Your Favourite 4th Generation Game

[FFking]

That SE made FFIX and realesed it as a mmorpg surprises me still. Why not make the game axactly as it is and instead call it FF online or something an keep the original games as they are. Making it online has destroyed the count of games pretty much i'd say. Mabye that's nothing to be taking up here really. But i mean...that's not even worth to be including in the 4th gen.

[Kaze]

My favorite is definitely XII, followed by X-2.


I hated X, and have never, and will continue not to play XI.

[Jurxos]

Among the ones mentioned in this thread my favorite is Final Fantasy X. It has a great characters and even a greater plot.

[Helpful Nemesis]

Final Fantasy X.

granted I haven't played XII, but I've heard only bad things about that game. I will eventually pick it up though, but until then. FFX is my favourite.

um don't get me started on FFXI... installed it once, played my free trial, thought i had to choose wether i wanted to pay for any more, forgot about it, 4 months worth of fees out my bank for 1 weeks play... GRRRRR

[FinalGamer]

I loved XII its the best followed by X and then X-2[ehhhh girl power game sucked], also I have never played X1 so...

[Lady Lamont]

So far I've liked all of the fourth generation Final Fantasies although X-2 wasn't the best it was covered by a different division and it did attract a lot of female gamers into the series from what I've seen.

I've played XI too, but the whole idea of it just went a tad insane. I quit the game due to the outbreak of idiots joining because of it's label name and/or for the popularity of doing so since SQEX has been targeting various player groups with their Expansion Packs to earn more profits from it.

Although Final Fantasy X is a great game, I've taken more of a liking to Final Fantasy XII over it as XII has generally longer ties that are basically not connected to Final Fantasy VII (excluding the rift and Gilgamesh's habits of stealing legendary weapons...) so I would say it would have to be XII.
>.>;

[Kuroi]

Final Fantasy X is definitely the best for me. I still haven't finished FF XII, but I should definitely get to it. It was hard transitioning into its new type of battle system with gambits and the board and stuff, but it was good. I just didn't seem to be too much into the story for FF XII since it kind of went in a different direction, but I think if I give it another go I'll like it. FF X-2 was pretty bad, too up-tempo and flamboyant.

[FadedDreams]

^ ditto.

[EverEndingStory]

Both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII are great. Both are at the top of my list of Favorite Final Fantasy games.

I like Final Fantasy X because of its interesting and compelling and likable characters, some of the best in the series, its unique story, and its deeply developed world. It was somewhat simplistic, but it was highly creative, with a large and colorful cast. And the world of Spira is awesome. It is much more intricate than the world's of any other Final Fantasy game, more so than Ivalice and the world of Final Fantasy VII, which have been explored in many games.

The battle system was overly simplistic, and in the end the sphere grid, although intriguing and somewhat different, didn't really bring anything new to the table. Still it was fun. It marked a shift in the direction of Final Fantasy games. Not just in the use of voice acting and a free roaming camera, but also in it's focus on world development and realism over characters, a shift away from the traditional battle systems, putting a focus on placement in the battle and a sort of rock-paper-scissors style in which you HAVE to have the right abilities to beat certain baddies, and in making summons more corporeal entities, existing on the battle field.

Final Fantasy XII was best for its game play, completely unique for a single-player rpg. The license board, while not entirely great, was an improvement on the sphere grid, functioning in roughly the same way but allowing for deeper control. It is what the sphere grid should have been. The focus on freedom and exploration puts it in sharp contrast with Final Fantasy X. Much like Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy IX, they show just how different two Final Fantasy's can be. The voice acting is very good, and the graphics are great.

It has one of the best overall stories in the series, alongside Final Fantasy VIII. It is deep, complex, and political. Sadly, it has some of the worst characters in the series. They weren't bad, don't get me wrong, they were just severely under developed when compared with other games in the series, and thus very difficult to connect with. They act more like guides, taking us through a tour through the great world and story.

For me, I would have to give the title of Best Fourth Generation Final Fantasy game to Final Fantasy X. Although Final Fantasy was just as different from past games, if not more different, than Final Fantasy XII is, Final Fantasy still kept some of the novelties and in turn that nostalgic feeling from the early games. Final Fantasy XII is still a great game, and is a close second, and is in my top five best Final Fantasy games ever.

Now on to the other two:

Unlike everyone else, I liked Final Fantasy X-2. It is far from being my favorite, but still. It has the same charm that Final Fantasy X had, and that alone makes me like it. The fast-paced battle system is awesome, and the dress spheres were a novel, yet obviously gimmicky, idea. It didn't do anything new, unlike every other Final Fantasy game, but it improved upon all of the facets of the past Final Fantasy battle systems.

As I said, I absolutely love the world of Spira, so given a chance to explore it again was great in my opinion. The story, while not as epic as any other, was also nice. At first it was more of a "where are they now" kind of story, but it grew into a fairly enthralling adventure. While very light-hearted, it did have its emotional moments, and the characters of Baralai, Gippal, and Nooj are all really nice.

As for Final Fantasy XI. I have not played it, and I probably never will, never taking a liking to massively multiplayer online rpgs. Truthfully, I think it was a stupid move dubbing it Final Fantasy XI, as that kind of tarnishes the continuity of the main Final Fantasy series. What they should have done is name the game "Final Fantasy: Online". It would have maintained the purity of the Final Fantasy naming scheme.

So, that puts it as:

1) Final Fantasy X
1.5) Final Fantasy XII
2) ...
3) Final Fantasy X-2
4) ...
5) ...
6) Final Fantasy: Online

[xxtom16]

My favorite is definitely FFX. The story, the characters, the enemies, the land, the aeons, all of it. XII is sweet too. I liked the political corruption of it all.

[elder one]

No 12. The new battle mechanics were a real breath of fresh air as was the politically-orientated storyline. Dungeon trawling was no longer a chore and I liked the fact that enemies could be evaded as and when nessacary.