To those who have played all or most F.Fantasy games...

I: Retro but worth a play.
II: Never played.
III: Haven't gotten very far in this (I have the newer ds version) but it seems okay so far
IV: Is amazing, I highly recommend it.
V: Is playable and the job system is nifty, but I thought the story was a bit lacking.
VI: By and far my favorite, simply wonderful.
VII: My second favorite of the bunch, awesome all around.
VIII: Playable, but the story toward the end became completely ridiculous and turned me off of it.
IX: Cute, but a little lacking.
X: Despite the bad rap it got I enjoyed it. X-2 however was an abomination.
XI: I refuse to pay to play a game I already bought
XII: Haven't played yet.

Hope it helps :)
 
FFI: Merely a means of moving the game forward. The main characters do not speak.

FFII: A step up from FFI, but still nothing special. Think of it as FFVII-lite without the memorable characters.

FFIII: The best of the first three games, but not by much.

FFIV: Groundbreaking back in its day, but still fairly sharp now. The Final Fantasy Chronicles translation is my favorite.

FFV: A fairly generic story with a couple of really incredible moments. But stay away from the Final Fantasy Anthology translation.

FFVIII: You either love Squall or you hate him. With that in mind, they really did a great job on making this a huge, far-reaching story that unfortunately misses a step about an hour before the end of the game. The cinemas are fantastic and the translation is much better than in FFVII, though the characters are undeniably Japanese creations.

FFIX: The longer you wait to play it, the more you'll appreciate the story. The game was generally more fan service than anything else.

FFX: Not my favorite game in the series, but the only one I literally couldn't put down. I plowed through it in eight days and loved every second. The voice acting is shaky, but it's a great story, and the soundtrack really accentuates it.

FFXI: Nobody's going to list this one, but I'm going to rate it anyway.
- Main Quest: ridiculously cookie-cutter
- Rise of the Zilart: not necessarily as cookie-cutter, but too quick to be interesting
- Chains of Promathia: sensational
- Treasures of Aht Urghan: funny, but nowhere near as deep as its predecessor
- Wings of the Goddess: incomplete

FFXII: I'm actually only halfway through this one. If you can ignore Vaan and Penelo, this is a great set of characters and a decent story. Balthier is frickin' awesome.

Final Fantasy Tactics: If we have to name one "goofy" spin-off, let it be this one. The "War of the Lions" translation clarifies what was always an incredible (but poorly translated) storyline that deals with conspiracy and religion in a way that few games can. Don't miss this one.
 
I like Final Fantasy IX...

I played FFVII first, and in comparison, I like the setting/style of the older SNES FF games... so it's obvious my favorite three FF games are:

FF9
FF6(3 US)
FF4(2 US)
 
[quote name='plasticbathmonki']Did anyone else play Mystic Quest? It was the first FF game I bought and by far the worst I've ever played.[/QUOTE]
imo, it's better than ff5.

seriously.
 
[quote name='plasticbathmonki']Did anyone else play Mystic Quest? It was the first FF game I bought and by far the worst I've ever played.[/QUOTE]
Yes and I adored it when I was a little snotnose. Can't even make it past the first area without quitting in disgust now.
 
They're all great for different reasons, but I really enjoyed XII, X, VII, VI, IV, and IX. Not necessarily in that order too.

Don't play X-2. That was garbage.

[quote name='plasticbathmonki']Did anyone else play Mystic Quest? It was the first FF game I bought and by far the worst I've ever played.[/QUOTE]

I actually quite enjoy Mystic Quest. It's "lite" enough to just slog through and soundtrack is GREAT. (
 
[quote name='ID2006']FF8 (I'll try to hold out a while for a PSN release, now that Square has opened that door)[/QUOTE]

Hard to say on that actually. Remember, FF7 on the PS1 was published by Sony, not Square. So don't thank Square quite yet and be expecting more from them.
 
I've never played through a FF game, but this thread inspired me to pick up FF1&FF2: Dawn of Souls for GBA and give the series another shot. I originally tried playing 7 on my PS2 but that's when it decided to give me DRE about 4-5 hours in, so I gave up on it. Then several years later I tried getting into FFX but the disc I had locked up when you first get on the boat a few hours in.. so I gave up again. We'll see how this goes, I put in about 2-3 hours of playtime last night and am slowly finding things as I wander around.
 
Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever played through an entire Final Fantasy game, so I guess take what I say with a grain of salt.

That said, I liked VIII the best out of the "newer" FF's. I liked IX and X a lot too, but I've never played XII.

Also, I'd reccomend Xenogears like a few others have also said. Probably my favorite Square RPG.
 
Surprised no one mentioned Parasite Eve. The first one was great with a very intriguing story. The second one is a love it or hate it deal. I was fine with the battle system which plays like a hybrid of turn based game meets resident evil.
 
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