re: Final Fantasy VIII is the worst Playstation Final Fantasy

First FF I played was 4. Then 6. Then I took a break until 8, and played 7 right after 8. I liked them both alot, likely because I wasn't trying to compare 8 to 7 after playing 7.

Then I played 9 and X and X2. Then skipped again until 13. I tried to get into 13 but wasn't big on the paradigm shift system so never really could. I loved everything about 15, in particular the postgame stuff like the return to Insomnia to fight all the way to Omega, and to complete the fishing list.

9 was a good game but I don't hold it in nearly the highest regard that tends to be the general consensus. The story was pretty good but the graphics/character modeling turned me off.

X2 was a good "closure" game, though the entire first half is pretty silly and I didn't care for the switch back to active battle. The dressphere system was very nice though, though limited. I enjoy the cloisters beneath Bevelle leading up to the Trema fight, and achieving 100% completion was a true challenge that felt very rewarding.

My favorite development system, by far, was the sphere grid in X. I had like 300-some-odd hours into erasing and repurposing nodes to max all characters out at 255/each stat. The monster arena took a lot of work to fully complete, and Nemesis is a sick fight. In the international version, the battles leading up to, and including Penance, were extremely challenging. All the character development and "endgame" content was incredibly deep and rewarding.

I can't say 8 was garbage of all the FF titles I've played. I loved the cards and junction system. The story was strange and convoluted at times, but good nonetheless. The Omega Weapon battle had my heart racing every time. One of the more difficult superboss fights in the entire series.

Of all the titles I actually beat, my least favorite was 9. It's the only one I didn't play through at least one more time. But again, that's more because the style just wasn't my taste.

I think most people took his title in the wrong way.
I would think the majority of people believe that 7 and 9 are better than 8. But people took it as he thinks the game is garbage.

Just my personal opinion but there are 4 tiers of FF games.


Gold
VI
IX

Great
IV
VII
X

Good
VIII
XII

Forgettable
The rest.


I emphasis the characters, world and stories more than anything else in these games though.

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Of all the titles I actually beat, my least favorite was 9. It's the only one I didn't play through at least one more time. But again, that's more because the style just wasn't my taste.

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Same. Not to mention that broken arse disc 1 glitch where you were locked in the opening scene. Part of the reason it took me years to get to. Maybe I would have liked it more as a kid had it worked.

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The majority of them are fleshed out and have their own reasons for what they are.

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no doubt, and IX is certainly a very well executed vision. just never found Zidane all that compelling, tho to be fair i havent completed the game since release. ive picked it up a handful of times since, most recently the remaster, but just get kinda bored with it after the first 6 hours or so.

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I think most people took his title in the wrong way.
I would think the majority of people believe that 7 and 9 are better than 8. But people took it as he thinks the game is garbage.

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Agreed.

I've never played any of the FF games beyond IX so I can't rate those. I also happen to have a soft spot for FFV because I loved the Job system in that game, and I'd never played with a system like that before in an RPG. The story, setting, and characters are admittedly pretty bland in V, though.

FF 6/3
FF 8
FF 4/2
FF X



The rest are forgettable