Best Final Fantasy

[Balipu]

Yes, it's this topic again. This question has been debated practicly since there were more than one Final Fantasy games.
But this time I'm here to provide the answer.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DP8XNJC

I was bored so I made this. I wanted twice as many questions. (like breaking down soundtrack into several other questions) But survey monkey won't allow it.

I would appreciate everyone's help in discovering the truth.

I will publish the results here in this thread along the way.

EDIT: I edited in Final Fantasy V where it was missing by accident. I cleared the responses so everyone could vote a second time with V now given the proper chance)

EDIT: Results after day 1 on page 4

EDIT: Results of the first 100 entires on page 6

[Kit-Kat]

Title is subjetive. Each Final Fantasy could be best for each individual. There's no such thing as best, it's just the best for you. 'Best' and 'Most liked' are different terms. Most people may prefer a certain FF, but that doesn't make it the best one, only to their eyes, in majority.

[LandricFrey]

7 always seems to be the favorite among most of the fans. I would go with 6, but I love 1, 4, and 9 as well. Hard to chose.

[Altijacek]

Why is FFV not included in some of the poll options?

[Sigiria]

Why is FFV not included in some of the poll options?

This.

Also Bravely default is not really a Final fantasy (it should have been though), Kingdom heart is somewhat borderline and X should not be tied with X-2 as you can't really compare the level of the 2 stories...

[Iromi]

FFT for sure

[Balipu]

Title is subjetive. Each Final Fantasy could be best for each individual. There's no such thing as best, it's just the best for you. 'Best' and 'Most liked' are different terms. Most people may prefer a certain FF, but that doesn't make it the best one, only to their eyes, in majority.

True. It should have been: What most people consider the best, but you get the idea.

7 always seems to be the favorite among most of the fans. I would go with 6, but I love 1, 4, and 9 as well. Hard to chose.

Yes, that's why I decided to structure the survey as it is. Maybe the winner will be one that is constantly on second place. By the way it is fashionable to bash 7 nowadays.

Why is FFV not included in some of the poll options?

Err, that is an oversight. It should have been in. And if you give me a minute I will edit it in.

This.

Also Bravely default is not really a Final fantasy (it should have been though), Kingdom heart is somewhat borderline and X should not be tied with X-2 as you can't really compare the level of the 2 stories...

Bravely Default and Kingdom Hears are borderline examples but I decided to put them in. You are right about X-2, but since they are telling one continuous story I decided to make one question for entries with direct sequels. Otherwise we would have 70 entries to rank

FFT for sure

Funny thing is I predict a final battle between Tactics and Type-0. We'll see.



Okay before the reset the the top three for each category were the following:
4, 6 and 9 for the best story
7, 10 and 6 for the best combat
5, 1, and 6 for the progression and costumization system
1, 7 and 6 for the soundtrack
4, 6 and 7 for the protagonist
2, 6 and 8 for villain coolness
6, 8 and 2 for villain fights
Yuffie, Rydia and Terra are the top 3 girls
2, 7 and 3 for best cids
4 the after years, 5 and 1 for the best Gilgamesh appearances

[Mugiawara]

Putting the FFTril is hard for me because
I thought was 13 was good, 13-2 was the 2nd best I played but 13-3 was the worst I ever played of the entire series.

[Balipu]

Putting the FFTril is hard for me because
I thought was 13 was good, 13-2 was the 2nd best I played but 13-3 was the worst I ever played of the entire series.

Sorry about that. If it is any solace to you they are separated for combat and progression.

[Lemuria]

I presume the third question is meant to be 'customization' not 'costumization'... it implies changing your outfit or something. Might want to remedy that