Is There an Objectively "Best" FF?

[Pike]

I saw this image today and wondered what you all think of it. Is there a such thing as a "best" Final Fantasy?

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[Raistlin]

Yes, my favorites are objectively the best, and anyone who disagrees is a terrible person with terrible judgment who does terrible things like kick puppies, hate bacon, and actually enjoy FFXIII's story.

In all seriousness, I'm not actually sure what that image was in response to. The purpose of games is enjoyment, and obviously everyone has their own values and standards as to what is an enjoyable game. Until and unless everyone is assimilated into the Borg, there is not going to be an objective standard of fun. I'm not sure what FFs being mostly standalone games has to do with it.

[Slothy]

Yes, my favorites are objectively the best, and anyone who disagrees is a terrible person with terrible judgment who does terrible things like kick puppies, hate bacon, and actually enjoy FFXIII's story.

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[Raistlin]

It is a true honor to be considered alongside such a fierce purveyor of Final Fantasy-related vitriol as yourself.

[Agent Proto]

I think it's very true, since each game in the series don't rely on following the previous game, and could very well be its own game.

[Alpha2099]

I agree, you can't call any one game the "best". Because they are separate entities, each one brings something to the table that the others didn't do in quite the same way. The biggest example is FFII throwing out the traditional leveling system in favor of gradual skill development. You can only look at favorites, and likely you'll regard your favorite as the best.

[VeloZer0]

You can designate any element from any data set as the 'best' provided you have a solid criteria of what best entails. So if you were able to get solid criteria to evaluate them on then you could find the best.

Technically speaking by just about every out of game metric you could evaluate by FF7 would be considered best.

[Jiro]

I take great offence to the random manner in which that image was compiled.

[Pike]

Re: the gripes about the image - I got it off of 4chan, what do you expect?

[Jiro]

Final Fantasy I, II and IV are included twice. I think the creator is a meta troll.

But yeah I don't know. I like all the games. Picking a favourite is hard enough, picking the objective best is too much effort.

[I Don't Need A Name]

Not forgetting that they included Versus in that image..

[ReloadPsi]

What the smurf is Derp of Cerberus doing there?

[Pike]

I think whoever made the image just tossed up a bunch of random logos.

[Loony BoB]

Say what you like about Square-Enix going downhill and not going back to their roots or whatever. They never went back to their roots because they always try new things, they innovate, they lead the way. I adore Final Fantasy as a series because of this. They're not afraid to do something different while many other games might prefer to just stick to what people liked last time and hope that they'll continue to like it forever and ever and ever (hi, FPS games).

[sabin101]

It is a toss up for square to return to their roots because it could make the games stale and outdated or it could go back to what the fans loved. I don't mind them trying different things to see what works if you don't do that then you won't make it. I just think they have lost that edge that made ff games great. I don't know with the way they are doing things that they can pull out this slump or downfall they are in. I really don't.