Best Final Fantasy.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2002-09-08 11:48am

Which Final Fantasy is you favorite?

The classic NES that our god, black mage, was derived from.

2: Never got a working rom, but I've heard the story is better than 1.

3: Babies in armor! I haven't played this much either.

4: OH YEAH! Now the series is really picking up, playing as a dark knight at first, and some of the coolest classes introduced.

5: OH SWEET! Job system. Combining class skills. Of course then one of your characters you've been training for 3/4ths of the game leaves and you have to starT ALL OVER AGAIN WITH SOME BITCH!

6: DEAR. SWEET. GOD. YES!!!! GREAT story, great graphics for the SNES, SABIN! SABIN! SABIN!

7: Pretty good, getting to technologly advanced for my taste, knocks me off the series.

8-10: Haven't played, I'm sure they are good, but I wish they didn't take the FF title.

FFL: EW. A gameboy version of the first would of been better than this.
FFL2: Ok, haven't played it in a while.
FFL3: Never played.
FFMQ: OH MY FUCKING GOD, WHAT FUCKING CRACK FIEND WAS ALLOWED TO MAKE THIS INSTEAD OF HIS NORMAL HABIT OF KILLING HOBOS!

I don't think I'll do a poll, it'd be too long so...

As you can see I think it's easy to tell I'm a big FF6 fan.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2002-09-08 12:15pm

This is a tough question. I would say FFX and FFVI are tied for the best.

And also, if you prefer the older, more fantasy-oriented FFs, check out FFIX. It's purely fantasy, as I'm sure you've heard, and is really a love letter to longtime fans of the series. FFX is also more fantasy than sci-fi - it uses technology far less than FFVII of FFVIII do.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2002-09-08 12:32pm

FF VII.
I liked the overall feel of that game, and the characters, especially Yuffie.
Next up is FF VI.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2002-09-08 12:38pm

Well i've only played 7,9 and 10 and i must say that althoough the graphics and sheer coolness of FF10 blew me away, you just can't beat FF7 for a plot. It had everything, a love triangle, evil meglomaniacs, rebels, humour, hidden pasts and more, not to mention people named after Star Wars characters.(but that seems to be in all the FF games to me)

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2002-09-08 12:43pm

Yep in FF VII and VIII there's Biggs and Wedge.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2002-09-08 02:21pm

And in FF10

Evil Jerk · Post by **Evil Jerk** » 2002-09-08 02:51pm

Cpt_Frank wrote:Yep in FF VII and VIII there's Biggs and Wedge.

And they first appeared in FFVI (only some idiot mistranslated Biggs to Vicks).
In FFVIII there's also a Piett, Dodonna and Needa (names somewhat misspelt). I like how the people who make the FF games seem to be fans of the underdogs of Star Wars, as it were.

So anyway, I've played them all and FFVII is by far the best.

Solid Snake · Post by **Solid Snake** » 2002-09-08 03:50pm

Final Fantasy VII is the best!

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2002-09-08 04:55pm

Ten.

Everything that's good in the first nine is still good in ten, but some of the things that are bad are better (most notably the battle system is sped up considerably)

Evil Jerk · Post by **Evil Jerk** » 2002-09-08 05:07pm

And also, if you prefer the older, more fantasy-oriented FFs, check out FFIX. It's purely fantasy, as I'm sure you've heard, and is really a love letter to longtime fans of the series.

FFIX pure Fantasy?

*don't read if you haven't played or care about the story*

I don't know, at the end it felt more like hokey sci-fi what with it's alien planets, robotic old men, genetically engineered monkey men and city-killing spaceships

Everything that's good in the first nine is still good in ten, but some of the things that are bad are better (most notably the battle system is sped up considerably)

But the have no world map! You can't fly the airship, that's been a tradition since the first FF.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2002-09-08 05:24pm

Evil Jerk wrote:
Everything that's good in the first nine is still good in ten, but some of the things that are bad are better (most notably the battle system is sped up considerably)
But the have no world map! You can't fly the airship, that's been a tradition since the first FF.

The world map is an anachronism. It's not a particularly good way of representing the world or travel in it. FFX's navigation system does exactly the same thing as the world map in 1-9 but in a millionth of the time.

And if you want to fly airships, you should be playing Skies of Arcadia anyway.

Evil Jerk · Post by **Evil Jerk** » 2002-09-08 05:30pm

Vendetta wrote:
Evil Jerk wrote:
Everything that's good in the first nine is still good in ten, but some of the things that are bad are better (most notably the battle system is sped up considerably)
But the have no world map! You can't fly the airship, that's been a tradition since the first FF.
The world map is an anachronism. It's not a particularly good way of representing the world or travel in it. FFX's navigation system does exactly the same thing as the world map in 1-9 but in a millionth of the time.

But it's FUN.
I prefer flying my airship around to staring at some dry computer map of the world.

And if you want to fly airships, you should be playing Skies of Arcadia anyway.

That's probably the worst game for airship flying, at least until the Delphinus goes to higher altitudes, given the random encounters.

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2002-09-08 07:21pm

FF6 and FFX are my favorites to date. FF5 has a special place for me, though, being the first import game that I bought. Took a damned long time to translate stuff enough to figure out what to do, though (especially having taken only one year of Japanese at that point).
FFL and FFA aren't "true" Final Fantasy games -- they're actually Saga and Seiken Densetsu, respectively (the first being followed up by the horrid Saga Frontier and the second followed up by Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana), 3, and Legend of Mana). Square was doing badly the year FFL and FFA were released, you see, and decided to apply a flagship name to "minor" games to try to boost sales. FFMQ was partially developed by the American branch as a "beginner's RPG" and called "Final Fantasy USA" in other parts of the world ('cept Britain, where I think it was called Mystic Quest: Final Fantasy -- yeah, real creative, I know), which probably doomed it (American created console RPGs tend to suck on the whole).
Airships are nice, especially if they're usable for a variety of purposes (like the Blackjack in FF6, Talon in Saga 3 and Yggdrasil in Xenogears), though FFX's style certainly has merit for quick movement with the least hassle. I guess for me it'd be on a game-to-game basis on whether I'd want one or not.

Post by **Dalton** » 2002-09-08 08:25pm

Four and Six, baby.

And Chrono Trigger, since it is technically Final Fantasy (FF Chronicles).

Rhadamanthus · Post by **Rhadamanthus** » 2002-09-08 08:29pm

Bah, the original is the best!!!

Hmmm, Mystic Quest sounds familiar, but I can't place it, what was it about?

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-09-08 08:54pm

ITS PURE CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!

Its the first FF game I ever bought and it damn near turned me off the series!

Post by **Dalton** » 2002-09-08 08:57pm

Mystic Quest was allegedly called "American edition" in Japan.

It was a pathetic sack of crap.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-09-08 10:03pm

Final Fantasy VI and VIII are my favorites, followed closely by VII.

Final Fantasy VIII was pissed on by a lot of fans because it had a weird battle system, but it was by far the most gripping and engaging game in the series. The characters showed excellent development, and the storyline was well-written. The relationship between Squall and Rinoa was particularly well done, and by the time the game was over, the two seemed perfect for each other (even though they started out at starkly opposing ends of the spectrum), which is what a love story is supposed to do. I also loved the soundtrack; it contributed as much to the experience as anything. The orchestrated version is probably the best collection of video game music there is. Overall, Final Fantasy VIII felt the most like an interactive cinema experience. The game had vision. It had a juicy plot with a love story that wasn't an afterthought along with all the small plot elements that makes a good film experience what it is.

Final Fantasy VI was, well ... Final Fantasy VI. Every character had some major contribution, the world felt real, and the bits of culture (the Italian opera, stuff like that) thrown in really added a lot to the game. The game just ruled. The only thing holding it back is shitty graphics. It needs to be redone for Playstation 2. For that matter, so does Final Fantasy VIII (I can't stand Playstation non-bilinear filtered graphics).

Post by **Steve** » 2002-09-08 10:53pm

HEATHEN! SPOILED BRAT!

We don't need no stinkin' 3D graphics.

My favorite FFs are the three SNES ones. FFVII... wasn't bad.

And, I'll confess, I, um, well, heh heh, I kind of, well....

I ENJOYED FINAL FANTASY MYSTIC QUEST!

There, I've embarrassed myself. I really did think it okay, if not as good as other RPGs (too fuggin' short) and replayable. I enjoyed beating the smack out of Dark King numerous times.

Post by **Dalton** » 2002-09-08 11:18pm

Steve, you need to be washed. You are unclean.

But yeah, Oldskool forever! Muhahahaha!

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2002-09-08 11:21pm

VI, VII and IX. Haven't played X yet.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2002-09-08 11:22pm

I gotta agree with steve here about you style over stubstance fucktards.

You know what are two of the best games I've played that never grow old? Arknoid and Tetris.

Post by **Dalton** » 2002-09-08 11:23pm

anarchistbunny wrote:I gotta agree with steve here about you style over stubstance fucktards.

That's a little extreme.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2002-09-08 11:29pm

I never really agreed much with the old school attitude. "Out with the new, hooray 1992!"

I can sympathize - I love old school RPGs, but people get ridiculous with this old school mentality and that leads to bad things, like Grandia, a merely average RPG that had more in common with old school RPGs than its contemporaries, being considered in the same vein or even better than masterpieces like Final Fantasy VII. It saddens me.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2002-09-08 11:30pm

anarchistbunny wrote:I gotta agree with steve here about you style over stubstance fucktards.

You know what are two of the best games I've played that never grow old? Arknoid and Tetris.

That sentiment would be valid were any of the 32-bit Final Fantasies lacking in substance.