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re: Rank the mainline single player Final Fantasies
Posted on 4/12/26 at 3:58 pm to sgallo3
Posted on 4/12/26 at 3:58 pm to sgallo3
Yeah the fight where you get to face sephirpth with cloud and Zach and then the other where you fight with cloud and sephirpth are the party as 10/10 fights.
One thing I’ll say, enough simulator SQE for the best content in the game. Place that stuff in the beautiful open world
Part 3s best bosses and fights need to be in the world itself not in that drab arena. Which I’m confident that will be
The director of the game has been on a flood of interviews lately and made a comment that was kind of trying to be funny when asked if we get to go underwater in the sub. I think we will get that. My other prediction is chapter 1 is at the icicle inn like we were at kalm in rebirth and skip the travel there.
I also think knights of the round will resemble the proto relic game long side quest from rebirth, if they don’t tie it into the main story outright
One thing I’ll say, enough simulator SQE for the best content in the game. Place that stuff in the beautiful open world
Part 3s best bosses and fights need to be in the world itself not in that drab arena. Which I’m confident that will be
The director of the game has been on a flood of interviews lately and made a comment that was kind of trying to be funny when asked if we get to go underwater in the sub. I think we will get that. My other prediction is chapter 1 is at the icicle inn like we were at kalm in rebirth and skip the travel there.
I also think knights of the round will resemble the proto relic game long side quest from rebirth, if they don’t tie it into the main story outright
This post was edited on 4/12/26 at 4:02 pm
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Posted on 4/13/26 at 6:09 am to Roaad
How the heck do you remember 14 games in a series well enough to rank them?? 
I only played FF IV back in college...
I only played FF IV back in college...
This post was edited on 4/13/26 at 6:10 am
Posted on 4/13/26 at 9:56 am to td01241
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Is 4 available on consoles? FF is my fave franchisees and like I said 1 2 and 4 are the only mainlines I haven’t played.
It's also amusing to explain to folks who didn't grow up with games always making it into foreign markets that for Americans the order was:
FF
FF 2
FF 3
FF 7
Our Final Fantasy 2 was Japan's Final Fantasy 4, and our Final Fantasy 3 was their Final Fantasy 6.
IIRC, the only way you could play those non-American versions were on the Famicom and Super Famicom. Of course they weren't translated back then either, I think.
But yeah, super confusing if you didn't keep up with that stuff as a kid and suddenly Final Fantasy jumped from 3 to 7, and people had to explain why we never saw the actual FF2, FF3, and FF5 here in the US.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 10:43 am to skrayper
Yeah it was a weird time to be an FF fan althought I was pretty young then
7 on ps1 was my first. That marketing campaign was insane. We got a demo of it from pizza hut when we ordered pizza one night and from then on it was all FF for me.
7 on ps1 was my first. That marketing campaign was insane. We got a demo of it from pizza hut when we ordered pizza one night and from then on it was all FF for me.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 10:53 am to td01241
Which one was it where you are fighting a train and one of your characters could pick it up and body slam it on the ground? I think it was the same game where these twins turned themselves into stone to stop a wall from closing in on the party.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 10:54 am to sicboy
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Which one was it where you are fighting a train and one of your characters could pick it up and body slam it on the ground? I think it was the same game where these twins turned themselves into stone to stop a wall from closing in on the party.
That would be Final Fantasy 6 (aka Final Fantasy 3 for us old fogeys)
Posted on 4/13/26 at 10:55 am to skrayper
That's the only one of the older ones I remember playing. Wasn't there a big world even, like an apocalypse, and you wake up on an island or something?
Posted on 4/13/26 at 10:58 am to sicboy
Yeah
It has the most ensemble cast of characters of all of them a total of 16 I think.
Not all are required to ever get and then when the world breaks in the second act a certain few a mandatory to go find to reach the final boss but you can search out all the rest of them if you want to not get crushed and add more that werent in act 1.
It is the only FF game that truly has no singular protagonist. I would argue it is celeste though
It has the most ensemble cast of characters of all of them a total of 16 I think.
Not all are required to ever get and then when the world breaks in the second act a certain few a mandatory to go find to reach the final boss but you can search out all the rest of them if you want to not get crushed and add more that werent in act 1.
It is the only FF game that truly has no singular protagonist. I would argue it is celeste though
Posted on 4/13/26 at 11:14 am to sicboy
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That's the only one of the older ones I remember playing. Wasn't there a big world even, like an apocalypse, and you wake up on an island or something?
Something like that, yes
It was a big world, and you have amnesia. You're in a big mech at the beginning.
Typing all this from memory, so some of that might be a bit off, but trying to not cheat by looking it up.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 11:15 am to skrayper
6 is an unforgettable game lol
Kafka is a fricking sociopath
I love it though. Listed it as 4th in my rankings ITT
Kafka is a fricking sociopath
I love it though. Listed it as 4th in my rankings ITT
Posted on 4/13/26 at 11:23 am to Roaad
For those who have played both six and seven, which do you prefer?
Of my friends who have played both, they mostly seem to lean toward six, and I'm wondering if that's generally true. It seems like seven is just remembered so fondly because it was a lot of people's introduction to the final fantasy series on playstation?
Of my friends who have played both, they mostly seem to lean toward six, and I'm wondering if that's generally true. It seems like seven is just remembered so fondly because it was a lot of people's introduction to the final fantasy series on playstation?
Posted on 4/13/26 at 11:27 am to P-Dawg
They’re very close in quality. IMO there is an undisputed top 4
10,7,9,6 I would include tactics on this tier but just talking mainline.
That’s the order I’d rank them but imo other than 10 the other 3 are interchangeable
It depends what you want. Like I said above do you want a massive ensemble cast with missable party members that’s more focused on the major plot and has very light character development for some and none at all for others
Or do you want a much more specific and tight story focused in a smaller cast of characters.
The first is 6 and the second is 7
10,7,9,6 I would include tactics on this tier but just talking mainline.
That’s the order I’d rank them but imo other than 10 the other 3 are interchangeable
It depends what you want. Like I said above do you want a massive ensemble cast with missable party members that’s more focused on the major plot and has very light character development for some and none at all for others
Or do you want a much more specific and tight story focused in a smaller cast of characters.
The first is 6 and the second is 7
Posted on 4/13/26 at 12:33 pm to sicboy
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Which one was it where you are fighting a train and one of your characters could pick it up and body slam it on the ground
ff6, sabin could do the slam move. i loved sabin because you had to enter fighting game type presses to do his moves
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twins turned themselves into stone to stop a wall from closing in on the party.
FF 4.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 12:37 pm to P-Dawg
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For those who have played both six and seven, which do you prefer?
6 hands down.
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It seems like seven is just remembered so fondly because it was a lot of people's introduction to the final fantasy series on playstation?
ive said it before in this thread. i think 7 benefits from being in the right place at right time to thank for its popularity. i dont think its a particularly strong story, or memorable soundtrack with a few exceptions.
Sephiroth is an emo kid with mommy issues. There i said it, come at me.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 12:39 pm to caro81
7 is going be more popular to normies
Storys with set protagonist always are
6 doesnt have one of those. Like i said above I think theres a top tier of about 5 of them that includes both of them, but I find 7 just a tad above it.
Storys with set protagonist always are
6 doesnt have one of those. Like i said above I think theres a top tier of about 5 of them that includes both of them, but I find 7 just a tad above it.
This post was edited on 4/13/26 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 4/13/26 at 1:25 pm to caro81
So which one between the two would you recommend? I'm getting an itch to revisit them but only one of them.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 1:33 pm to sicboy
Do you want a more linear character focused story that is kind of a traditional narrative with a single focused protagonist? Go 7
If you want an ensemble cast with up to 16 possible party members, no 1 main character, and a more NES type of feel as opposed to the open world of 7 on the ps1 that has a hard reset mid game and only makes you gather a party of 8 mandatory but any previous party members can also be recruited and some new ones before you face the final boss (who is ridiculously hard if you only have 8 party members) go 6. 6 isnt one linear story following the one party. It has many sections with a few party members in groups doing their own things
7 is a longer game with more hidden secrets and 6 gives you more freedom to customize characters through the magacite system than 7 does with its materia system which while amazing is a bit more rigid.
If you want superbosses 7 has more. 6 doesnt have much of an endgame to speak of
If you want an ensemble cast with up to 16 possible party members, no 1 main character, and a more NES type of feel as opposed to the open world of 7 on the ps1 that has a hard reset mid game and only makes you gather a party of 8 mandatory but any previous party members can also be recruited and some new ones before you face the final boss (who is ridiculously hard if you only have 8 party members) go 6. 6 isnt one linear story following the one party. It has many sections with a few party members in groups doing their own things
7 is a longer game with more hidden secrets and 6 gives you more freedom to customize characters through the magacite system than 7 does with its materia system which while amazing is a bit more rigid.
If you want superbosses 7 has more. 6 doesnt have much of an endgame to speak of
This post was edited on 4/13/26 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 4/13/26 at 3:44 pm to sicboy
i would revisit 6 before 4.
Posted on 4/13/26 at 3:50 pm to caro81
IMO go 10,9,6
Posted on 4/13/26 at 6:31 pm to Roaad
I've played 3,4,6,7,8,12, and 13. I've only finished 7,12, and 13. I played 7 first(I know) and it remains my favorite. I played 8 when it came out and didn't care for it. I think I gave 6 a try some time after that and it just didn't do it for me. I remember getting to the veldt and stopped playing. 12 was alright but nothing special. I only made it through 13 because of the amazing soundtrack. I don't think playing 7 first really had any effect on my opinion of other games in the series. I played Chrono Trigger around 2001 and I think it's superior to any of the Final Fantasy games I've played.
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