The things that I feel FF does better than other RPGs, they largely don't anymore, but here goes.

1. Jumping right into the action. So many RPGs start in a quiet village with your typical MC yearning for adventure. It's cliche, it's boring, and it leaves me feeling like I have to go through the motions just to hopefully get to something interesting. FF by contrast often thrusts you right into the action so interesting things are happening from the beginning. It catches your attention right away so you don't get bored and wonder if this is worth your time investment.

2. Just plain better stories. FF stories tend to stand out as more polished, more inventive and distinct, and just more interesting than their competitors. This really doesn't seem to be true anymore, but it used tp bem

3. Better gameplay. The earlier FFs (not recent ones) hewed to a classic RPG formula but always put just enough spin to keep things fresh and their changes to the formula were generally good. This kept them more fun to play than both completely traditionalist RPGs lile Dragon Quest and games that strayed too far from the formula that they lost the magic of turn-based RPG fun. As I've said, this does not apply to current FFs or basically any FF past FFX.