Best Final Fantasy Game

Game play and story line for me had to be X. I haven't played any of the ones beyond that. I think it has some good twists and turns built into it.

2 and 3 were quite extraordinary for their time. They really seemed to change the face of gaming. 7 was the first play station one, though the characters were blocky, I did like the story line quite a bit, it had a lot of twists and turns and each character was different.

I didn't ever get to play all of 8, 9 was fun but definitely not deep or anything like that. I think my favorite part was when Queen Braun (sp) died.

III/VI was awesome!

VII was interesting, but a bit strange at times. But the characters really came alive. I wanted more, more, more.

VIII I wasn't thrilled with. Never really played the others.

Glorium said:

I think my least favorite parts of Final Fantasy 7 were Barret and Sephiroth.

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I have to agree there. I have a friend who has a love affair going on with Sephiroth and I simply don't get it.

The weirdest part was when Cloud fell into the gaia or whatever they called it in that particular game.

Bah, this is a tough one lol. I've played all of the main games and several of the spin-offs. I'd say that X is put together the best as far as the storyline goes, at least as long as you pretend X-2 doesn't exist. Characterization is even tougher. Every game has standout characters and awful, useless, TSTL abominations. I'll have to think about that one for a bit.

And I reserve the right to change my answer once XIII comes out.

Anachronox!

Storyline: Most definitely VI. No main character; failing to prevent the apocalypse than pulling it together; lots of personal backstory hidden all over the place.

Characterisation: X. Perfect, both the development and relationships. They've got everything right, down to the bodylanguage. Everyone's got their unique sense of humour, even. (Some of the battle quotes are hilarious.) The story is solid, but not great. The characters carry the story, but they do that really well.

My wife likes IX best because she finds Vivi adorable.

My first Final Fantasy was IV, which had been released in the US as Final Fantasy II during the SNES' heydey. I played it over fifty times; sure, the story was relatively simple, but I was a young teenager and loved Cecil's journey. And the music was absolutely awesome.

After Final Fantasy IV came Final Fantasy VI, and I adored that game as well. I'll admit that I identified at the time with Terra's struggle to find a place for herself in the world.

Final Fantasy VII intrigued me from the beginning; it was the first videogame I ever bothered to pre-order. I just knew that there was more to the story than I was being told, and when I first read about post-traumatic stress disorder I immediately thought of Cloud. And I shed manly tears when Aerith died.

I know a lot of people dislike the story of Final Fantasy VIII, and dislike Squall in particular. However, I was at a point in my life where as I played through the story, I was able look at Squall and say, "Oh, fuck. That's me." And as far as I'm concerned, the following is the most romantic line I've seen in a video game: "Even if you end up as the world's enemy. I'll... I'll be your knight."

My favorite FF game thus far, however, is Final Fantasy XII. Vaan and Penelo are annoying, but the real heroes of the game, Balthier, Fran, Basch, and Ashe carry the story. Vayne Solidor is an awesome villain; I knew he was a character to be watched as soon as he finished his inaugural speech as Consul of occupied Dalmasca.

My absolute favourite: FFVII. Has to be 7! *huggles FFVII*

Have played FF since it started and FFVII clicked. Probably not the best when it comes to storyline and characterisation, etc., but I wuvs it anyway! =^P

Fell hard for VIII. It's one of only a few games that I still play regularly. It's not a perfect game, but there's a huge nostalgia value for me, and I love the characters.

Weird you shoud post this. I just got fed up of all the new first-person shooters, sports games, and movie clone games and decided to go get me something I really wanted to play. I got my all-time favorite: FFX.

I was psyched about getting the new Resident Evil, but when it came out (like so many good games-gone bad) they changed everything I liked (like the spookiness) and replaced it with complex controls, simple plot, and bad writing. I mention this because I am really looking forward to FFXIII, due out next year for PS3. I am hoping against hope that they do not do the same cap to FFXIII as they did to RE.

Glorium said:

I'm gonna have to agree. Although I do like X more, I thoroughly enjoyed VIII. I was a little upset though, since I could never beat Griever, or whatever his name was.

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What surprised me on my recent replay was how much more awesome I am at this game now. I trashed T-Rexaurs with a tiny level 5 character and no stat magic ... at all. Just soaking up the punishment and dealing out the GFs. I also managed to kill the giant metal spider in Dollet for the first time, although it took me about fifteen tries and I was about to give up.

The one thing I can never manage is to take out Ultima Weapon without liberal use of invincibility items. Ow ow ow the pain and hurting.

The FF XIII trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ephE0HMts0

Don't have time for Zell. My awesome weapon of destruction is Squall armed with Lionheart and a stack of Aura spells. Not a whole lot survives that.

Wait... I'd forgotten about FFXIII coming out. Must get! (^_^) (Yes, I have the other FF games, too.)

12 I also played and loved it. But I keep going back to 7. What can I say? I like nostalgia.

Glorium said:

Blah.

xD

No, just kidding, you're entitled to your opinion.

I will just never understand it, hahaha.

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Hehehe. (^_^)