A lot of people who have genuinely played through the entire series think VI the best of the lot, personally my favourite is VIII (though tbf I haven't played any of the NES or SNES games since back in the day). The people who came into the series with the Playstation and VII are generally those who shout loudest about it being the best of the series.
My opinion is based on gameplay and how much I enjoy the battle systems, rather than the storylines, which are pretty much all your typical JRPG garbage.
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