[quote name='Puppy']I didn't "get" Final Fantasy 8 at first and it was my least favorite. But my brother kept insisting it was amazing, and years later I finally started it again.
It *is* really good, it just takes a while to "grasp" the game's "system". Once you do, it's not too hard, and works well gameplay wise.
I didn't think the story was as good as 9 or 10, but it was good.
My order is:
1) Final Fantasy 9, 10-IMO the best in the series both for gameplay, story,
graphics, and music. Just brilliant (and both had me crying a little bit at the end, just because they were so beautiful).
2) Final Fantasy 6, 7, 8 (maaaaaaybe 8's a bit lower than the other two)-I'll throw Chrono Trigger in here as a bonus too

3) Final Fantasy 1, 5-these are mostly fun just on a technical gameplay level-all the customization, etc. But the storys and amount of experience collecting you have to do drag them down.
4) Final Fantasy 4-I loved the "easy" version back on the SNES, but didn't like the original version when I played that as much. It was revolutionary at the time, but IMO hasn't aged as well as some of the others.
5) Final Fantasy 2-The weakest, though it's not as bad as it seems at first. And no, you don't need to hit your own characters to play it-I didn't do that at all, and I did relatively little experience collecting (maybe an hour or two out of 55 hours). It definitely has the worst system of the series though. But it is kind of the first Saga game (and MUCH better than the later Saga games, but not as good as the three Gameboy Sagas)
I haven't played Final Fantasy 3 yet (obviously) or 12. I'm not sure how 12 is going to be without the Final Fantasy guy.
I got FF12 for $38, so there's no way those videos would be worth $20-especially when it's not actually the guy who made the series talking about it![/QUOTE]
of course ff10 has better graphics than ff2