Favorite final fantasy game and why?

I've completed all of the main series ones and my current order starting from best to worst is:

FF10 > FF8 > FF13 > FF11 > FF12 > FF9 > FF7 > FF14:ARR > FF5 > FF6 > FF2 > FF1 > FF4 > FF3

FF10 is on top because of the music, artwork, emotional story. All of which combine to create a truly amazing memorable experience.

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VII, VIII and X are my favorites. All have fantastic stories and atmospheres. Actually, X's atmosphere isn't great, but still. Great story and game play.

It's funny, I actually kinda hated VIII until about a month ago when I replayed it and suddenly fell in love with it. :|

My favorite Final Fantasy game will be Final Fantasy Tactics Advance I was always fond of the uniqueness that jobs brought visually and aesthetically and it was a customizable aspect of the game which was great and FFTA brought that and added a little more visual appeal with the races. Also enjoyed a lot of the things you can do in the game like the quests and side stories were pretty enjoyable too.

I started my first Final Fantasy with the first Final Fantasy released in the US. Thanks to that I realized I enjoyed jrpgs and ever since then I've tried my best to play every FF title I could get my hands on since I knew I'd enjoy them without a doubt which is why I avoided FFXIII's sequels when I saw it lose a lot of what appealed to me. I gave FFXIII a chance just like I gave FFXIV 1.0 a chance and both disappointed me at the start yet Yoshi-P saved FFXIV with ARR while on the other hand FFXIII's sequels did not.

I'm still hoping that Final Fantasy Type-0 gets localized and I'm optimistically looking forward to FFXV since it's bringing a lot of the old appeal Final Fantasy titles used to have back into the main title franchise.

My favs would be FF7, FFTactics, FF8, FF10
FF7 because it was the first game that made me cry then rage at the same time becuase i put all that time and effort into makin aerith a beast and she goes and dies /cry. it had an epic story a vilian that was a true beast and it was the first steppin stone in the ff franchise to usher in the new graphic age
FF Tactics because it was the first FF game i played. It had a great story and had my favorite classes of all time The Dancer and Dragoon.
FF8 because it had a awesome story great graphics a pompous villian that you loved to hate (cough cough siefer) and was the first ff game that not only left me satisfied but questioning did he really survive (Squall's dead theory if your wondering)
FF10 becuase like seven had me cryin like an 8 year schoolgirl, had an epic story, relatable and likeable Character and another pompous vilian you love to hate (cough cough Seymour)
i lookin foward to adding 15 to my favorites jus hoping it live up to it.

I loved Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy 11!

Final Fantasy 7 was the game that made me fall in love with the FF games. I enjoyed the storyline and I felt a connection with the characters. I loved the materia system in that game.

Final Fantasy 11 got me into MMORPGs. The teamwork and organization that was required for that game was excellent. Skillchains... Magic Bursts!! lol Dynamis... Sky / Sea ... The dunes... Friendships that will last a lifetime. It was a life changing experience.

FF7 ! Why? The crap load of lore and the "mood" ^^

All the people who love FF7 the most, just curious roughly what age were you when you fell in love with it? I think I was too young to appreciate it on it's release so I never really thought highly of it.

Final Fantasy VI. Has the best moments, awesome characters that you actually care about. Nice Steampunk-like world, fantastic music. It really was of all the games, a masterpiece of an RPG. And yes, all those secrets! ATMA weapon, Shadow and Realm, Gogo, Mog, Umaro ect. And of course the baddies of baddies, Kefka who was just insane and actually destroyed the world before you take him down.

And the artwork! Yoshitaka Amano's finest work!

FFVIII - I cried, I cried I cried I cried
Laguna and Julia, Squall (son of Laguna) and Rinoa (daughter of Julia) all bundled up in that one scene. So much feels. The ENTIRE theme of VIII is Love and this scene is the epitome. And in that one scene it explains why Squall is the way he is, and how far he developed. One of the most realistic well developed FF characters, no video game character, ever done. There are people like Squall who had difficulty interacting with others due to a hard upbringing, but have opened up thanks to the efforts of others. So touching

It's even more emotional if you believe the Rinoa = Ulti theory (I don't care what SE said there are way too many coincidences in VIII and Dissidia and SE are notorious for lying through their teeth)

But "Go sit down" and "I'm not your mom" no Squall that is a no no

And the Battle of the Gardens and the Assassination attempt, my goodness!

FFIX - I can't, I just can't... The feels!
Zidane spent the entire game helping others, sticking by them and protecting them! And at this pivotal moment, they were all there for him even when he pushed them away! It showed just how close knit they all became!
AMAZING cast! AMAZING development! A true FF experience and adventure!
Vivi and Garnet are one of the two most strongest characters ever.

Those 2 take #1 spot for me. The emotional connection I felt with the characters were off the charts

FF4 (2 US).

I started with #1 on NES when I was a kid... it wasn't until #4 that the story started becoming more important/impressive. It was mind-blowing at the time.

1. FFVIII - The characters & story
2. FFVI - The ending
3. FFVII - First FF game I played when it released in 97.

Honestly I enjoy them all & have played them all, but those are my top three.

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All the people who love FF7 the most, just curious roughly what age were you when you fell in love with it? I think I was too young to appreciate it on it's release so I never really thought highly of it.

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i was 8 my brother was playin it we took turns and we both cried whn aerith died, gaming was one of our pass times as kids

I wonder why so many people seem to love FFVIII. The character setup and combat system sucked too much for it to be good to me.

Hands down I would say 9 is my absolute favorite.

Don't get me wrong, every FF title holds a special place in my heart, but the story was the best thing about 9. Each character had a well thought out backstory, and unique personality. It's a shame some of the other titles did not focus so much on these aspects, made me care less about the characters (8 and 12 come to mind).

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Originally Posted by Amberion

I wonder why so many people seem to love FFVIII. The character setup and combat system sucked too much for it to be good to me.

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people have thier own tastes,i can agree the whole draw system was annoying, but the character setup was superb and the battle system was as well, specially the summoning the way they did made it feel as if they grew with you plus u had to use thm carefully in combat since they would take hits while u are castin em it was quite fun and strategic

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Originally Posted by IfritReborn

FFVIII - I cried, I cried I cried I cried
Laguna and Julia, Squall (son of Laguna) and Rinoa (daughter of Julia) all bundled up in that one scene.

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I don't think Rinoa was Julia's daughter, that would mean the Squall and Rinoa were partaking in incest..

Did you mean Ellone?

Tactics Advance 2 is my favourite of all time. I love everything about it (and am dying for a sequel on 3DS that will never come...)

Of the main series, it's a toss up between XII and X-2 I guess. I loved the characters and battle system in both. FFXII has the better story, but no title is as fun as X-2.
I also like X, the XIII trilogy, IV and V.

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I don't think Rinoa was Julia's daughter, that would mean the Squall and Rinoa were partaking in incest..

Did you mean Ellone?

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No. Remember Laguna loved 2 women. Julia first in Deiling, but due to circumstances they could never be together. She moved on with General Caraway and had Rinoa
Laguna met Raine in Winhill, fell in love, and had Squall

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Originally Posted by Amberion

I wonder why so many people seem to love FFVIII. The character setup and combat system sucked too much for it to be good to me.

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Should read this: Remembering the Orphan: FFVIII
The writer takes a critical in-depth look into VIII and you may look at the game differently after reading it
It's essentially a character study

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No. Remember Laguna loved 2 women. Julia first in Deiling, but due to circumstances they could never be together. She moved on with General Caraway and had Rinoa
Laguna met Raine in Winhill, fell in love, and had Squall

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Good call, shows how long it's been since I've played it XD

Guess it's time to dust off the PS2.

V has become my favourite. Not for character or story; but I'm at the point where I've played each game enough that I'm not really interested in that part of the experience anymore. Rather, V's job system and its incredibly well designed bosses are basically a pinnacle of RPG gameplay design that's borderline infinitely replayable. When you realise that you could beat the game with basically every single party you can imagine - and often not through grinding, but by using your head and really knowing the game inside and out? Not by just brute forcing, but by actually using the tools and options that each class comes with? That's an incredible game, to me, and I still replay it regularly. (I am looking forward heavily to the Four Job Fiesta next month!)

Bravely Default tried to replicate it, but then collapsed under the weight of its own system about halfway through.

FFVI is my favorite. The story was good and it has the most successful FF antagonist (and is the most evil, plus he's a madman). The game is just great.

And 2 non-main series FF favorites of mine that deserve a mention: Final Fantasy Tactics (War of the Lions) and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

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Should read this: Remembering the Orphan: FFVIII
The writer takes a critical in-depth look into VIII and you may look at the game differently after reading it
It's essentially a character study

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Thank you for posting that. Made my lunch break much better.

I have liked almost all of them for their good story and characters. For actual game content FF10 was supreme. Best summoning system ever created, and it has only been downhill since.

Haven't played 12 or 13 because they look boring, but I'm sure I'd love the stories and characters if I ever did give them a try.

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I have liked almost all of them for their good story and characters. For actual game content FF10 was supreme. Best summoning system ever created, and it has only been downhill since.

Haven't played 12 or 13 because they look boring, but I'm sure I'd love the stories and characters if I ever did give them a try.

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IDK, 12 had really poor character developement IMO. Gameplay is awesome, somewhat similiar to 14, but I couldn't get over the bland characters and poor sound quality of the voice overs.

I got to say my favorite story was X. Had everything I could ever want except the bad voice acting not matching the mouths of the character. Other then that. I love this game.
My second favorite is XII
Since I love Balthier the sky pirate.

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IDK, 12 had really poor character developement IMO. Gameplay is awesome, somewhat similiar to 14, but I couldn't get over the bland characters and poor sound quality of the voice overs.

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Problem I find with 12 is that it's incredibly subtle with a misleading main character.
Vaan is plastered all over the cover and promo materials yet the story isn't focused on him
Ashe and Vayne, Balthier and Cid, Gabranth and Basch are the real leads in that game. Everyone else becomes irrelevant

It's not like the others where everyone felt like they had a place in the story and the group
Penelo and Vaan literally could have stayed home and they wouldn't be missed. Fran was merely a plot device, nothing more

FFV was my first (a translated SNES rom) and I loved it. It's probably due to being my first FF that I liked it so much. It was also the one that introduced the job system we use in XI and XIV.

FF7 was the first I had ever seen but I think 12, 10 and FF7: dirge of Cerberus are my favorites. 13-2 would probably be in my top five. It is hard to me there has never been a bad FF game except a couple of mobile ones.

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Problem I find with 12 is that it's incredibly subtle with a misleading main character.
Vaan is plastered all over the cover and promo materials yet the story isn't focused on him
Ashe and Vayne, Balthier and Cid, Gabranth and Basch are the real leads in that game. Everyone else becomes irrelevant

It's not like the others where everyone felt like they had a place in the story and the group
Penelo and Vaan literally could have stayed home and they wouldn't be missed. Fran was merely a plot device, nothing more

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Yeah I agree. It's a shame they just didn't make Balthier the main character and completely replace Penelo and Vaan, or at least make them a little more interesting by playing on the fact that there was was obviously some sort of spark between the two.

Even with that in mind, they could have done a lot better on humanizing the characters. IDK, maybe it's just me, but I never truly cared or empathized for any of them when I was playing the game like I did for Zidane, Garnet, Terra, Tidus, Yuna, etc etc.

I feel like I'm in the minority as my favorite Final Fantasy game is FFV. It was well-written, it didn't take itself too seriously, and a ton of the characters were memorable. It also expanded on the idea that every Final Fantasy game takes place in another universe connected by the Interdimensional Rift, which laid the foundation for the appearance of certain Final Fantasy characters (Gilgamesh, Shinryu, Omega, Ultros, Typhon, Pupu, and others) in other games within the franchise, and was also the explanation for how the Dissidia games existed.

I'm a really big fan of FFV and I hope to see a lot more of FFV in FFXIV, especially Shinryu, Omega, and the possibility of an Interdimensional Rift dungeon/raid with a final showdown against the necromancer Enuo.

FFVII - THE game had it all, a very good story with a great balance of heroes and bad guys, a cool battle system and was one of the first games that truly use the graphic potential of the Play Station, also when certain pink girl die… hoo boy.. I mean …How many FF story’s kill one of you regular party members and actually removed to never see it or use it again? That sensation was unique, something than only an immersive story can give you.

FFVIII - I remember it most of the time for the battle of the Gardens, was a scene than really blow my mind, I just love when you land in the middle of the battle and start running, I think I play that part like 100 times.

X - Was a masterpiece in the story and was the fist to make use of voices (The Lip-Sinc was terrible but the casting was amazing) also have a one of the most memorable character for me; Auron. And the best representation of Bahamut as an ally summon. All who disagrees needs to die with a overkill Gigaflare xD

XII- i like it for the battle system, was one of the most complete and give you endless liberty, also the maps were amazing, each time I log in at FFXIV I remember plenty of that game, you should know why if you pay attention to both worlds and lore :)

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I'm a really big fan of FFV and I hope to see a lot more of FFV in FFXIV, especially Shinryu, Omega, and the possibility of an Interdimensional Rift dungeon/raid with a final showdown against the necromancer Enuo.

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We did get Gilgamesh.

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X - Was a masterpiece in the story and was the fist to make use of voices (The Lip-Sinc was terrible but the casting was amazing) also have a one of the most memorable character for me; Auron. And the best representation of Bahamut as an ally summon. All who disagrees needs to die with a overkill Gigaflare xD

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I use my Yojimbo on your Bahamut. Of course, he Zantetsuken your unit. ;p

Anyway, all FF games since voice acting got added has removed immersion for me. The simple act of being able to name my character brought me in closer to the games. I hate that they have removed that.

Either XI or IV.

XI because it took up 4 years of my life and I actually regret nothing, and IV because it had some really difficult fights and a storyline that kept me interested until the very very end. (Not talking about TAY because that was like really terrible fanfiction compared.)

I've always been a huge fan of pretty much any title set in Ivalice. This includes Vagrant Story, which isn't Final Fantasy -- but is still wicked good.

I don't know what it is about Ivalice that makes me so happy, if I had to guess I'd pinpoint the lore and how things all tie together so well.

Apart from that, my favorite numbered titles are IX, X, III and VII. VIII will always hold a special part of my heart-space, just due to the fact that my friends and I played it pretty much non-stop when we were growing up. We'd trade our single battered copy back and forth until it was so scratched it became unplayable. I was happy to see it available on Steam.

I never got a hold of VI, and as much as I've heard about it, I guess I need to make an effort to pick it up. I just deeply hope that another game is released that's set in Ivalice, or maybe that my secret (now not-so-secret) dream of having an MMO based on Crystal Chronicles is released in the future >__>

XI - Pre Abysea

Best community I ever seen in a mmo.
Strong economy
Expansions had memorable story lines.
Nearly endless content.. 20,000+ hrs of content
Content that you could always involve everyone in the guild. No matter if it was 4 ppl, 12ppl, 30ppl, or 60 ppl
Focus on horizontal development

After that I would say 7 and 10 liked them about the same

Final Fantasy 7 : lots to do, I always had something to do, searching for the summons, fighting the weapons, golden saucer, chocobo racing, breeding chocobo's, the story and sephiroth and the whole games soundtrack, the materia system and limit breaks cheesy side quest that made me laugh.

Final Fantasy 3/6 snes and playstation, kefka's laugh, chocobo music, sabin suplex, fighting Doom train, the ability to use espers and to use them to build up certain stats, the story was epic, doma's theme, still wonders what happen to the ghost that defeated Odin that turned him to stone.

the arena with ultros, shadows side story when he sleeps in bed at doma, zone eater who take you to gogo, the love story's and morph ability on terry was nice. THE OFFERING

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Apart from that, my favorite numbered titles are IX, X, III and VII. VIII will always hold a special part of my heart-space, just due to the fact that my friends and I played it pretty much non-stop when we were growing up. We'd trade our single battered copy back and forth until it was so scratched it became unplayable. I was happy to see it available on Steam.

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In my case, we also used to have radio show in our school, it didn't last long because eventually people lost interest after a year or so, but we have FFVIII re-enactment during lunch breaks and the like. I'd type all the dialogues while playing the game and then we'd cast some of drama club members to read and re-enact it. Some of us have the VIII OST too so we'd include the exact songs during certain dialogues. It was plenty fun to arrange XD I voiced a few characters but my favorite had to be dr. Odine.

However, my favorite FF of all time is IX. I loved every single thing about it, the world, characters, dialogues, songs (I still listen to Melodies of Life daily since it's on my permanent playlist). I was in the minority in my country since everybody loved VII or VIII though lol.

Final Fantasy VII: It's my favorite materia system, and I also love the kind of summon it uses.
A special mention to Final Fantasy VIII who was the first FF using a more "likelife" models and not "big-head-small-body-like" models. Sadly I found the Guardian Forces system to be inferior to the FF7 Materias.
The most recent FF I've played beside this MMO, was Final Fantasy XII. I enjoyed it (Penelo is my favorite character in it). But sadly I missed summons from it (the kind I could get from FF7 or FF8).

Final Fantasy X looks interesting story wise. But I've tried it few times but I never could play it more than a hour because I could not stand it's control/interface system.

Final Fantasy X (followed by VIII)

Reasons.
I will never forget the story. Ever.

I can forgive it's hefty linearity for the memories that game has given me.
Most people just say "Oh, Tidus is whiny. Therefore, the game sucks!". But, to me, Tidus is one of few FF Protagonists that had any serious character development.


*WARNING FFX SPOILERS INCOMING*

Going from the fairly self-centered, immature boy that he started as, to a mature, selfless individual who makes the ultimate sacrifice to give up his "life" so that his friends can continue to live.

The whole world of Spira is such an excellent point in gaming for me.
The whole idea of the spiral of death, and people living in ignorance of the true nature of Sin, is something that I found extremely interesting and saddening.
The ending of FFX is one that will stay with me for plenty of years.
I cried like a little girl at the ending, and I am not ashamed to admit it.

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So, to me, FFX takes the cake because of an incredible story filled with emotion.
Great characters, who, for the most part, had some excellent character development.
An excellent world that had some seriously saddening aspects to it.

It's my favourite game of all time for many reasons.