Well it's kinda hard to put the games in an order... I can try but it won't be very evened out and you can't really judge them all against each other.
-FF VI
Probably the best... storywise and otherwise... it did a lot.
-FF IX
Comes in a fairly close second... don't know why people don't like this one.
(In no particular order)
-FF VII
-FF T
-FF X
These games are all pretty good. Tatics has great and difficult game play... FF VII has a great story. FF X has a great story and graphics but lost a lot of things from some of the other FFs.
FF III
This game is truly by itself. I was so thorougly impressed by this game. Easily the best of the first three. The job system was VERY rough in this early game but most of the elements of the game play were great. It took a step back from FF II in the story section just because it had no specific characters.
(In no particular order)
FF I
FF II
FF IV
FF V
FF I was a great start and very difficult but surprisingly deep for such an early RPG. FF II was even deeper and wow for storyline in an early RPG. FF IV really broke in the mold for deep, intertwining story lines and such. It took some steps back in gameplay and certain elements from FF III though. FF V really made the job system great (though FF T was better) and loses points because of it's weaker storyline but excellent gameplay.
FF VIII
If you know what you are doing it's just too damn easy. The storyline is just GREAT though. The game play is decent but a little more dragged out in some places than I would like. It's a tad overly futuristic. For such a graphicaly stunning game (especially at the time) it really hurt itself in some places with moving characters. Think about the scene where Rinoa first approaches Squall at the ball... take a look at her legs. They look messed up and pretty pixelly. Things could've been smoothed over in areas like that if they hadn't overkilled with FMVs and such. Over all it was very engrossing.
