We have had a number of Final Fantasy titles released since the series inception way back in 1987. Some have been genre defining while others haven’t quite hit the mark of their predecessors. UK gaming publication Gamesradar has listed their all-time favourite Final Fantasy games and there’s some superb titles on the list. Here’s their top twenty-five.
25. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
24. Final Fantasy III
23. Chocobo Racing
22. Final Fantasy XIII
21. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
20. Final Fantasy
19. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord
18. Final Fantasy XIII-2
17. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
16. Final Fantasy X-2
15. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
14. Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
13. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
12. Final Fantasy XII
11. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
10. Final Fantasy VIII
9. Final Fantasy V
8. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
7. Final Fantasy IV
6. Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
5. Final Fantasy VII
4. Final Fantasy IX
3. Final Fantasy X
2. Final Fantasy Tactics
1. Final Fantasy VI
Glad to see VI, Tactics and TA2 so high on the list. I don’t think IX or X are that good, but to each his own.
I’d put Crisis Core a bit higher than that, but that’s just me. :)
Either way, it’s an interesting list!
Man, Final Fantasy XI never gets any love. Constantly being overlooked and forgotten.
Oh well, I loved the game.
I have a soft spot for the original FF on NES.
How are they gonna add those spin-off crystal chronicle games, and not have the original wow
Surprised that X beat out VII, though I think those games are two of the best. Crisis Core would have gone higher for me as well, like Namie said. I wish I had the time to get into VI. That’s the one I never got to play a lot when I was younger. I think Tactics Advanced could have been higher I love that game.
The only FF game I’ve played so far is FF3 DS. I thought it was pretty good, but I’m sure it’s also lower on the list considering they might be counting only the Famicom version (which I’ve heard is less than stellar).
That’s easily the worst one besides the original and the second one. I think they’re only counting original releases, otherwise we’d see the PSP versions of I and II somewhere there, along FFIVDS.
If you want to get into another entry, here’s a quick tip for the classic series (I-IV): even entries are story-focused with fixed classes, odd entries include the job system, similarly to III.
Typo, meant to say I-VI
final fantasy 6 does not have classes system
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That was my point. Even games have fixed classes, odd ones feature the job system, like FFIII.
Crystal Bearers ranked higher than the original Crystal Chronicles!? What bullshit is this!?
my god!!!!! there are 6 Final Fantasy games I did not play. Glad to see that Final Fantasy VI is at the right place.
I’m probably one of the few, but I love Crystal Chronicles to the point that I’d drop what I’m playing now and start. It took a while to figure out how to get the most out of the exploration, but it was different and fun.
Glad to see Tactics so high, man that game is good!
Disappointed FFVII isn’t higher though :(