Mystic Quest-I dont know why but even though its so easy and I can beat it in one nights sitting its still fun, maybe because it was my first RPG
and of course VIII, also noone seems to talk about IX
You know that for a game to be underrated the game has to be, what was the word…oh yeah, GOOD. If the game sucked then it’s not underrated, it just sucks. People are talking about FFVIII and FFV being “underrated”. No, the game isn’t underrated, people just didn’t like it. The only FF that can truly be said to be underrated is FFVI because this game was, I believe, near Flawless. Nobody can really say anything bad about the game except that the graphics weren’t the best and the game wasn’t as long as others. This is the only true underrated FF cause no one really played and those that did say it’s one of the best FF and in most cases FFVI > FFVII.:chupon:
Thanks for the insight.
If everyone who played it says it’s the best, it’s hardly underrated. And just because you don’t like a game doesn’t mean that no one likes it. Underrated means that it has a lot of things going for it but was largely ignored and/or insulted by people who don’t appreciate those things. Like you with FF8 and FF5.
Every single FF fan I’ve talked to puts FFVIII on their top 5 with FFVII and FFX.
It’s not underrated at all. I’d say 1-3, and Tactics are Underrated
You’ve talked to me. It’s on my bottom three or four. Which isn’t to say I don’t know why others might like it, it’s just that I don’t.
Tactics and possibly 3 I would agree with, but 1 and 2 are just too unpolished and frustrating to really be good enough to be underrated. It’s true that really bad games can’t really be underrated, and anyone who isn’t suffused with the rosy glow of nostalgia can’t really think that FF1 and 2 are good games.
Ha, I played FFI (and II) on the PS, and it was the first time playing it since I got the NES version when I was 9. I didnt realize how much of a snoozefest it was. FF2 was interesting, at least it had characters with personalities and a story. The level up system was fucked up beyond reason though. But really, talk to any FF-nerd 18 and Under, ask them if they’ve played any FF’s that arent 6+.
My underrated FF is usually your overrated FF. There are people who believe VII is underrated ^-^
My god, this thread is pointless.
Your mom is pointless. (adds about as much to the conversation)
I’ll actually go with FFMQ being underrated, despite there being those in the know who do esteem it quite rightly. The problem is that the poor little game has “FF” in the title, which burdens it with undue expectations. Back when RPGs were a rare creature in the US, in those jejune 16-bit days, we were lucky to spend our time on something like FFMQ, and we liked it! As far as RPGs go, yes, it is easy, the storie’s nothing special, and the graphics aren’t particularly hot, but it has things going for it, foremost being the soundtrack. And if the story, graphics, and battle system aren’t unique, they’re at least capable.
Most under-rated FF game? Well, I could go on and on about the most over-reated FF games (yes, games), but I’d have to say FF9. A lot of people I’ve heard talk about it keep saying “It’s too kiddish, Zidane’s a wimp, blah blah blah…” Okay so it’s not all “serious business” like one certain FF game coughFF7cough, but I thought it was a nice light-hearted change for the series. Hey, Amano’s character design, how could you possibly go wrong? Nomura on the other hand… um… no, just no.
Sadly, I have not had the grand opportunity of playing FFMQ, but it looks and sounds like a real gem of a game to me! 
ff5 is definately the most underrated people go on about its boring story but i think the gameplay and the job system more than make up for it
IMO, no RPG game system can make up for a poor story.
FFX-2 Disagrees with you.
That was the only redeeming quality of the game. The only thing that kept me playing. It sure as fuck wasnt the story or script.
I played FF1 in 1990 and I loved it to death; I was completely infatuated with the game. I even wrote a fan-fic about it! My entire family played the game together, we took turns, passed the controller around, etc.
Was it a bad game in 1990? I think the Nintendo Power reviews and FF’s presence in Nintendo Power’s rating system would say that it was in fact an excellent game. In 1990.
So are you saying time turned it into a bad game? Or that it was a bad game all along?
FIFY
Eww FFX-2? Why? How even? o.O
Most underrated? Probably FFIII. The NES game. I mean has it even seen our shores outside of emulation? 
Probably because it was the ol’ fashion ATB/skill leveling system that had been in place since FFV. Or the fact that the Dark Knight sphere made it easy to blow through and finish that piece of shit game as quickly as possible. I dunno.
And FFIII was remade for the DS. How fucking stupid are you to not notice that?
I’d have to say FF8. Not because of its battle-system - which wasn’t underrated since its basic model became the system of future FFs. I’m talking about the story, which was compelling and featured well-developed characters, but which was panned by many at the time for being cliche.
It was? Damn, since when? Well at least it took them a lot longer to get it out than the rest 
Never bothered to finish the the game meself… got to the end boss and wasn’t strong enough to finish her off and couldn’t leave the Dark World… 'at’s what I get for being a chronic under-leveller, I guess.
Were you serious? If not, I feel like a tool…