Poll of the Day > I never played any of the final fantasy 1-9 games.

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4 and 6 are generally considered some of the best 2d games so those are good choices. For the 3D ones though Id have to recommend 9.

Mobile versions?

none.

• FF7 has an all-time great storyline with excellent music (and weird as heck graphics)
• FF9 is a perfected version of old time RPGs, although the art style appears slanted towards younger gamers (particularly in the beginning). The storyline is solid but not amazing.
• FF6 is just a solid all-around, if old, package.

I never played any of the final fantasy 1-9 games.

Which should I look at for Mobile/Tablet?

I'm tempted to say "none" - most of them are products of their era, and playing them 20-30 years later is mostly guaranteed to make you look down on them for not being "sophisticated" enough. So you'll just come away thinking poorly of all the games, as well as of the people who talk about how awesome they are.

If you absolutely feel compelled to play them anyway, I'd start with I, then skip ahead to IV and VI. As far as I'm concerned, those are probably the absolute best of the early games. I find III and V to have weak stories/characters for their time, and II is interesting but has mechanics that a lot of people absolutely hate.

VII's a weird case. Depending on which version of it you play, you might enjoy it. But most people who claim it's fantastic are doing so because of their memories of it at the time (and it's aged worse than nearly any other FF game), and for a lot of people it was basically "Baby's First RPG". If you play it now you may be hugely turned off by the shit graphics and awkward translations, or compare it poorly to tons of better RPGs. On the other hand, you might like it... or you might just want to play it because it's such a huge part of video game history that you just feel obligated to experience it at some point.

Avoid VIII like the plague, no matter what some people here are going to say. It's trash in almost every conceivable way and every aspect of design.

And IX's another weird one. Some people will praise it to the moon and say it's the best FF ever, but a lot of its appeal is rooted in the nostalgia it exploits in people who've played previous FF games. It was a return to a fantasy setting after VII and VIII went more sci-fi, it exploits nearly every cliche and trope of the series, and it's chock full of endless references to previous games. If you play and enjoy a lot of the earlier FF games first, you might appreciate IX much more. But if playing the earlier games 20-30 years past their prime leaves you a bit cold, you probably won't love IX either.

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This is wrong.

I'm tempted to say "none" - most of them are products of their era, and playing them 20-30 years later is mostly guaranteed to make you look down on them for not being "sophisticated" enough. So you'll just come away thinking poorly of all the games, as well as of the people who talk about how awesome they are.

If you absolutely feel compelled to play them anyway, I'd start with I, then skip ahead to IV and VI. As far as I'm concerned, those are probably the absolute best of the early games. I find III and V to have weak stories/characters for their time, and II is interesting but has mechanics that a lot of people absolutely hate.

VII's a weird case. Depending on which version of it you play, you might enjoy it. But most people who claim it's fantastic are doing so because of their memories of it at the time (and it's aged worse than nearly any other FF game), and for a lot of people it was basically "Baby's First RPG". If you play it now you may be hugely turned off by the shit graphics and awkward translations, or compare it poorly to tons of better RPGs. On the other hand, you might like it... or you might just want to play it because it's such a huge part of video game history that you just feel obligated to experience it at some point.

Avoid VIII like the plague, no matter what some people here are going to say. It's trash in almost every conceivable way and every aspect of design.

And IX's another weird one. Some people will praise it to the moon and say it's the best FF ever, but a lot of its appeal is rooted in the nostalgia it exploits in people who've played previous FF games. It was a return to a fantasy setting after VII and VIII went more sci-fi, it exploits nearly every cliche and trope of the series, and it's chock full of endless references to previous games. If you play and enjoy a lot of the earlier FF games first, you might appreciate IX much more. But if playing the earlier games 20-30 years past their prime leaves you a bit cold, you probably won't love IX either.

playing them 20-30 years later is mostly guaranteed to make you look down on them for not being "sophisticated" enough.

I agree with what PO is saying.

PO is right tho

8 had a good soundtrack, laguna, and a kinky hot teacher with a whip so i still can't hate it.

I guess I will do 4 first. Problem is the 3D remaster has better reviews compared to the 2d remake on mobile. But all the websites say to do the 2d remake.

Also, the 2d one is like 3 dollars more lol

You guys realize you're replying to a joke account, right?

As for the soundtrack, I find it to be one of the most bland and forgettable from that era.

Don't bother with 6 if you're playing the mobile version. They ruined the sprites.

I've honestly never understood the love for 8's soundtrack. It's easily the most bland of the 3 from 7-9

If youre going to play 6, just play BTBs version Brave New World

Terrible idea. The game is good but only in respect to being a hard-type mod.
Then again, FFVI in general isn't that good and, like all of the entries in the series mainly survive through nostalgia.

I don't understand why people say this; most of the retro games I've played were played as an adult because I didn't have access to them as a child and I've liked most of them (Chrono Trigger, FFVI, FFV, Fire Emblem IV, Sweet Home, Suikoden, etc, etc). It's just not true.

I don't understand why people say this; most of the retro games I've played were played as an adult because I didn't have access to them as a child and I've liked most of them (Chrono Trigger, FFVI, FFV, Fire Emblem IV, Sweet Home, Suikoden, etc, etc). It's just not true.

I don't understand why people say this; most of the retro games I've played were played as an adult because I didn't have access to them as a child and I've liked most of them (Chrono Trigger, FFVI, FFV, Fire Emblem IV, Sweet Home, Suikoden, etc, etc). It's just not true.