Final Fantasy VII & VIII; Best of the series?

[SunnyTerra]

I really loved 7, but didn't like 8 very much. My favorite is 10, followed by 7. I wish 7 would get a remake, but it'll never happen )):

[Kagome]

VIII is my all time favorite....because the story, gameplay, music, characters all of it really grabbed me. That and it was my first FF game ever...But it was like reading a *really* awesome interactive story book. And it's got SOO many hidden easter eggs in it its unreal.

My second fav has to be VI. I'm sorry, but Kefka was/is the Best villian EVER. He's a 'God' in comparison to any other game villian. And it's also got an intricate story plot-line too, with a LOT of characters to fiddle with.

I 'liked' VII, but-imo-VII has been beaten to death. With all the spin-offs and people talking about it all the time, and fawning over the Mama's Boy, Sephiroth...It's-lost points to me. VII keeps beating a dead horse. 'x'

[BraddyKun]

Honestly, I find more enjoyment in FFVI and IX than VII and I'm pretty sure, VIII, even if it's stupid junction magic system is complete bullshit, it has a better plotline than VII.

But yeah, if you want the best Final Fantasy, go look up a copy of VI, I'm pretty sure Kefka is the best villian in the history of Final Fantasy. He is just tha good.

[nightAme]

Number one for me was Final Fantasy VIII... right from the opening fmv, it had me hooked. Squall is my favourite character out of the series as well. Final Fantasy VII was amazing the first play through, but I dunno if I could do a second one. Plus, VII is really over commercialized now, kind of knocked it down a notch for me.

I really enjoyed Final Fantasy XII; although everyone else that has played has hated it. I thought the gameplay was awsome, and I found the story to be quite amazing as well... alas, I think I`m alone on that one though. It takes my number two, with VI in my number three spot.

Worst one out of the series for me was XIII; everything about it seemed to put me off. Still played it thru to the end though...

You are not alone; I am a fan of FF XII.

I honestly like the gambit system, and the story was just as grand as the others, just a bit different. So far, I have played FF, II, IV, VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2, XII, XIII, & XIII-2. Out of all of those games, my favorites are XIII, IX, and XIII. I think I enjoy all of the FF games that I have played (including tactics advanced, War of the Lions, and Dissidia) is because I evaluate them in different respects. I do not compare the early FF games (say I-IV) with the latter (VII-IX), and newer (X-XIII-2) because they are..well, different. There are over 13 iterations of Final Fantasy, and I don't want any of them to be the same. They all have similar main elements, awesome story telling, and epic graphics of their respective time frame. I like the challenge of learning a new battle system and mastering it. (I'm still mad Type-0 isn't out outside of Japan T_T )

[ARKphoenix]

I hated VIII, just couldn't get into it at all. My personal favorites in the series are VI and IX.

[Rylingo]

I liked FF8.
I borrowed FF7 form my cousin. Got 3/4 of the way through it then my memory card wiped itself. My reaction:

Haven't played it since.

[CrimsonMoon]

I liked the card game in VIII

True this. I also like VIII, better than VII. X is good too. X-2 is good too. After X, the rest are just too boring. That includes the story line too.

[Kona Chan]

I really like kefka but I can't say that it's the best vilain... he is damm good with a beautiful character design (better than sephiroth who is just a copy). However kefka's purpose is to destroy everithing... but why??? the only reason is that he is crazy. It's a little short for a vilain motivation. I think that kuja is better because of his strong personality. Furthermore the motivations of kuja are clear and he had a great characters design too . I liked ff II ,IV, VI ,VII, IX and X more than the others. My favorite is ffX ( but not for the vilain xD )

[Kagome]

I really like kefka but I can't say that it's the best vilain... he is damm good with a beautiful character design (better than sephiroth who is just a copy). However kefka's purpose is to destroy everithing... but why??? the only reason is that he is crazy. It's a little short for a vilain motivation. I think that kuja is better because of his strong personality. Furthermore the motivations of kuja are clear and he had a great characters design too . I liked ff II ,IV, VI ,VII, IX and X more than the others. My favorite is ffX ( but not for the vilain xD )

Kefka didn't do it simply because he *was* crazy. He did it because he could. And really...that is the best villian motivation of all...People who do bad and evil things just because they can-are the most evil kind of people there are. Because no one can really ever figure out what goes on in thier heads-there never seems to be a solid reason, but there's one for them that regular people don't get. Kefka is one scary donkey clown prince..

[GameGeeks]

Kefka didn't do it simply because he *was* crazy. He did it because he could. And really...that is the best villian motivation of all...People who do bad and evil things just because they can-are the most evil kind of people there are. Because no one can really ever figure out what goes on in thier heads-there never seems to be a solid reason, but there's one for them that regular people don't get. Kefka is one scary donkey clown prince..

With that then villains like X-Death, Garland/Chaos and Emperor Mateus will be just as good as good as Kefka. Really, a villain that just seeks destruction/power for the sake of destruction/power is rather boring. They simply have no substance to them.