Older Final Fantasy games

[AskaRay]

FF6 is my absolute fav.... I love it. Always will be my favorite FF.

I also love FF7. I know people go "oh it's so overrated" and in a sense, yeah it is, since people like to put it on a pedestal fit for a god and it's like. okay it's good but...calm down.

I'll defend Cloud though with my last breath. Leave the poor boy alone he just needs some hugs, a blanket, and a good cup of cocoa.

I also love 12, 10, Crystal Chronicles (SQUEENIX. ANOTHER ONE PLEASE!!!!!), 3, 4.... I still am trying to play through 8 I'm so sorry I just. I want to punch Squall in the face every time I see him. Quistis, you're too good for him. Get away from him.

[Bloodb]

I still am trying to play through 8 I'm so sorry I just. I want to punch Squall in the face every time I see him. Quistis, you're too good for him. Get away from him.

LOLL Squall is like Cloud in a way. He starts out as a jerk and the character development goes from there.

I'm super curious how Noctis from FF15 is going to be. I've heard it's a coming of age kind of character development.

[AskaRay]

LOLL Squall is like Cloud in a way. He starts out as a jerk and the character development goes from there.

I'm super curious how Noctis from FF15 is going to be. I've heard it's a coming of age kind of character development.

See that's why I'm TRYING to get through VIII. I like Cloud, I get why he's the way he is (i mean he has such a bad sense of self he thought he was someone else for...what? at least a year or two). So obviously I feel like if I get to know Squall more he'll grow on me but
oh my god I never wanted to sock Cloud in the face when I first saw him. Every time Squall speaks I just reply with "shut the hell up".

I do like the other characters so far though. And the battle system is....complicated but interesting.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

I`ve always thought of Final Fantasy VI as the most overrated of the bunch. It is good, as any Final Fantasy is. In a way i can understand why some would thought VII is the very best but VI...? Is completely overrated.

As for my personal favorite, nothing comes near Tactics (The Lions War in PSP) and Final Fantasy XII. Tactics, even with its localization, still has probably the best storyline of the whole franchise and gameplay wise, XII is the peak of the series offering the most diverse experience between exploration, challenge, freedom, customization, etc. XII basically gives you a whole open world map, controllable fight engagement and a combat system so superb you get satisfaction of just figuring out how to program a fight. I guess both games appeal to a more "tactician" minded player that likes to know all variables and prepare in anticipation to the more reactive gameplay style under the rule of the all mighty RNG combat rolls.

[Evangela]

X, Type-0, and V are my 3 favorites.

[MicahZerrshia]

Terra is actually coming from mind control, has no memory of her past and is left alone and confused, it has nothing to do with her sex. Cloud on the other hand is just one of those kids in high school who wants to sulk, wear black and listen to Creed.

Kefka is completely insane, poisons a river killing the citizens of an entire city and even destroys the world all for the sake of just doing it and a lust for power. Seph killed one girl and cried over his poor mum, he couldn't even get the meteor to work. Kefka would kill you for sport, seph would kill you by droning on about his bad childhood and how he wants his mommy.

Regardless of characters, the secondary characters, story, plot and gameplay was all much better in vi than vii...imo.
vii was short, lacked any real depth and the end boss was a joke since you could knights of the round > mimic and done.

but again, my opinion

[AlphaFox]

I admit I picked up Type-0 day 1 and after playing it for like 2 hours I got very irritated, think it was partly due to realizing it was a Co-op game that had that part removed and had rely on team mates who didn't exactly get the concept of dodge as I recall lol. It's a fun game I will admit but I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had friends who could control my other members like the original PSP version.

I do enjoy 7 myself but not for the story, mainly for the materia system and all the interesting combinations that you can mix in. Final attack + Phoenix and such. Though I still look forward to the remake. Concerning the argument over Kefka and Sephiroth, I gotta give it to the clown. Only one to my knowledge to actually accomplish his goal. Did recently pick up FF5 and loving it but I am also a sucker for a good job class system. :3

[vanitaslaughing]

Both VI and VII are overrated, but that's my opinion and I admit I have a very, very soft spot for VII...

Y'know what I loved? The Bravely series. Enough to have both Bravely Default and Bravely Second standing at home as collector's editions. And thanks to being from Europe I now have small Pope Agnes and Terrifying Face Agnes the First in my room. But the gameplay of these games is like an advanced version of FF5, and the story is actually really good once you get through the horrible slog the route to true ending can be on BDFF. BSEL on the other hand was absolutely brilliant from the moment you got your second true team member. My god, I was so hooked, I even almost passed my sister who had like two weeks of a headstart on me.

in terms of FF, my favourite has to be FFIV. Something about that blatant Star Wars is really charming, and despite all those Disney deaths in the game they manage to have every single one of these have an impact somehow. The characters are really charming, too. And as bad as TAY was (just thinking about the True Moon sends shudders down my spine in a very bad way), when it characterised someone it characterised them really really well. I admit, my inner fanfic writer might read too much between the lines for most characters, but someone who was REALLY well done was Golbez, and the fact you can permanently lose him just drives the nail in the coffin. He's SO GOOD in terms of characterisation, and you lose out on something rather interesting between him and Kain if you do lose him in the Red Moon Revival Party part of the final dungeon.
Also FFIV and its introduction of the ATB leads to some hilarious oddities with the battle system, but all in all the game is very solid and I love it to pieces (enough to stomp through the post-game dungeon four times on the same day and beat up Zeromus UG just because. I wiped the floor with that dude).

On the other hand, screw the FFI-FFIV revival bosses in TAY and the fact they're NEEDED to progress - only for you to get destroyed by Bahamut. That's just horrible, horrible design and makes a slog of something already not enjoyable. Thanks, space flea reloaded, for this wonderful dungeon.

[Balipu]

Kinda funny to see Type-0 here listed with older final fantasy games. I thought this will be about the NES games.
Since this quickly turned into a VI vs VII debate, here is my take on the question.

Kefka never really accomplished his goal. Mostly because he never had one. He just wants everything to die cause he never got enough hugs as a kid or something. And he may have destroyed the world, but he somehow failed to kill any of the main characters. Which comes back to bite him in the ass. Also, he may have ascended to godhood, but moving statues around doesn't really take that much skill.

Sephiroth haters suffer from two major misconceptions. 1. Jenova is in control of Sephiroth. 2. Sephiroth wanted to destroy the world with meteor. I'm not going to talk much about the first one. It's simply not true. Jenova was dead when Shinra found her. Now about Sephiroth's plan. He knew all along that the lifestream would save the world from meteor. That's why he moved to where we fight him. To be engulfed in the lifestream and ascend to godhood. Considering he became a part of the lifestream and infected most of the world with a disease that turns you into black sludge, he kinda got what he wanted.

Overall I prefer VII. It's not perfect mind you, I think the combat is better in VI for example, but it isn't overrated at all.

I guess it all depends on what you find important in a game. IV had a great story but zero progression system. VI had loads of characters with different combat mechanics, but most of them had the same backstory. IX was super wierd but it had the best music.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

It will, as a horrible mobile port that skips, jumps, bumps, cuts and goes wonky cause SE cannot for the life of them put any effort into a decent pc port

FF12 has a mobile version now? And FF9 and FF10 on PC runs better than the other ports