How have your opinions changed over the years?

[Pumpkin]

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I've always judged them based on how much I enjoy them and not how good they were from an objective standpoint

[Pike]

I don't think you're in the minority

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I want to like XII, and I think they really tried hard to make it a serious game with a lot of depth to the story and characters. (Y'know, other than Ashe's skirt. )

I should try it again sometime. The combat system just pushed me away. I dun loik it. I DUN LOIK IT!!!

[chionos]

I want to like XII, and I think they really tried hard to make it a serious game with a lot of depth to the story and characters. (Y'know, other than Ashe's skirt. )

I should try it again sometime. The combat system just pushed me away. I dun loik it. I DUN LOIK IT!!!

Make yourself loik it, kid. It grows on ya.

[Pumpkin]

I'll try and get him to play it again

Maybe I'll tell him there's a hidden Miata in there somewhere near the end

[sharkythesharkdogg]

From what Scotty tells me, I'd open the treasure chest with the Miata in it too soon without realizing it and get something lame, like a potted plant, instead.

[chionos]

From what Scotty tells me, I'd open the treasure chest with the Miata in it too soon without realizing it and get something lame, like a potted plant, instead.

Oh the silly chest game. Don't worry about that trout. That only matters if you're trying to min-max or 100% the game.

[Mirage]

For the better.

[Egami]

Sticking to the main numbered series for brevity. The order of the list goes from favorite to least favorite with the first number being my previous score and the second my current score.

1. VII, 10 - 10
An instant classic for me as it were and the most complete and best put together FF title. Absolutely loved it when I first played it and it has held up the same on my subsequent plays.

2. XII, 9 - 9.5
Loved it when I first played it and thought it was a bold and riveting forward thinking step in the right direction for the series. As I replay it now, coming to it after playing games like Skyrim, Oblivion, Dragon Age and others, my appreciation for it has only increased.

3. X, 9.5 - 9
Loved it the first time I played it and on subsequent plays loved it still. Even tho it did lose a bit on my last play due to it’s linearity (which while it makes some sense as far as the story goes it could have been handled better) and how the game only makes it easy for you to travel to other places at the very end in the game.

4. V, 7.5 - 8.5
Interestingly enough this was my least favorite SNES title during the day but with subsequent plays of it as well as VI and IV, it ended up being my favorite of that generation and one of my favorite of the series in general.

5. VI, 9.5 - 8
The biggest change in the list. It was my favorite FF before VII came out and remained my second favorite for sometime afterwards. But overtime and with each new play it has really lost a great deal of it’s appeal to me.

6. VIII, 8.5 - 7.5
I had a great time with it the first time around; but on subsequent plays I kind of lost interest in the characters, find the battle system a bit tedious and feel that the overall narrative meanders for most of the game. Still a good game tho.

7. IV, 7.5 - 7
The first FF I ever played. I really enjoyed it the first time but it didn’t really hook me into the series (that came with VI); in my recent replay of it I found it a rather fun (and short) ride all the way through even tho it lost a bit of it’s original charm.

8. IX, 7 - 7
A good game that I have a certain “respect” for but one that in the end I hardly can find the motivation to revisit. Wasn’t a fan of the art style/direction they took with it and overall I felt it was a step back in general. Nothing really stuck with me like with the above titles.

9. I, II & III - 7 or 6
My memory is very fuzzy when it comes to these games as it has been a while since I last played them but this would very much be the spot they would fall on the list.

10. XIII, 3 • 2
I got tired of it the first time around and just dropped it for some time. Picked it up a couple of years later and ended up liking it less and basically forced myself to finish it. Only FF title I actually dislike.