Which Final Fantasy do you like best?

Fuck 4HOL. If I wanted a "classic JRPG experience", then I'd play one of the many rereleases of I-VI.

But I'm a TRPG fan, so the Tactics games are my favourites by a landslide.

Don't be so quick to judge Four Heroes, it's actually a really good game from what everyone's been saying about it.

My favourites would be FFXIII for its characters, storytelling and gameplay, FFXII for its characters and gameplay, FFVI for everything.

Honorable mention goes to FFT and FFX-2.

6 and 9. I get to choose two because their the same number, but upside down.

Also, off topic (kinda). Why do you people say that the Mount Gagazet Seymour fight is easy? I had a party of- (AD=Average damage)
Yuna
HP 3k
AD 3k

Auron
HP 5k
AD 4k

Rikku
HP 3k
AD 2.5k

He would get three turns in a row, and he used them to cross blade me, killing Yuna and Rikku. Auron would survive, but then he would use lance of something, and full revive to insta-kill Auron... 

ALRIGHT WHICH OF YOU FAGES CHOSE 14 AS YOUR FAVORITE.

VI was simply one of the most outstanding games of that generation.

IX was really cool, too, because it hearkened back to the earlier days of... y'know... constraints?

Tactics was my final pick, but I don't really know why. It might've had good music, and it might've also had Calculators. For that matter, it might've had coked up stimulus monkeys. I can't remember. But it was a good game nonetheless.

I have been playing 12- I've mentioned it elsewhere, but I just got to the Phon Lighthouse and for some reason... I have no drive to continue. I'll turn on the game but then I get my file loaded and I just feel like... "Why?"

I loved Crystal Chronicles.

Way too much.



....

I still play it.

I can't say which is "THE BEST", but I enjoyed FFX a lot out of the ones I played.  :3  I remember playing one of the early NES ones as a child, but I don't remember liking it well enough to become a fanatic like I did with zelda.

FF12 was....ehhhh.  I've played it twice.  D:  And both times I ended up thinking...well, it was alright, but hurrrrgh.  I think it would have been a lot better if it was about Balthier and Fran, or Basch, like it was originally intended to be.  I always found it laughable how Vaan was just sort of...there, and even when asked, he had no reason as to why he was just magically there.  He was like the FF Aladdin.  D: Street-ratting around with some opium-induced old pimp man.  (You can't say he's not..he was always surrounded by sluts.)

FF9 was good too <3  Though I didn't actually play it, but I watched my fiance play it :3  And while I never finished it, I did enjoy the Tactics ones. 

My favorite gameplay was actually in FFX-2, though I was not fond of the charlie's angels themed storyline at all.  D:< 

Completely agree with all of your points on 12, 100%. Though I liked old Dalan, heh. I think his voice actor was excellent.

FF XIV FTW!!!!!!!!

Not really.
My favorite is a tie between VII and VIII.

My favorites are all the old games. Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy IX.

The new ones aren't very good, except FF12. I enjoyed it xD

To be completely honest, I've only played 1 through 6, and 8. I've skipped 7 and haven't been able to play it to this date (I don't have a console, and I assume the game is outdated for my PC), and I simpily haven't bought 9 and up. I played 11 for about a week as well-- But then I quit, and the bastards scammed me for several months worth of subscription fees, because they didn't realise that I had unsubbed due to a "management error". (Yea, right.)

Anywho, back on topic. In my opinion, Final Fantasy 6 is the best in the series! It's got the most developed storyline, the gameplay appeals to me the most, and it has many diverse characters that each have different special abilities. Not to mention that Dancing Mad is downright epic, and Kefka is one of my favorite video game villains of all time! A nigh-perfect game, if you ask me.

Then again, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest has by far better music then the other games... But considering the game just downright bores me as I play it, it's not something I'd vote as number 1. 

you know leophard I bet we could set you up with an emulator for 7 and 9.

I only played Final Fantasy Tactics Advance all the way through, but I still feel like this game is one of my favorites.

I love Final Fantasy VI the best.  I wish they would remake it with updated graphics and acoustic/symphonic soundtracks.  I love the music from it.  Aria Di Mezzo Carattere is fantastic and there are so many nice acoustic versions.  I remember a while back someone used  FFVI graphics on (RM2k?) to make a game.

I stopped playing at FFXII because the music became less exciting and the original team broke up.  The playability became less bearable and the story less interesting.  I even tried FFXI but MMORPGs are just too time consuming and the story line is, well either really lost or you have to build quickly to keep up with it.

you know leophard I bet we could set you up with an emulator for 7 and 9.

I'd love that! I already tried finding those a few times, but in the end I never downloaded any because I was afraid it'd contain a virus... 

why does everyone wish for updated graphics? for fucks sake it's just GRAPHICS who CARES. biggest pet peeve. High res models in a 3d game that was originally low res? sure. Remakes are never JUST remakes. they always feel the need to add something that didn't need to be added. can you imagine FF7 with 3d areas? do you realize how much of the original art design would get tossed in the trash if it lost those 2d backgrounds?

I mean look at those DS ports of old FF games. they may be decent, but they aren't even REMOTELY the same game. Same Story? sure. but jesus christ the old game is still there, why the fuck does it need a remake. this goddamn clamoring for remakes is annoying as fuck and just pisses me off.

Edit: Leophard: there's a subforum for that sort of thing I recently snagged a few emulators from my old computer (I forgot they were on the working hard drive! I was THRILLED when I found them again.) I was thinking of uploading these emulators as there's not really a good spot to get them anymore (one was discontinued in 2000 when sony bought the rights to the emulator so they could shut it down)

If you can't find the Forum you probably don't have the required number of posts. shouldn't take too long though, i forget the exact number but it's low.

I want an updated FF VI as well. That's my favorite one, and I don't understand why they remake IV so much, but haven't even touched VI.

probably because iv sucked and they really wanted to fix it

remember that chick that was lost at sea 6 hours ago now she's 10 years older and totally hot isn't that awesome but now she's dead again along with 4 other people in your party THE END

why does everyone wish for updated graphics? for fucks sake it's just GRAPHICS who CARES. biggest pet peeve. High res models in a 3d game that was originally low res? sure. Remakes are never JUST remakes. they always feel the need to add something that didn't need to be added. can you imagine FF7 with 3d areas? do you realize how much of the original art design would get tossed in the trash if it lost those 2d backgrounds?

I mean look at those DS ports of old FF games. they may be decent, but they aren't even REMOTELY the same game. Same Story? sure. but jesus christ the old game is still there, why the fuck does it need a remake. this goddamn clamoring for remakes is annoying as fuck and just pisses me off.

You know they did it very nicely with FFIV,  I loved that game, and if it wasn't for remakes of FFII and III, I would never have played them, they would never have left Japan.  But sure I understand your frustration.  You don't need to loose a lung over it though.

Strike is the forum resident angry guy.
I once attempted to take his place. It ended badly.

Anyway, if they remake games, they shouldn't add stuff to it. That's a different game. The only reasons they should remake games are to translate it into another language, put it on another platform, or (in extremely rare circumstances) add content that was originally intended to be in the game. Even when adding a new game to a series, they shouldn't fucking change the graphics THAT dramatically. Did you see the newest Spyro games (I doubt it)? I fell in love with the half-pixelly purple dragon that hardly ever talked, not a rendered 2.5d dragon that won't shut the fuck up. That's just a blatant example, but it happens all the time.
I haven't done one of those in a while!

probably because iv sucked and they really wanted to fix it

Actually, I think the classic Final Fantasy IV was the second best in the series... It had many interesting characters with their own unique mechanics, and the storyline was well developed and thought through. The only dissapointment was that the final boss just shows up out of nowhere...

Anywho, I've never played the DS version, so I can't really give an opinion about that. What I will say about revamps though, is that they often have a habit of being worse then the original...

I've played a lot of excellent remakes in my time. I don't know why they have dispersions cast upon them.

probably because iv sucked and they really wanted to fix it

Actually, I think the classic Final Fantasy IV was the second best in the series... It had many interesting characters with their own unique mechanics, and the storyline was well developed and thought through. The only dissapointment was that the final boss just shows up out of nowhere...

Anywho, I've never played the DS version, so I can't really give an opinion about that. What I will say about revamps though, is that they often have a habit of being worse then the original...

Yeah, it wasn't really that bad, especially in terms of gameplay. I just have a personal grudge against it because I really didn't care for the story, or the way they handled their characters at all.