Which was the darkest Final Fantasy?

[Marcus]

Well, letting Cid die in FF6 because I couldn't be arsed to fetch him those uberleet fishies for him was kinda dark. And the fact that Celes wanted to die was dark. And the fact that the game ended in a post-apocalyptic world could be considered dark. That water poisoning was dark too, methinks.

Yup. Final Fantasy VI. Without a doubt. FF7's graphics were too flashy for me to even start thinking of it as dark.. Nice graphics aren't important for me, but they do set the mood.

[SomethingBig]

At first I thought it was a tie between 6 and 7, but now it's definitely 7 for me.

Spoilers ahead:
- Midgar itself is dark and gloomy
- Jenova's escape from the lab. God that was scary. All she left was a long trail of blood.
- Midgar Zolom carcass
- Sephiroth clones
- Aeris's death
- The world after Meteor is summoned. Even the music is dark and gloomy.

[EveningCross]

Yeah, VII was the darkest without a doubt. Dark colors were used for the characters and backgrounds in general. That's why at Costa del Sol I never feel any happier. The characters are still dressed like bums. Also, (SPOILER) when weapon was released, the whole Midgar Zolom thing that was mentioned, don't even get me started on the Jenova escape. I was so nervous that for a while I wouldn't leave the cell. Also, for me the City of the Ancients was kinda dark too. That huge, spikey city of coral just sitting there, a vast ghost town. I didn't like having to roam there too much either until I found out for sure that I was really alone. Besides that there were others but those were the most noticeable. Oh!! One more! (SPOILER) having to stare at the soon-to-be reason that you'll die in the sky was also kinda depressing cause you knew that it wasn't going away.

[Proxy]

I'm torn between FFVII & FFVI...

and for some odd reason. FFT is punchin my in the back of the head

[Jebus]

I'd have to say FFVII for all reasons listed above. FFT did have (SPOILER)a massive conspiracy by the church to control and manipulate the myriad kingdoms, the war between Larg and Goltana, betrayal between soldiers, and even in families, usurpation of power, and the main characters "die" in the end, and Delita and Olan definatly die, the first is shown, and Olan is burned at the stake as a heretic. Come to think of it, FFT is pretty dark. Which is why I liked it more than FFTA, but I'd still have to say FFVII.

[zacks_clone]

Originally posted by SomethingBig
At first I thought it was a tie between 6 and 7, but now it's definitely 7 for me.

Spoilers ahead:
- Midgar itself is dark and gloomy
- Jenova's escape from the lab. God that was scary. All she left was a long trail of blood.
- Midgar Zolom carcass
- Sephiroth clones
- Aeris's death
- The world after Meteor is summoned. Even the music is dark and gloomy.

Oh man....Jenovas escape.That was just plaine creepy...Its a giant mutian thing basicly,we know nothing about it,its hedless,shouldnt be moving,and evil inc. has it...and its running around loose with a mad man with a sword!

[Imperia]

All of the Final Fantasy games have had their dark moments, but I've noticed that FF II, VI, VII, and X were more dark than the others. FF II had a rough beginning, and townspeople and allies were dying left and right at the hands of the Emperor. I always thought FF VI was pretty dark. FF X had a lot of sorrow in it too, but I think FF VII is the darkest on my list. That had a lot of gloom.:chobin:

[bkkguy]

It has to be FFT for me. I think it has such a deep storyline and complex character. The whole storyline of FFT is a great tragedy.

[therealquigmaster]

9 for me. Me Tvs broken atthe moment and the brightness setting doesn't work

[katana]

Well, from the moment that you start FFVII, your in a grungy city, and the plot enerally doesnt lighten up. But all the FF plots tend to get a little dark. FFX got pretty dark later, because (SPOILER) Tidus woke up in a reality where any civilization with a fair amount of people was immediately destroyed by Sin, the religion that gives the people false hope is using them, and sending their summoners, who are also Spiras only hope, and kiling them, only to have Sin come back, the maesters who lead Spira are corrupt, and the whole cause of this all is Sin, who turns out to be Tidus' own father
There. Try that on for darkness.

[black orb]

>>> FF7, it was so dark that I got depressed and I never wanted to play it again..

[Edgar]

Juggling between VI and VII...

[aeris2001x2]

ff 7. ff 6 was preety dark two, but it was balanced by kefkas constant see saw between comedy and dark insanity. but yeah any game where the world ends is dark. and especially the last boss music, of both games.

funny how the darkest imho is also the best imho.

[SpiritWolf]

I just got FF VII on Friday and it gets my vote for darkest FF The Jenova escape had me on edge big time.

[Snowman]

i knew it was FF7 instantly, it's certainly a tradgedy compared to 8 which was action, 9 which was fantasy, 10 and 102 which were both romance