Favorite FF's

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#140

The FF games I’ve played so far, listed in numbered order with a place for least/most favorite in brackets.

FF1: A (2nd. The only FF game (so far) where my characters hit Lv. 99)
FF2: B (6th.)
FF3: A- (Tied for 3rd.)
FF4: B+ (5th.)
FF5: A- (Tied for 3rd.)
FF6: A+ (1st. The first FF game I played, and my favorite of all.)
FF7: B- (7th.)

I’ve never really played anything beyond FF7, except for FF8, which I only played 20 minutes of total. (Rather not form an opinion on it without playing it for at least an hour, tops.) Might be able to borrow FF12 soon though, and from what I hear (And read in here), it sounds awesome.

#141

FF6: A++ The best, bar none. It had what no other FF game had. An open environment that allowed you to go anywhere you wished at any time after getting halfway through the game. All others (especially the Playstation versions) are very linear, without much of a doubt. Which is why anybody whom had played the NES or SNES versions first would agree, people who got into FF with FF7 tend to look back at the retro sprites and go “eww” at face value. There is much in this game that has not been present in any other version.
FF4: A
FF5: B+
FF Tactics: B+
FF3: B+
FF7: B+ (Promoted back to B+, was only a B to punish the rampant fanboys I see all over the net. It’s tied for third best.)
FF10: B (Pushed the limits of the PS2 pretty far for its time. Fairly good story)
FF9: B (Fun game, tries to tie all the previous ones together)
FF1: B- (Lack of much in the way of story, but this classic will live forever. This game was supposed to be Square’s final game as their only big huge selling game before it was Rad Racer)
FFTA: B-
FF8: B-
FFMQ: C-
FF2: D (The stat levelling system was tedious and hard)
FF Crystal Chronicles D (would be B+ if you didn’t require gameboys for multiplayer)
FF12: D- (The battle system is different, but if I wanted to still play that type of game I’d pay monthly for WoW)
FF11: D- (Online only… that hurts… If they made FF Online and FF11 seperate it would be cool)
FFX-2: F (The way they run in Mog costumes looks ridiculous. This game is purely eye candy for the lonely gentle(or maybe rough)man)

#142

X-2 was rather non-linear.

#143

You were confined to the airship, and could only select where you wanted to go via a menu. And there were only a handful of locales throughout the entire game (and they were all the same as FFX).

#144

:moogle:That’s the thing I missed most in moving from game to game, getting to drive the airship. The airships are awesome, no doubt, but driving them around the world map is better.

#145

Naturally Final Fantasy V

Great Music
Great Gameplay
…Generic-ish plot…but whatever

#146

FF VIII A
FF VII A-
FF X B
FF XII B-
FF X-2 C½
FF IX C
FF VII - DoC C-

Notes : 8, is before 7, because, it was the first FF-game I got from my man as a xmas present, and the first I ever played… somewhere 1999, and there’s no turning back since then. n___n
These listed above, are the one’s I currently also own.
Despite the bad comments about X-2, I actually liked the game and thought that the background story of Lenne and Shuyin was and is good and interesting. There are great opportunities for writing fanfics of that one… my opinion. :smiley:
X and X-2, both final battless are somewhat too easy and well, not challenging enough.

#147

Final Fantasy VII is my favorite. My first Final Fantasy is Final Fantasy IIIj.

My other favorite Final Fantasy games:
Final Fantasy Tactics (if you count it)
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy X

Final Fantasy VI is definitely one of the best FFs out there, but the topic is about “favorites”, and it is not one of my favorites.

#148

ff vii - A+
ff viii - A+
ff iii - A+
ff iv - B+
ff vi - B
ff x - B
ff x-2 - B
ff ix - F:bowser:

#149

FF 2- A+, One of the best plots I’ve ever seen, great characters, good game play, and an addicting amount of battles.
FF 3(Remake)- B+, Okay plot, great game play( I do love a challenge), okay characters.
FF 10- A, Nice plot, good game play, sphere grid is a nice change to leveling up, and compelling antagonists and protagonists.
FF 12- A++, Great plot, amazing characters, combat system is a nice tweak to ATB, awesome graphics, license board is a good revision of the sphere grid, and the marks and pirate’s den are fun to complete.
FF 12 Revenant Wings- A-, Good plot, combat works well with the touch screen, good graphics for a DS game, less RPG than I hoped for.
FF Tactics-A-, Good turn-based combat, nice plot, side quests are fun to do, and the level/job system is well done.

#150

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
B-

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest was a very good game.

The graphics were well done and cute. The music was very well executed. The humor was cute. In fact the over riding theme of Mystic Quest could be summed up with the word, “cute”. However, people who were into Final Fantasy were so used to having nearly perfect games, they just looked at the games many, but negilible flaws and decided “Oh, its crap” and threw it in the garbage bin.

Its the same thing as throwing a Big Mac in the trash even though it was cheap, large, and tasted good just because it wasn’t as fresh or AS good as a Whopper at Burger King.

Now, my grade assumes that Final Fantasy is an outstanding video game series to begin with, so actually, if this were just a solid game review, it would get a B grade.

Let me explain, the story, although simple, is actually strongly executed because of its simplicity. The simplicity of it, combined with a mixture of cute and serious tone makes it appropriate with everything else about it. It is a story of aiding others and defending the weak against tyranny.

Also, quirks in the game, as the Old Man being The Crystal of Light starting a rumor, makes the game more enjoyable. It is also slightly heart warming due to emotional connections with characters that you barely meet.

#151

FF3 - A - dunno why but the job system interested me (combination,combination…
FF4 - B - Good storyline
FF7- B - Great Game but graphics annoyed me.
FF8 - A+ - underrated but i feel the best i’ve played (combinations x3…)
FF9 - A - Back to basics and first one i ever played
FF10 - B+ - Good overall game
FF12 - A- - Nice to advance in battle style and the Characters were brilliant but played like a film sometimes
FF12RW - B - different. thats all ill say

Dunno if its just me but ithink ff7 is overrated now (fair nuff when it came out but ff8 after it gave a big jump ahead)

#152

lets see…

ff10- A+ (it was my first ff game, i loved it, i replayed it twice this summer…yea)
ff7- A+ (call it over rated, i really loved the story)
ff8- A+ (yes i agree with it being under rated, i thought it was amazing)
ff10-2- A (seeing that ff10 had some of my favorite characters, it was good seeing them again, and despite what people think, i liked the game overall)
ff9- A (i just thought everything about it was cool)
ff6- A ( kefka, need i say more)
ff12- A+ (i gave up on it for awhile, then i replayed it and loved everything about it)
ff1 & 2- A
aww screw it i cant give any ff game less then an A, i dunno if it seems close minded, but i really like every game i play!

#153

1: Final Fantasy IX - Awesome storyline, fantastic characters, incredible music. 10/10
2: Final Fantasy VI - See above but replace incredible music with best soundtrack ever (In ff of course) 10/10
3: Final Fantasy X - Again, see top. 10/10
4: Final Fantasy IV - Storyline seemed to jump in places but otherwise, see top again. 9/10
5: Final Fantasy V (lol) - Just good everything really, not VERY good though. 8.5/10
6: Final Fantasy XII - Revenant Wings - In my opinion its the best Final Fantasy game to be released on a handheld (not counting anything for PSP I don’t have one). 8/10
7: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - Addictive as hell, and a close contender for FFXII:RW position. 8/10
8: Final Fantasy VIII - Up until about half way through disc 3 I’d have put this much higher up, the part after this though just seems a forced continuation. 7/10
9: Final Fantasy I - Classical RPGage at its best, hasn’t aged a whole lot, if anything its only the overwhelming amount of random battles which makes this game show age. 6.5/10
10: Final Fantasy XII - I did really enjoy this game up until a point right towards the endSomewhere during the Second Ascent of Pharos at Ridorana in case your interested where I decided, what’s the point? 6/10
11: Final Fantasy VII - Meh 4/10
12: Final Fantasy X-2 - Such a missed opportunity. 4/10
13: Final Fantasy III - Seriously could not got into this one 2/10
14: Final Fantasy II - Simply put my least favourite Final Fantasy game, not because of its age, just because it seems to be a mess. no rating

Wow, rating them is pretty hard without a full in depth review…which I don’t intend to do anytime soon :hahaha;

#154

Dang I hope I dont have to make that detailed of list to be included. My favorite of all time is Vivi of course, love that black mage.

#155

Final Fantasy VII- A+
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII- A+
Final Fantasy VIII- A
Final Fantsy IX- B+
Final Fantasy X- A
Final Fantasy X-2- A

#156

FFIV
FFXII
FFVI
FFT
FFIII
FFVII
FFX
FFXI
FFI
FFV
FFII
FFVIII
FFIX

haven’t thought about where the others fit in.

#157

FFVIII - A+
FFX - A+
FFVI - A (B if FFAnthology)
FFTA - A
FFV - A- (B- if FFAnthology)
FFT - A-
FFIII - B+
FFIV - B+ (N/A for FFChronicles)
FFVII - B
FFI - B (B+ if Dawn of Souls)
FFIX - B-
FFII - D (C if Dawn of Souls)

#158

FF7 was the best
FF10 my first ff game and had best story
FF12 my favorite FF because of its Game play
I haven’t played any other FF now am waiting for FF 13 .

#159

For me, I have only ever played the ones below (yes I know, it’s appalling :P) and I rate them as such:

FFTA: B+ (good story, good gameplay, easy controls… but yeah, could do with a little less side quests!)
FFTA2: C- (same comments as above, however I hate the bazaar system and random encounters are incredibly scarce, making lvling and mastering skills, a very very very slow process… hence why I still haven’t finished it! xD)