11. Final Fantasy V
SNES, 1998


This game has an average story but I don't care, because everything about it is awesome. It's probably the most light-hearted of the entire series despite there being tragedy thrown in left right and centre that, if done in the style of the newer games would be mortifying. The best character dying, entire cities being thrown into oblivion, the enemy is a tree... wait, what?

The job system made this game. The gameplay of having, what, 20 jobs to pick from? I think that's right. And you can change them between battles and you don't lose experience in other jobs if you change and you can borrow skills and you can max out jobs and the balance is amazing and I don't care what anyone says I just love this job system so hard. Thankfully even if I did care what other people say, most other people agree. It's that good.

Also, this is the only Final Fantasy with Galuf and the only Final Fantasy with Syldra and the only Final Fantasy with a cross dressing pirate (I think it is anyway) and the only Final Fantasy where you can get a lap dance from three dancers at once. Whew!!