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FF3 for the SNES, well atleast the American FF3, the numbering system is so friggin' screwy in the FF line.

Tactics is still my favorite by far, although it's not really part of the main series.

If main series, then I think I'd have to say VI, although its a dogfight between the Legacy games. I'm much more into the originals than VIII and higher (although I have XII, and plan to play it when I am finished III for the DS Lite.)

Ranking:

1 FFT
2 FF6
3 FF5
4 FF3
5 FF4
6 FFTA
7 FF1
8 FF7
9 FF2
10 FF9

I think FF1 and FF2 are under-rated story and challenge wise, but sadly, they just can't compete with 3-6 stories and job systems. The GBA quests, especially in FF1, make the game a lot more fun.

Nightwatcher wrote:None of them to be honest. There are far better RPG games out there.

Such as?

My top 5...

1) VII
2) XII
3) X-2 (it counts )
4) X
5) II (the port on the GBA)

9, 7 and 8. In that order

X, X-2 & 12 are my favs with killer OST's as well

FFVII and FFVIII are my favorites. I'm in love with the FFVII and I can't wait for the next sequel or remake, whatever they wish to do next. Don't know how will I play Crisis Core. I don't have a PSP...

none, i hate all final fantasy games!

ugh..... i wanna shoot everyone one of you that said VII was your favorite.

but you didn't say it was the best final fantasy, so I'll spare you all.

ff7 is by far THE MOST OVER-RATED GAME. EVER.

as for my answer to the question, ever since 7, I stopped liking Final Fantasy games. 6 was the last good final fantasy to me.

Final fantasy X, Auron kick a$$, I wish he was the main character n not tidus, What sucked was the ending because I lost my 2 main characters yup, Auron n Tidus.

FFX-2 SCARED ME!!!
REmind me of Charlies Angels n Paine look like a Dude

FFXII is taking me forever

Mine would be a tie between VI and IX. I still dig out my SNES to play VI. The loading times on the PS version drive me nuts. The only one I haven't gotten into was XI, I just can't justify buying a game and then having to pay to play it.

9 definitely tops it out for me, though a couple of the character designs bugged me a little (my husband started calling the heroine "Butterknife" as soon as he saw me playing it).

I have a nasty habit of getting bored with all the side quests that seem necessary for victory in most recent FF games, and leaving them for dead. Wierd, since I spend most of my free time playing MMO's.

Head Shot wrote:ugh..... i wanna shoot everyone one of you that said VII was your favorite.

but you didn't say it was the best final fantasy, so I'll spare you all.

ff7 is by far THE MOST OVER-RATED GAME. EVER.

as for my answer to the question, ever since 7, I stopped liking Final Fantasy games. 6 was the last good final fantasy to me.

Mark me down for the most overrated game ever...7 all the way. 8 & 9 were great, too, didn't care much for 10 and have kinda lost interest from there. Plus I don't really have 40+ hours to put into a game these days and those are pretty hard to come back to after a month or more layoff. But they were great games before 10...I think I played most, if not all of them up to 10.

NotEnoughKibble wrote:

Head Shot wrote:ugh..... i wanna shoot everyone one of you that said VII was your favorite.

but you didn't say it was the best final fantasy, so I'll spare you all.

ff7 is by far THE MOST OVER-RATED GAME. EVER.

as for my answer to the question, ever since 7, I stopped liking Final Fantasy games. 6 was the last good final fantasy to me.

Mark me down for the most overrated game ever...7 all the way. 8 & 9 were great, too, didn't care much for 10 and have kinda lost interest from there. Plus I don't really have 40+ hours to put into a game these days and those are pretty hard to come back to after a month or more layoff. But they were great games before 10...I think I played most, if not all of them up to 10.

I liked VII

I loved IV, I thought that the story was really good, it kept me on my toes. Probably my favorite FF

I've gotten like 1/3 to 1/2 way through V and I really like it

Final Fantasy 7, followed by 6, 5, 4, 8, and 10 in that order. The others didn't really appeal to me, though I couldn't help but laugh at the way FF12 ripped off Star Wars the whole way through, the FF6 Star Wars references really can't compete.

It has been evident that Final Fantasy 7, to remain in so many charts long after the Playstation became defunct, is a superb game.

Not without it's faults of course; a materia system that made it far too easy to turn your characters into gods, and the lack of enemy creatures that increase in difficulty in relation to your level.

Despite it's faults FF7 remains endearing to so many for it's very colourful characters (everyone loves the Turks) and sub plots. All the little things you can do away from the main quest are what makes this game as popular as it is.

The mini-games, the lovable villains of the Shin-Ra Corporation that follow you from place to place, the large amount of NPCs with their own unique circumstances and humourous interactions, the decisions you can make in the game that don't affect the main storyline but make the events that happen on the side much more fun and personalized.

The comedy value this game offers can't really be seen in any other Final Fantasy game, unless you count some of the shenanigans from FF5 involving Faris or Gilgamesh, though Kefka is very entertaining.

It is one of those games that will endure for a long time and really outshines its siblings with very little effort, though it is a close race against FF6.

One thing that does upset me about its longevity is the appearance of the spin offs. Advent Children with its horrible antagonists and the emo-ification of Cloud, and Dirge of Cerberus with its insulting re-writing of history.

The problem with the spin-offs they're making is they are trying to make the world too epic. The original balance was perfect, the new additions really aren't bringing any good to the world of FF7.

Overrated? Perhaps, but it does not subtract from the substance of the game. The popularity of the game speaks for itself, and most fans will agree, the game deserves the acclaim it receives.

i played FFVII and i didnt really like it. and true it is over rated. i hate how they made so many versions of it.FFIII is my fave.

o.O Are you sure you have the right game? There is only one version. Unless you mean the PC version, but that would only make two.

Tekka wrote:o.O Are you sure you have the right game? There is only one version. Unless you mean the PC version, but that would only make two.

I think he means the spin-offs, like Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus, and Crisis Core.

But those aren't really different versions, though.

And VII is the only Final Fantasy, aside from the first game, to hold me for so long. I really should go back and finish it some time.

agreed VII held me forever. Probably the only ff game where i was absolutely deadset on completing every objective...it also got me hooked on rpg's, which are now my favorite type of game.

second favorite is probably tactics

i don't feel right calling it my least favorite...but the only one i havn't gotten around to beating is XII. It just doesnt have the final fantasy feel to it(for me anyway)

Tekka wrote:Final Fantasy 7, followed by 6, 5, 4, 8, and 10 in that order. The others didn't really appeal to me, though I couldn't help but laugh at the way FF12 ripped off Star Wars the whole way through, the FF6 Star Wars references really can't compete.

It has been evident that Final Fantasy 7, to remain in so many charts long after the Playstation became defunct, is a superb game.

Not without it's faults of course; a materia system that made it far too easy to turn your characters into gods, and the lack of enemy creatures that increase in difficulty in relation to your level.

Despite it's faults FF7 remains endearing to so many for it's very colourful characters (everyone loves the Turks) and sub plots. All the little things you can do away from the main quest are what makes this game as popular as it is.

The mini-games, the lovable villains of the Shin-Ra Corporation that follow you from place to place, the large amount of NPCs with their own unique circumstances and humourous interactions, the decisions you can make in the game that don't affect the main storyline but make the events that happen on the side much more fun and personalized.

The comedy value this game offers can't really be seen in any other Final Fantasy game, unless you count some of the shenanigans from FF5 involving Faris or Gilgamesh, though Kefka is very entertaining.

It is one of those games that will endure for a long time and really outshines its siblings with very little effort, though it is a close race against FF6.

One thing that does upset me about its longevity is the appearance of the spin offs. Advent Children with its horrible antagonists and the emo-ification of Cloud, and Dirge of Cerberus with its insulting re-writing of history.

The problem with the spin-offs they're making is they are trying to make the world too epic. The original balance was perfect, the new additions really aren't bringing any good to the world of FF7.

Overrated? Perhaps, but it does not subtract from the substance of the game. The popularity of the game speaks for itself, and most fans will agree, the game deserves the acclaim it receives.

I enjoyed the Ripping off of The Original Star wars and I couldn't help thinking the whole time how the story was a million times more entertaining the the Prequel trilogy.

Gutter Bunny wrote:agreed VII held me forever. Probably the only ff game where i was absolutely deadset on completing every objective...it also got me hooked on rpg's, which are now my favorite type of game.

second favorite is probably tactics

i don't feel right calling it my least favorite...but the only one i havn't gotten around to beating is XII. It just doesnt have the final fantasy feel to it(for me anyway)

Damn, I forgot about Tactics. I logged over 80 hours on just one file of that, and played through it a few times.
My friend mastered all of the classes for Ramza, he had way too much time on his hands

Tekka wrote:One thing that does upset me about its longevity is the appearance of the spin offs. Advent Children with its horrible antagonists and the emo-ification of Cloud, and Dirge of Cerberus with its insulting re-writing of history.

The problem with the spin-offs they're making is they are trying to make the world too epic. The original balance was perfect, the new additions really aren't bringing any good to the world of FF7.

I wouldn't go so far as to call Dirge of Cerberus a re-write of history, since they never really got into how Vincent came to be in the original story.

Crisis Core, though, is debatable. Since there was no clear-cut back-story for Cloud and Zack, it was mostly up to fan speculation for the longest time. Whether or not it IS a re-write is purely up to how someone viewed the original game.

Advent Children had two purposes: Finish up the Cloud/Aeris story, and have a crapload of totally bitchin' fight scenes. I think they did that with gusto.

And on the subject of Kefka, I think he's a good example of what the Joker would be like given too much power. I have no doubt FF6 could easily be translated into a big DC crossover. That's not a bad thing, though.

Shadowman wrote:I wouldn't go so far as to call Dirge of Cerberus a re-write of history, since they never really got into how Vincent came to be in the original story.

Crisis Core, though, is debatable. Since there was no clear-cut back-story for Cloud and Zack, it was mostly up to fan speculation for the longest time. Whether or not it IS a re-write is purely up to how someone viewed the original game.

Advent Children had two purposes: Finish up the Cloud/Aeris story, and have a crapload of totally bitchin' fight scenes. I think they did that with gusto.

And on the subject of Kefka, I think he's a good example of what the Joker would be like given too much power. I have no doubt FF6 could easily be translated into a big DC crossover. That's not a bad thing, though.

They did re-write history to a degree however. The relationship between Vincent and Lucrecia was changed, the world's technology also received a substantial upgrade from contemporary level to futuristic. Rufus' body somehow moved itself from Shin-Ra tower to Sector 8 with no explanation, if he had gotten blown that far he would be DEAD, plus it doesn't make sense as Diamond WEAPON's attack came from the direction of Sector 8, so if he had gotten blown out of the building he would have landed somewhere in the vicinity of Sector 4 or 5.

The fight scenes in Advent Children were very nice, but Cloud's sudden personality change is a cop out, in FF7 he was much more sarcastic and confident, the post AC Cloud is really really emo. The appearance of the three silver haired men is also poorly executed. They're described as ghosts when it would make more sense for them to have been left over lost numbers, because how would ghosts suddenly get hold of awesome bikes, leather outfits, and a cell phone plan?

I know I'm nit-picking holes in it, but that just goes to show how much I'm into the world.

Also, this might sound strange coming from an Anime fanatic. But why did they have to go and make Cloud, Vincent, and Reno look so feminine? T.T I know it's the popular thing in Japan and all but... heck.

My favourite is FFVI, yet I have never finished it.

I'm also a resident of Vana'diel (Final Fantasy XI) and am really curious about our soon-to-be-released fourth extension.

"Memoro de la Stono" is such a great song and I couldn't go to the opening concert of the Games Convention where they had a performance of "Distant Worlds" (same melody, different text).

Tekka wrote:Rufus' body somehow moved itself from Shin-Ra tower to Sector 8 with no explanation, if he had gotten blown that far he would be DEAD, plus it doesn't make sense as Diamond WEAPON's attack came from the direction of Sector 8, so if he had gotten blown out of the building he would have landed somewhere in the vicinity of Sector 4 or 5.

Huh? When did they ever get into that?

And the term "Rufus' body" is incorrect, since that would mean he was killed.