So obviously my opinion is the only one that matters here, so this list is definitely going to be perfect and I can’t see anyone disagreeing with anything I have to say.

But in all seriousness, this list is just about my ranking of all the Final Fantasy games I have played so far. I haven’t played FF 1 – 6 so I won’t be including these and although I have played a bit of FF IV, it’s not a single player so I won’t be including that. I also appreciate that my taste is sometimes a bit weird so you can probably disregard everything I stated in my first sentence.

So without further ado, here goes:

Final Fantasy – Lightning Returns.

So, as you’ll see a little further down, I didn’t hate on FFXIII or XIII-2 as much as most. I’m all about the story for the most part and I enjoyed both games even though some people couldn’t really get behind the story. However, the same cannot be said for the sequel of the sequel. Lightning Returns was by far the dullest game in the series for me. I’ll be honest, my review is not for the full game as I didn’t finish it and I have no interest in doing so. I don’t get the weird time limit thing, for me it really limits the game play experience and I ended up with a mixture of boredom and a sense of dread that I wasn’t even going to succeed in completing the game. It made me not want to take my time with it so I ended up just not really playing very much at all. If someone convinces me to pick it up again then maybe I’ll give it another go but this one really wasn’t for me.

Final Fantasy XV

Ok so the disclaimer with this one is that I played this at launch and I know there have been some pretty big improvements and DLC’s since then, so this may be one that I give another go eventually. Until then this was another FF that I just couldn’t get excited about. I did finish it though so its an improvement on Lightning Returns.

One of my favourite elements of a FF game is meeting different party members along your journey and learning their stories and fighting styles. This one had four really generic guys that all looked similar and were pretty boring. There was nothing really to discover about them, there were no crazy cooks with forks as weapons, no black mages without faces and I had absolutely no interest in their story at all. It looked amazing though and the world design was very pretty but that’s pretty much all I can say about it. I was so excited when it was announced but then a bit disappointed with it overall.

Final Fantasy XIII-2

So, the last two games were bottom of the list because I wasn’t really a fan of them but from here on out I do genuinely enjoy the rest so it’s just a case of ordering them by which I enjoy the most, This one is here, mainly because I don’t remember it all that much (I have an atrocious memory though so it’s not really the games fault). I’m not really sure FFXIII needed a sequel to be honest but I’m not upset it had one. I liked the character, I liked the story, the battle system was largely the same as It’s predecessor and I liked that. It was a pretty solid game all in all. I quite liked playing as Lightning’s sister Sarah in a bid to find her again and I kind of want to go back and play through both FFXIII and this one again now.

Final Fantasy XIII

I know there was a lot of criticism around the plot for this one (and it’s sequel) but honestly I quite liked it. I liked the new APB battle system, even though I’m a sucker for the old turn based styles and I still miss those. That’s mainly why this isn’t higher on the list really. I think the turn based battle system is what makes Final Fantasy so Final Fantasy-y and I want it back. I might even start a petition. I still enjoyed this though.

Final Fantasy X-2

This one is totally ridiculous and super camp but I kind of loved it. The dressspheres were great and although Yuna is one of my least favourite FF protagonists, Rikku and Paine make up for her, even if Rikku is dressed for the beach the entire time! I liked revisiting Spira and getting to experience the world again and I really enjoyed how the map was opened up from the start meaning you could travel as you pleased. I’m not really sure what anyone was thinking when they decided on the tone of this game, as it’s sooo different from any other game they’ve done in the past but bravo to whoever pitched this and got it agreed.

I still maintain though that Spherebreak is the most annoying game and I just can’t bring myself to play it anymore, meaning I’ll probably never get the Gambler dress sphere.

This game was so over the top compared to X and I loved it for that! FF 10/10 (lolzzz)

Final Fantasy VIII

First of all, I think it’s an absolute travesty that this game hasn’t been re released yet. I did read somewhere that apparently all the code for the game was lost so they can’t work on it but I’m too lazy to do real research and find out if this is real or not. I really enjoyed this FF although it took a bit of getting used to after the crowd favourite FFVII as the art style was a bit grittier and I wasn’t a massive fan of using the gun sword thingy, however, once I got used to it, I did really start to love it.

I only ever played this through once as I never owned it myself and I may never be able to now either *sad face* but I definitely loved how it mixed more sci fi elements with the magic and took it in a whole new direction from its predecessors. Square Soft/Enix have definitely not been afraid to mix things up a bit.

Final Fantasy VII

Yes it’s only my second favourite! I still love it but it doesn’t quite take the top spot I’m afraid. FFVII is the first FF i ever played and I still think it’s glorious. There’s not much I can say about it that hasn’t already been said before. Every FF fan knows what this game is about and why it’s awesome so I’m not going to bang on about it. There’s no denying it’s brilliant, I just love FFIX more.

Final Fantasy IX

This is in my top 5 favourite games of all time. I just love it! A lot! From the art style to the story, to the combat. It’s pretty perfect in my eyes. The graphics for a PS1 game were pretty amazing in my opinion too. They were for FFVII too but I think they had really come into their own here. I have played this game so many times and I still love it to this day. If I had never played any game in the series before and started from scratch now, I’m not sure I’d place FF VII so high on the list (it’d still be pretty high though) but I’m certain I would for this one.

FFIX gives me the warm and fuzzies to this day and I’m so glad they released it again. Did I mention that I love it!

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