Favourite Final Fantasy

[Flying Arrow]

I'm going with long-time favourite VII. If not for my fond memories of VII I'd probably vote XII. Maybe one day......

[charliepanayi]

FFVIII (fell in love with it as soon as I saw the opening), though FFIX runs it very close for me.

[Crop]

VII, my first FF and without a doubt it will stay top forever. It's probably my favourite game of all time...screw you haters.

But seriously who the hell voted VII spin-offs? Is that a joke?

[Carl the Llama]

But seriously who the hell voted VII spin-offs? Is that a joke?

That would be Shaibanana, I reckon she has a thing for ZackxAerith lol, could be the sig that kinda gives it away

[chionos]

Luckily this is a favorite (notice how I spelled the word correctly) FF poll not a best FF poll or heads would be rolling right now. People can like or dislike any FF they want (well sans FFVI, it's not possible for anyone to dislike FFVI) as there are likely certain things in all the games that different people are going to be able to connect with on entirely different levels. I've had the experience a few times of playing games that were almost universally hated by critics and regular Joes and Joannas alike that managed to strike a chord with me somehow.

[Carl the Llama]

Luckily this is a favorite (notice how I spelled the word correctly) FF poll not a best FF poll or heads would be rolling right now. People can like or dislike any FF they want (well sans FFVI, it's not possible for anyone to dislike FFVI) as there are likely certain things in all the games that different people are going to be able to connect with on entirely different levels. I've had the experience a few times of playing games that were almost universally hated by critics and regular Joes and Joannas alike that managed to strike a chord with me somehow.

Notice I am British English, and in the English language we spell favourite with a u, the American's apparently feel the need to corrupt the English language and so have to spell certain words in their own special way, I will thank you for not trying to correct me on my own native tongue.

With regards to saying FFVI is the best, I would also have to definitely disagree with you on that note, FFVI is way over hyped to the point that when I played the game (after me considering FFVII my absolute favourite coupled with the fact that so many people bashed on it, I though FFVI would be a game of epic proportions) I was quite disappointed tbh, granted its a good game, and I enjoyed it, but it is in no way the best, there is a review I read on GameFAQS, I thought the guy has a few interesting points, here is the link - Final Fantasy VI Review for PlayStation: Whats the big deal? - GameFAQs I don't agree with everything he is saying, and there is no way I would rate it at 3/10 but on the flip side there is no way I would rate it 10/10 either.

[chionos]

Luckily this is a favorite (notice how I spelled the word correctly) FF poll not a best FF poll or heads would be rolling right now. People can like or dislike any FF they want (well sans FFVI, it's not possible for anyone to dislike FFVI) as there are likely certain things in all the games that different people are going to be able to connect with on entirely different levels. I've had the experience a few times of playing games that were almost universally hated by critics and regular Joes and Joannas alike that managed to strike a chord with me somehow.

Notice I am British English, and in the English language we spell favourite with a u, the American's apparently feel the need to corrupt the English language and so have to spell certain words in their own special way, I will thank you for not trying to correct me on my own native tongue.

With regards to saying FFVI is the best, I would also have to definitely disagree with you on that note, FFVI is way over hyped to the point that when I played the game (after me considering FFVII my absolute favourite coupled with the fact that so many people bashed on it, I though FFVI would be a game of epic proportions) I was quite disappointed tbh, granted its a good game, and I enjoyed it, but it is in no way the best, there is a review I read on GameFAQS, I thought the guy has a few interesting points, here is the link - Final Fantasy VI Review for PlayStation: Whats the big deal? - GameFAQs I don't agree with everything he is saying, and there is no way I would rate it at 3/10 but on the flip side there is no way I would rate it 10/10 either.

What's with nobody getting my sense of humor lately? Especially Brits. And the reverse isn't true. I totally get Brits, Jonathan Ross is hilarious.

In any case, I'm largely being facetious (do we not import that to you guys?), but either way I said it's impossible for FFVI to be disliked, not that it's impossible for it not to be loved as the best FF. Furthermore that guy's a moron.

As far as which is actually THE BEST, not just personal favorites, I hope that someday an algorithm will be created that parses Final Fantasies to determine once and for all which is truly the greatest. It's difficult, though, because it implicitly asks that two questions be answered first. What makes a great game? and What makes a great Final Fantasy? And though the original question of bestness can be thought of as objective, the questions that must be answered first are, for the most part, rather subjective.

[Carl the Llama]

What's with nobody getting my sense of humor lately? Especially Brits. And the reverse isn't true. I totally get Brits, Jonathan Ross is hilarious.

In any case, I'm largely being facetious (do we not import that to you guys?), but either way I said it's impossible for FFVI to be disliked, not that it's impossible for it not to be loved as the best FF. Furthermore that guy's a moron.

As far as which is actually THE BEST, not just personal favorites, I hope that someday an algorithm will be created that parses Final Fantasies to determine once and for all which is truly the greatest. It's difficult, though, because it implicitly asks that two questions be answered first. What makes a great game? and What makes a great Final Fantasy? And though the original question of bestness can be thought of as objective, the questions that must be answered first are, for the most part, rather subjective.

Well I guess I shall forgive you for your poor attempt at wit

I have to disagree with FFVI being impossible to unlike, everyone has different tastes, and while the review was pretty poor, the guy genuinely seems to dislike FFVI and he does raise some interesting points and tbh I agree with his sentiment about Kefka being evil "just for the hell of it" I always thought that was a poor plot device and it seems I am not the only one who thinks that, I have played all the Final Fantasy games and yes VII was my first (followed by VIII and then VI) I held VI in little regard, I enjoyed it and would recommend it to any RPG fan, but I think (just my opinion here) that people started hating VII because of the hype that the fanboi's did with the game, and after a few years down the line, the FFVI and older fans got pissed off with this, and started to hate a perfectly good game and slam it because of a few spelling/grammatical errors, which tbh doesn't make smurf all difference if you ask me. Now people do their best to make FFVI seem like the best game there is out there, and tbh it kinda pisses me off, even EoFF used to do this - though I think it changed after I ranted about it, it used to say something like "Discuss the greatest instalment of the series, unless your name is DREDZ" or something similar, now the fanboieshness has been toned down just merely "Discuss the sixth installment of the Final Fantasy series which ranks up there with the greatest video games of all time." Which I would still call that a fanboi's comment not as much as what it used to be, that and the capricious way they handled the World of Ruin, I find plenty of reasons to lower the peg on FFVI a few nothces, and I definitely wouldn't consider it the best.

[chionos]

I'm not sure about your gaming background, but most of the time people don't understand the hype around FFVI because they first cut their teeth on PS-era or later games. When you've played a FFVII or FFX with its intricately developed story with flashbacks and other movie-like effects, it's hard to not be let down by a FFVI or earlier game. FFVI fanboy/girls are usually people whose first FF was one of FFI-FFVI. The further back into gaming history you go the more the games rely on the gamer to fill in a lot of character and story background with imagination. I did a writeup that speculated on Kefka's development into madness a long time ago, which I thought I posted on this site, but I can't find it. The point is, though, that there doesn't always have to be a reason why evil is. Sometimes it just is. Many people don't want to have to think about a character's back story, they want it to be shown to them in the game directly, and I won't gripe about them sounding lazy and whiny because I would just end up sounding like a grouchy old man. And because at least a part of me understands what they're getting at. TBH, I can't really fault people for their experiences because I know my own are clouded by nostalgia and other emotional attachments. Most people's favorite FF is their first, which just happens to be FFVI or FFVII much of the time.


Seriously though, SilentEnigmaA is a moron.

[Kelvy]

VIII! I loved the story, characters, gameplay, music, everything!
I just loved the whole overall feel of the game.
The story was engaging and interesting, and not extremely hard to follow like other games I've played. There was not one character in the game that I didn't like. I <3 Zell and Selphie xD.
At first, the junction system confused me. But now I love it. It let's you decide what stats you want your characters to be strong in and you don't have to boost stats that you don't want to. I also liked how you didn't really have to level up or grind at all.
I see that VIII gets a lot of hate for not being as 'cool' as VII, but I'm fine with people thinking that way xD. VII fanboys are annoying, and I'd hate for VIII to have fanboys like that.

[CimminyCricket]

I'm really going to have to go with IX. I really liked playing it. It took me years to beat because I kept starting over to replay the story whenever I took a break, but it was by far the most fun out of the 3 I had played before it (VII, VIII, X).

[Gamblet]

Final Fantasy Tactics, not my first FF, but I just admire the plot, gameplay, atmosphere, characters etc.

So, there goes my vote.

(SPOILER)Strange that I voted like a week ago, but commented right now.

[VeloZer0]

Final Fantasy Tactics, not my first FF, but I just admire the plot, gameplay, atmosphere, characters etc.

So, there goes my vote.

(SPOILER)Strange that I voted like a week ago, but commented right now.

Aw damn, I was hoping for another FFT vote when I read that.

[Benjirino~!]

IX. It's not special or revolutionary, but it's everything that was right with Final Fantasy. It paid homage to the series in the perfect way, and had some of the best characters in the entire series. I understand why some people might not like it, but to me, it's the definition story and universe-wise of what a Final Fantasy should be.

[Karifean]

Still Final Fantasy VII. I enjoyed all Final Fantasies from VII through XIII (with the exception of XI which I never played) but to me Final Fantasy VII is the greatest video game RPG experience I've ever had.