Any Final Fantasy fans?

[Deathknight]

I only like the older ones (1-6), never cared for any of the others. FF6 pwns though.

[Barkworm]

Yeah, I'm a fan, too but only since VI. XII is probably the most underrrated FF game, gameplay-wise it's by far the best in the series.

[KROW]

I'm partial to VI, myself. It was the one game that I played the most after it was released. I even tried to buy it from the rental store for $20. Kefka was one of the most entertaining FF villains of all time. That laugh was priceless.

I got lost in the loop once the franchise became Playstation-exclusive. It wasn't until FFX that I got back into playing. Although X is not everyone's bread and butter, I have to admit that it was a pretty nice re-introduction for me. Oh, and the music for the battle against Jecht was awesome, too.

[Dr. Doom]

Let me recount all of the one that I've actually played substantially.

-IX is my absolute favorite and one of my favorite games overall, peroid. It seems to be kinda the black sheep of the series, which is ironic, because from a conceptual standpoint, it was a throwback to the early games. I just love all the characters, the gameplay, the systems, the music (oh my god, the music)...and it was probably one of if not the best looking game on the PSX.

-I'm also a huge fan of VII for many of the same reasons...as some of you will recall, I avoided VII like the plague for many years because all the various fanpeople had turned me off to it and made me feel like it was over rated. I just didn't wanna buy into the hype. However, when Advent children finally came out here, I just couldn't restrain myself any longer. I actually managed to sit down and played the game first, and really had a blast with it. Again, great story, great characters, great gameplay, supurb music. I also became absolutely obseesed with Vincent as a character. I always thought he was cool before, but actually enccountering him in the game made a world of difference. I even loved Dirge Of Cerberus, even though I admit it's not the best game, mostly because I was getting to run around as Vincent and it was a great extention of the original game's story. And Steve Blumis my favorite VA! I might have actually included DoC by itself on this list but I suppose it'll just be grouped together with VII, since it is, as I said, an extention.

-VIII is kind of another case altogether. It provides a good story, but I reallly didn't care for the gameplay. I really liked Irvine, too, he reminded me a lot of Gambit.

-VI I absolutely love, I really do. One of the few exceptions to my apparent and unwanted stigma against playing older games. I played almost to the end and stopped for some inexplicable reason, and it's remained one of my greatest modern failures in gaming to this day. I just recently bought it for GBA, so hopefully I'll be able to put an end to my shame finally. I love the ridiculous amount of characters, and Uematsu really did some of his best work on this game. So much outstanding music.

-And that brings us to X. I'd like to say THIS is the black sheep of the series, but the fact of the matter is, it's one of the most popular no matter how you look at it. The battle system, I must admit, was phenominal. Pretty much every aspect of it. Switching folks in and out, having everyone be realy good at takkign out a specific type of enemy, etc etc. The summons were....interesting, to say the least. It was a good idea. Not sure if I like it more than just plain old "summon and watch the animation" deal, but it was definmitely an idea with merit, especially because waztching the same animation over and over again got rather tedious with all the random encounters, no matter how awesome it was. On the poor side though, I absolutely LOATHED Tidus. I couldn't stand him at all, he pretty much soiled an otherwise solid game for me. Don't get me wrong, James Arnold taylor is a FANTASTIC voice actor, but the character and the dialogue was broken, period. And speaking of dialogue, the transition to voice actors from text was...awkward to say the least. that and the complete lack of an overworld or a more traditional leveling system really sucked a lot of the "Final Fantasy" out of the game.

Those are the only one's I've actually played in depth. Putting them in order from favorite to leats favorite, I'd probably end up having to say IX, VII, VI, VIII, X.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

In a nutshell yes I have been a FF fan over the years and I think they were highly influential on the gaming world and really important in some very big graphic milestones. (Not to say there aren't others because there are so many amazing VGs)
I played FF almost from the beginning up. I remember VI, VII, and VII the best because I was a bit older and have replayed them the most. VII and VIII are still my faves because the characters were so dynamic and the stories were great and just stayed with me for a long time. I stopped playing as much until Tactics came out which I really liked and I have played XII but got a little tired of all the darn side quests for the clan.
I played Dirge of Cerberus right before that but I am just not the best FPS player and mostly I got it to dive into Vincent's story anyway.
I have a lot of Tifa collectibles because I think of just loved her the most.
I also love the Moogles!!

[Dr. Doom]

DoC Is probably more of a third person shooter than anything else, really. That might seem like an insignificant sort of correction, but there are stylistic differences between 1st and 3rd.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

yeah I always read it as being a kinda 3rd person shooter I think it was even described that way in release, but I was never good at any type of shooters. I get jumpy.
I have been told it is quite entertaining actually...haha