I’ve written articles about different aspects of the Final Fantasy video games in the past because I’m a huge fan. Most Final Fantasy fans will often argue about which Final Fantasy games are the best so I thought it was about time I threw my hat in the ring and ranked the top five Final Fantasy games in my opinion.
5. Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII seems to get a lot of hate for some reason and I’m not sure why. It’s not my favorite or it wouldn’t be number 5 but it’s not the worse, not anywhere close to Final Fantasy IX. Final Fantasy VIII has some pretty cool characters in it like Squall, Seifer and Irvine and the story is very enjoyable. The Final Fantasy series takes pride in itself that it has a lot of fun side quests and this game has the best one of all, a card game called Tetra Master.
4. Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X reminds me of one of my favorite television shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Simply because their main characters are horrible, but the supporting cast is awesome. Tidus might be the most clueless moron ever in a video game. But how can you not like a game with joyful Wakka, not so joyful Lulu, the silent warrior Kimahri and Auron, possibly the baddest character ever in a video game. Like Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X also has a really awesome side game called Blitzball. Blitzball is like an entire sports game inside of an rpg. I could play Final Fantasy X for hours and only play Blitzball the whole time.
3. Final Fantasy VII
There is a lot to like about Final Fantasy VII. First it has sentimental value because it was the first RPG I played on Playstation and the graphics were amazing at the time. FF VII also featured a hero with a huge sword, Sephiroth, the coolest villain ever, and Tifa. Finally! A female RPG character that isn’t just a magic user! A girl that can actually kick some butt! Honestly Final Fantasy VII wasn’t my favorite story out of the FF games but it had great effects and music, it was the first video game that was more like a blockbuster movie. Plus the Advent Children movie made me love FF VII even more.
2. Final Fantasy III
For a very long, long time Final Fantasy III wasn’t just my favorite FF game but was my favorite game of all time. FF III had more characters than you’ll normally have in a RPG and all of them got considerable amount of time to learn about the characters. The story was probably better than all the stories from FF VII to FF X. Even though the graphics weren’t as good as the Playstation days I remember some of the scenes being my favorites of all time like Edgar escaping the Empire and Celes singing in the opera. Villains like Ultros and Kefka were also very entertaining and Gogo mimic’s ability was one of the best ideas they ever put in a fighting system.
1. Final Fantasy XII
It’s simple really. Final Fantasy XII has the best story, the best graphics and the best fighting system. I was even skeptical about the fighting system when I first heard about it but I ended up loving it. I like that the story is about politics and the cities are these well developed cities. I’m tired of RPG games where every city is made up of dirt roads and little village huts. Things like that make Final Fantasy XII seem more real, even though there are still scary monsters.
