Whats the best Final Fantasy of them all????

Brianb8802

Im new to the whole final fantasy thing and was just wondering what would the best game to go for??




Im only started into it, only after a friend kept on pestering for me to go get it. Im 19hours in to Final Fantasy X, seems like a good game, but its gona take twice that to even get used to all these feckin abilities. Only just got Rikku and shes after wreckin the whole honeymoon thing now cause i have to actually customise my weapons if i wana kill anybody. So many weapons and abilities, and then only a certain weapon works with a certain enemy:mad: :mad: :mad:

Any tips for a newb like myself

Cy_Revenant

FFVIII is the best FF game ever! The music, Squall, the summons, Squall, the story, Squall!

Just remember, FFX-2 and FFXII are two different games. FFX-2 is the sequel to FFX, same characters and world you see. FFXII is a completely new game that isn't out yet, try not to mix 'em up again 'kay?

Retr0gamer

FFVII for me but FFtactics (not GBA tactics) FFX and FFVI not too far behind.

Always thought FFVIII was one of the weakest. Music (okay it was great), Squall (I'm supposed to be moody but really am just an ignorant hateful twat), Summons (take too long and are useless compared to a fully junctioned characters normal attack), the story (what story? Oh we forgot we knew each other, end bad guy that appears from nowhere with no reference made to it through the whole game, even more annoying characters and other such ballox). Also a needlessly complicated junction and upgrade system.

Sorry to take your post appart but I really have something against that game. It is just spectacle over substance and made to appease a western audience after the success of FFVII by dumbing it down it the process. That said I did enjoy the game but it wasn't up to the high standards of other RPGs on the PS1.

Cy_Revenant

I've been cut down to size by yet another who considers VIII to be inferior, but I'll still give my two cents! :mad:

The junction draw system works very well if you understand it, the more often you use the summons the faster and stronger they become, if you don't use them they become slow and weak. The last boss, Ultimecia was first mentioned in disk two and her name popped up on a regular basis from that point,just cuz you don't see her don't mean see ain't there. :cool: I'll let you keep your opinions 'bout Squall. :rolleyes:

One last thing, aren't FFIII and FFVI the same game? I heard that because FFIII was not given a proper release FFVI was made to make up for it. I did see some screenshots of FFIII and they looked very similar to FFVI.

Retr0gamer

FFVI was called FFIII in America because it was the 3rd FF game to be released in america. FF1 was released in America but they missed out on 2 and 3. FFiV was then released in America as FF2, FFV was skipped and FFVI was released as FFVI. The silly naming scheme was then abandoned and the next game FFVII was called FFVII in the west. Us poor PAL territory people only got FFVII as our first FF game. The remake game for the DS is FFIII, the japanese FFIII that is. It's a fantastic game and new 3D engine can only make it better.

As for FFVIII. Each to their own. If you enjoyed it then I can't change that. I did enjoy it myself but it just seemed far too commercial to me. The love story was so soppy that it just seemed like a way of manipulating the huge female fanbase that FF has, especially in japan, since Titanic was only recently released when the game was in production. The PS1 had so many quality RPGs and FFVIII was nowhere near that quality.

The Free Man

7 reminds me of a wonderful time of my life, so thats why i chose it.
isnt it mad when (if) your talkin to your mates or somebady who likes final fantasy, you dont even have to mention final fantasy, just a number! eg. i said to my friend yesterday ' aw man 12 is out soon!'

just a wierd thing that popped into my head.........

Eva24

Ahhh, such a sweet wave of Nausea, I mean Nostalgia!!:o eheh
Personally, i love them all Yay!! It's nice to have something in my life that I can adore without the need for logical reason or my natural pessimistic cynicism ripping it apart:D FFVIII is one of my favourites [Yay! Squall:) ] But Yeah, I can see how the junctioning system might throw some people but I never had a problem with it. Onc eyou get used to it, i think it's simple enough and no worse than the sphere grid [:eek:oooooooooo, controversy]

But Be honest, how can it follow up FFVII, I don't think it'd fair:( . FFVII was so brillant it's just going to overshadow anything that comes along. Saying that, I think they should go backl to that style for the new games, The caribbean motif is pretty and all but it's just not the same [or as cool:cool: ]

Did you know that there's an audiodrama[fans], FFVIII; Shattered (It's in English) It's a sequel where Rinoa has done something unforgivable and rushed off and broken Squalls heart to boot:( . But I don't know what it was:o I only heard the first chapter [found it on the net:p ] Still, The Voice actors gave it their all and they all had a sexy throaty thing going on:;)

SeantheMan

Ive always Debated between 7 and 8:eek:
7 was soo good,and the story was absolutely amazing:rolleyes: , thats why im getting a friend to send me a copy from northern ireland to play on my PC,cant find my playstation :eek:
The characters were brillaint and had real depth, especially Sephiroth, i loved everything about him and still rate him as the best baddy ever
And what about the side quests ??Breeding Chocobos,the Weapons,KOTR.
Fantastic!!!:)

The world of 8 was brilliant, and i loved Triple Triads. The graphics took a major leap aswell along with the whole junction system which i reckon is probably the best of all the FF's, though it would be quite hard to use at the start.:eek: ,but once you gopt used to it it was excellent. I also loved the story in this and the characters, but was a bit dissapointed and bored in some places, especially with Laguna's history.

Go FF7 i say
And the films!!! Brilliant, Last Order and Advent Children

grimloch

Well I will define the very parameters of originality when I say my favourite is VII. However, I stand ready to be convinced that VI is the "best" I really enjoyed it the last time I played it. Great stuff altogether.

To get another dig in at VIII, the junction system was terrible because it was overly effective. A rudimentary understanding of its basic principles allowed you to go through the game with little difficulty. If you had a good understanding of things, the game was a joke and you were pretty much untouchable.

In conclusion VII FTW but that stands open to correction.

Tar.Aldarion

FFIX for me,love the characters in that game more than those of VII,it's closest rival.

Eva24

I liked FFIX but I thought the game was a little too easy compared to the others

Franky Boy

7 ftw!

spritey

Squall! Whaat.. he was such a shallow character... (...) (.........)

Anyway, the best FF is your first FF - it often seems to be the way for people and is certainly true of me.

Cy_Revenant

spritey wrote:

the best FF is your first FF -

Truer words were never spoken :cool:

Tar.Aldarion

I disagree,I must say I enjoyed the others after FFI more than it.

grimloch

Well I played VII first and as it stands its still my favourite. If I'd played VIII first I certainly wouldn't have thought it the best.

entropi

FFVII > all others

But... VIII has class music , but draw system annoys me

X is pure class, i'd rate it barely under VII but not by much [ damn still havent had time to kill Penance ]

oh, i've actually managed to play X-2 for 143 hours now, in Bevelle Underground on cloister 51/100... i got cat nip yay , on a downer, next boss has over 300k hp

Oh, and for the thread starter, the best tip i can give you is take it all in your stride. Enjoy the game, the storyline, the music and getting used to it as FFX is really really good... damn i wanna spam my favourite scene in that game but i can't coz i'd ruin it for you

IceHawk

My first FF was Final Fantasy IX, But I have to say, it seemed overly simple to play compared to FFVIII or even FFVII. At least with the GF or materia systems you got the impression that the game was somewhat customisable to your playing style. Also, after the pretty graphics in IX, I found it difficult enough to get into FFVII. I finally got an emulator for the PS1 and I'm playing through it now on my PC with slightly improved graphics.
Apparently, scenes from FFVII were shown in a tech demo of the PS3 and the makers said they'd go back and remake the game if the opportunity arose. I'd definitely buy that!

spritey

Maybe the 'first FF' theory only stands up for the more recent ones then

I'm sooo tempted to play FFVII again!

Anto and Moe

FFVII has got to be the best. I really wasn't a fan of eight, I didn't like what they tried to do with the change in graphics, and Squall (I felt) was just a failed attempt at Cloud. Also the whole orphanage coninkidink was a bit far fetched. Nine was fun, but again Zadine was a bit of a weirdo, too optomistic and lovey dovey... and then ten's not bad, but Titus is sooooo thick.

Pitseleh

Sans doubt, VII - the best characters, story and final battles (Jenova and Sephiroth). I'd love it if it was 're-released' with the superior graphics of FFX or FFX-2 - although it could be seen as tampering with a classic

Cronus333

spritey wrote:

Squall! Whaat.. he was such a shallow character... (...) (.........)

Anyway, the best FF is your first FF - it often seems to be the way for people and is certainly true of me.

I would vote X for no other reason that....

But VII was fantastic too. Go Aeris!!!

melekalikimaka

The spirits within.....

Laguna

Was the result of this poll ever going to be anything other than Final Fantasy VII? :rolleyes:

grimloch

Laguna wrote:

Was the result of this poll ever going to be anything other than Final Fantasy VII? :rolleyes:

No. Not even a little.:)

The Free Man

melekalikimaka wrote:

The spirits within.....

seconded

Cork Rolla =)

I think that about your first one being your fav is true. I have the fondest memories of FFIX:) . I've only played from 6 to 10-2 (not played 11 tho). I'm playing 7 atm. It's really excellent. I only really got into 9 and 7. 8 was pretty good if I recall

noangel

The first Final Fantasy game I played was X. Thought it was brilliant and was instantly hooked. However have managed to get my hands on XII and am half way through it, not sure if X is my favorite anymore.
The storyline is so complex and detailed its making me kinda confused.

Kiith

noangel wrote:

However have managed to get my hands on XII

how the hell did you do that? unless you mean X-2, but since you say its good, it cant be.

XII isnt even out in japan yet....is it?

grimloch

Kiith wrote:

how the hell did you do that? unless you mean X-2, but since you say its good, it cant be.

XII isnt even out in japan yet....is it?

It's not no.

Unless something odd has happened over the last few weeks or I've just lost track of time again.

merlinsmerryman

VII..... that is all:D .

Retr0gamer

noangel wrote:

The first Final Fantasy game I played was X. Thought it was brilliant and was instantly hooked. However have managed to get my hands on XII and am half way through it, not sure if X is my favorite anymore.
The storyline is so complex and detailed its making me kinda confused.

The bit in bold means that it can't be FFX-2 he is talking about

FFXII is a good bit away from a release in even Japan.

odhran

I think that VII, VIII and X are all wonderful games. I don't know why, but I've always had a soft-spot for VIII.... Some of it is rather asinine though.

Cravez

FFVII like most here. From stepping off the train with Avalanche to the death of Sephiroth, playing every bit of this game was a pleasure and was a personal achievement in my books. Go FFVII!

Lionheart84

Seven has to be the greatest of the final fantasy gaming for one simple reason gameplay it gave you a game that looked great, took time and a lot of my childhood too, eight is good along with ten but i wanna see more like seven, in the future when my hands have artheritis i`ll always have ff7 to thank!

Psycopat

Anyone that says anything other than final fantasy 7 has never played it and i would certainly reccomend it too the (no points for guessing what i voted)

Vokes

Psycopat wrote:

Anyone that says anything other than final fantasy 7 has never played it

Well, i wouldn't be too sure about that. In my experience, it's generally whichever FF you played first is the one which remains your favourite.

Psycopat

SofaKing wrote:

Well, i wouldn't be too sure about that. In my experience, it's generally whichever FF you played first is the one which remains your favourite.

Can anyone back that up? I'd be interested to see if it was true

grimloch

Psycopat wrote:

Can anyone back that up? I'd be interested to see if it was true

Coincidence maybe. Seems like most people played FFVII as their first FF experience and seeing as its widely considered the best maybe thats where all comes from.

I think it would be alot different if VIII was everyones first or V perhaps.

Psycopat

I've never player V any idea where i can get it and on what console? maybe an emulator?

Merrick

FF7 appears to definately be the favourite of the nation, understandably enough.
Why is X-2 even getting votes!? That was rubbish!!

Hold on, it's not actually gotten any votes at all, all I saw there was the little bar on the graph...

Spongey

SofaKing wrote:

Well, i wouldn't be too sure about that. In my experience, it's generally whichever FF you played first is the one which remains your favourite.

Yes i think this is true, its only natural.
Is VII loved as much in japan for example where they had already been playing rpgs long before it came out?

I think its the best anyway, X-2 was sickening

miss_cheif

The first game I played was X and since I've been playing back through them. It took me ages to find VII, which is no surprise because it's brilliant. Haven't finished it though I'm somewhere at the end of disc two and I've spent ages playing it. At the moment X is my favorite but it's beginning to sway more towards VII.
Don't like to think that X-2 has connections to X, since its pointless.

Deoxys

VII without a doubt its my all time favourite game nevermind final fantasy! Its just the ultimate FF for character storyline music and battle set up:D

bohsman

I really liked FF IV, picked it up for the gameboy when I didnt have any other console relied so much on gameplay as it didnt have to go for fancy graphics.

That said VII and X were fantastic too.

grimloch

bohsman wrote:

I really liked FF IV, picked it up for the gameboy when I didnt have any other console relied so much on gameplay as it didnt have to go for fancy graphics.

That said VII and X were fantastic too.

IV is definitely on my list for another play over the holidays if I get the time. The storyline is fairly intriguing and Cecil is a fairly cool main guy. Plus the class structure is fairly well balanced for most of the game and it's very interesting to play with 5 characters at once.

Things I didn't like was the fact that, unless I missed something, the main boss seemed to come out of nowhere like IX and to a lesser extent VIII. And there was a shocking amount of random battles if I recall correctly.

Retr0gamer

Didn't find the random battles in ffIV too bad. The end boss did come out of nowhere but at least it wasn't handled anywhere near as badly as in FFVIII and FFIX. I wouldn't mind playing the new translation for the gba and ds game. supposedly it sheds a bit more light on the story.

Motley Crue

When i first played FFVII at the tender age of 14 all those years ago i was amazed at what i had discovered. Truly, this game is still better then most today, if not for anything else then for the truly magnificent storyline that it presents u with. avalanche, solder, shinra and midgar all represent political struggles of our times and this game was ahead of itself in its education through serious entertainment.

for me, ffvii will always be my favorite game, as i cant see anything ever topping the sheer scale it did!

OTliddy

I've only played 7,8 an 9. VII is the best. It topped gameFAQS top 100 games ever. http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/top10/top10_100.html

Omeallage

FF VII without a doubt. i played d originals on emulators.. VIII was just too easy. just set squall up wit 99 X-Potions nd auto potion. den use d aura things 4 d limit abilities... too easy got bored but finished it

Omeallage

Psycopat wrote:

I've never player V any idea where i can get it and on what console? maybe an emulator?

yes u can get dem on emulators.. i av dem all. run a google search for roms nd you'll come up with somethin