is The Best Final Fantasy? All of Them!

Plenty of JRPG fans have wasted hours debating this question, each making his or her own case for which of Square Enix's ubiquitous roleplaying games is the cream of the crop. It's a stale conversation that always comes down to a matter of personal opinion. No matter how reasoned or passionate your argument, you're never going to convince people to change their minds about their favorite games. And what would even be the point? There's no objective answer, and there doesn't need to be.

[jc48573]

lol, when he got to the 2 MMOs. Sigh...repeating the same mistake with DQX. They should learn something from Sega when it comes to naming their games.

[Ranma1]

Everything after FF10 are below the epic standards of FF games of FF10 and those before it.

The standards they dont meet is the story department. All the ones after FF10 had poor stories for an FF game. FF13 also had bat sh*t gameplay

[Larry L]

Final Fantasies have had lame stories before. I honestly don't think that's something exclusive to post-10 FFs. 5 and 8 come instantly to mind.

I think the only reason FF fans have been displeased with the series since 10 is due to really the only thing that's changed.......the gameplay. I'm not sure why Square felt they needed to so radically change the FF gameplay formula the way they have. They've turned it into another game and just kept the name.

I hoping Square will maybe see the light when FFX HD is released and has like triple the sales of 13 or 13-2 that FF fans want their FF turn based and maybe by today's standards a bit casual, but that's what we want.

Any gamer, no matter how casual or hardcore, even someone who is clueless about games really, could always pick up any FF (1-10), play it, enjoy it and pretty much get through the whole game. A casual gamer couldn't pick up and get through 12 or 13, no way. I've played every FF and I couldn't get through 13. It's like Madden since like 2005....they just over-complicated the games for no good reason other than to just change it for the sake of changing it.

The series proper has nearly lost it's identity at this point. I'm praying FFX HD gets the series back on track with all these young guys over there working on a masterpiece of the series. They'll see exactly what a great Final Fantasy is all about. They need to simplify.

Anyway, my favorite FFs are
6
10
7
9
1
pretty much in that order, but they're all great. Love em all equally.

[MTEC8]

FF Tatics is the best IMO. I've also lost months of my life to FF8.

[catfrog]

tactics is my favorite also, 8 is probably my favorite of the main series, i enjoy the story :)

[catfrog]

i think they did learn something from final fantasy 11 (their first online game) and are trying to apply it to dragon quest. final fantasy 11 is SE's most profitable investment ever, theyre definitely not going to change the way they do things after it was shown to them that they can make a lot of money by doing it the way they have been.

[Jirachi]

Yeah I don't like them trying to claim every ff game is on the same level that's an isult to the really really good games like 6(my favorite) and 8(my favorite of the ps1 games)-10 and 12(my favorite 3d ff game)

Look at final fantasy 3 that game was so terrible(imo) the only saving grace to it was it induced jobs to the seris.

[Megaman_nerd]

agree, FFIII was and it still is a terrible game. That DS remake, OMG. What a waste of time and money. =|

[R1CAN617]

FF:Tactics for me

[sashimi]

Its kind of hard to choose one when there are so many good ones -_-

[bozebo]

6,7 8 or 10... or all 4.

[izumo_lee]

for me the best final fantasy games are the ones that give you that emotional impact that make you remember it. the gameplay changes all the time, so do the characters, story & music. however there is usually that one or two moment in the game that makes you remember it forever. it is the game that deliver these moments that i personally consider to be the best.

for me personally final fantasy 4 is the game that made me a fan of the series and the moment that did it for me is cecil overcoming his past at mt.ordeals..where he finds redemption. ff1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,12 (yes i did enjoy it) are all fantastic games but 4 is the one i will remember for the rest of my life.

[ddelella]

My vote goes to the original FF for Nintendo and FF7, despite the crazy amount of video sequence for the time. I would still love to see all the FF games through 7 make a collector's edition disc for Xbox 360. It was done with Megaman and it was awesome.

[belac09]

my favorite is 1 through 13-2.

[Skateboard]

12 is the best.

[guitarded77]

I like a lot... it may not be "the best" for me, but it's one of my favorites. It makes me wonder when people rag on it. Some say they didn't like the story, which I can respect. But for me, it wasn't the story that made me like it, it was the openness with diverse environments, huge towns, tons of side quests and hidden items, lots of playable characters and the ability to choose your battles (no being sucked into a battle sequence). It really was the next step in the evolution of Final Fantasy... too bad they abandoned the formula with XIII.

[Skateboard]

I love your post. Sooooo much logic, thank you.

[Leonesaurus]

I diagree with the comments made on the Final Fantasy Online titles. FF XIV I can't stand there and defend fully with the flaws and poor reception it received at launch due to being lazy and careless.

They've improved the game a lot and I'm actually still playing it and enjoy it with each major patch, but it still has a long, long way to go.

However, it does have some really, really good music, stories and elements not found in other FF titles that is actually a positive addition.

With that being said, I think it's unfair to label FF XI in a major gaming news site as "junk" with how great of an experience you can have with that game.

The story, I'll admit, I didn't really care for or get into much, but the world itself was so damn rich that the stories that were there were created and remembered fondly by the players themselves.

There were NPCs all around but the actual real players we met and friends and family played with formed characters of their own for the experience.

I didn't play FF XI as long, or early on, as everyone else did, since I started playing it with my cousins and friend in 2009.

I now play XIV on and off now with friends, and its the same type of experience, just needs a kick in the ass and some hard time and work to get it up to snuff, but the potential is indeed there for a good story, world and characters.

I'll be honest, FF XI was my first FF game and I went on to play FF VII, FF IX, FF III, FF XIII-2, along with several of the the spin-off games in the series.

I have FF I through IX all downloaded through sharing on my cousins PS3 account and plan on playing and enjoying all those classic titles.

I understand the classics are the best and always will be, but I feel FF XI was the last true FF game before the creators moved on and away from Square-Enix to do other things.

Just because you haven't played it or aren't into putting time into it because it's an MMO is unfair for that game and its creators since they made something equally as memorable if not more so than any other game in the series in my honest opinion, you just have to create it yourself through your everyday adventures as the hero.

[guitar_nerd_23]

I adore 4-10. My favourite being VI or as an era the Ps1 era, but that had Xenogears too.

[zalanis]

FINAL FANTASY 6 which was released in the u.s. as FF3 is thee best title. if u guys havnt played it, go download on PS3 or WII, and sure the graphics are outdated, but never enough to interfere (is that how u spell interfere??) anyway go download then play then decide.

[Chrono]

The best ones are FF4~FF10.

[TheUnbiasedLion]

Whatever your first ff was it usually has the special place for you. Mine is 8 :) x

[gerol]

same here! i really love 8 :)

[roadkillers]

lol

[jjb1981]

Ff7! Nuff said!

[Pana]

I'll get hated for this but for 13 i'd honestly put the combat as opposed to the soundtrack. Also I enjoyed every single FF except for 14.