IGN ranks the Final Fantasy games

IV is in the top three? What a joke.

hakanakumono

What do you have against IV???

I agree ff6 was the number 1 final fantasy it was the last good one for that matter.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

IV is in the top three? What a joke.

svetzenlether

What do you have against IV???

It's not any better than a single Final Fantasy game after it.

[QUOTE="svetzenlether"]

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

IV is in the top three? What a joke.

hakanakumono

What do you have against IV???

It's not any better than a single Final Fantasy game after it.

What? IV is a fantastic game.

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"]

[QUOTE="Human-after-all"]Only game that exceeds FFVI RPG greatness is Chrono Trigger. hakanakumono

They're pretty close though.

To this dayI tink ifCC could score a 10 on the old system here CT would have been 12. i dont think CC is overrated but it just shows u how awesome CT rly was.

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[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

IV is in the top three? What a joke.

hakanakumono

What do you have against IV???

It's not any better than a single Final Fantasy game after it.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

[QUOTE="svetzenlether"]

What do you have against IV???

goblaa

It's not any better than a single Final Fantasy game after it.

What? IV is a fantastic game.

For it's time. And every Final Fantasy that came after it was better than it.

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

It's not any better than a single Final Fantasy game after it.

hakanakumono

What? IV is a fantastic game.

For it's time. And every Final Fantasy that came after it was better than it.

I don't think so. Hell I just played the after years (right after replying FF4 again for a brush up) and I had more fun with both than I did with FF12, FF10, FF9, and FF8 when they came out.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

What? IV is a fantastic game.

goblaa

For it's time. And every Final Fantasy that came after it was better than it.

I don't think so. Hell I just played the after years (right after replying FF4 again for a brush up) and I had more fun with both than I did with FF12, FF10, FF9, and FF8 when they came out.

Well, that's your experience. I didn't enjoy FFIX, but I think that it was definitely the best one in terms of quality, although ... FFXIII may pass it up (because the gameplay quality is better).

One thing that's interesting is how this list devides fans about where X iteration should be on the list.

Not bad of a list if I say so myself, but there are some disagreement as expected with any lists here. I feel that Final Fantasy VIII should be higher up, as for Final Fantasy VI and IV I wouldn't mind seeing them a little lower on the list. Final Fantasy VII could be number one but two is fine by me, and Final Fantasy X is deserving of this spot.

[QUOTE="uyiop0t"]Final Fantasy 10 is better than Final Fantasy 4. I've noticed the biggest three fanboys argue over are 6, 7, and 10, so that comes to personal opinion. My favorite is 10, and I liked the combat much more than the other ones. I don't think there will be a consensus between 6, 7, and 10. Fanboys on all three sides will fight over it and cast Blizzaga on each other.Human-after-all

I agree ff6 was the number 1 final fantasy it was the last good one for that matter.

WilliamRLBaker

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[QUOTE="svetzenlether"]

What do you have against IV???

goblaa

It's not any better than a single Final Fantasy game after it.

What? IV is a fantastic game.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

I agree ff6 was the number 1 final fantasy it was the last good one for that matter.

xsubtownerx

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

It's not any better than a single Final Fantasy game after it.

hakanakumono

What? IV is a fantastic game.

For it's time. And every Final Fantasy that came after it was better than it.

The DS remake of IV has unfortunately (or fortunately, however you wanna look at it) proven you wrong.

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"][QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

I agree ff6 was the number 1 final fantasy it was the last good one for that matter.

110million

I think his beard can't handle the others...

Why IV gets placed so high on these lists is absolutely beyond me. :|

Why IV gets placed so high on these lists is absolutely beyond me. :|

-RPGamer-

This just made me want to play VI if I can get my hands on a copy.

6 is definitely the best in my book. I just wish that they wouldn't have butchered the dialog on the DS version. The SNES version (3) is much better....superclocked

Switch II and IV (I'll never understand why people don't like the former but love the latter) and IX and X and you'll have my list.

Switch II and IV (I'll never understand why people don't like the former but love the latter) and IX and X and you'll have my list.

WAIW

I would have put VII at #4 With X and VIII as #2 and #3jg4xchamp

I'm actually surprised with the amount of VIII-love in this thread. You don't see it very often.:P

Whats with the IV hate?

It wasnt the best FF but hell if it was anywhere near the worst.

Even if I ignore FFVII the fact that FFVIII is above FFIX makes me dislike the list.

Whats with the IV hate?

It wasnt the best FF but hell if it was anywhere near the worst.

Shirokishi_

After playing it I have to say, it really was overhyped by the Old School fanboys. Granted, it's not going to be as story driven as the more modern Final Fantasy's, but all the copout deaths really killed it for me. That and I found all the dungeon crawling tiresome.

Whats with the IV hate?

It wasnt the best FF but hell if it was anywhere near the worst.

Shirokishi_

[QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

Whats with the IV hate?

It wasnt the best FF but hell if it was anywhere near the worst.

siLVURcross

The twins didnt!

Hell, alot of people died in II!

[QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

Whats with the IV hate?

It wasnt the best FF but hell if it was anywhere near the worst.

Lionheart08

After playing it I have to say, it really was overhyped by the Old School fanboys. Granted, it's not going to be as story driven as the more modern Final Fantasy's, but all the copout deaths really killed it for me. That and I found all the dungeon crawling tiresome.

The only dungeon I personally found tiresome as he rediculous last one.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

What? IV is a fantastic game.

svetzenlether

For it's time. And every Final Fantasy that came after it was better than it.

The DS remake of IV has unfortunately (or fortunately, however you wanna look at it) proven you wrong.

How has it "proven" me wrong. Gamespot scores? Okay, maybe in terms of gamespot scores. But the gameplay is unbalanced and the story is a joke. I own the DS ver, I was really looking forward to it because I bought into all the hype for the remake.

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"][QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

Whats with the IV hate?

It wasnt the best FF but hell if it was anywhere near the worst.

Shirokishi_

The twins didnt!

Hell, alot of people died in II!

[QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

Whats with the IV hate?

It wasnt the best FF but hell if it was anywhere near the worst.

siLVURcross

Yeah, but no one seems to be able to stay dead. Even if they blow themselves up and fall into the underworld ...

[QUOTE="Lionheart08"]

[QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

Whats with the IV hate?

It wasnt the best FF but hell if it was anywhere near the worst.

Shirokishi_

After playing it I have to say, it really was overhyped by the Old School fanboys. Granted, it's not going to be as story driven as the more modern Final Fantasy's, but all the copout deaths really killed it for me. That and I found all the dungeon crawling tiresome.

The only dungeon I personally found tiresome as he rediculous last one.

[QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

Whats with the IV hate?

It wasnt the best FF but hell if it was anywhere near the worst.

siLVURcross

Nope, essentially all but two characters turn out to be okay.

Hmm well I've been a FF fan since Nintendo Power previewed FF1 back in the late 80's and my top 5 looks like this:

5. FFX - absolutely hated this when it came out, but I gave it a chance finally last year and it was way better than I thought, best use of turn-based combat.

4. FF12 - its emphasis on gameplay and a huge world to explore felt like a throwback to the FF1 and I loved that, 115hours of fun I had in Ivalice.

3. FF1 - Ah yes I poured over previews of this game like crazy before it was released, and boy did it deliver when I got my grubby 10 year old hands on it. Respect!

2. FF4 - This game pulled at my pubescent heart strings like few others could. My bro would watch me grind for the imp call for hours in the starter area, we were that obssesed.

1. FF6 - Duh! The most complete FF package to date, nuff' said.

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[QUOTE="Lionheart08"]

After playing it I have to say, it really was overhyped by the Old School fanboys. Granted, it's not going to be as story driven as the more modern Final Fantasy's, but all the copout deaths really killed it for me. That and I found all the dungeon crawling tiresome.

siLVURcross

The only dungeon I personally found tiresome as he rediculous last one.

.... There are plenty of save points around I would hope.

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"][QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

Whats with the IV hate?

It wasnt the best FF but hell if it was anywhere near the worst.

Lionheart08

Nope, essentially all but two characters turn out to be okay.

I can care less bout this subjective list 9 is still my all time fav.

Highly disagree with both IX and VI. IX had so much charm and heart, it's the most underated imo.

On the other hand, VI may have been good at the time but its aged terribly. I played it last summer and couldn't see why I held it in such high regard.

Highly disagree with both IX and VI. IX had so much charm and heart, it's the most underated imo.

On the other hand, VI may have been good at the time but its aged terribly. I played it last summer and couldn't see why I held it in such high regard.

Juken7

I sent him an email giving him props and he sent one back telling me next he'll rant about people that use lol and XD :lol:

[QUOTE="Juken7"]

Highly disagree with both IX and VI. IX had so much charm and heart, it's the most underated imo.

On the other hand, VI may have been good at the time but its aged terribly. I played it last summer and couldn't see why I held it in such high regard.

ScorpionBeeBee

I often wonder what that reason is. FFIV and Chrono Trigger were much better JRPGs from that gen, imo. Plus, FFIX hardly has great graphics by today's standards, yet it might be my favorite game period.

SPOILERS - I found FFVI started pretty strong until Kefka pushed his statues (which I always though was lame) and the World of Ruin started. Sure, it was much more open, but the storytelling really suffered imo. The last 10 hours had no story progressioin, essentially just turning into one large quest to fetch all the different characters.

I also remember at one point in the World of Ruin, Celes' random whim that a bird she saw near the airship would lead us somewhere was actually used to move the plot forward (let's go to that town because Celes thinks the bird travelling there is significant for some reason!). Another part that typifies the storytelling in the World of Ruin was how we randomly found Cyan writing letters to some heartbroken woman for no real reason. These parts just didn't make sense to me.

edit: I also found the esper system do be pretty boring compared to the other FF character development systems.