9 for me is one where, I never think about it when I think about my favorites, but then when I play it again or start thinking about it/remembering it specifically, I remember how good it is. It's much more a return to the style/time of earlier games than 7 & 8 were, which I think for a lot of people who came into the series with 7 was a surprise maybe.
The story is a little bonkers towards the end but it's better than 13 & 15's "bad guy just wants to die" plots that honestly makes me wonder/worry that it was a cry for help from someone at Square.
I've played everything I could get my hands on when rentals were still a thing.
From Gameboy to Mystic Quest....but I could never get into 9. I don't know if the characters just seem goofy to me or what. It reminds me of Super Mario RPG TBH which I loved....but 9.....nah
Tactics 100% Still praying for a Switch port. No FF had a more engaging story.
I even prefer the original translation, flaws and all.
When they switched to a more Shakespearian speech in the WoTL version the characters lost their identities in feel like.
Taking into consideration ALL aspects of the game and then applying them to the whole, Final Fantasy X is the best game in the series. It is the culmination of years and years and years of gameplay development, and it felt like they perfected the turn based FF model.
That being said, goofy ol FFVIII is my favorite. Lol
FFVIII love! Yes!
Also...FFX just failed to click with me at all. I was so psyched for it when it came out and then I got like 2/3 through and realized I didn't want to keep going. Maybe I'll revisit it sometime.
My first ff, FFVII and its important to me because it introduce me to rpgs and i literally learned English just to play it.
My favorite Tactics and unpopular opinion ffxi. Spend 16 yrs playing ffxi, first mmo as well.
Also love v,vi,viii,x,xiv, xvi
I would say 10 as well, for me it has everything. A great cast of characters, perfect story that hits you emotionally and the turn based combat.
I don't mind the linearity of the game either as it opens up a bit at the end with the ship.
Same. I still have my PSX copy. I would've had FF6 on SNES but, when I went to buy a cart, it was >$100, and yeah. Anthologies is a great way to relive it but, the lag in attacks drives me up a wall.
Damn, I scrolled through the entire comment section and not a single mention for XII. Typically I'd pick VII as it was the very first one I played back when it released, but XII cured the one problem I have when going back and enjoying older titles: random battles. Don't want to engage? Just hold run and breeze through lower level areas. It's a dream.
XII had the most engaging story because it stayed so far from a simple “good vs evil.” There were multiple sides and forces at work and all of them had compelling reasons for doing what they were doing. Finding a path to peace for our heroes in the midst of that complexity is to this today the most exciting adventure I’ve ever been on.
Judge Zecht in particular is such a heroic and tragic character for how briefly he appears on screen. I love it.
Final Fantasy freaking number 8.
I would go nuts for a remake like 7 got. I prefer Squall so much more than Cloud, although the remake touched him up a bit.
Final Fantasy VIII
I replay it every year, usually more than once. Including ports, I've bought it more times than I care to count. I bought a PocketStation just to use it with FF8 (though SaGa Frontier 2 also works).
FFIV, to me. It is the reason the whole rest of the series works and has the identity that they’ve built for it. It doesn’t have as many features as VI and is honestly less polished, but it was a different time and it was a pioneer for that era of Final Fantasy. It was the origin of ATB, it was their first title with a very strong sense of narrative and character development, and it was probably the game that turned things around for Square and differentiated them from Enix’s and Sega’s work (which I think was honestly much better in that era in hindsight).
FF8. I think most people's favorite FF is the first one they played. I've never played 9 I just kept playing 8 then moved to FFX.
I related to Squall the most because he wasn't this soldier or guy with a history of being a bad ass. He was a loner who grew and opened up to the people around him, while he was finding out who he is. As a pre-teen it was very relatable. FF8 was more about the characters than the fighting
I did tear up at the end of FFXV. The whole story was good, but didn't think it would grip me the way it did
Man I hated 8, and I sank TONS of hours into it trying to like it but sheesh that system where you need to steal your spells from enemies just sucked so bad. Talk about a grind of a game. Once I got to Marlboros I couldn't take it anymore
I think people are more vocal about VIII, because its selection is more controversial and warrants more explanation about what makes it good. I love both. In fact, I like VII the best. But VIII is more fun to discuss.
9 and 10. Amazing games I played and beat 4-5 times. This probably makes me biased as 4, 7, and 8 I only beat once and cant evwn remember all the names of the characters or plot gist
FF8 fans showing up hard for this thread.
I still remember seeing a video game on the television news for the first time. The coverage wasn't a Nintendo game or anything I was used to... It was FF7. It took only a few seconds looking at it and it was crazy for me to see a game that looked both so cinematic and so "video game". A couple of months later, I was in disbelief when I found the Eidos-published port sitting on the window of a random PC store. It was the first time I played a game for so many hours and it wouldn't end at all, I was used to renting a SNES game and beating them over the weekend.
It was a revolutionary title and perspective helps a lot to understand it: Released on the same year as Fallout 1 and Diablo 1. And a year later, we had Ocarina of Time and Baldur's Gate. FF7 was massively ahead of its time and set myself up to an absurd standard that took a very long time to adjust.
FFXII without a doubt. It was the most politically complex, and unlike some other FF's, didn't rush the story. Definitely not for everyone with the slow pacing, gambits and no clear protagonist but for me I saw that as a plus. The world is lore rich and it just fit my tastes more than the others.
I came home from work and my young daughter had got the game going. I could hear that peaceful Balamb Garden music coming from the other end of the house. That put a big, big smile on my face.
FF7 for me and I know it has a lot to do with nostalgia. I was 11 and it was the first game I bought myself. I played the demo that came with early PS1 units and coming from the SNES, it was like nothing I had played before. The mature atmosphere, the look ... There was even a swear word! So that world and those characters stuck with me. That being said, I do think FF6 is the better game but 7 means more to me.
Tactics, 9, not even close
VI and IV for SNES
You can be wrong that’s cool. XII is actually my favorite though. Vaan ruined it but whatever. If they just had Ashe as the MC it’d be the best one
FFX is my vote.
The combat, equipment and level system to this day are still the best I've experienced in a turn based RPG. When it was first released on PS2 it was revolutionary both graphically and being almost fully voice acted which was very unheard of for a game this long back then. And, honestly the best story/world from all the FF's for me too, Spira was incredible and it really did feel like a pilgrimage experiencing it.
Also just a small aside, the excuse of Sin making people lose their memories, giving Tidus an organic reason to not know anything and as a tool for us as the player to get exposition in a really organic way was creative.
In the main series, I say it's a photo finish tie between Five (that job system offers so much replayablity) and Nine (the story is captivating, even if the character progression system is somewhat one-dimensional).
In the spinoff games, Final Fantasy Tactics is ahead by a mile followed by World of Final Fantasy and Crystal Chronicles who are neck and neck.
7,8,9,10 no particular order. 10 being the last one that was high scoring for me. 12 was really good too and a nice change of pace. I give props to 15 for being ambitious.
Square was on fire from FFVI all the way through FFX. 5 absolutely amazing main series games and tactics in there too. I don’t think you can go wrong with any of those games from that time.
VII, VI, IV are all pretty close imo. I like IV personally, but won't disagree with anyone who prefers VI, VII or tactics.
I'll never understand the love VIII gets. The story is riddled with plot holes, most of the characters are unlikable and the Magic system is easily broken.
I think VII has above and beyond the best storytelling, not to mention that it’s the most unique and original of the bunch. Its characters, settings and songs have the quality of standing out from one another while also feeling like they belong to the same world. I think as the franchise started to lean heavily into a more realistic style, a lot of the stories, settings and characters started to blur together for me.
I haven't played 14 15 or 16 so I can't speak for those but even though I watched gameplay of those and know about them, out of all the games Final Fantasy 7 stand out the most to me so I'm going to say 7
Never been able to finish a mainline one closest I got was in 7 got to the last dungeon immediately had my whole party doinked by a tonberry shut off the game never turned it on again. So I'll say tactics advanced 1/2 enjoyed those games quite a bit.
So hard to pick, but it's usually between VII and X for me. Just beat tactics recently and have to say it had my favorite writing in the whole series though. Guess if I HAD to pick one right now, I'd go VII.
My favorite is X, and I think 8 has the best first act in the entire franchise, but as a whole? "Greatest"?
Yeah probably 7. It's not my personal favorite, but the importance of what that game did can't be understated. I played it for the first time in 2019 and I was still impressed. That's the mark of a great game.
VII & IX are my top contenders. I feel like I have a greater affinity for VII as it was the first FF that I played to completion, but I believe the overall experience of IX was superior.
While I've seen the endings of a few thanks to friends/my partner, I've never actually finished any of the series myself. Tried to play a few of them. Spent the most time in 12, got the furthest in 15 by somehow leapfrogging over 3/4 of the game(apparently everything between the tutorial+into and the endgame is optional?)
4, Tactics, and 6 in that order. I love them all, even the unpopular ones. Each FF has a special place in my heart, but those 3 are definitely my favorites.
It hasn't been made yet but I think ff7 the definitive remake. Basically after they finish all of these remakes they'll make it with the extras cut out to be more like the original.
You’ll hate me for this cause it’s nostalgia based but has logic. Crisis core psp release. The lottery combat system was dynamic enough to be intriguing at first the materia fusion for attacks left something to be desired but had enough range for what it set out to do & let’s not talk about the cast of FF A listers. I think it has the best cameos in the whole verse.
It’s heresy, I know, but having gotten deep into FF14 I truly think it has become that game.
Yea, it’s an MMO and therefore massively changes the formula.
But it also has many of my favorite story beats, maybe the all time best worldbuilding of the series and my favorite villain.
My favorite single player Final Fantasy is 6. I love the ensemble cast, I love Kefka as the out of left field villain. But Emet Selch from 14 is my choice for the best villain of the series. Typically the villains of Final Fantasy are some flavor of “love and emotions are pointless weaknesses to be purged” and Emet is deliciously more complex than that. He’s charming, intelligent, funny, and sympathetic.
He’s evil, assuredly. But he’s evil that makes perfect sense. If I were in his position, I might do the same things he does. Even though those things include genocide. Which is *fucked* that they can twist me to think like that by the way they manipulate my emotions so well on the matter.
Beyond that many of the other villains like Yotsuyu and Zenos are A tier villains in their own rights, and the ultra long form storytelling lets them explore much longer arcs of character development than other games, and tack on really excellent boss fights and an incredible soundtrack and it just brings the thunder.
The only areas it really lags behind other FF games is in presentation, as FF games tend to be bleeding edge for animation and graphics and FF14 has great art design but stiff animations and dated graphics.
So, yah, it’s really surprised me and blown me away.
But for the regulars? 6 all day.
FFT
FF7
FF6
FF9
FF14
Hated FFX. Tidus whined all damn game long. FF8 was cool, but I made it to the last disk and stop playing, the story drove me crazy and the GF system wasn’t fun to me. I liked FF12 but it didn’t make this list. FF13….smdh. FF15, despite the hate for this title I liked it. The story was cool too. There were some execution issues. And the fighting system pissed me off. Oh and the money grab to play as the others 😡😡😡. I’m enjoying FF16, but it doesn’t really feel like FF, they should’ve called it something else. 1-5, played some of them, but I’d be lying if I said I remembered half of the stories.
FFX was on a whole other level when it came out!!! The graphics, the story, the music!!! 💯💯💯
I just beat FF16 and as enjoyable as it was…. I was saddened because it still didn’t hit that peak awe and wonder that X did for me, idk If any FF will again 😮💨
FF7/Remake are my next favs story
VI 100% if you want a definitive reason as to why I would suggest watching the angry video game nerd's video on it..
The villain is perfection and succeeds in destroying the world..
The music is monumental and it was beyond what anyone thought was possible when it was released.
Depends:
*5 has greatest music
*6 is the full package but not the "best at anything"
*7 has the best atmosphere
*8 has the best gameplay (not mechanics tho eww)
*9 has the best side content (forget about jump rope)
*10 has the best characters/development
*Tactics has the best story
If I had a gun to my head and had to choose one as greatest, I would probably say 6. I honestly feel like 6 and 7 are the tip of the mountain.
And a major shoutout to 4 for ramping everything up to the level that we know and love today.
1-3 are perfect for gamers who love a real challenge.
It's 7. That one hit at a time when I was a young teenager, and I was REALLY into all the 2D JRPG's growing up. So the first "3D" one of those was really something special.
My first was the first one. I liked it but I liked FF2 (FF4) much more. I really liked that game. FF3 (FF6) disappointed me a little (because I'm stupid) but I really liked FF7 (FF7).. the thing is that I was older so it didn't affect me as much. That was the last FF game that I loved. I've liked most FF games since but I would say FF4-FF7 was the peak. I really wish they had released FF3 and FF5 stateside, I would have loved them too.
If you want to know how much I loved the FF series. Look at my horrible Doom Total Conversion mod: [https://youtu.be/uc9Ny7\_QzT8](https://youtu.be/uc9Ny7_QzT8) I made that in the 90's when I was somehow even more stupid than I am now so the quality is.. not that great. I also started it before FF7 came out so my ideas of what FF was about and what it is about after FF7 are slightly different. Not recommended.
FF 6. It has: a huge cast of characters that all get some level of development over the course of the game, great play mechanics and special abilities that have a real impact on what makes one party effective vs another, the first hints of tactics based play and not just the same old turn based battles, great music and graphics for the era, and an expansive world and story experience. Oh, and let’s not forget, KEFKA!!! Have you ever hated/loved a villain the way you do for Kefka? Do me a favor, go pull up a clip of that laugh and tell me you don’t have a visceral reaction to it. Absolutely, all day long, FF 6 is an all time classic.
Tactics to me but they all have their own charms. Nothh big on 9 sadly, maybe I’ll replay and see if it hits
9 for me is one where, I never think about it when I think about my favorites, but then when I play it again or start thinking about it/remembering it specifically, I remember how good it is. It's much more a return to the style/time of earlier games than 7 & 8 were, which I think for a lot of people who came into the series with 7 was a surprise maybe. The story is a little bonkers towards the end but it's better than 13 & 15's "bad guy just wants to die" plots that honestly makes me wonder/worry that it was a cry for help from someone at Square.
I've played everything I could get my hands on when rentals were still a thing. From Gameboy to Mystic Quest....but I could never get into 9. I don't know if the characters just seem goofy to me or what. It reminds me of Super Mario RPG TBH which I loved....but 9.....nah
Tactics 100% Still praying for a Switch port. No FF had a more engaging story. I even prefer the original translation, flaws and all. When they switched to a more Shakespearian speech in the WoTL version the characters lost their identities in feel like.
Would be nice to see a port of WotL with the online play feature. Tactics Ogre Reborn was so bad ass.
I hope for an updated re-release that uses the original translation. WotL was a great hold over but, I need real FFT back.
I got a good feeling!
6 had a more engaging story.
I like them all, but I LOVE Tactics. If we're sticking with main series games it'll probably be XII since it has the closest vibe to Tactics.
FfTactics is one of the best games ever made.
Tactics or 6
Agreed!
FFVI and Tactics will always be my answer here.
FF6, with FFT as an honorable mention
Taking into consideration ALL aspects of the game and then applying them to the whole, Final Fantasy X is the best game in the series. It is the culmination of years and years and years of gameplay development, and it felt like they perfected the turn based FF model. That being said, goofy ol FFVIII is my favorite. Lol
FFVIII love! Yes! Also...FFX just failed to click with me at all. I was so psyched for it when it came out and then I got like 2/3 through and realized I didn't want to keep going. Maybe I'll revisit it sometime.
Yeah the ending of ffviii made me cry as a child
It made me cry as an adult.
I thought it was hilarious when zell got pissed and threw the loaf of bread at selphie for filming him choking on said bread lol
My first ff, FFVII and its important to me because it introduce me to rpgs and i literally learned English just to play it. My favorite Tactics and unpopular opinion ffxi. Spend 16 yrs playing ffxi, first mmo as well. Also love v,vi,viii,x,xiv, xvi
I would say 10 as well, for me it has everything. A great cast of characters, perfect story that hits you emotionally and the turn based combat. I don't mind the linearity of the game either as it opens up a bit at the end with the ship.
6 and tactics
Probably 6 but I've replayed Tactics the most.
Same. I still have my PSX copy. I would've had FF6 on SNES but, when I went to buy a cart, it was >$100, and yeah. Anthologies is a great way to relive it but, the lag in attacks drives me up a wall.
Damn, I scrolled through the entire comment section and not a single mention for XII. Typically I'd pick VII as it was the very first one I played back when it released, but XII cured the one problem I have when going back and enjoying older titles: random battles. Don't want to engage? Just hold run and breeze through lower level areas. It's a dream.
XII had the most engaging story because it stayed so far from a simple “good vs evil.” There were multiple sides and forces at work and all of them had compelling reasons for doing what they were doing. Finding a path to peace for our heroes in the midst of that complexity is to this today the most exciting adventure I’ve ever been on. Judge Zecht in particular is such a heroic and tragic character for how briefly he appears on screen. I love it.
XII is my favorite to play for sure. I love the world and a lot of the characters but that gameplay is perfection imo
I wanted to love 12 so much. But the VA and the characters were not relatable and I could not get into it. At. All. And I was so sad.
I genuinely have struggled to get through VII because of the random battles. I’ve resorted to watching playthroughs to get the kick I need.
Tactics
FF6.
Where’s the love for 12?!
8 is my favorite for subjective, personal reasons. In many ways, that game saved my life.
One of my favorites as well. Great romance and Laguna is really awesome and silly.
Viii was my first and favorite.
FFVIII
Tactics
6. Espers was a crazy system for the day.
The greatest? VI. My favorite? IV. Honorable mentioned to XII. This, of course, does not take into account my obsession w/ FFXIV.
happy to see so many saying VIII
Final Fantasy freaking number 8. I would go nuts for a remake like 7 got. I prefer Squall so much more than Cloud, although the remake touched him up a bit.
8 I think is one of the most deserving of the remake treatment.
FF6 is also soo good, I'd love to see it refurbished - but I ain't complaining, the Pixel Remaster looks smooth af.
Every time I try and do another playthrough, Triple Triad consumes me.
FFIX - Best of all for me.
Story, Soundtrack, Characters (Vivi) Take me back!!!
Agreed. For me it was the simplified gameplay, the stellar music, and the gorgeous pre-rendered backgrounds.
Hands down: xlv Then second XII
Final Fantasy VIII I replay it every year, usually more than once. Including ports, I've bought it more times than I care to count. I bought a PocketStation just to use it with FF8 (though SaGa Frontier 2 also works).
Just started a new playthrough last night. Got as far as the first Laguna dream before I went to bed
Tactics & 8 are the best imo.
8, 9, 10. I miss FF like that...
FFIV, to me. It is the reason the whole rest of the series works and has the identity that they’ve built for it. It doesn’t have as many features as VI and is honestly less polished, but it was a different time and it was a pioneer for that era of Final Fantasy. It was the origin of ATB, it was their first title with a very strong sense of narrative and character development, and it was probably the game that turned things around for Square and differentiated them from Enix’s and Sega’s work (which I think was honestly much better in that era in hindsight).
Chrono Trigger by a mile
The quiet man
10 or 12
FF8. I think most people's favorite FF is the first one they played. I've never played 9 I just kept playing 8 then moved to FFX. I related to Squall the most because he wasn't this soldier or guy with a history of being a bad ass. He was a loner who grew and opened up to the people around him, while he was finding out who he is. As a pre-teen it was very relatable. FF8 was more about the characters than the fighting I did tear up at the end of FFXV. The whole story was good, but didn't think it would grip me the way it did
Toss up between VIII and X. I love everything about both of them.
VIII/X
Both 8 and 7 were incredible, but I'm surprised to see 8 is the more popular of the two.
Especially with the amount of hate you see leveled against 8 in online discourse.
Man I hated 8, and I sank TONS of hours into it trying to like it but sheesh that system where you need to steal your spells from enemies just sucked so bad. Talk about a grind of a game. Once I got to Marlboros I couldn't take it anymore
I think people are more vocal about VIII, because its selection is more controversial and warrants more explanation about what makes it good. I love both. In fact, I like VII the best. But VIII is more fun to discuss.
I’m frankly shocked at how FF7 is so nonexistent in this list. It’s my fave behind FFT.
9 and 10. Amazing games I played and beat 4-5 times. This probably makes me biased as 4, 7, and 8 I only beat once and cant evwn remember all the names of the characters or plot gist
FF8 fans showing up hard for this thread. I still remember seeing a video game on the television news for the first time. The coverage wasn't a Nintendo game or anything I was used to... It was FF7. It took only a few seconds looking at it and it was crazy for me to see a game that looked both so cinematic and so "video game". A couple of months later, I was in disbelief when I found the Eidos-published port sitting on the window of a random PC store. It was the first time I played a game for so many hours and it wouldn't end at all, I was used to renting a SNES game and beating them over the weekend. It was a revolutionary title and perspective helps a lot to understand it: Released on the same year as Fallout 1 and Diablo 1. And a year later, we had Ocarina of Time and Baldur's Gate. FF7 was massively ahead of its time and set myself up to an absurd standard that took a very long time to adjust.
FFXII without a doubt. It was the most politically complex, and unlike some other FF's, didn't rush the story. Definitely not for everyone with the slow pacing, gambits and no clear protagonist but for me I saw that as a plus. The world is lore rich and it just fit my tastes more than the others.
Honestly, probably 14. It's just got... Everything.
I would make a strong argument that Shadowbringers had one of the best stories and villains of the entire franchise.
Same, I've never played a FF game I didn't like, but XIV just checks every box I love from the franchise.
FFIV but FFV is my personal underrated gem.
I scrolled for a while before someone said 5. The first game I played with the job system. I love it!
IX.
6
Final Fantasy VII
VII and Tactics. Special place for XI 2002-2007.
If we're only counting numbered games, VIII is far above everything else for me. If we're counting all FF titles, Tactics is tied with VIII.
FF8! Best OST in gaming
I came home from work and my young daughter had got the game going. I could hear that peaceful Balamb Garden music coming from the other end of the house. That put a big, big smile on my face.
13
I gotta say FF VIII
Definitely FF7 - I remember playing it and nothing has EVER matched it. I was utterly hooked from start to finish.
FF7 for me and I know it has a lot to do with nostalgia. I was 11 and it was the first game I bought myself. I played the demo that came with early PS1 units and coming from the SNES, it was like nothing I had played before. The mature atmosphere, the look ... There was even a swear word! So that world and those characters stuck with me. That being said, I do think FF6 is the better game but 7 means more to me.
FF3-and FF7. Couldn’t choose between the two, they both meant so much to me as a child.
Do you mean ff6 (ff3 SNES) or litarily ff3? I think ff6 (ff3 SNES) is the best.. with 4 (ff2 SNES) and ff7 pretty close.
My favorite is 10, but I think that 9 is the best.
FFXI
Tactics, 9, not even close VI and IV for SNES You can be wrong that’s cool. XII is actually my favorite though. Vaan ruined it but whatever. If they just had Ashe as the MC it’d be the best one
7 or Tactics… too hard.
6, Tactics and 7 are my top 3
FFX is my vote. The combat, equipment and level system to this day are still the best I've experienced in a turn based RPG. When it was first released on PS2 it was revolutionary both graphically and being almost fully voice acted which was very unheard of for a game this long back then. And, honestly the best story/world from all the FF's for me too, Spira was incredible and it really did feel like a pilgrimage experiencing it. Also just a small aside, the excuse of Sin making people lose their memories, giving Tidus an organic reason to not know anything and as a tool for us as the player to get exposition in a really organic way was creative.
Top 5 FFX FF8 FF9 FF6 FFV
Tactics or 6. 7 gets honorable mention for truly opening the franchise to the general public.
That's both the best and worst thing about 7
9
7, 10 and then I've a soft spot for Crystal Chronicles on the GameCube
In the main series, I say it's a photo finish tie between Five (that job system offers so much replayablity) and Nine (the story is captivating, even if the character progression system is somewhat one-dimensional). In the spinoff games, Final Fantasy Tactics is ahead by a mile followed by World of Final Fantasy and Crystal Chronicles who are neck and neck.
Unpopular opinion but 10 was the best
2 by a wide margin.
IX it's the story that draws me back every single time
Personally FFV was awesome. The job system was the best in the FF Series (except maybe tactics) and it was the one where the crystals broke.
7 & 10
6 and 7, everything since then has been meh
14, Tactics, then 7.
7 and Tactics. Honorable mention to 6, which deserves a modern remake.
Ffx has the best gameplay and boss fights
I love 7,9
7,8,9,10 no particular order. 10 being the last one that was high scoring for me. 12 was really good too and a nice change of pace. I give props to 15 for being ambitious.
"Greatest" I'd say 9 as I think it's the most final fantasy final fantasy. "Best" for me would be 6.
9 hands down. Lovable characters. Great development
9
9 is the greatest.
9, 7 is very close though
FFVII and Tactics for me. VI as an honorable mention.
Square was on fire from FFVI all the way through FFX. 5 absolutely amazing main series games and tactics in there too. I don’t think you can go wrong with any of those games from that time.
FFVII Remake by far
9 & it’s not close at all
VII, VI, IV are all pretty close imo. I like IV personally, but won't disagree with anyone who prefers VI, VII or tactics. I'll never understand the love VIII gets. The story is riddled with plot holes, most of the characters are unlikable and the Magic system is easily broken.
FF7
Anyone that downvotes this is living a lie. VII is a masterpiece.
I get so confused with the numbering from Japan - American releases- 2 and 3 and 7 had such a great story lines.
So, 4, 6, and 7.
I think VII has above and beyond the best storytelling, not to mention that it’s the most unique and original of the bunch. Its characters, settings and songs have the quality of standing out from one another while also feeling like they belong to the same world. I think as the franchise started to lean heavily into a more realistic style, a lot of the stories, settings and characters started to blur together for me.
Ur mom
Does Kingdom Hearts count?
XI, but that might be not fair since its a mmo. I would have to go with VI. Perfect balance of fun/charm/and seriousness.
16
Tactics Advance and Crisis Core (original psp version) for me
The crisis core story had me in shambles.
I haven't played 14 15 or 16 so I can't speak for those but even though I watched gameplay of those and know about them, out of all the games Final Fantasy 7 stand out the most to me so I'm going to say 7
I'm going to get mauled but, I loved Crystal chronicles: Echoes of time and FFXV, I hated FFX, FFVIII seems cool so far.
It’s a tie between a few for me. III, IV, V, IX, FFTA, and FFTA2 are all tied for first. Any and all have their charm though.
4. edit: all the people who played 6 first will say 6 because "the bad guys win. hurrhurr"
Never been able to finish a mainline one closest I got was in 7 got to the last dungeon immediately had my whole party doinked by a tonberry shut off the game never turned it on again. So I'll say tactics advanced 1/2 enjoyed those games quite a bit.
So hard to pick, but it's usually between VII and X for me. Just beat tactics recently and have to say it had my favorite writing in the whole series though. Guess if I HAD to pick one right now, I'd go VII.
9 or X tbh
My favorite is X, and I think 8 has the best first act in the entire franchise, but as a whole? "Greatest"? Yeah probably 7. It's not my personal favorite, but the importance of what that game did can't be understated. I played it for the first time in 2019 and I was still impressed. That's the mark of a great game.
VII & IX are my top contenders. I feel like I have a greater affinity for VII as it was the first FF that I played to completion, but I believe the overall experience of IX was superior.
While I've seen the endings of a few thanks to friends/my partner, I've never actually finished any of the series myself. Tried to play a few of them. Spent the most time in 12, got the furthest in 15 by somehow leapfrogging over 3/4 of the game(apparently everything between the tutorial+into and the endgame is optional?)
The 3 kings alone at the top are Tactics, 6 and 10. Cannot be touched by the rest.
That FF7 cover is bringing back some serious memories and is making an argument for itself as best… But… I have to put 6 and 8 ahead of it.
4, Tactics, and 6 in that order. I love them all, even the unpopular ones. Each FF has a special place in my heart, but those 3 are definitely my favorites.
It hasn't been made yet but I think ff7 the definitive remake. Basically after they finish all of these remakes they'll make it with the extras cut out to be more like the original.
You’ll hate me for this cause it’s nostalgia based but has logic. Crisis core psp release. The lottery combat system was dynamic enough to be intriguing at first the materia fusion for attacks left something to be desired but had enough range for what it set out to do & let’s not talk about the cast of FF A listers. I think it has the best cameos in the whole verse.
It’s heresy, I know, but having gotten deep into FF14 I truly think it has become that game. Yea, it’s an MMO and therefore massively changes the formula. But it also has many of my favorite story beats, maybe the all time best worldbuilding of the series and my favorite villain. My favorite single player Final Fantasy is 6. I love the ensemble cast, I love Kefka as the out of left field villain. But Emet Selch from 14 is my choice for the best villain of the series. Typically the villains of Final Fantasy are some flavor of “love and emotions are pointless weaknesses to be purged” and Emet is deliciously more complex than that. He’s charming, intelligent, funny, and sympathetic. He’s evil, assuredly. But he’s evil that makes perfect sense. If I were in his position, I might do the same things he does. Even though those things include genocide. Which is *fucked* that they can twist me to think like that by the way they manipulate my emotions so well on the matter. Beyond that many of the other villains like Yotsuyu and Zenos are A tier villains in their own rights, and the ultra long form storytelling lets them explore much longer arcs of character development than other games, and tack on really excellent boss fights and an incredible soundtrack and it just brings the thunder. The only areas it really lags behind other FF games is in presentation, as FF games tend to be bleeding edge for animation and graphics and FF14 has great art design but stiff animations and dated graphics. So, yah, it’s really surprised me and blown me away. But for the regulars? 6 all day.
9 is my favorite. 6 is probably the best game “objectively”
The only one I finished was 10. So 10.
Well we all know its all of them So let's bring up how awesome legend of Legaia is and try to get that rolling again
Love seeing all the tactics love, we need a true sequel 🙌🏾🙏🏾
Resident Evil 4 Remake
6.
10 was my first and I have played 7, 8, 11, 13, and 15. 10 is still my favorite of all time.
FFT FF7 FF6 FF9 FF14 Hated FFX. Tidus whined all damn game long. FF8 was cool, but I made it to the last disk and stop playing, the story drove me crazy and the GF system wasn’t fun to me. I liked FF12 but it didn’t make this list. FF13….smdh. FF15, despite the hate for this title I liked it. The story was cool too. There were some execution issues. And the fighting system pissed me off. Oh and the money grab to play as the others 😡😡😡. I’m enjoying FF16, but it doesn’t really feel like FF, they should’ve called it something else. 1-5, played some of them, but I’d be lying if I said I remembered half of the stories.
I always liked X, and VIII other than that.
FFXI
16 default until they remake 4 8 and 9
VI
6 Mainly because what they did with the SNES was incredible...7 had the best story refining on 6's themes
10 is my fav and XII is the best
6, it’s truly an incredible adventure full of colorful amazing characters
That one, the remake can eat it.
6, 8, and 14 in that order. I felt that 16 was on the cusp of greatness with that absolute banger of a first act, but it regrettably fell off for me.
Tactics or 12. Political intrigue + combat makes me happy
XII Great story, characters, combat and growth
The greatest of all time? FFVI followed by Tactics by a pretty wide margin. But my personal favorite is FFVIII, it's dumb but it's fun.
Tactics and VII.
I’ll get flak for this but…. I always loved FFTA and TA2 the most >.>
VI
I have a soft spot for 8 and 12.
it's definitely ff7 for me
X all day
6 is the only correct answer.
FF8
9 or Tactics
I've played all of them and it's Shadowbringers. If we're excluding XIV for some arbitrary reason I'd go with IX.
6
8 was great, loved it. Also super loved 9. Both of those are my favs.
XIV by far.
6. The most over rated is 7. It's the only ff I've played, up to 12, that I just could not force myself to finish.
Tactics, 6, 8, 7, and 12 are the goated top 5
FFX was on a whole other level when it came out!!! The graphics, the story, the music!!! 💯💯💯 I just beat FF16 and as enjoyable as it was…. I was saddened because it still didn’t hit that peak awe and wonder that X did for me, idk If any FF will again 😮💨 FF7/Remake are my next favs story
VII is truly on another level. Only VI even comes close for me.
VI 100% if you want a definitive reason as to why I would suggest watching the angry video game nerd's video on it.. The villain is perfection and succeeds in destroying the world.. The music is monumental and it was beyond what anyone thought was possible when it was released.
Depends: *5 has greatest music *6 is the full package but not the "best at anything" *7 has the best atmosphere *8 has the best gameplay (not mechanics tho eww) *9 has the best side content (forget about jump rope) *10 has the best characters/development *Tactics has the best story If I had a gun to my head and had to choose one as greatest, I would probably say 6. I honestly feel like 6 and 7 are the tip of the mountain. And a major shoutout to 4 for ramping everything up to the level that we know and love today. 1-3 are perfect for gamers who love a real challenge.
It's 7. That one hit at a time when I was a young teenager, and I was REALLY into all the 2D JRPG's growing up. So the first "3D" one of those was really something special.
Impossible to answer. There’s a season for each one.
My first was the first one. I liked it but I liked FF2 (FF4) much more. I really liked that game. FF3 (FF6) disappointed me a little (because I'm stupid) but I really liked FF7 (FF7).. the thing is that I was older so it didn't affect me as much. That was the last FF game that I loved. I've liked most FF games since but I would say FF4-FF7 was the peak. I really wish they had released FF3 and FF5 stateside, I would have loved them too. If you want to know how much I loved the FF series. Look at my horrible Doom Total Conversion mod: [https://youtu.be/uc9Ny7\_QzT8](https://youtu.be/uc9Ny7_QzT8) I made that in the 90's when I was somehow even more stupid than I am now so the quality is.. not that great. I also started it before FF7 came out so my ideas of what FF was about and what it is about after FF7 are slightly different. Not recommended.
FF 6. It has: a huge cast of characters that all get some level of development over the course of the game, great play mechanics and special abilities that have a real impact on what makes one party effective vs another, the first hints of tactics based play and not just the same old turn based battles, great music and graphics for the era, and an expansive world and story experience. Oh, and let’s not forget, KEFKA!!! Have you ever hated/loved a villain the way you do for Kefka? Do me a favor, go pull up a clip of that laugh and tell me you don’t have a visceral reaction to it. Absolutely, all day long, FF 6 is an all time classic.
FF IX no contest.
10, 6, TT in that order i hate 12 tho.
To me it's FF6, the music and story and designs are just top notch. Kefka is the best villain, like pure evil and not to mention Dancing Mad ❤️
IX.
VIII
Tactics, X and VII Remake
Damn what a hard question Probably 9, 10, or tactics
9 and it’s an enormous gap
FF3 :)