Best Final Fantasy

[Turin]

You've probably seen this type of thread before... but hey, I was just curious to see what the hardcore strategy community thought about the issue.

Well, for me it's definitely NOT IX, X, X2 or XI, and I don't see XII doing well either. Not sure if you all have noticed that the old dark, dreary, post-apocolyptic atmosphere of the old SNES FF just isn't there anymore. Now a days you have these J-Popstar wannabe types that look like they belong in a bad fashion magazine. And the fact that the guys look like girls doesn't help either.

FFVI (or FFIII in the US) was the best experience for me. FFVII was close, very close, but in the end the characters and darkness level in FFVI beats it out.

I have not played the first 4 FF, but I've been told that FFIV was VERY good, can anyone vouch for this?

[Phatose]

Eh, at the time, 4 was a good game, but it's not like it was up against bucketloads of competition back then.

Anyway, at the time, I probably enjoyed 6 the most, followed by 8, then 4. These days, I couldn't stand to sit through 15 minutes of any of them without an emulator "HURRY UP ALREADY!" button and a bottle of scotch. And if it was 7, I'd need three bottles of scotch.

[doc_bean]

of 4-8 (the ones I've played), I'd say 7. 8 was the reason I stopped playing them (well, that and the PS2)

[lars573]

FF1 was the only one that isn't horrible crap.

[ah_dut]

I loved FF7, don't ask me why

[Azi Tohak]

I loved FF7, don't ask me why

He he he! Something to do with Tifa?

Bad Azi

I've played IV, VI, VII, VIII, X, X-2 and I like VI the best. Certainly, you always remember your first time and I played VI and X at the same time and I just liked how quaint VI seemed, and the large number of likeable characters. And the soundtrack is my favorite of all time.

Azi