Favorite Final Fantasy?

I go with FFVI. It's the one that broke me into the series. I like the fact that there was so much there to keep my interest: it was LONG, there was a massive amount of Espers (summons), and just the way that it played. I love the story and characters too.

easily VII, the story line is the best. never before has a game, or book or movie, or anything for that matter, sparked such emotion in me. not that they all dont have their strong points...

Yes, FFVII had the best storyline, but as for gameplay I liked FFX and FFVIII. Yes I said FF8, I love that game. I still play this game. I've beat it more times than I care to count, and I've beaten Ultimate weapon with every possible combination of characters and/ or tactics. I know that it technically isnt the "boss", but That was the hardest fight I can remember in any of the games. I really disliked the materia system from 7, I liked the Magic system from 8, and I loved the orb system from X and X2.

I've played FF 5,7,8,9,X,X2, & XI.

Final Fantasy VII & X are the best. 7 for its storyline and 10 for its amazing graphics, and not to mention the real facial expressions.

Final Fantasy VII & X are the best. 7 for its storyline and 10 for its amazing graphics, and not to mention the real facial expressions.

I can't really choose a "favorite" FF...there is just too much to consider.

Overall, I love VI the "best" because it has a great storyline, characters, gameplay and GREAT music....I think Kefka is quite probably the most insane villain of the entire genre, and I like that...

VII is a close second...it has a great storyline, and lets face it Sephiroth and Cloud are badasses...again, great music....I just love something about the "genetic manipulation" storyline..."don't screw with science, or it will screw with you...."
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This is the point where the characters, in my opinion start to get a bit too....whats the proper word? .....emasculated....
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VIII was good...I didn't enjoy the magic system....the graphics were good, but I think overall, to me, it was kind of a let-down. I didn't really like the weapon system, having to go find the magazines to upgrade them and get a certain number of items to fuse...just give me a backpack full of swords, for Christ's sake..."this one work? nope. this one work? nope. this one work?! Yup!"

IX was great, I think its one of the more underrated FFs.....I mean, the storyline was kind of weak, and it was REALLY easy...but I think it had great music, and I loved the return to a more "stylized" Final Fantasy world...I get kind of tired with all the movement to making games more and more realistic...I mean, "wonderful, Yuna and Tidus look like they could be real people.." But come on....Vivi Rocked AND was utterly adorable..... And the skill system was pretty good, IMO.

X....great game, not gonna knock it...I like the battle system...the spheregrid was interesting...but I wasn't too much of a fan....its one thing when they allow you to allocate skillpoints into catagories...its another when you have to spend a whole lot of time figuring out what direction to go in a maze of a stat grid....the storyline was mediocre....the graphics were GREAT....but, didn't give me the warm fuzzy that VI, VII, and IX did.....the battle system was great though, I liked trading characters in and out, mid-battle....my biggest complaint....what happened to flying around the world? I mean, come on, flying around is one of the greatest things in the Final Fantasy Saga....flying over the expanses of the ocean, finding some little island that wasn't on the map...

X-2....kind of a letdown...and a bit easy.....see above for some complaints....

I think that XII is going to be great though....

3 and 7 fo sho!

6 and 7. It's too hard to say which one over the other. I think 6 had a better story, but 7 made me cry( Aeris' death).

I suppose a lot of people agree with FFVII being the best, and it certainly is my favorite. Not entirely sure how I came across it, but it was my first in the series that I played. Never did beat it though. I desperately wanted Knights of the Round and...... rotten gold chocobo. (incidentally, my friend tells me now some US versions of the game couldn't make gold chocobos...hilarious....)

Addicted, off and on, to FFXI. It's a good time so long as you have people to play with. Same pros/cons as most MMO's I'm sure. It certainly does take a lot of time and effort to get anywhere however. If you've run out of other games to play this season, I'd check it out.