TOP 5 Best Villains in Final Fantasy Games

[the AJman]

1. Vayne (XII)
2. Sephiroth (VII)
3. Kefka (VI)
4. Doctor Cid (XII)
5. Lucavi demons (Tactics) and if this doesn't count than I say Shinra from VII

I sometimes times change up the list depending on the game I'm currently playing or how I'm feeling, but this is generally what it typically looks like.

[Vyk]

Its hard for me to consider some abstract embodiment of evil or something supreme faceless "behind the scenes" monster to be an actual villain. They were just standard "evil" incarnate monsters. To me, things like Chaos and Zeromus shouldn't really count

I haven't really played 2, 3, 11, or 14

Haven't beaten 5, 10, or 12

Soo my pickings are slim, and my exposure is probably not valid enough to warrant a justifiable opinion

[the AJman]

Personally I think it just depends on how they are handled. One problem I had with Chaos is he's never mentioned at all until the end of the game, so theres no suspense or real build up to him. Because Chaos isn't even named until the end there is also no feeling of his presence or effect on the world, all we have through out most of the game is the four fiends and thats it.

A good example of this type of villain done right in my opinion is Sauron from the Lord of the Rings. Throughout the whole story he never appears once, and the author never explains at all what he looks like; all we know is that he is a powerful being set on taking control of the world. Despite the fact that he never appears the reader constantly feels his presence in the book, almost like a dark ghostly figure looming over you and it makes it a bit creepy.

Sometimes just having a simple evil out there doing bad things just for the sake of doing them works better than a sympathetic villain with a developed motive. It also sometimes helps to make the villain almost never appear or stay behind the scenes to help make them more scary and intimidating because sometimes it's the things we don't see that scare us the most.

Thats just my opinion anyway.

[Nevermore]

Dycedarg from Tactics is my number one.

Kefka from VI, Kuja from IX, Hojo from VII and uh I denno...Scarmiglionne from IV is pretty awesome.

[Depression Moon]

What would y'all like to see in a new villain?

[Elskidor]

What would y'all like to see in a new villain?

Something completely fresh, and one with plenty of back story. No trying to copycat previous ones and no more mommy/daddy issues, and do a way with bringing in a random big baddie that we've never even heard of until the final act. Bring this guy/girl/thing in early or at least make the presence of the villain known. I kinda liked sir helix's idea where there is major twist and one of your main characters ends up being the main villain. Or just bring in the king of Burger King.

[Crop]

1. Rufus - Best FF villain, bar none.
2. Sephiroth I guess, I'm already running out of good villains
3. Vayne - I didn't actually like the XII story, but I thought if they had focused on Vayne more, he could have been an excellent villain. I just don't think they handled him very well.

[Egami]

Mine would be...

1. Yunalesca
2. Exdeath
3. Kefka

I really didn't find may other villains memorable, sadly it seems that the FF series suffers from this. Yunalesca is my favorite, however, I do not consider her a "villian" per se like Exdeath and Kefka are.

[The Crystal]

1. Kuja
2. Sephiroth
3. Kefka
4. Ultimecia
5. Golbez

5. Ultimecia
Yes Ultimecia, seducing Seifer to her side, mindcontroling Rinoa, thrusting an icepick into Squalls chest whn he confronted her, she had *****ing scenes.

Fixed.

Edea - "The sorceress who appeared in Galbadia was in fact Ultimecia... Inside my shell"

Hell, Edea is even an alternate costume for Ultimecia, in Dissidia Duodecim!

1. Kefka - Truly psychotic villain, with some of the most memorable scenes in FF history. Anyway, he's the only one the managed to destroy and take over the world.

Emperor Mateus destroyed and took over most of the world(AND Heaven and Hell), the CoD flooded the world, Ex-Death took over the second world IIRC(in the past, before the story of the game started), it's implied that Ultimecia took over the world in her time, Kuja destroyed a world, and Yu-Yevon/Sin practically took over the world(with help of Yunalesca).

[VeloZer0]

The amount of devastation Kefka inflicted upon the world is an order of magnitude above what any of the other villains did. Wiping out kingdoms and enslaving people < re-arranging continents.

[Del Murder]

1. Kefka - A crazy son of a bitch who actually managed to destroy the world.
2. Kuja - As a character I feel like he was the most developed of any FF villain, he had some dastardly plans as well.
3. Sephiroth - WAS IT REALLY SEPHIROTH CONTROLLING THINGS? *massive drama* Anyway, at the least it was Sephiroth (or the memory of him) who was plaguing Cloud's mind, which was a central storyline.
4. Sin - A giant monster of destruction that is also the main character's dad? Yeah, that's enough to make the list for me.
5. Golbez - smurf Zeromus and Square-Enix's last minute 'oh by the way this random guy is the real final boss' plot twists. Why do they always do that? Golbez was the real villain of this game. His severed hand stealing the crystal creeped me out the first time I saw it.

[Hollycat]

You are all smurfing high:
1. minerva
2. kefka
3. ruby weapon
4. sephiroth
5. the merchants in 6

[Remon]

1. Kefka - Evil Clown (I have coulrophobia)
2. Wiegraf - Nice story and hard to beat. Like how he evolves.
3. Ultimecia - I just love witches.
4. Sephiroth - Deserves to be listed.
5. LeBlanc's trio - For the lulz XD