Favorite Final Fantasies

[Kim]

I've just been thinking about Final Fantasy as a franchise, and thought it might be fun to discuss which ones are our favorite and why. (Also I'm drunk) Now, I might dislike XIII, and Blues dislikes XII, but this thread isn't really for talking smack on the ones other people like, but for talking about our favorites. First off, from me, a list...

1. XII
2. X
3. VI
4. IX
5. VII
6. XIII
7. IV
8. I (On PSX on Easy)
9. VIII
10. II

III and V I haven't played enough to categorize, and I don't consider XIV and XI the same kinda game so they aren't in the list.

XII has a tower dungeon that can go fuck itself, and a few unnecessary parts, and Vaan and Penelo should have been replaced with Larsa. At least replace Penelo with Larsa if nothing else. Other than that it's a good game. Just very different in a lot of ways from what people expected. Still a solid story, and some very likeable characters. It really is my favorite, which is why I'm so comfortable criticizing it. Because I know it's still great in spite of all these flaws it's easy to say "Here's how it could have been even better."

X is interesting. Some awful character designs, the opening Zanarkand bit needs to be at least an hour and a half longer so we can give a fuck later on and to foreshadow stuff, and they need new voice actors and to ditch Tidus' narration. Oh, and the minigames are ass. These are some pretty huge detractors, but if it weren't for them X would easily be one of the best jRPGs I've ever played. Hell, To Zanarkand is THE best FF song. It's interesting to see how much potential it has and how much it fails to live up to it in some respects, but in spite of all that it's still really damn good.

VI is VI. It kicks ass and doesn't afraid of anything. It's just not as dear to me as it is to others because I've got no nostalgia for it. Still a great game though.