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Fans of the FF games are very passionate about their favorite game(s). In the earlier days of the Internet, there were endless debates about VI vs VII. Those tr
by vehemenz 3y ago
Fans of the FF games are very passionate about their favorite game(s). In the earlier days of the Internet, there were endless debates about VI vs VII. Those truly had an inspirational effect on people—but rarely in a good way. Or maybe it's just the perfect cross section of Internet-arguers and JRPG-obsessives that makes for insufferable, endless debates and ranking lists.
Anyway, enough beating around the bush. Here's my list (B tier and above):
1. Tactics
2. FFVII
3. Chrono Trigger
4. FFV
5. FFIII
6. FFVI
7. FFIV
- spillguard 3y agoTactics Advance is a good time as well, if you enjoyed Tactics. Different in some ways, but similar mechanically
- Smar 3y agoMy favorite! A2 after it, maybe. But Advance is highly underrated.
- jandrese 3y agoAdvance was simplified a bit and slightly less janky, but the AI in the original FFT is superb. I find the original FFT more interesting on a revisit, at least until you unlock Calculators/Arithmeticians and break the game. It does have one of the more egregious fist mission bumps[1] though. [1] Tactics games often have a very easy tutorial mission, then drop you off in a first or second mission with an enormous difficulty bump. Sometimes even having a reverse difficulty curve, where the challenge spikes hard in the first mission, then slowly declines over the rest of the game.
- pfdietz 3y agoNo one has anything good to say about FFX2.
- SllX 3y agoIt was a fun game with a neat class mechanic and interesting character designs.
- johnny22 3y agoI liked it a lot other than the dress spheres weren't properly balanced against each other.
- vsnf 3y agoI have many pages of good things to say about X-2. I love it very much. It's not as good as the masterpiece that was X, but it didn't need to be either. Defending X-2 as a great game is a hill I die on from time to time. Dress spheres were cool, revisiting the world and what fresh problems it has in the wake of newly found freedom, how they wrestle with the the realization that their religion was both corrupt and a sham, getting more insight into the Zanarkand-Bevelle war, and seeing the characters, especially Yuna, grow into her own person while dealing with the double whammy of her saviorhood and being given a lease on life she didn't expect to have. btw Dark Souls 2 is the best in the trilogy, don't @ me
- static_void_ 3y agoYay, love the Chrono Trigger in the top 3. People always bring it up, either to say they love it or that it's overrated. It is not overrated! its correctly rated, it really is that good. FFVII was great but it is an interesting contrast to games like FFVI / Chrono Trigger. The SNES games came out at the end of their console's lives and made the absolute most of what the hardware had to offer. FFVII was early-ish in the PSX life cycle and pushed JRPGs forward. There were some earlier 3d-ish JRPGs, sure, (wild arms was 1996) but FFVII would go on to define how those games would work for years. It became the prototype, but it also feels like a prototype in a lot of ways. It has a lot of jank. Some of those mini games just aren't fun anymore. The good news is all the stuff they learned about narrative in the previous generations was intact and carried the game where it might have other wise faltered. Anyways, I still loooove FFVII a ton too. But it's good for different reasons than the later SNES games. Also FFVIII was a lot of fun too, and a much more solid 'game' than FFVII even if some systems were pretty breakable / exploitable.
- vehemenz 3y agoYeah, it’s hard to argue with the production value of Chrono Trigger. I debated putting it agead of VII, but the scope of that game is just too big. The story is more interesting, and the materia system is better than the combo system (imo). Surprisingly no one complains about Tactics or CT being on the list, but they are really amazing even if they’re not “true” FF games.
- klyrs 3y agoNo love for FFI or FFII? Guess it's time I dig out the ol' emulator again and re-read 8-bit theater... https://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/ https://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-goi...
- SllX 3y agoHadoken!
- vehemenz 3y agoI was one of the few people that bought Final Fantasy on Nintendo when it came out, well before the series was established. At the time it was great—and II was fine—but III really pushed the class system forward in a way that really defined all the games that came after.
- z500 3y agoWhat puts 3 ahead of 4 and 6 for you?
- vehemenz 3y agoHonestly just the complex class system and replayability. 4 and 6 are good in their own right, especially for story and music.
- geoelectric 3y ago5 and 3 in front of 4 and 6 is an unusual take.
- vehemenz 3y agoInsanely good class systems making for much better gameplay and replayability