XI

VII is really good, VI is better (IMO). IV is also quite good

IV, VI, IX, maybe III, and you should just try VII so you can look smart when you flame those fangirls.

IV, VI, or give up on the series

XIII

6
4
10
8
7
12

In that order. The rest aren't that great.

IX is my favourite.

brotip: X-2 didnt suck, at all.

Gameplay is the most important thing.

FIVE

VI is very similar to VII.

I said it.

The fanbase for VI is just as defensive and snooty as VII.

If you want a real FF, go for V.

Honestly X-2 is a good game. Just embarrassing to play

play all of them. get your own opinion. tell us how it went.

>>24187609
Meh I played about 11 hours into it and didn't enjoy it all that much. Maybe it's just me.

I'm gonna give VI a try though. Thank you much, /v/

>>24187598
replace 8 (Whatever.) with 9 and your right

9 is a godsend, don't let anyone tell you different.

IV, V, VI, VII, IX. Play them.

Imho

VI>VII>IX>IV>X>VIII>V>XII>III>I>X-2>II

Tactics is great too but I see it as being seperate from the main series, I also see XI as seperate from the main series even if it is a numbered entry.

X-2 was awesome you fag

FFIV
FFV
FF Tactics

This is how you enjoy Final Fantasy.

IX is excellent, so is VII (stop that "Herpderp, overrated" bullshit, it's good), VIII is pretty touching, VI is pretty good...

They're all really good, just play them.

>>24187626
VI and VII are so similar that I don't read any text when playing VII and just pretend it's the story from VI.

1 4 5 6 9 & tactics are the only good FFs

IX.

Trust me.

IX. And then VI.

You could go your entire FF career not playing II, VII, and VII, and you would be better off, but everything else you should try. Except XI, but not because it's a bad game; it's just a massive timesink.

FF7 > FFTactics > FF6 > FF9 > Shitsux

>>24187609
2nded

Play IX because it's all kinds of awesome.
Also VI.

>>24187705
Terrible characters, terrible story, below-average music, mostly rehashed areas. I don't care if dress spheres were fun. Shitty game was shitty.

I
II
III

Be a man and play all of them. That way you can actually have an opinion on them that isn't immediately invalidated when you're trying to have a healthy intelligent conversation with people on /v/ and in person.

If anything they're good time killers. None of them take too long to beat.

9 is overrated as shit.

this is an idiot who played only 10 and 10-2 and 12.

he's only going to enjoy 7

4-12, Tactics are all great.
3, TA 1-2 are good.
1,2 suck.

plenty to choose from.

>>24187762
IX is made so much better from knowledge of the previous games, though.

Anyway OP, I had the most fun with V and IX, then VII and V equally. You should also probably play I just so that you can have that experience.

>>24187836
Average characters, music, and story. Fuckwin battle system.

Honesty time.

I liked VII... for one disc.

I loved Midgard, and the setting of this massive superstructure city.

The game got a lot less interesting for me when you left and it was just 'generic Final Fantasy overworld #7' afterwards.

VIII was excellent as well.

My top 3 are: V, VI, and VIII, followed closely by IV and VII.

in b4 everyones favorite FF background

Does anyone else honestly think XIII will live up to the hype and be worth the years of waiting? Because I dont :(

ignore the nostalgiafags and play 7, you'll probably enjoy it more than 6 anyway.

Hey OP. You're going to see lots of fanboyism and faggotry in this thread, so here's a bit of my own.

Final Fantasy VII: This is the reason Final Fantasy is so mega-popular these days. FF7 broke the mold and played in a cyberpunk, dystopian world. The overall story structure is a mirror of FF6's (big evil empire, rebel group gonna save the world, etc), but the particulars distinguish it from that game in a numberof ways.

The Materia system is fantastic. Some people complain that it makes each character feel exactly the same, but really, that's horse shit. The Materia system works perfectly in the context of story and gameplay. It enables you to customize each character to your liking, and some characters are better than others at magic, and others are better suited to support Materia.

The story itself is fun, the characters are likable, and the villain makes sense. This is one of the BIGGEST compliments I can give a game--that the enemy is consistent throughout. The primary antagonist, Sephiroth, is a worthwhile villain because you know he's the guy you've got to kill from the get-go. He's a good villain.

Yes VI is good, really good, but not the best final fantasy. For me "FF VI is teh best" is just one of those things you say on the interbutts to get social acceptance (yes, social acceptance on the interwebs, it's serious business) by people that never actually played the damn thing on the snes.
In my opinion that is.
Final fantasy is somewhat personal...you'll hear people that hate Final fantasy A and love B and others that love A and love B...

So...this is somewhat a difficult concept on /v/ but, make the choice on your own.
Play them all if you can, although, since you began on ff X, gone do X-2 and then to XII my guess is that you'll hate the retro aspect of some old games like FF I, II and so on or just the obsolete overall aspect of others and you'll just keep hating ff series.

>>24187625
>>24187626
>>24187716
FFV is the way to go. Great job system, the story is simple and enjoyable, not up it's ass like many games, and pic related.

>>24187872

IX is overrated? Right...

>>24187696

VI, VII and IX = Must play
IV and X = Should play
VIII, V and XII = Worth playing
I and III = Consider playing
II and X-2 = Don't bother

... or God Tier, High Tier, Mid Tier, Low Tier and Shit Tier if you prefer.

Play 6, 7 , or 9. If you like those, try some of the other ones.

>>24188096

Yes FF5 is worth playing just to see the debut of the Dimensional Sword Hunter Gilgamesh. Off to Youtube to listen to that song.

>>24188067

Final Fantasy VI is also a good game, I hold it just below FF7. The characters in this game have more personality, and each have their own stories fleshed out pretty well throughout the tale.

So far as gameplay goes, each character has his own particular abilities. You have to play strategically, because at certain points throughout the game, you're forced to play with different "teams" doing different missions, so allot your members well.

Kefka is like the Joker Lite; a maniac with no conscience. People love him, mostly, I'm one of the seeming few who don't.

This game is really dark, especially for a SNES title. Magicite was the precursor to Materia, and it differs in the following way: Each character can have only one Magicite at any one time. You can also keep the Magicite equipped awhile and learn magic from it, so yeah--you can get all the characters to have all the spells, but it takes longer.

The opera scene also kicks ass.

VIII is shit, anyone who says otherwise is a spider expert

VII is good, but obviously beaten to death by Squeenix's pandering to fangirls, it deserves at least one play through if only for the soundtrack

I is required , you don't have to beat it, but at least play it enough and mess around with different class comps to get an idea of where the series mechanics originated.

II is shit like VIII

III is very good, esp the DS remake, it's basically I with more classes.

IV is my favorite - it was the first FF I ever played and it combines great narrative and memorable characters with old school gameplay. (II had a good narrative but an utterly retarded system)

V is damn good and I consider it the spiritual successor to I and III in the sense that it is low on plot but high on class customization.

VI is considered the best by many in the series, it certainly is the most epic and has a lot of great characters like Setzer and Sabin. My 2nd favorite.

IX is solid, though if Squeenix really wanted to go back to the roots of FF they'd have made it 2-d instead of "cartoony 3-d with arguably some of the best graphics on the PSOne"

X is decent, but the english dub raped it, hard.

XI is a shitty grindfest timesink, avoid.

XII is like XI but without the monthly fees, sitting on your ass in Valkurm waiting for a party, and has a definite end. Meh character development but a fun dungeon crawler if you're into that thing

XIII will probably be shit.

>>24187609
>X-2 didnt suck, at all.

FOUR.

>>24188209

You should also try out Final Fantasy Tactics. It's incredibly linear, but the story (even with the poor translation) is great, and the Job system is fucking amazing. It's basically Tactics Ogre, except in a more detailed world and with lots of interesting classes. Each battle takes place on a map, and each map can take anywhere from fifteen minutes to a half hour and longer to play through. This is the Final Fantasy you play only for the gameplay.

Although the music is fucking awesome, too.

>>24188233
forgot to add that TLDR all FFs are worth playing except VII and XI

ITT people who are too insecure with their masculinity to play an awesome game just because it happens to have a "girl power" cast who plays dress up in battle.

>>24188308
godammit meant VIII not VII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knwShGme4Zk&feature=related

This song really makes storming Gregminster castle in Suikoden a lot better.

>>24188233

>spider expert

Oh, God, those were the days.

As you can see, OP, there is no possible way for /v/ to tell you which game you should try. Everyone has different tastes, so I can give you two options that will help you the best

1. Don't try the series
2. Try any of them. Download them. Try them, if you don't like it, try a different one.

But I can say, if you don't like either 5, 6, 7, or 12, then you're probably better off staying away. I hope this helped, OP.

Objective ratings with no nostalgia or fanboyism involved:

FFI - shit gameplay
FF2 - shit gameplay
FF3 - average gameplay
FF4 - shit gameplay
FF5 - good gameplay
FF6 - shit gameplay
FF7 - shit gameplay
FF8 - shit gameplay
FF9 - shit gameplay
FF10 - average gameplay
FF10-2 - good gameplay
FF12 - shit gameplay

>>24188233
>>24188233
HAHAHHAHAHA

II gives you complete customizable characters and yet it's a piece of shit when compared to III!!! When III's class system is what you love the most.

BAAHAHAHAHAHAHA HYPOCRITE!!!

II's story is better than I and III
II's characters are better than III
II's battle system is basically III

Protip: YOU DON'T NEED TO LEVEL UP IN ANYTHING WITH II JUST RUN THROUGH IT AND YOU'LL BE FINE!

ignore XI and XII as they suck
if you have problems playing with old graphics then dont play 1-3, 4-6's great gameplay make up for it, 7-10 are also enjoyable
my favourites are 8&10

VIII is godly

>>24188074
>Final fantasy is somewhat personal...

/thread
Indeed. That's what makes FF so great. You'll see people with different opinions, and they all have a point. So, when you hate some FF game see what people that loved that game say, and replay it, keeping in mind what makes some people love that game and you'll see, you'll discover an all different game.

Btw, FF IX overrated? Underage b&... when IX came out no one gave 2 shits about it, it was a very discrete game. So stop believing every piece of shit you read on video games forums and talk shit just to say something.
I hated XI the first time I played it, "THIS IS NOT FF /insert number/ HURR DURR!!!11oneone!", then I played it again...and fuck, it really is a great FF.