Name Your Favorite Final Fantasy & Why (Aside From ARR)

[SuperChris]

That's a hard question, because a lot of different games in the series have different 'bests'. For instance, if I were to pick, the best overall soundtrack in the series would be FF3's, the best villain would be Kuja, the best final boss theme would be Dancing Mad, the best minigame would be Blitzball, and more categorized favorites from throughout the series that I just can't think of at the moment.

If I had to pick an overall favorite, I'd probably say the original Final Fantasy because that's the one I've played the most number of times. Although FF4 would be the hands down favorite if it weren't for the stupid revelation before the end that Golbez was being mind controlled by Zemus. It would've been much better if Golbez were a willing cohort who then realized the error of his ways, and would have driven home the game's overall theme of redemption that much stronger.

[Salem_Rain]

The Liberi Fatali opening sequence of Final Fantasy VIII also deserves honorable mention.

FFVIII Opener

[Neoiceman]

From FF Mystical Quest to FFVIII and with FFIX and above the series goes down to nothing more than an CoD Clone, dumb story with a lot of Plotholes and no more open world, even more bling bling and shiny graphics is all SE can make.

No more fights like against Diablos in front of Balamb Garden direct after you recieved the Lamp.

[Mikejconnor]

Final Fantasy Tactics
characters, story, gameplay, music, love em all. plus the class system. its one of the reasons i really liked 1.0

also the game that made me fall in love with DRK

then they remade it and you could actually play as a DRK and i loved FFT even more.

please add DRK SE ^^

[Shadei]

FF6 (followed closely by FFT) is my favorite for the same reasons everyone else has mentioned.

However, if I had to name the best Final Fantasy ever made, I would argue that title belongs to FF7.

[Adathain]

For me it would be FFVIII which barely beats out IV for my personal top spot. The things that stand out for me would be the graphics (at the time), the locations, the card game, the draw system, GF's and most importantly the music. The battle theme from 8 is my favourite in the series, especially the orchestrated version.

[Evangela]

Final Fantasy X

[Starblast]

I think if I had to pick just one Final Fantasy game as a favorite it would have to VIII. A lot of the others I loved too but for some reason that storyline, characters, and gameplay always stuck out to me. Everything about it was extremely ambitious. What I think I loved most about it was how the primary antagonist isn't really revealed or introduced until much later. Some of the story arcs in it I will admit were a tad weird and convoluted and some parts maybe were even unnecessary story padding, but I loved the whole concept of Ultimecia and how that was done.

I had a lot more to say about other games that were close possible "runners-up" but the character limit made me unable to post them. *hmph*

[texhnolyze]

Final Fantasy IX, simply for the lore, art, and characters
Final Fantasy VI is second on my list

[aphexacid]

8. Largely because of the music