Final Fantasy XIV is the best Final Fantasy since XII

[Lissyl]

My first Final Fantasy was on the GameBoy, and I'll -never- forget the day that Hatamoto (some kind of ninja-style mob) used Punch on me for 35,536 damage. I just stared in awe, because Punch was atrocious to use.

My friend was one of those who hated XII, but I rather enjoyed it and beat the living stuffings out of it. Seeing the reactions he makes to a lot of things, I think it came down to the word 'fantasy', more of a 'traditional' take on fantasy (medieval Europe, that kind of thing). And he hated Active Battle. I'm not sure, but I think the division between love it/hate it fell somewhere along those lines. Interestingly enough though, he didn't have that problem with VII and I couldn't stand VII. Different tastes and all that. I like XIII though, I'm about ready to (finally) beat it, provided I can stop powerlevelling in Chapter 11. I think XIV fits in well with the higher-numbered ones (X and up), and I'd hate to be asked to pick a preferred between XII, XIII, and XIV.

Wish it had blitzball. =(

[Juubi]

Well, to be fair, the story is better compared to FF12 and FF13 and esp. FF13-2

[Astralis]

Are you being sarcastic? Lol.

[Dorfentyme]

..But the one Final Fantasy that holds a special place in my heart is Final Fantasy XI. It was accessible to all, and loved by many...
.

Eh, while it was decent for its time, it wasn't accessible to all. You had to play pretty dang hardcore to get anything done in that game.(In its early years) It was fun while I was in highschool, once I got to college I had zero time to play that game(but had time to play more casual games)

Well, to be fair, the story is better compared to FF12 and FF13 and esp. FF13-2

But that's not saying much. 12 and 13's story were terrible. Bare in mind, so is FFXIV, but, yeah.