Favorite Final Fantasy [Intellectual Version]

[cmdrcantley]

Music--FFVII-- I fell in love with Aerith's Theme the moment I heard it... it was really a pretty simple song, but, for some reason, it has me nearly in tears everytime. The Ending Theme caused nearly the same emotion, and I thought it was a great "summing-up" piece. One Winged Angel was so powerful and actually a bit frightening, and easily was the best villain theme.

Characters -- FFX -- They had a great variety of personalities, and the upgrade to PS2 hardware brought it out. Tidus was pretty whiny, but in the end became a good leader. Auron was very mysterious, but showed real devotion to fulfilling his promises. Wakka was just a really big kid, but had a heart of gold. Lulu used harshness to mask her vulnerability (I think). Yuna was trying to follow her fathers footsteps, but proved she could become a legend on her own. Kimahri was the ideal knight... fearless, devoted and very strong. Then there's Rikku... a sneaky little girl that always keeps you guessing. Most of the other games seemed to have pretty generic characters... the hero, the confused one, the girlfriend. FFX really brought charcter into the characters.

Favorite Character -- Balthier from FFXII -- I know it's a little weird when you compare this to the answer above, but overall, Balthier is who I'd like to be. He's witty, charming, and come on, everyone loves a pirate He's kind of like Han Solo from an aristocratic background. I'll freely admit, I have not finished FFXII, so I don't know if my feelings will change or not. For now, though, Balthier is it.

Battle System -- FFXII -- I chose FFXII for the simple reason of how different it is from all the others I've played. I absolutely love that you can see the enemies onscreen and can choose to fight or not. The gambit system also allows for a great reduction in the time that you spend micro-managing your party. Set up your gambits, and you can pretty much focus on one character while your others will take care of themselves.

Villain -- Garland/Chaos from FFI -- This one is not easy to decide on. I think it's pretty neat that the first boss you fight in the game is really the last boss as well. You kind of get the same thing with Seymour in X, in that you fight him in different forms. But Garland is different. His first form, lets face it, is a complete pushover. He's dead, so we go on with the adventure. And then, we go 2000 years back in time, and who do we find? Garland! Only this time he morphs into the big ugly critter called Chaos. It was great fun the first tiem I played the game, and I like the concept still.

Story -- FFX -- I like that this has, essentially, a two-fold story. On one hand, you have the boy looking for his father. On the other, the girl that wants to save her world from a thousand years of suffering. Very separate stories, but their paths flow together. But, the one story aspect that I loved the most, was that Tidus was a dream. That all the people of the Zanarkand that he knew, were dreams. Very unique, and touching.

Ending -- FFX -- But it's a really hard choice. I've stated above that I love the ending of both FFI and FFX. I also love the ending to FFVII, but that's moreso for the music. Overall, it's got to be FFX. The world is saved from the recurring nightmare that is Sin... forever. Tidus overcomes his immaturity and successfully frees his father from Sin. And then there's Yuna's speech at the very end... "they're not truly gone, as long as we remember them." I may not have phrased it exactly as she says it, but what a statement of comfort to anyone who has lost a loved one. Ironically, I beat FFX about a week after my grandfather died. My dad and I shared a good cry after that... and we still talk about it to this day.

[Skywalker]

Music--> FFX with Suteki da ne was so beautifull with the violin solo's
and then the piano thing Road to Zanderkand an more music of X
there was something different with the music it wass really epic
but eyes on me,melodies of life and kiss me goodbye are great to

characters--> FFX-2 those 3 ladys where really a good team
and thats the only FF where I liked all the main characters
Rikkus go lucky nature
Yuna still a bit silent
And Pain dark and sacastic

Favorite Character--> I don't know hmmmmmm there is
Yuffie,Selphie,Zidane and Rikku happy go lucky characters
Rinoa was the 1st leading lady I liked not for her happy character but because she was serious to
Balthier for he reminds me of Han solo
Ashe because she was the second femal character I liked not because she was all happy and ditzy and stuff. And yes she could be more kinder to some of the party members she really has a good and nobel heart but its just not in your face that heart of her
Basch he is so sweet even after the setup,2 years in prison,A slap in the face and some looks from Vaan and Ashe that could kill someone
he still is loyal to Ashe now that people is undying---unconditional loyalty and devotion



Battle System FFXII it was new it was fresh
and with the perfect gambits set is was kick ass time

Villain--Gabranth (he is hot) he reminds me of Anakin fallan from grace
and I think it would be hard for a knight/soldier wtf he was
to fail to protect your homeland and then to lose your brother
but Sephriot is a close second

Story--All FF are great in story some are better than other
but I think I hve to go with X, XII there is just something with those 3 I can't type was it I played for the story's or the characters maybe because the game had a voice and we could hear emostions

ending--hmmmm VIII was nice with the camera and you see Squall smile
IX was nice too with Dagger and Zidane
but X was the best with the speeche of yuna

[dimmufan]

I think all the Final Fantasies are great in respect for what each game brings to the series. But if they had to be broken down, then here goes:

Best Music: I liked the music from FF9. Seems to always get stuck in my head.

Best Characters: I like the characters from FFX because they were so versatile. You could have a caster who was a thief that could one-shot any enemy in it's path with a standard attack.

Fav Character: My favorite character would have to be Zidane from FF9. He was so witty and funny and a bit of a playboy. Plus all the abilities he could equip just made him a total powerhouse.

Battle System: The best battle system would have to be in FFXII because you could switch anybody in at anytime (so long as they weren't being targeted) and even if somebody wasn't in the battle they still got credit for being a part of the team (license points). Plus a hurt character could just sit back and do long range damage or heal without too much worry of being attacked.

Fav Villain: Sephiroth from FFVII. This dude is a no-holds-barred get-of-my-way-or-Ima-gonna-kill-you kind of guy. He's so powerful it's like there's no stopping him. Plus I've always wondered what shampoo he uses.

Fav Storyline: I like the story line from FF9. I especially like the CG when Zidane comes to rescue Princess Garnet from Alexandria Castle when right when it's crumbling to pieces. When she realizes what just happened she gives him the most thankful and loving hug. I keep a separate save file just so I can go back and watch it from time to time.

Fav Ending: I'm not too good on remembering endings so I really can't give an opinion.

Overall: Overall I probably would have to say FF9. I liked the setting. I liked the idea of equipping auto abilities. I also liked Tetra Master (the refined version of FF8). I liked the story line. Not to mention the excellent replay value. Yep, this is the best one.

[dr_squall]

Hello this is my first post here on this forum
Getting started with ur questions directly

Which FF had your Favorite Music?
I like some scores frome different games in the series and I can't make my mind on a single FF game
Let's see.. Boss battle in ff6 and ff9 was really cool
The intro of FF9
Melodies of life of course was great
Sephiroth theme in FF7
Kefka's Theme in FF6
Ultimicia's Castle theme in FF8
In overall I believe the best music in general was FF6's music since the other games relayed also on good 3d graphics but this game succeeded in bringing attention with its music alone

Which FF had your Favorite Characters Overall?
FF6
why? Many characters and you can't pick one character that is more important or call him the main character. Unlike the other games in the series where there is always a main character that is the core of the whole story

Which FF had your Favorite Character, and who is it?
Talking about a single character I liked Squall
Calm,deep, cool, strong and a good leader. Not superficial like Zidane or so depressant like Cloud.

Which FF had your Favorite Battle System?
FF7 had the best tactics with using its Materia. Using All materia, Enemy Skill and other various materia that could be given to all characters plus the limit attaks which appeared for the 1st time in the series that strong and they gave each character a special style.

Which FF had your Favorite Villain, and who is it?
FF7 Sephiroth
The strongest and the deepest .His past is very interesting knowing that he was a good guy in the past. Plus he was always showing up in the game from its early parts unlike Ultimicia in FF8 who appeared very late in the game or Edea who was not a real enemy after all!

Which FF had your Favorite Storyline?
With no question FF7
the other games had superficial storylines like FF6 or FF9 and the others had good storylines like FF8 but they become suddenly so boring before the ending sequences. In FF8 disc 3 was very short. After knowing Ultimicia's goal nothing surprising happened and the whole story was about : Recover Rinoa and defeat the evil Ultimicia.
Unlike FF7 which had too many surprising events after Aeries' death until its end.

Which FF had your Favorite Ending?
FF8
To end from where the story has started
Watching Ultimicia possessing Edea in the orphange house and seeing Squall the child asking about Ellone to start the story over again and again makes a good theme with me. I like this kind of stories talking about how possible is it to manipulate the past or the future and when the characters believe they did they only realize that they played a major role in keeping what they thought they were changing.

Thank you

[Jikuu]

I'm going to admit that my votes will be skewed, as I stopped playing FF after 9, because I disliked it so much.

Which FF had your Favorite Music?
I recall the music most fondly from FF6. I learned to play Forever Rachel and Aria de Mezzo Carraterre on the piano because I liked them so much. Good stuff.


Which FF had your Favorite Characters Overall?
Final Fantasy 5 had my favorite characters. It was only five, so they got a decent chunk of the spotlight. Faris is my favorite for all the storyline twists, and I feel much more for Galuf than I ever did for Aeris (although I knew her fate two years before I would play it).

Which FF had your Favorite Character, and who is it?
My favorite character is Cid Highwind from FF7. I loved the idea of a dirty pilot with goggles, a cigarette, and a spear. With his last name and other dragoony aspects of him, I really enjoyed the hinted-at lineage with Kain Highwind of FF4. He had a good amount of modern and magic in him.

Which FF had your Favorite Battle System?
I'm going to go off the numbered series and say Tactics. Nothing beats a good, 5 minute a battle turn-based strategy RPG. There is a lot more variety in a system like that than the stand in line and hit variant. The random battles were the best because your level might change the equipment on the humans, so you may want to Invite or Steal to gain their items. Poaching also was a curious thing there too.

Which FF had your Favorite Villain, and who is it?
Kefka from FF6 is my favorite. I was getting sick of the dark, take over the world villain. He was brightly colored and just plain psychotic. I liked his style, or lack thereof. Much better than Sephiroth and his bishie mommy issues. =P

Which FF had your Favorite Storyline?
Final Fantasy Tactics is my favorite storyline, because it balances the typical hero adventuring stuff with the political intrigue. It never got too heavy on either side. I only wish that one didn't have to play it three times to read it all and understand everything that's going on.

Which FF had your Favorite Ending?

I think my favorite is FF4 because it's the happiest. Cecil gets Rosa, and everyone's *gasp* alive at the end! Except for Tellah, but y'know, he was an old geezer. It was his time. =P I don't think it had the best developed storyline, but it's better than the world showing severe damage or magic just plain out fading from the world.

Overall, even though my answers are everywhere, my favorite FF overall is FFT. I enjoy the Job System and battle system way too much for little things like wacky translation to stand in the way.

[Blacksmith]

Which FF had your Favorite Music?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. I don't have to explain WHICH FF had my favorite music because there's something from ALL of them I loved. This question is ridiculous to try and answer. Nobou is just that much of a badass.

Which FF had your Favorite Characters Overall?
I think I'd have to go with FF Tactics. There were so many characters you loved and so many characters you hated, it was perfect. To me, there was just more depth with the characters of Tactics than any other final fantasy whom were a lot more interesting than some loner.

Which FF had your Favorite Character, and who is it?
As much as I don't like it, I liked FFX because of Auron. He reminded me of the old chambara samurai like Toshiro Mifune or Zatoichi with his badass sword, skills, and personality. He was the only REAL character in it that wasn't a walking cliche, that and he had a cool voice.

Which FF had your Favorite Battle System?
I'd have to go with FFIX. It mixed the old school feel, typical turn-based style, and added everything you loved about the older FF battle systems. With weapons, armor, and items giving you certain abilities you could equip or unequip, it made things quite interesting in creating certain builds and was easy enough to attain. The summons helped too. The only real flaw was the trance system, which while it was powerful, it was hard to control it whenever you wanted, particularly for boss battles when you needed it the most. I guess, however, that made it interesting because instead of jumping into a boss battle where you're almost in trance, it forces you to use what you have to do the job. The challenge of that was great.

Which FF had your Favorite Villain, and who is it?
I've long since moved away from the walking cliche with a huge fanbase, Sephiroth. Honestly, he's pathetic and really has no purpose. I didn't feel anything for him, no love or hate. If there was any villain who could get a rise out of me AND do his job, it was Kefka. He successfully ****ed the world up and never stopped acting like a cruel son of a bitch. THAT is what a villain should be, though I think he should have been a bit more clever rather than the typical mustache-wearing bad guy who puts the hero's lover on the train tracks. Sephiroth was a big baby, Ultmecia was boring, Kuja was too pretty, and Seymour was a repeat of a big baby.

Which FF had your Favorite Storyline?
Tough choice, but if I had to pick one and ONLY one, it'd be FFIX. Yes, it's obvious and predictable, but the characters were interesting and so was their development. FFIX did what FFVII couldn't, make the main character less f-ing emo. While Zidane had a bad past and ended up being a clone, at least he was an INTERESTING clone whilst Cloud was just annoying and cliche up the ass. FFIX just did everything right for once to make for one satisfying...

Which FF had your Favorite Ending?
...ending.

Indeed, I have chosen FFIX's ending. It was foreseen to be happy and joyful, but this was a good thing. With Vivi and his nine kids, of course it'd be a great ending. The strange thing is I hate happy endings and ever-after bullshit, but FFIX did it right after playing through this game. It was fun and the ending gave a sense of finishedness.

[Secret Weapon]

1: Out of the fact that FF7 was the 1st playstation game I played, it's hands down. I fell in love with it thereafter. The music actually stoppped me from fading in & out the game. It made me feel like I was in the battle with them; commanding them.Squaresoft put a lot of heart into the orchestra. Excellent job!

2: With characters overall, I would have to say VIII, duh VII! Cloud was cold from start to finish. Barret too. I bet it would be hard for him to get a license for that gun. I don't care what anybody says, aeris is a very enjoyable character. She gave her life for the planet! Where's the APPRECIATION?

3:Cloud Strife 4life. Me and him can relate in so many ways. How he pieces back his life left me stupamazed (stuapfied + amazed)that he wasn't crushed under his own emotions and lived to fight on. He showed that lying to yourself and going by that will not only lose your identity but who you are. Thanks Cloud.

4: Who else's? Fianl Fantasy 7 made it how it would actually be. They make you fight to learn your magic not just learning them. Limit Breaks,gold and black chocobos,command,support,independent,and summon materias? What more do I have to explain?

5: The best villan to me was VII's Sephiroth. Even before the start of the game, Cloud and Tifa have grown to loathe him. His power goes beyond comprehension(even in Cloud's flashback 0 damge from physical and magic attacks at lv. 50?). Further in the game, his history is unraveled, yet his is still a mystery to me. Also when I got to the crystilline city and having to watch aeris die without helping made me hate him cause he flew off,making me fight one of those dam jenova's again. Not to mention the musamune blade and his outfit. Best villan cause he made ME HATE him.

6: The best storyline setting the rest after is and will always be VII's. It had the best climax. It KEPT you from getting tired of it and even gave you more of challenge after you beat Ultima Weapon. Not to mention all the mini games and chocobo racing. FF7 the best story hands down.

7: The best ending was the very first FF on the Nintendo. Who knew that garland, the knight that protected everyone would be the earth's downfall(irony!)? Well, when the story ends they show the aftermath of the source of the evil being vanquished. The Light Warriors rest and hope the next destined warriors will prepare to yet again face evil in combat...

The best FF Is VII hands down. Play It or replay it and you 'll see what I see in it.

Tifa
-...I guess this is the start of our journey.-

[dr_squall]

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Originally Posted by dr_squall

Which FF had your Favorite Character, and who is it?
Talking about a single character I liked Squall
Calm,deep, cool, strong and a good leader. Not superficial like Zidane or so depressant like Cloud.

It's unusual for someone to reply to himself again...but after playing FFVII CC I must say that Zack is the best character in all the FF games I ever played.
When you play that game you will understand what I mean.

[Rob17]

My favorite Final Fantasy?

In all catagories id hav to say that i like all of the series, everything about it just captivates your imagination, the amazing story, visuals, especially the characters and especially the music.

My favorite pick is going back to the gaming era of FF.
Final Fantasy VI

The game in whole meets/greets and raises my expectations of what i thought excellent and true gaming should feel like, the greatest thing about it was the way it pulled me straight into the whole story literally dropping me on my head into a broken up and depressive world ruled by dictatorship and greed.

The grand scale of the game is its greatest secret, im of the opinion the for most of the game it is a regular FF game, kill monsters gain exp, gain magic, buy weapons advance the plot, the story to me at first made so much sense that i wanted to play on but not enough that i felt like i was gaining headway, not that i was confused by it but that i ddnt know where it was leading, wich allured me even further into the plot, until i reacher the flying continet, about halfwayish, id say, i fought atma/ultima weapon, carried on til i found Kefka who by this time was an unimportant character, as i thought that the real target was the emperor, up until the point that Kefka beat him and tossed him off the side, i was stunned and confused, then he set about destroying the world, at that point everything clicked into place and the game changed rapidly and u-turned, watching the world burn and die for me the focus shifted and i understood the true nature of the game and from then on all the way to the three tiers i started remembering little quotes and character traits, this made me understand that this was a story of the end of the world and a quest to defeat the evilest of corruptors and to this day the best villain of FF period.

Imo this is an epic Final Fantasy story that has never bin topped.

My favorite music from the this game is Dancing Mad, The fierce battle/battle to the death and the magitech empire (intro), i liked these perticular osts because they gave the game a feel of dark and brooding roots that arnt fully touched on til later on in the game, with the exception of Dancing Mad (all tiers), but especially the last tier before Kefka and Kefka, the whole theme though gave it that titanic world splitting feel that made it seem as though you were fighting literally to the death and for the sake of the entire world, this has been emulated well in FF 8 against Ultimecia IMO.


Favorite villain is Kefka obv, for the reason that he is without a doubt a true villain, psychopathic, sadistic, comical, generally i tend to find that he is well more padded out than most endgame bosses because there is so much backstory to him and that he is feared throught the world for being nothing less than true evil.
However the way that he became this ausomely and renoundly feared and hated in game character and hated by gamers worldwide has to be respected as he is the only FF villain to truely succed in his plans.

Favorite ending is FF X because (this will be short) its a tragic love story, wich appealed to me because it was so moving.


My favorite battle system was FF V, just because it was a highly adaptable, customisation system, i do like the stat building of FF VI and the abillities and special moves system of FF IX but they were a bit rigid for me tbh.


Favorite character of the series has to be Cecil from final fantasy IV, the fact that he learned the dark power saw how it affected his behaviour and saw how 'absolute power, corupts absolutly' and then went on to become a paladin, is in real terms a powerfull journey, i respected that and admired the perticular character/plot for this reason.


Overall characters? Im not too sure id say that the best overall characters were from Final Fantasy VI on the basis that like most things in that game were well presented and thought out they could of had more script for them in the later stages of the WOR, but then thats just how i feel...

[Brachioraidos]

*Note* I am going to be using the old FFs in this post(FF1-6)


Music:
FF1 had the elemental feinds music and Chaos's music which killed.
FF2 had the last boss music.
FFIV had the elemental lords music which I loved.
So many great songs from V. Exdeaths theme mactched Exdeath sooo well. Exdeaths castle teme is great too. The boss battle fight music is great.
FFVI: Kefka and the boss battle music are really good. Kefka's matches his clown image really good.

Overall, V


Characters:
I really didn't like the characters from 1-3 but FFIV had many good ones such as Cecil, Rydia, Tellah etc. FFV and FFVI had great characters to like Bartz and Kefka

Overall VI


Fav Character:
Ummmmm.......this is a hard one. Gualf or Kefka. Gualf is just and amazing person and Kefka err...I really don't think I have to explain this one


Which FF had your Favorite Battle System?
FFVI, I loved it. It allowed EVERY player to use EVERY spell in the game. Without this in it FFV would kill VI.


Which FF had your Favorite Villain, and who is it?
Exdeath and Kefka from V,VI. There both crazy and achevied there goal. *Spoiler* Exdeath obtains the power of the void and Kefka becomes a god *Spoiler*


Which FF had your Favorite Storyline?
I, IV and V were all good but basically has the same story, Protect the crystals. Everything was revoled around them. So I would have to say VI


Which FF had your Favorite Ending?
Vi, made me thought whats going to happen after Terra loseses her Esper power.

[Gunslinger]

My Favorite Music was from Final Fantasy VII One-Winged Angel and from Final Fantasy VII AC were Tifa is figting Loz in the old church


my favorite FF cast has to be FFVII because all the caracters are defenetly the coolest of all FF cast


My favorite character from all FFs is most defently sephiroth, he is so cool and colected and knows the consekuense of what he does but he dosent let it stop him ore some thing like that


My favorite battle system. cant realy tell i havent notest it wery much but mayby FFX-2


on the 2 next cuestiones i have to quote mydako i agree too everything u have writen on the 2 Mydako

Originally Posted by Mydako

Another vote for FFVII for favorite villain. Sephiroth, calm, cool, collected, calamity, chaos, and more C's. He has a believable character, with enough background to understand him, and know where he comes from, yet lacking enough to keep him a mystery. His outfit is allow very cool