I know theres a best Final Fantasy.... but whats the worst? lol

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#151 jasonharris48
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[QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

[QUOTE="BakedDank420"]

Played Every single FF in the main series, and i'd say 13, or 8. Now if you know your FF and you played them all, 13 can't be your fav (Story wise i mean, i know, i know, its graphics are pretty) (im sorry just my opinion) Second worst would be 8. If 8's ur fav, play every single FF in the main series, if you have....iunno man...iunno...

Best to worst (IMO):

9-7 = Tie

10

6

4

12

5

1

2

8-13=Tie for worst

siLVURcross

I've played every single main stream title except for 14 and most of the spin offs except for the last Chocobo title, CC, Tactics Advance 2. I would have to go with FF Tactics War of the Lions, FF9, FF6,FF12,FF8 being my faves...the worst would be FF 3 (Japanese oringinal, DS remake), Mystic Quest, FF5, FFXIIRW.

5's got one of the greatest job systems.

That was the only decent aspect about that game.

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#152 hakanakumono
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I really don't think IV is any better than V. They both have silly stories. They both have similar graphics. FFV's gameplay is a little better. I honestly think I like FFIV more, but I think they're very similar.

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#153 texasgoldrush
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Best to worst (main series, without online games) God Tier: FFVI Great Tier: FF Tactics, FFIX, FFIV Good Tier: FFI, FFV, FFVII (hugely overrated), FFX (also overrated) Mediocre Tier: FFIII, FFVIII Crap Tier: FFII, FFXIII
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#154 kuraimen
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My favorite FF (most favorite left) are FFIV-FFVIII-FFVII-FFVI I don't know how people can say FFVIII is bad, it was awesome for me.
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#155 DJ-Lafleur
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I really don't think IV is any better than V. They both have silly stories. They both have similar graphics. FFV's gameplay is a little better. I honestly think I like FFIV more, but I think they're very similar.

hakanakumono

FFV is better than FFIV for me, since there was actually customization in it. And FFV was intentionally silly.

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#156 texasgoldrush
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My favorite FF (most favorite left) are FFIV-FFVIII-FFVII-FFVI I don't know how people can say FFVIII is bad, it was awesome for me.kuraimen
FFVIII had a poor third act in is story with an awful villian...the battle system is among the worst in the series.
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#157 AndyAlfredo
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Final Fantasy X.

Disgusting world and character design, annoying characters, forgetable soundtrack, laughtable villain, corridor-like level design, terrible voice acting, repetitive puzzles, Blitzball... I could go on forever. The combat system was quite good though.

RyuRanVII

That's funny. Everything you mentioned we're my favorite parts of the game. I loved the characters in every way (except in battles, some were extremely useless), had a great soundtrack that I can really only say IX beats, the corridor-like level design allows for a better story telling experience, where you lose exploration but gain a more straightforward, understandable, meaningful story. I don't know which villian you find "laughtable," as there were many villians. Blitzball was awesome if you got into it, just another fun minigame to waste time on. As for the repetitive puzzles, I can't really say the FF series is known for it's amazing puzzles, and although the puzzles were often solved the same in the end, the path to that solution was always interesting and challenging enough to put your mind to good use, but again, if you put puzzles that are too challenging, it really changes the pace of the game for the worse, like exploration would.

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#158 texasgoldrush
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FFV's characters are actually underrated.....sure the plot was cliched and the bad guy was stupid, but the protagonists were endearing with the right translation.
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#159 hakanakumono
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[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

I really don't think IV is any better than V. They both have silly stories. They both have similar graphics. FFV's gameplay is a little better. I honestly think I like FFIV more, but I think they're very similar.

DJ-Lafleur

FFV is better than FFIV for me, since there was actually customization in it. And FFV was intentionally silly.

I think they were both intentionally silly, although FFV moreso. It's just funny that FFIV gets taken seriously.

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#160 lightleggy
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Played Every single FF in the main series, and i'd say 13, or 8. Now if you know your FF and you played them all, 13 can't be your fav (Story wise i mean, i know, i know, its graphics are pretty) (im sorry just my opinion) Second worst would be 8. If 8's ur fav, play every single FF in the main series, if you have....iunno man...iunno...

Best to worst (IMO):

9-7 = Tie

10

6

4

12

5

1

2

8-13=Tie for worst

BakedDank420
i've played every game in the series besides XI and XIV (not interested in playing them) and 8 is still my favorite, its just a matter of opinion.
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#161 DJ-Lafleur
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[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

I really don't think IV is any better than V. They both have silly stories. They both have similar graphics. FFV's gameplay is a little better. I honestly think I like FFIV more, but I think they're very similar.

hakanakumono

FFV is better than FFIV for me, since there was actually customization in it. And FFV was intentionally silly.

I think they were both intentionally silly, although FFV moreso. It's just funny that FFIV gets taken seriously.

FFIV had silly moments, though I don;t think Square was trying to make the overall game silly. The only real silly stuff from FFIV I recall was when characters would MAGICALLY survive, except tellah.

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#162 mejiseike
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[QUOTE="mejiseike"]

[QUOTE="Badosh"] How so? FF7 isn't as good as everyone says. Other titles are far superiorlightleggy

idk about far... but i agree some parts of the game kinda suck

and id still say that 8 is my least favorite but it was not a bad game at all

13 was amazing besides the story and the linear bullcrap lol

would you pls stop saying LOL at the end of each post? seriously putting "lol" or "xD" at the end of a post doesnt make your post sound less offensive (if its offensive) or wont shield you from being flamed... this a forum, not a chat with a friend of yours...you dont have to put LOL after every post

this is for sure flaming....

and how do you guys say any of the 7-13 are bad????

like some of them are not great but all of them are good

like i hated 8 whole juntion system bullshiiit but its still a good game (not done with it yet, 23 hours in :) )

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#163 fend_oblivion
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who said 8 ? now speak!the-obiwan

I did. They ruined it with the junction system and that abhorrent POS called Triple Triad. The SpoonyOne's review of FF 8 explains why FF 8 sucks. It's an excellent and highly entertaining review! :D

Though FF X-2 is the worst (sorry TC. I couldn't help but mention that POS.) FF game to ever grace the series. Just check this review ....

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#164 hakanakumono
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[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

FFV is better than FFIV for me, since there was actually customization in it. And FFV was intentionally silly.

DJ-Lafleur

I think they were both intentionally silly, although FFV moreso. It's just funny that FFIV gets taken seriously.

FFIV had silly moments, though I don;t think Square was trying to make the overall game silly. The only real silly stuff from FFIV I recall was when characters would MAGICALLY survive, except tellah.

It may not have been entirely intentionally silly, but it didn't take the storytelling as seriously as later installments did.

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#165 FragTycoon
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It's 14.

I still don't understand why people consider it a series... just think of it as "SE's flagship game number __"

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#166 VendettaRed07
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if you dont count the MMOs then I think 13 is clearly the worst.

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#167 XboximusPrime
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Mainline? I dont know, how was 12?

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#168 VendettaRed07
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[QUOTE="the-obiwan"]who said 8 ? now speak!fend_oblivion

I did. They ruined it with the junction system and that abhorrent POS called Triple Triad. The SpoonyOne's review of FF 8 explains why FF 8 sucks. It's an excellent and highly entertaining review! :D

As much as I like spoony and found that review entertaining.. hes basically playing the game wrong. You dont need to draw magic till you max out for hours like that. I mean magic is almost useless honestly other than cure spells etc. Your summons are so powerful and you can use them as many times as you want and have elemental attributes as well (why would you ever use a lightning spell when you can use your lightning summon? etc.. ) that if you just level them up and use the junction system right which takes some getting used to you can just burn through anything.

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#169 texasgoldrush
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[QUOTE="VendettaRed07"]

[QUOTE="fend_oblivion"]

who said 8 ? now speak!the-obiwan

I did. They ruined it with the junction system and that abhorrent POS called Triple Triad. The SpoonyOne's review of FF 8 explains why FF 8 sucks. It's an excellent and highly entertaining review! :D

As much as I like spoony and found that review entertaining.. hes basically playing the game wrong. You dont need to draw magic till you max out for hours like that. I mean magic is almost useless honestly other than cure spells etc. Your summons are so powerful and you can use them as many times as you want and have elemental attributes as well (why would you ever use a lightning spell when you can use your lightning summon? etc.. ) that if you just level them up and use the junction system right which takes some getting used to you can just burn through anything.

FFVIII's system was completely broken, it is clearly the worst battle system other than FFII. The summons are just ridiculous. Not to mention they take sooooooo looooooooooooong. It was a failed experiement and completely unbalanced.
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#170 cainetao11
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I tried 7 first. Then 10. I never finished either, because I was busy sleeping. So I guess my vote is either of them by default.
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#171 texasgoldrush
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I tried 7 first. Then 10. I never finished either, because I was busy sleeping. So I guess my vote is either of them by default.cainetao11
Try VI If you like the Joker, you'll like Kefka.
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#172 Life-is-a-Game
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I'm not a big FF fan so I cannot make a good judgement. I played and finished 9 & 10 only. I also played 7 but didn't finish it. I consider 9 to be one of the best FF games though; having this game in the list for worst is really confusing for me :|

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#173 finalfantasy94
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Cant say any of the ones listed is bad. Though I did hate 10's forced and anoying love story. Im not shocked though 13 is high in numbers . That game get wayyyy to much hate.

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#174 finalfantasy94
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[QUOTE="XaosII"]

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

AntiType

Mistic Quest was better than ff13

IM sorry just no. I just cant agree with this insane opinion.

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#175 finalfantasy94
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[QUOTE="the-obiwan"]who said 8 ? now speak!fend_oblivion

I did. They ruined it with the junction system and that abhorrent POS called Triple Triad. The SpoonyOne's review of FF 8 explains why FF 8 sucks. It's an excellent and highly entertaining review! :D

Though FF X-2 is the worst (sorry TC. I couldn't help but mention that POS.) FF game to ever grace the series. Just check this review ....

Ha spoony. I dont take his opinion on anything serious.

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#176 rzepak
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For me it was between FFX and FFXIII, for similar reasons. One thing that I will always remember about the two are inhumanely annoying characters, whose actions throughout the games lacked any sort of logica and whose incredibly stupidity was immersion breaking. In the end I chose FF13 becouse it is not much of an rpg compared to other games that have come out in the last couple of years.

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#177 rzepak
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[QUOTE="fend_oblivion"]

[QUOTE="the-obiwan"]who said 8 ? now speak!finalfantasy94

I did. They ruined it with the junction system and that abhorrent POS called Triple Triad. The SpoonyOne's review of FF 8 explains why FF 8 sucks. It's an excellent and highly entertaining review! :D

Though FF X-2 is the worst (sorry TC. I couldn't help but mention that POS.) FF game to ever grace the series. Just check this review ....

Ha spoony. I dont take his opinion on anything serious.

Good, becouse the reviews are done for entertainment. Still he makes some good points especially when it comes to the stupid and nonsensical choices the characters make.

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#178 mejiseike
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For me it was between FFX and FFXIII, for similar reasons. One thing that I will always remember about the two are inhumanely annoying characters, whose actions throughout the games lacked any sort of logica and whose incredibly stupidity was immersion breaking. In the end I chose FF13 becouse it is not much of an rpg compared to other games that have come out in the last couple of years.

rzepak

lol you pick the games with the best voice/character interations

id say FF10 has one of the better story lines, just the set up is horrible, same with FF13

i dont get when people say that FFs are too short

FF7 took me like 70+ hours

9 probly like 45 hours

10 71 hours

12 75ish hours

13 70 hours

8... still 20 hours cuz i dont want to mess witht the junction system lol

dude if thats short... idk what the hell kinda games you guys are playing, and im never going to play those games cuz its dumb

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#179 svetzenlether
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[QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"]Why is 9 on that list? the-obiwan
more like why is 8 on the list -______-

I find it baffling how people can completely ignore the horrible HORRIBLE draw system in FFVIII and still call it a great game. That and the completely unlikeable protagonist. So I voted for VIII. II, however (the Japanese II, not the US II/IV, that was one of the best) is THE worst.

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#180 lamprey263
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what's with that poll? should at least include Dirge of Cerberus and FFXIV
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#181 GTSaiyanjin2
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why is 10 even on the list lol... its one of the best ones imo

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#182 majadamus
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I've never played Final Fantasy XIV, so I'm going with Final Fantasy VIII. Read my short unpopular review on why I think so.
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#183 mejiseike
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what's with that poll? should at least include Dirge of Cerberus and FFXIVlamprey263

thats not a FF lol

and why is FF7 bad @majadamus ???

story was the best, materia was awesome, summons were cool, great feel to the game

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#184 majadamus
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[QUOTE="lamprey263"]what's with that poll? should at least include Dirge of Cerberus and FFXIVmejiseike

thats not a FF lol

and why is FF7 bad @majadamus ???

story was the best, materia was awesome, summons were cool, great feel to the game

I said FF8! It's not bad. It's just the worst Final Fantasy out there. Read my review! Mark it down if you want! Here it is!

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#186 Ballroompirate
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Titus ruined FF10, seriously he's the worst character in gaming history

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#188 Big_Pecks
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XIV is the worst. How can this be argued?

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#189 hakanakumono
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XIV is the worst. How can this be argued?

Big_Pecks

People only like arguing that about the worst Final Fantasy when it's slightly controversial.

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#190 Seabas989
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Of the ones I played (IV to IX), VIII would be the worst.

I have X and XII but I haven't started on them yet and I only played about 3-4 hours of XIII.

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#191 ActicEdge
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Out of what I've personally played 3 is the worst but 14 is objectively the worst by far.

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#192 DJChuy
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FFVIII is the worst I've played. The junction system was just terrible and broken; it pretty much forced you to use your GFs very early in the game, which made it boring and easy. All you have to do is select GF and watch the lenghty summon animation. GFs have their own HP, so they die before you do. They're way overpowered and there's no penalty for using them.

Let's not forget the terrible cast, piss-poor villians, nonsensical plot w/ a forced & unbelievable love story. I don't remember why they even fell in love with each other in the first place. Squall was cold to her throughout the whole game. IMO, Star Wars Episode II has a better love story than FFVIII.

Also, I laughed when I found out that

[spoiler] the whole cast grew up and knew each other at the orphanage. [/spoiler]

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#193 Ibacai
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What the hell man, why didn't you put up the FF games that are actually bad?
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#194 DJ-Lafleur
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What the hell man, why didn't you put up the FF games that are actually bad?Ibacai

I know, why not FFX-2? Or FFIII? Or FF Tactics Advance? Even if we were to just focus on the main series the 5 listed in the poll I would not consider the worst of the main series.

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#195 finalfantasy94
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. Welcome to Broken Base. It may shock you, but the Final Fantasy community is heavily divided and factional. What do you expect from a franchise that has, in excess, 14 "main" games and god knows how many spinoffs.AncientDozer

Basicly this.

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#196 LovePotionNo9
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9 is my least favorite (hated it) and I actually like 10-2.

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#198 OrianaDorta
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Why is 8 and 9 on that list? FF8 is my favourite! Why not Dirge of Cerberus or FF10-2 instead? Worst poll ever!

BTW i voted FF13.

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#199 cainetao11
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[QUOTE="cainetao11"]I tried 7 first. Then 10. I never finished either, because I was busy sleeping. So I guess my vote is either of them by default.texasgoldrush
Try VI If you like the Joker, you'll like Kefka.

I don't think a character will do it for me. I hate turn based combat. I've done a bit of fighting in my life and it goes against every fiber in my body to let something have it's turn to strike. It puts me off.
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#200 texasgoldrush
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[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"][QUOTE="cainetao11"]I tried 7 first. Then 10. I never finished either, because I was busy sleeping. So I guess my vote is either of them by default.cainetao11
Try VI If you like the Joker, you'll like Kefka.

I don't think a character will do it for me. I hate turn based combat. I've done a bit of fighting in my life and it goes against every fiber in my body to let something have it's turn to strike. It puts me off.

FFVI however is faster than VII and X's battle system.