Best Final Fantasy

[AlexionSkylark]

I'll just add the debate:

Final Fantasy VII is highly overrated and most people only list it as their favorite because they went "meh" for the SNES ones and when the series came on the PSX they went "OMG THE GRAPHICS, THE SUMMONS, IT'S 3D OMFG I NEED TO PLAY THIS", effectively making VII the first Final Fantasy for an entire generation. So, it gets all the nostalgia. Also adding to this effect it's the fact that the PSX was a much more popular system than the SNES, making FFVII the first Final Fantasy of everybody whose 1st console was a PlayStation (AKA a vast number of people).

That being said, FFVII is a nice game. However, it's NOT the "best Final Fantasy ever made. Not even close." story-wise FFIV and FFVI were much superior to FFVII, and gameplay-wise FFIX and FFX are also superior to VII.
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