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3. One of the first games I played in Japanese, and the gameplay really impressed me, as well as the technical step up from 1.

>>879996

>FF8

I played it during a very chaotic period in my life (quite a few family members died within a short span of time, mother was drinking, relationship issues w/ GF at the time, etc) so I really sank myself into the game. To this day it's the only Final Fantasy game I can replay from beginning to end without getting bored.

It just holds a lot of sentimental value.

>>880014
Why does 8 look so much better than 9?

>kefka with morning wood.jpg

7. Loved the characters, music and almost everything about it. The lego people kinda suck though but it has its charm. Might be overrated by some but I really love it and replay it each year.

>>879996
I started FF from the beginning, and played all of them in order until the Anthology collection brought FFV stateside.

FFVI was my favorite of the bunch. Everything went together so well. The nice, clean sprites, the awesome soundtrack, actually caring for some of the characters, a fun battle system, customization via espers, etc. The game had a lot of soul. Woolsey pretty much aced the localization thing, too. If he had a bit more time, it could have been perfect.

My second favorite would probably be FFV, because I love the job system, and ability customization.

I wasn't really impressed with the FF games that came out on the PS1. I guess out of the three, I liked IX the most, since it had job classes, a neat ability system, and a new take on limit breaks. The visuals were pretty amazing for a PS1 game, too.

I also enjoyed FFX quite a bit, but felt that it was way too linear, and that the side quests could have been done much better. But that's not /vr/.

>>880046
>Woolsey pretty much aced the localization
muh nigga

>>880018

They're both on par graphically but I think the color palette of 9 is considerably darker in hue than 8 which tends to have more vibrant colors.

So the color use in 8 would edge out 9 making it appear a bit better graphically.

FF6
FF7
FF9

I've hated FF8
and FF10 was meh tier

Pretty much I'm down with anything pre-PS2. 8 was an early warning sign of things to come but didn't concern me when 9 hit. Best and most memorable imho would be:

FF4 - First FF I ever played, blew my mind and showed me what RPG's were capable of and drew me in
FF6 - God tier music, huge cast, hours upon hours of gameplay.
FF7 - Shit got real and it was fucking awesome. Took a risk by being in a more modern setting and it paid off very well. Love or hate it you can't deny it's impact on the series and gaming in general.
FF9 - A return to the classic setting of the FF universe but with one hell of a story and a great playstyle. Not a bad way to go out before the decay of the series.

Oh and I'm gonna go ahead and toss in Mystic Quest in here. Why? Somewhere between being one of the first FF's I played and because of it's simplicity it still holds a a special place to me.

>>880221
Mystic Quest had some kickass battle themes.

>>880221
I'm pretty much in full agreement with you. I also started with FF4--it was actually my first JRPG, period. I rented it because I thought it would be like Zelda and was surprised, confused, and then addicted.

FF9 will always have a huge place in my heart, though, probably more than any other FF, even though I'll acknowledge it's probably not the objective best in the series. It's so much greater than the sum of its parts.

V because of Galuf.

Objectively, FF6 is best. JRPGs are a bad genre, so the only way to judge them is by counting the major fuckups, and FF6 has the fewest.

I enjoyed FF7 the most, because I was young enough to overlook its flaws when I first played it. And if we're only judging the first thirds of the games, FF7 is objectively best.

top three FF's in my opinion

1. FF6
2. FF4
3. FF8

8 was my first, 6 blew me away, and 4 completely took me off guard and rocked my world.

>>880548
>Objectively

Post invalidated.

FFV

Exdeath, Galuf, all those classes.

>>880548
Please stop /v/ing the thread.

V perfected the job system before square was like meh everyone is a jack of all trades

>>880561
>mfw FF8 is put on a top FF list

Some of the mechanics were okay but story and the cast was pretty awful save for Laguna. I won't deny the other top tier Final Fantasy's didn't have their shit characters, weird mechanics and questionable story arcs but 8 just feels mediocre to bad.

>control+f
>Final Fantasy Tactics
>0 results

shiggy, /vr/.

V
II
VI

>>879996

>be me
>me a fucking nub when it comes to RPG
>played FF7 but didn't know wtf was going on
>years later
>decide to want to try FF
>guess I'll use an emulator
>play FFVI
>orgasm
>V and IV
>came buckets

VII is still shit though.

I used to think that Final Fantasy was just one game and that it was all just one story with multiple parts...yes...I was that dumb.

Mine are probably I and VII. Got stuck in II, never played III and V, and I couldn't slog through Woosely's translations of IV and VI.

>>881393

to far from the main series to be considered but an excellent game on its own.

9 will always be the best in my heart, even with its many flaws.

Best story hands down. An art style I love but can see why others hate. Solid combat and good return to traditional RPGs. All the characters have good arcs, I guess adding to the story. goddam how the fuck did square fuck up so much with its further stories

5 because of the job system.

6 because of overall package (best FF)

8 because of the characters/world.

10 isn't retro for /vr/ stardards but I really like the combat system and some characters.

Also 2 has a fun leveling system.

I don't consider the SNES Final Fantasies the "peak" of Square, even though they were pretty good.

I thought Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG were Square's masterpieces on the SNES.

But on the PSX ... that's when Final Fantasy peaked. FF7 especially.

>>880405
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-M8fuegtVc

God tier.

FF7 was my first final fantasy, and I really enjoyed it for many reasons.

FF6 comes close behind though.

FFIX is my favorite game for mostly sentimental reasons, but I really love the atmosphere and characters, even if the plot is unkind to a lot of them in the third and fourth discs. The ATEs were a brilliant way of making the world feel like it was a breathing entity beyond what was immediately in front of Zidane without being forced and thus tedious, and it's a damn shame they never made a comeback.

But I'm alright with anything pre-PS2. FFII and FFIV are low on my list, but I can't argue they didn't have a lot of positive influence on the series. FFI, FFIII, and FFV are just feel-good fantasy fun at its purest, and I never get sick of replaying them. FFVI drags me in with its characters and music, and all the playstation games drag me in with the beautiful, if dated, pre rendered backgrounds and abundance of atmosphere.

>>881874
> Pic

I fapped a lot to that video.

>>881990
Who hasn't? Shame there's not more animated Final Fantasy hentai.

>>881991
I would love one with Lulu.

>>882014
Lulu's design pushes it too much for me. There's fanservice, and there's weakening the already shitty artstyle and consistency of your world's aesthetics to cash in on the goth slut fetish. It doesn't fit in, it doesn't look good, and it doesn't make sense for the world or character. Bah.

>>882021
>There's fanservice, and there's excellent fanservice to cash in on the goth slut fetish.
ftfy

tactics is hands down my favorite FF

it just did everything right, the story was dramatic, the gameplay was fun and I got invested in the characters
fuck you algus

>>882021
Agreed it's hard to get in the vibe of "in an assbackward tropical island" when one of the main characters looks like that.

>>882028
It's been done better and in ways more consistent with the world the game tries to present to you. I'm not against T&A, but I at least ask it makes a modicum of goddamn sense for the setting and character.

>>882021

How does it not fit? Have you SEEN how the other FFX characters are dressed?

>>882047
Yes, I have. And as stupid as they are, not a single one of them wears black. There are no ornate corsets, no fur necklines, most of them wear clothing that, while goofy and overdesigned, you could argue fits into the tropical theme of the game. And the ones that don't stand out just as much, like Seymour and Yuna to an extent. FFX's art direction was fucking sloppy, even disregarding the actual quality of the designs (which sucked)

>>882065
>And as stupid as they are, not a single one of them wears black.

you think any of that has to do with the fact that lulu was the black mage

>>882069
Lulu: Wears black
Yuna: Wears white
Kimahri: Is blue
...works for me.

>>882069
No, I don't. I think it was Nomura having the chronic problem of not knowing how to pull together a really oddball art style without it looking slapped together at random. He's said repeatedly that he makes decisions for the main characters' appearances based on really insipid reasons; he decided that, during FFVIII, he had a skirt fetish and overhauled Selphie's design to include a miniskirt, he designed Squall's jacket and Lulu's belt skirt solely to test the CG animators, I'm sure there's more. Nomura's talented in the most technical sense of the word, but man, he does not know how to pull together a good design when given complete control of a game's art direction.

>>882021
You just described Tifa.

>>882036
>>882065
Because the entire FFX world is a tropical island, right?

Btw Auron doesn't fit in any "tropical theme". Lulu isn't alone.

>>882080
Bingo.

>>882039
Not a kid, she is 1000 years old! Pretty consistent, lol.

>>882086
> He's said repeatedly that he makes decisions for the main characters' appearances based on really insipid reasons; he decided that, during FFVIII, he had a skirt fetish and overhauled Selphie's design to include a miniskirt,

I'm pretty sure he did this because Square demands at least one major female character using skirt in their games.

>>882354
Well, tropical as in South Pacific/asian. That was the theme of FFX, as a contrast to the European and Western-esque settings of past games.

Hence why Yuna looks like a Japanese shrine maiden and Auron looks like a samurai.

My favorite was Final Fantasy VIII.

But in retrospective, there's no doubt that the best was Final Fantasy VI. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to play it much later on, so I missed out this gem for a decade.

>THE FUCKS ON /v/ THAT ACTUALLY SAY FF6 WASN'T THEIR FAVORITE
>THE FUCKS THAT SAY FFX WAS THEIR FAVORITE

>>882702

S-SOMETIMES I JUST WISH I COULD WRAP MY TENTACLES AROUND THEM. A-AND SQUEEZE THEM TENDERLY. LIKE WITH MUSCLY GUYS. AND IT'S NOT GAY OR ANYTHING BUT IT'S LIKE YOU WANT TO BE IN THEIR ARMS FOREVER, YOU KNOW?

playin ff6 again after all these years.

those feels are still there. heading out of the forest now into narshe, you guys know what just happened. that shit was dark 16 years ago when i played it last and is still fucking dark as shit today.

never played 10 but i doubt it can top these feels.

>>882708

I've said too much already. My therapist told me not to do this stuff.

>>882716

>>882716

Look at me! I'm a receptionist! GFA HA HA

>>882718

Just got my hands on the Japanese version of FF6 a few days ago, and I'm loving the fuck out of it. I think the true, unedited version of this game might be my favorite FF game.

only one i ve beaten was 4 for the SNES but it was a fan translated version and loved it. It blew my mind away and loved how ciematic it felt. I also beat mystic quest but that was like a quick time killer game. But I played a bit of the SNES FF6 and I enjoyed it a lot. never beat it but i liked it.

>Playing FF2
>Get Exit from a dungeon
>Go to the next dungeon
>"Well I may as well farm up some gold for some better equipment, seems like good gil drops"
>Go through the dungeon while I farm
>"Shit, running low on mana, and I'm pretty deep in. Better use Exit."
>LOL MAGICAL FIELD PREVENTS YOU FROM USING IT

Why give it to me if the very next dungeon is going to prevent it for no good reason? Does this shit happen often with the dungeons?

>>882702
>>882708
>>882716

Oh, shut up, you wibbly bag of tentacled appendages. You are still holding a grudge against that upstanding youth named sabin Figaro after he boxpunched you to submission under the raft during the first time you decided to pester and bully him.

>>882767

A fitting end for such an uncouth ruffian: stuck behind a counter, working for a pittance and having to pay off his debt to society along his immense monetary debt.
Finally he became useful for something, yes.

V.
>Story isn't as serious, therefore more fun and actually funny in parts.
>Motherfucking Galuf
>Adventure really feels like adventuring, and a good variety of places.
>Based job system

Only nubs used Sabin or Edgar in FF6. Gau was the best character in the game. Terra and Locke also high tier.

:3

>>884805
Really, faggot?
The ability to use non-elemental attacks that could break through defense (and even suplex a fucking TRAIN) means n00b for you?

Gau's rages were usually shit EXCEPT for Stray Cat, which allowed you to steamroll enemies and even bosses on the spot.

>>884840
crypto seiken densetsu title

FF tactics

>>885418
It's the first SaGa game, not Seiken Densetsu, that's Final Fantasy ADVENTURE

>>884840
Thats not a FF game, not even a spin off. They slapped that title on the western release as an attempt to sell more copies.

>>880014
>relationship issues w/ GF at the time
I read "relationship issues w/ G-Force"...

Not gonna lie, I liked 8 the best.

Even got the omega badge

>>880864
>tfw no 16-bit job system

>>881595
>8 because of the characters/world.
but the characters were bland and uninteresting and you only ever got a feel for a very small part of the world.

VI. It was my first Final Fantasy and I was fucking blown away. It was the first time I've seen a game that amazing.

Went back and beat it a few months ago. Wiped the floor with Kefka this time.

Yet, I still hesitated when it came to use my mega elixir.

Final fucking boss and I still hesitate.

VI is my favorite by far, and the woosley translation is fine. it was fine when I was a kid, and it is fine now. Back then that was the game, and today, I know the reasoning behind the problems with it (lack of time and support primarily.)

>>885949
it's okay. everyone saved elixirs and never ended up using any of them.

>>885949
>>886192
I thought it was just me that did that. It's not just FF either.

>>886197
nope, not just you. I've trained myself out of it recently, but would even do that in games I was familiar with and knew there were a billion elixirs in. It's just habit and the inability to buy them that leaves the "what if"