Best Final Fantasy

[dragonflie]

Would be nice if we can say which one we've played and make a list out of that, rank 10 and under are mostly games I've never played.

Also, for the Rank the Protagonist, FF12 is fairly subjective, since Vaan wasn't originally the protag, but Bash however they switched to him to appeal to their JP base more. Though I feel Ashe is more of the main protagonist along with Balthier by the end of it.

And for villains, I didn't exactly play FF11, but I don't think Shantotto was ever a villain from what I read around. But you should add Doctor Cid for FF12 villain though, now that was a great villain, also Vayne.

[MageBlack]

Well, I filled out the survey, sorta. I didnt understand what one of the questions was, "Fight (If any)" or something like that. and I really didnt like the format. Should have been a tick box, Select for favorite 5 (or whatever) in order of preference. This numbering the entire list thing was kinda dumb. I did the first few then just left the rest, mostly cause they didnt rank to me and I wasnt about to shuffle them just to fill it out. While KH and BD are kind of off shoots of the FF series in a small way, I wouldnt qualify them as a FF title. Even Tactics and Crisis Core are kinda pushing it (although I'm glad they were there, I liked them both a lot). but by the same token, some were missing if you are going to have those in there. No Chocobo Dungeon, Theatrythm, etc.

Anyway, those were just nitpicky things, you can ignore me if you like. Thought I would provide some feedback in case you decide to do something like this again. Personally, i would have made it for the main ones specifically, no sequels or spinoffs, then do a separate survey that is for the extras and spinoffs. Especially when doing such a broad sweep, it helps to keep your options down, the list for the girls was ridiculously long, i kinda did my top three and then said fuckit. lol.

[LadyZola]

There are so many aspects to consider when picking the best FF.

In terms of exploration and combat, I have to choose FF12, by far the most attractive imo.

In terms of story, it is undoubtedly FF8.

All of them are great games with something unique, it would be unfair for the rest to only choose 1.

[CrystalRainbow]

To many options. to rank everything. My data near the end is really bad.

Also there needs to be a N/A as Basiclly all the non numbers games I haven't played. Or kingdom hearts.

[Elim]

Too much work to number them for every question. I gave up (aka got too lazy) by the third one. I also did not play all the FF titles.

Best FF is FF9, followed by FF10 then FF14 IMO. However when it comes to story FF14 is the lowest number. I don't enjoy the story at all. Way too wordy - they sometimes have one or two paragraphs for something that could be summed up in a short sentence. Just not my style. Never will be. I will forever esc through all the cutscenes.

[Balipu]

I know it is hard to rank them all but it is necessary. I'll give you an example from the current results. (I will next reveal the standings at 100 responses)

Combat. The winner is Final Fantasy VII as it gets consistently higher scores. However only 4.63 % think that it actually has the best combat. Compared to the 9.30 % for IX (third place overall). Tactics also has 9.30 percent of the votes, yet it is the 22nd on the list.

[MageBlack]

I know it is hard to rank them all but it is necessary. I'll give you an example from the current results. (I will next reveal the standings at 100 responses)

Combat. The winner is Final Fantasy VII as it gets consistently higher scores. However only 4.63 % think that it actually has the best combat. Compared to the 9.30 % for IX (third place overall). Tactics also has 9.30 percent of the votes, yet it is the 22nd on the list.

Couldnt the results be acquired through a "Pick 5 favorites in order of preference" instead of "Rank all 28 of these options in the order of preference"? I would wonder if your results might be skewed a bit because of people like myself who only ranked a few then left the rest in whatever order they fell in. Or do you only really pay attention to the top 5 results anyway? I just feel the way you did it was a little overwhelming for choices, some of which werent well labeled (Sure I remember most of the Characters and what FF they were from but the Cid list was one I would have had to outsource, instead i skipped it altogether, skewing your results.)

You commented that even though Tactics is far down the list people still picked it and its among the top. Again, its only around the top because people like me went through and picked it but still only picked like the first 5 or so we liked then left the rest. Now i'm no survey expert or good at data collection and interpretation but as a survey form filler outer, you gotta take pity on us man...

[Balipu]

I would wonder if your results might be skewed a bit because of people like myself who only ranked a few then left the rest in whatever order they fell in.
That's a possibility. It would have been nice to ask at the beginning which of the 28 you actually played and only ask about those, but I don't hace acess to that kind of tech.
Or do you only really pay attention to the top 5 results anyway?
Nah, I check them all. I just don't go over them all. But if you want I'll give out the full list next time.
I just feel the way you did it was a little overwhelming for choices, some of which werent well labeled
I thought hard about that one but when you have to type in Final Fantasy random roman numeral for the 300th time you get lazy.

If it's any solace to you, me torturing all of you is not senseless as the results are pretty interesting.

[MageBlack]

If it's any solace to you, me torturing all of you is not senseless as the results are pretty interesting.

For sure! i bet you have some nifty results, at least you did try using a poll system, not like another post I saw. Even just limiting it to the Main numbered FF's then having a secondary poll for the spinoffs would have helped reduce the amount of choices for the poller and make it easier for you too. Thanks though for the poll. I know my favorite one of all would have to be Tactics, followed by FF6, FF4, and FF9. Best of luck to you and I hope you didnt take my criticism too hard, it was more a friendly suggestion, no malice included! Take care!

[AskaRay]

Though I feel Ashe is more of the main protagonist along with Balthier by the end of it.

This is what I keep telling people but no one will believe me.....