Final Fantasy 1 - mediocre 2 - never played, but supposedly trash 3 - mediocre 4 - never played, but supposedly good 5 - great 6 - great 7 - good 8 - never played, but supposedly trash and friends told me to avoid 9 - never played, but supposedly okay 10 - never played; looks like trash and friends told me to avoid 11 - never played; looks like trash and friends told me to avoid 12 - never played; looks like trash and friends told me to avoid 13 - never played; looks like trash and friends told me to avoid 14 - good 15 - never played and know absolutely nothing about
Dragon Quest 1 - never played, but looks mediocre 2 - never played, but looks mediocre 3 - fantastic 4 - never played, but supposedly fantastic 5 - fantastic 6 - never played, supposedly bad - but I think it looks pretty okay 7 - okay 8 - never played, mixed reviews from people but friends told me to avoid 9 - okay 10 - never played and know next to nothing about, aside from it being an MMO 11 - great
I'm more interested in playing the Dragon Quests I haven't played than the Final Fantasies I haven't played. Dragon Quest 3 and 5 are better than the best Final Fantasy games. Final Fantasy Tactics is the best spinoff series, but the Torneko mystery dungeon series is better than the Chocobo mystery dungeon series -- and the Dragon Quest Monsters games aren't too far behind the Final Fantasy Tactics games. Both Dragon Quest of the Stars and Dragon Quest Tact are way better than Brave Exvius, Record Keeper, or War of the Visions.
Dragon Quest seems way more consistent, and Final Fantasy has had consistently bad looking games since the PSX era -- while Dragon Quest keeps upping the ante.
Your friends are flat the fuck out wrong lol
Also i thought DQ 8 was universally loved. It's my second favorite of the series