Most unreasonably disliked FF title! Now with 33% more fan bias!

[Rengori]

I had know idea that VI and X had the same amount of fans. THIS MEANS WAR

[,,,]

Why just "iffy" on FFIX? It's my impression that the game is pretty well disliked. It's my friend's fav FF, and her impression is also that it's one of the top hated. And if it is, that hate is most definitely unreasonable.

The number one complaint I see is that it's "not serious." Nobody could possibly come to that conclusion unless they decided that based solely on the graphics and didn't happen to notice the story at all. Then there's complaints about the graphics being cartoony. They must not understand that it's a video game. Besides, the graphics are a hell of a lot more realistic than the blockpeople of FFVII. And how could anyone not like Kuja? He's the only FF villain who can even try to compete with Kefka for awesome lines.

I think it's the 3rd best of the series, it definitely deserves more love than it gets.

[Rengori]

FFIX gets lots of love, almost no one hates it. Just not enough people have played it to see how purely awesome it is.

[Hazzard]

IX gets more love that most of the FF's, and I thought it was hated...
It in no way is undervalued or not appreciated.

[Ashley Schovitz]

"no save points suck!"

If the game doesn't have save points then tha'ts a pure reason that it should suck. I wouldn't even think FFIIIDS would be up there since it's been out only for a year and most people couldn't compare it with the original because it was never released in America or Europe. I will say VIII out of those it's a good game.

[Bolivar]

the only complaints, for the most part, that I've heard about IX are the kiddy-looking character models. Anyone who's played it knows that it is in fact a very serious game with many deep and mature messages.

If it's the only FF someone's played, I don't think they would notice many, if any, serious drawbacks in it. But I could see where some serious FF veterans have complaints about it, for example, how it basically took the "A" out of ATB

[Wolf Kanno]

You know, I felt IX was well hated too until I joined this forum. Even looking through a few other forums I must say the general consensus is that IX was a good game. The only thing that truly varies is how much you like it. I've met more people who are indifferent to IX than I have of people who generally hate it.

As for the lack of save points in III. It wasn't much of a big deal until you get to the Crystal Tower cause the whole final dungeon scenario is LOOOONG... add in the fact that you have six major boss fights and suddenly the idea of being killed in the final battle (Did I mention the Cloud of Darkness is a cheating wench?) becomes really annoying. Even then I still don't consider it a bad point cause I was able to get through most of the game with little problem.

In hindsight... I should have added X-2.

[Ace14]

FFX-2 deserves to be on there! It's a good game and not a lot of people like it...don't know why.

[Wolf Kanno]

Well to be honest, I'm not a huge fan of X-2 so I guess that may have something to do with my "forgetfulness"

[Jessweeee♪]

It just depends on what you like in a Final Fantasy

People have their tastes and opinions n.n

[Elpizo]

"no save points suck!"

If the game doesn't have save points then tha'ts a pure reason that it should suck. I wouldn't even think FFIIIDS would be up there since it's been out only for a year and most people couldn't compare it with the original because it was never released in America or Europe.

If you suddenly need to stop playing, players can use quicksave, as simple as that. And while the Crystal Tower and World of Darkness seem overwhelming without savepoints, I made it through (with ease) on my first try, proving that it's possible all together. It's just that gamers can't take a challenge anymore. FF XII had no savepoints for the Final Dungeon either (okay, it's very short...) and that's also 4 bosses after each other. I find challenge not a reason that a game so-called sucks.

[Heath]

I think Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy XI get more crap for no legitimate reason than any other titles. That's not say there aren't good reasons to dislike the games, but they just seem to get a lot more shallow complaints than other titles. Usually when I hear someone complain about other titles in the series, they can present a good reason for such an opinion.

Oh, I'd definitely agree with you about FFIX. I think it's easily one of the most underrated games in the series which is a pity because it's a genuinely fantastic game. I think that FFVIII gets a bit more stick that it deserves sometimes, but then again there's also a lot of FFVIII fanboyism too, so perhaps not. It's generally considered one of the worst games in the series, but it still feels more popular a game than IX was.

My vote in the poll actually goes for FFTA. I thought it was a really fun game to play. While I often find battles tedious in the main series, I quite enjoyed them in FFTA. It was nice to have the added elements of distance, movement and area of effect to take into account when planning an attack. Hardly perfect, but the use of the class system as well as a reasonable fun main storyline makes it a good game but, sadly, one that people don't see the qualities of sometimes.

[Ouch!]

I didn't interpret the question to be which game is the most disliked, but rather the most unreasonably disliked. I see a lot of people voting for FFVIII, but usually when I hear someone take a shot at the game, he can form a good argument as to why he dislikes it. If people can justify their opinions with a good argument, I won't consider it unreasonably disliked. I feel complaints about the plot, game mechanics, and similar things are good reasons to dislike a game. Writing a game off because of the art style does not justify such a belief to me, especially if one doesn't play the game to find anything beyond that.

For said reasons, I'm gonna go ahead and keep FFIX above FFVIII even if there are fewer people who truly dislike it. I've yet to see more than a handful of people arguing against it beyond petty complaints about the characters looking like six-year-old heads stuck on adult bodies or Zidane having a monkey tail.

[Rocket Edge]

VIII is the greatest game, and yet people feel the need to slate it.

[Bolivar]

VIII is the greatest game, and yet people feel the need to slate it.

i think it's the most misunderstood game in the series. I didn't get it either until a year ago, now it's possibly my favorite FF.