What is the best Final Fantasy game?

[Wolf Kanno]

We're about to enter a new decade, so let's look back on the past and vote on what each of us feels is the best Final Fantasy game.

[Spuuky]

It's FF6, but some people might have other favorite ones despite that.

[Shiva95]

I also think it's FFVI for its story, for its characters and the possibilities we can do for them and for its music. I'm really hoping for a remake after FFVII's one.

[WarZidane]

Definitely XIV, though sadly many people won't even give it a chance because it's an MMORPG. :p

[Karifean]

Still Final Fantasy X. I do like some others a great deal (especially those that are just outright fun to play), others less, but FFX is the one game in the series that remains a genuinely great game to me continuously.

[Fynn]

Still VI and XII. At least if we’re talking strictly about the numbered games, because the entire Tactics subseries is where my heart truly lies.

[Wolf Kanno]

Still VI and XII. At least if we’re talking strictly about the numbered games, because the entire Tactics subseries is where my heart truly lies.

Spin-offs and sequels count for this thread. ;)

[Psychotic]

The PS1 era was where they perfected the formula imho and the three of them are really much of a muchness in terms of quality. You could make the point that IX was the best of the three because of the graphics and sound quality, although I prefer the plot, characters and setting of VII.

[Mr Gashtacular]

Objectively, 8. The graphics, style and music are top notch. The characters are great. The world is beautiful, and deep. There are some plot elements that were slightly lacking but I think that can be said about any FF, and most games in general.

[Lord Golbez]

It's definitely FFVII for me. I went back and forth on this during the PSX era among 7, 8, and 9, but ultimately in the long view I settled on FFVII and it's stuck. FFVIII wins out on characters for me, because of how well developed Squall was and how great Laguna was, but FFVII still has some great characters and overall has the best plot/theme. It's also more fun to play, because the system is really simple and straightforward. As much as I defend the Junction system against naysayers, the Materia system works better for me overall and doesn't lead me into going through a bunch of triple triad/carding enemies early on to power up.

Also, in reference to this thread's topic, why was there never (I shouldn't say never but at least in recent history) an FF game tournament? The past few RPG tournaments went through pains to exclude either FF games, specifically, or all SE games in general. Seems like FF games deserve their fair shot at a contest as well.

[Wolf Kanno]

Also, in reference to this thread's topic, why was there never (I shouldn't say never but at least in recent history) an FF game tournament? The past few RPG tournaments went through pains to exclude either FF games, specifically, or all SE games in general. Seems like FF games deserve their fair shot at a contest as well.

There was one a few years before you joined. The reason why I didn't feel like running one recently was because I know the forum well enough to know where it would go. One of the VI, VII, IX, and Tactics would win in the end. So it's not as interesting for me to run one. Those style of tournaments tend to be more fun when concerning the smaller titles. Like I would imagine with who is still active, that VIII, XII, and XIV would probably all fair way better if we ran one now since a lot of the dissenters for the first two are gone, and a lot of the active people still left on the forum play the third one. Course they would still probably lose to the Power Quartet when one of them inevitably finds itself up against them. With the remake due in two months, I'd bet good money that VII would ultimately take the whole tournament.

If you want to run a tournament about it, I would say go for it. As for me, I think if I was to do another event, I'd rather revive the FF Census. :wcanoe:

[Jessweeee♪]

FFXIV, wow what a comeback. This latest expansion could have been a single player FF.

[BG-57]

Final Fantasy Tactics. Nearly flawless game in terms of characters, storyline, replayability and music. The ultimate extension of the job system in FFV. Since I love customizing my character classes, this game appeals to me greatly. The only thing the iOS version lacks is the coop mode, but the unique items you would've won are still available through other means.

Sticking to just the numbered games and direct sequels, I'd say FFVIII. I love the story, characters, summons, design ethic, and music. I found playing it a very emotionally satisfying experience.

[Loony BoB]

FFVII. Best game of all time.

[Ayen]

I don't know. It's been so long since I've played any of them I don't know if they any of them hold up as well as they do in my memory.

[ataldeath]

Final Fantasy X was my all time favorite before XV came out. X was my favorite mainly because it was my first FF, and I was so enveloped into the story. It also is by far the only FF to actually make me tear up at the end. No game ever had made me feel that way. FFXV is my new favorite because of how vast the game was. The game was hurried and rushed out which is why I feel so many disliked it. I wouldn't have minded waiting another year or two for the game to be fully completed. I loved the relationship between Noctis and Lunafreya even though they were never truly together, during the game, for a long period of time. And have you seen Kingsglaive? My goodness!

[Lord Golbez]

It's messed up that a game that took over a decade to create (regardless of any excuses or asterisks you want to put on that figure) could be called rushed. It may have been rushed near the end, but clearly it wasn't rushed (or probably even sufficiently prioritized) through it's entire development.

[Aulayna]

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[Fynn]

That’s because it wasn’t being made for the majority of that decade lol

[Lord Golbez]

Hence my comment about whatever asterisks you want to add to that. Bottomline is they advertised it with video of the characters driving around something loke a decade before the ultimate release. They should have been working on it over that time or they should never have prematurely advertised it in the first place.

[Wolf Kanno]

It's messed up that a game that took over a decade to create (regardless of any excuses or asterisks you want to put on that figure) could be called rushed. It may have been rushed near the end, but clearly it wasn't rushed (or probably even sufficiently prioritized) through it's entire development.

It was never a priority and then when SE made it one, they rushed it out the door by putting a new team on it. There is no reason to really argue here cause most of the fact given about Versus XIII's development history showed the game never left the development phase. Even the few videos released are obvious tech demos showing what the team was shooting for, but nothing seemed to be really playable.

This isn't like Duke Nukem Forevor, where the team kept falling behind the tech leaps and kept the game in limbo. Versus XIII never existed as a fully thought out game, and XV was developed from those ideas in the span of a few years after Tabata's team took over. He has stated in interviews that his team and him told the president of the company that they either needed to restart the game from scratch or just flat out cancel it based on what was actually finished by this point and this was around 2012.

So yes, it was rushed based on the fact of its development. When the actual development team barely had anyone from the original team on it, and ended up reworking most of their ideas just to make the deadline, then I feel its safe to say that those " years of development" don't count, and we can safely say it was rushed out the door. Course the last numbered FF that wasn't rushed out the door during its development period was XII, so its not like SE has a great track record here.

[champagne supernova]

VIII. Despite its flaws, I felt truly immersed in its world. And I found I related to the characters well.