I will now describe the mainline Final Fantasy games in three words each.
>FF1: Solid oldschool RPG
>FF2: Ambitious but flawed
>FF3: Not very good
>FF4: This series' Goldfinger
>FF5: Completely superior FF3
>FF6: Functionally perfect game
>FF7: Silly and wonderful
>FF8: Mostly passable followup
>FF9: Bland forgettable throwback
>FF10: Perfect battle system
>FF12: Tedious and pretentious
>FF13: Atrocious horse shit
FF8 high tier? FFIII low tier? WTF is wrong with you?
>>320565585
>10 in God Tier
>12 and 3 in Low Tier
Whenever somebody says they love FFX i instantly disregard their opinions.
>>320566358
Why?
>>320565585
Tactics isn't a mainline game. Might as well put up Dissidia and Theatrhythm up there too.
>>320565585
you forgot tactics / X-2
>>320565585
>Final Fantasy: XII in Low Tier
Is this a joke or do people pretend like Square Enix took a shit inside of a PS2 case and shipped it? Story isn't a problem because I'd rather have a lame one than VII's clusterfuck.
>>320566313
...yes as it should be?
>FF4: This series' Goldfinger
If Austin Powers' Goldmember predated FF4 it would've been it instead of Goldfinger.
YOUR OPINION IS WRONG!
>>320566564
XII is shit m8
>>320566358
Kill yourself faggot
>>320565585
>Perfect battle system
>automatic win so long as you use the correct character
>>320566431
Because X is XIII with slower pace in battles. Hell I could even catch up with XIII style battle system by maxing the agility grid and spamming hastega.
XII NOW that's a real RPG
>>320566564
>FF12: Tedious and pretentious
OP nailed it this place is the only place where that shit game has any fans it was awful.
>>320565585
But X-2 is better than X
>XI the best FF game not included
>neither is XIV
When will this supreme meme end?
Atleast put XIV in low tier.
>>320566585
but that's wrong
>>320566882
>XI the best FF game
>When will this supreme meme end?
You tell me.
>>320566830
Nonsense. FFXIII has you building up a gauge just to kill enemies. FFX has you oneshotting enemies by exploiting their weakness.
And XII plays like shit for reasons I don't need to go into, we all know why.
>>320565585
Agree with all but 9 and 1.
>>320566431
>>320566729
Absolutely horrific game, without a doubt on of the worst in the series. It definitely had the absolute worst chracters of the franchise, and it certainly has the 2nd most annoying fans (FFVII has the worst fans, obviously).
>FF8: Mostly passable followup
>FF9: Bland forgettable throwback
Everything else is a good description.
FF8: Unsuccessful left turn
FF9: Whimsical retro throwback
But XIII was a great game.
i've never played a final fantasy game, but I plan on buying FF X HD for the ps4 during my winter break. is it a good game?
rate my controversial list
in b4 pleb taste
>>320567580
No. FFX kept me away from the series for years it was so bad.
>mainline
>missing 11 and 14
>>320567771
oh that sucks. i would wait for 7 remake to come out but i dont want to play an episodic game.maybe i'll just play the pc port of 7
>>320567815
Those should have been spin-offs
they're Final Fantasy in name only and they're really more like Everquest and World of Warcraft
If you're gonna include those, might as well add shit like Tactics and Theatrythm and Dissidia
>>320568025
But they're not. They're mainline.
>>320567580
FFX is not bad. It's a really good entry point for the series. Just keep in mind it's very linear, the battle system has some changes from earlier entries, and some of the voice acting is unintentionally hilarious.
After you play FFX, if you like it, try out the older games, I strongly recommend IV, V, and VI.
Then move on to VII, VIII, and IX. VIII is skippable if you want.
XII is okay, I wouldn't bother with XIII unless you want to wait 70 hours for the game to open up and get decent.
>>320565585
My nigga, finally someone got it right with FF9. I honestly couldn't even tell you the main characters name. I remember Kuja and Vivi and how horrible all the characters looked. I also remember how the main boss literally comes out of no where without even any foreshadowing at the end.
Pretty shit.
>>320565585
>>FF9: Bland forgettable throwback
>>FF10: Perfect battle system
Here's your reply.
>>320568080
and like 2 or 13 they're completely disregarded by anyone who cares about this series
>>320568167
FF9 was very forgettable with no innovation in any way.
>12 was too professional to casuals
>>320567754
I agree with the FFIV placement at least.
>>320568271
Then go enjoy your having a thread about the games only you care about instead of all the mainline Final Fantasy games.
>>320567216
Why and how.
Please be specific. Otherwise you are just a dumb faggot memer
>>320568410
Nice to hear. Most people scoff at FFIV, but it's still tied as my favorite.
>>320567580
Don't listen to anyone on /v/ about FFX.
It's a great game and most people love it. Anyone that says it's bad is a neo-hipster faggot cock sucker.
13's greatest crime was being shit enough to allow all the faggot 12 fanboys to crawl out from under their rock and start revising history.
>>320568546
>It's a great game
No game with Tidus can ever be a great game
I wanted to rip the disc out and snap it into pieces, and then throw the PS2 through my TV screen
Tidus is and insufferable faggot and there's no reason we should have to play as a character so terrible
>>320565585
You have no idea what pretentious means.
>>320568671
What the hell is wrong with V?
Is Final Fantasy fun on the Andriod?
>>320568776
Unfortunately it is.
Most people think so.
>>320565585
>lol 11 isn't mainline because i don't play MMOs
11 has easily the best story out of all the fucking FF games, it's a shame so many people missed out on it just because it's an MMO.
>>320568860
3 was good
6 was shitty
>>320567754
I'd put VI in high tier and XII in mid tier but otherwise fine.
>>320568585
>hating one of the few FFs with a job system
>>320565585
>FF8: Mostly passable followup
>FF9: Bland forgettable throwback
So close, so close.
>>320569026
>MMO has a story
Is this a joke
you can't have a serious story if 1 million people are all playing as the main character
>>320569079
Yeah fair enough. I don't have the love that other people have for VI for some reason, and I actually don't really have an opinion on XII, so I didn't really know where to put it.
>>320565585
>Functionally perfect game
Fuck that, FFVI is a horrible game from a gameplay standpoint.
>>320565585
Are you me?especially 9. fuck that game and the people who like it.
What's the problem with IX?
>>320569435
Instead of one stupid, convoluted mess. It was a combination of eight.
>>320569192
Confirmed for never having played FFXI. It really does have the best story.
Just for clarification, despite there being party members, only YOU, your character is the main character. Other online players are not actually in the story you are in. I mean, literally, they never show up in cutscenes or anything. This means that for each player, yes, their character is the main character for their own story.
>>320568671
>III above V
V is a better III you double nigger.
>>320567216
>le fans stop me from playing meme
this needs to stop, you'll miss out on good shit if this actually stops you from playing something.
>>320565585
I'm starting to doubt that anyone actually played FF3
You can argue that it isn't the best but there isn't much wrong with it.
>>320565585
>Having to watch your characters' EXP like a hawk so you can make sure they get the right level up bonus
>Functionally perfect.
Pick one.
>>320565585
>FF10: Perfect battle system
>FF12: Tedious and pretentious
thread's over
>>320566874
now there's some sense here.
x-2 even has better battle system than x. fuck you OP
captcha 2 wheelchairs bitch
6, 9, 4 and 7 in that order are the best FFs and great JRPGs and anyone who disagrees has no idea what he's talking about.
is tactics a main game? i see it all the time in these charts
>>320569776
>there isn't much wrong with it
I wasn't aware a job system with horrible imbalance to the point where the majority of jobs in the game are useless meant that there wasn't much wrong with the game.
>>320570456
>My opinion is objective fact.
Ok, bud. I'm sure you were moved to tears by all that 2deep4u mass murder and plot twist shit.
>>320571291
I don't judge a game on story alone, it's the sum of things that makes a good product.
>>320571409
Ok. what parts make 9 so good? Was it the trance system? or the battle speed? or all the genocide and destruction because "drama!"? or maybe the three and a half towns that are left by disc 4? or was kuja that engaging of a character?
>>FF13: Atrocious horse shit
Kill yourself
>>320570456
>9
If it was so great, why can't I even remember the main characters name or his story? Or anything other than Vivi. That is the only name I can remember. I played most of the other FF games well before that and can remember most of them.
>>320571778
I think it's because of the final boss that came out of nowhere, never being mentioned, or foreshadowed...
But guess what....he was really the main villain ALL ALONG!
What a twist. Bravo! And the character designs! Amazing!
>>320571778
>>320572160
Literally the best cast in any FF, you guys are stupid.
>>320565585
>This series' Goldfinger
What is this supposed to mean?
4, 5, 6 are the only ones that stick with me.
7, 8, 9, 10 were enjoyable for a single playthrough, but I'll probably never play them again
>>320565585
Holy shit, he's actually right!
Anyone who thinks 9 is anything better than just OK is fucking retarded.
>>320565585
>FF8 in high tier
>FF12 in the same league as 2 and 13
you may need to get your head checked friend.
>>320572359
>best cast in any FF
Wrong.
>>320565837
>>320567237
>>320567754
>>320568167
>>320569175
>LE FUGG EF EF ATE
how reddit can you get
>>320572015
Well it's certainly not good.
>>320565585
Allow me to step in.
>Pure Shit
No one likes these games and for good reason. Poorly balanced and badly designed, these games are very poor excuses for JRPGs. Generally these games have the weakest leads in the entire series.
>Meme Games
Like Undertale and every flavor of the month game that is so often shilled on /v/, these completely average games manage to garner a vocal minority of fanboys that praise these games as though they are some sort of divine being deserving of completely unwarranted praise and recognition. This meme spreads across the community and before long these games are held in such zealous reverence that it becomes taboo to criticize them.
In this respect these games can be compared to real world religions and the absolutely cancerous effect they have on society. Games in this category may not be as functionally bad as "Pure Shit" games, but the horribly adverse effect these games have on an intellectual society is of far more concern than a bunch of bad games that no one cares about.
TL;DR the world would be better off without meme games.
>The Good Ones.
These games are simply masterpieces. An incredible amount of thought was put into each and every aspect of these games. The gameplay is crafted by a team of designers that know exactly how video games should work. The stories are written by talented individuals whom should honestly be recognized as some of the greatest writers of the age, along side other greats such as Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, and Ayn Rand. Unlike meme games, these games deserved to be respected, saluted, and seen for the wonder they are.
I used to prefer FF back in the day, but these days whenever I emulate a jrpg, its usually a DQ game. Maybe I just like metal slimes or something.
>>320572719
Yes it is
>>320569776
The job system is fine on paper, but the parts of the game where you were pretty much forced to either use a specific job or spend quite a while grinding or slog through a dungeon brought it down, along with the fact that about half of the jobs were useless and/or overshadowed by other jobs.
Also, having the final stretch of the game be what was essentially two dungeons and 6 bosses without a save point was kind of brutal.
>>320572858
>le 8 is good meme
Stop
>>320572359
If they are such a good cast, then why are they so forgettable?
Why do they look like Potatoes? Potatoes don't make for a good cast.
>>320572998
>le 8 is bad meme
kill yourself
>>320572858
weak bait
>>320572998
It's more of a meme that 8 was bad nigga
8 was prettyfun
>>320572858
>ayn rand
>Good
I remember when I was 17 like you
>>320566874
factual.
its too bad everything else in x-2 was such absolute unadulterated garbage.i watched every single mahou shojou job change cutscene
>>320565585
>>320572858
>>320566882
>11 fags shitting on 14
I wish you two homos would just stick to your corners.
It's like if Metal Gear Rising fans and Acid fans (assuming any exist) insist on their games being placed in the main series and bicker over which is better.
>>320572858
TL;DR
>>320572858
>recognized as some of the greatest writers of the age
>Ayn Rand
>>320573227
this is really good except for ff8's position
I love 3
From the ones I've played:
God tier: VI, VII
High tier: III, IV, V, VIII, X
Mid tier: I, XII, XIV
Low tier: II, XIII, XIII-2
>>320573227
>IX that high.
>XII that high
Fuck off
>>320573457
No you fuck off with you're shit taste
>>320573651
The fact that you think IX is god tier, makes you wrong.
>>320572359
How are they the best when you could write Quina out of story and basically nothing would change?
Zidane, Vivi, Garnet and Eiko the only ones important to the central plot. The rest just stick around because they've already been established.
>>320573734
9 was one of the best Ps1 rpgs of all time,the game had charm the setting was rich and story was fantastic.
>>320573932
If it has so much charm why is it so easily forgettable?
>People bitch about every description OP gave
>But never FF6 or FF2
Are those games truly so loved and hated?
>>320574761
FF6 is just a really solid game. Even if you don't think it's the best very very few people think it's bad
FF2 is one of those games which just had such a broken combat system it ruined literally everything else about the game.I think the fact that so many people have so many different favorites and least favorites is a testament to how much this series has evolved effectively over the years. It's why I hate the XIII series. Besides being bad games, they lingered on one system for far too long
DEFEND THIS!
>>320565585
>tfw the only two FF games I've ever finished are 7 and Tactics
While Tactics is one of my favorite games of all time, for some reason or another I always stop these games halfway through. I got really far in FF6 one time but after gathering half my party in the world of ruin I just had no indication of where to go next and put it down for a while then forgot about it.
I've played partial amounts of damn near every single game in the series
whatever.
youre a faggot, called 12 tedious and pretentious while 8 had the fucking junction system
All ivalice games are goat, 12 had the best gameplay and literally the only people that didn't enjoy the game were actual children
the same people who shit on 12 for being "too boring" will pretend to like tactics because its cool to like tactics
>>320565585
Gonna have to disagree with you on 12 and 9. Otherwise, we're good.
>>320577231
tactics is the best though
dunno if I'd call it mainline but eh
>FF1: Solid oldschool RPG
>FF2: Ambitious but flawed
>FF3: Interesting jobs system if you're into that
>FF4: This series' Goldfinger
>FF5: Completely superior FF3
>FF6: Shit just got real
>FF7: Silly, profound and wonderful
>FF8: What the hell?
>FF9: Completely superior FF4
>FF10: Best story
>FF12: Repetitive and unfinished despite polish
>FF13: Fun, fun, fun
Don't be mad.
>>320577324
i know i love tactics, but its pretty obvious people who shit on 12 but claim to like tactics never played either of them
>>320569581
That cant work though and it's pathetic.
>>320577429
they do both have a very distinct style to them.
I really do wish that 12 got fully finished as Matsuno intended. I liked the game but it's clear it's two different ideas on what to be colliding.
I feel like it was meant to be a spiritual sequel to Vagrant Story but that got lost in concept
I like all of them desuYeah I realize I'm easily entertained
>>320577662
I'm jealous of you.
Like seriously.
>>320567904
>FFTA2>FFTA
Now thats what I call a shit opinion
>>320575279
Have you ever played ff9? If you hate furries so much, you should love it. The whole first third of the game is watching furries get slaughtered to make ff9 so much edgier than 6 or 7.
It seemed to work too. Regards talk about it like it's the second coming of Christ.
>>320565585
I consider FF8 to be the Failed attempt
>>LE FUGG EF EF ATE
>ironically calling other posters redditors
>>320577963
Damn auto correct.
>>320565585
Nearly correct, although you are clearly just following the bandwagon
>>320567070
>Having to swap party members just to get them all exp
>Having to make the battle go longer than it needs to
12 and 13 are both better than 10, nostalgia fags please leave
>>320578730
Better than 12's move of not giving inactive party members exp, so they end up useless despite having LP.
i understand that some weeb fag wouldnt catch this but 12 is a throw back to real rpgs, mainly baulders gate, and is objectively the best jrpg
>>320581494
I'm a big Baldur's Gate fan, and you are completely wrong about everything you believe in, including video game opinions, cultural values, religious values, political values, and your belief that back to the future 2 is the best in the series.
>>320565585
golden age tier
4 5 6 7 tactics
optional tier
1 3 9 12
shit tier
2 8 10
just fuck my franchise up tier
13 trilogy
>>320581823
nice argument anon your reddit tier post successfully convinced me youre a butt hurt autist
>>320565585
>>FF10: Perfect battle system
>>320582226
>I'll call him reddit, butt hurt, AND an autist
>That means I automatically win the argument
>>320565585
>FF6: Functionally perfect game
Yeah, I like how the evasion works in the game.
>>320582660
youve gone 2 posts now doing nothing but spewing verbal diarrhea while all ive done is put forward an opinion and the facts that led me to it. judging by what youve put forward so far if there was an argument here, which there isnt, id be winning it by a land slide. just stop posting anon youre embarassing yourself
FFTA > all of them
>Final Fantasy will never be good again
When I install the sound patch in FF6 GBA rom it crashes.
Is there a place where I can get it pre-patched?
>>320565585
>OP: Tasteless flaming faggot
>>320565585
>hating on XII
Opinion discarted
>>320567904
>Liked 13
>Disliked 13-2
are you high?
13-2 is 13 done better.
>>320565585
>10 god teir
hall way simulator with worst romance story ever told.
>>320565585
>X, VII, and VI on God Tier
>VIII on High Tier
>IX on Mid Tier
Get better taste and fix this shit.
>>320565585
>I enjoyed 1. It was indeed solid.
>2 I never finished, but I didn't mind the battle system desu
>3 wasn't so bad. Sorta like it I guess. Class system implementation was good to see.
>I find a certain distaste in 4. The characters and setting just don't do it for me really. Rydia is the best thing out of that game.
>5 had a great class system, but the story was a bit painful at times
>6 was great in a lot of ways from story to endgame content. Strangely, I can't find myself replaying it for some unknown reason.
>7 was a good game. Overrated as fuck, but good.
>8 is not as bad as some make it out to be.
>9 was an interesting throwback, but did fail in some aspects (trance system is not ok)
>10 is fucking great. Hating 10 is a meme.
>Never played 11. Would like to someday though.
>12 is also fucking great and it is also a meme to hate it. Story is a little edgy I will admit, but everything else is fine.
>13 was a letdown, but I won't say it is completely shit. Everything else connected to 13 (13-2 and Lightning Returns) is fucking garbage.
Most final fantasy spin offs (FFT, FFTA etc.) are better than the series especially Final Fantasy Tactics. True God tier game.
