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Yeah, its final fantasy, and some of us don't care but anyway. This poll only consists of the main games not the spinoffs.

I'm going to go with Final Fantasy II (the one with Cecil). Despite what most people say, I think that the story is the best from the series. I also like the characters and gameplay more. Final Fantasy III's esper/magicite system of learning magic was kind of annoying as I would tend to forget changing around party members to teach each one the same spells as the others. I mostly had only four characters with good magic and the rest only had a few decent spells. It was still a good game, I just like Final Fantasy II more.

I vote for FF7, and mimcking Recca, "despite what most people say."
A lot of people frown on the game and say its overrated and yadda and yadda, but honestly I don't think so.

Not only it had a compelling story dealing with unrealised dreams, pain of loss and a quest for one's own identity
but memorable characters and a flexible, solid magic system.
Furthermore, it pioneered by giving players the chance to use a character of african descent, a hallmark in the series
(FF6 had general Leo but he wasn't really playable).

In all, I felt it was an inspiring game and a true masterpiece in all aspects.

Hehe. Yeah I fall into the other category of player. Man was FFVII one of the most boring things I've ever played. Dull lackluster story. Characters I could care less about. I mean, I give Square high praise. The game really was a technical marvel at the time on the PSX compared to the rest of the RPG's on the market. However, my praise stops there.

Um, wasn't it Final Fantasy IV that has Cecil? But I know what you mean, it originally shipped as Final Fantasy II in the US. Can make this poll very confusing.

As I recall, TF, you're a fan of FF8 right? LOL incidentally the same points you rose against FF7 I feel are present in FF8, but as you said, it was technically impressive, especially the field models (I agree they looked horrid in FF7).
But yeah, FF8 I could never really get to like, and it seems a sort of tendency that FF8 fans hate FF7 and vice versa.

That said, both share a modern setting, which I find nice (somehow I feel a futuristic setting fits FF better than medieval)

Yeah, I loved FF8. It is barely edged out by FFIV as my favorite of the series. And I mean BARELY. My one gripe with FF8 is that Squall is a bit too standoffish to like, but Rhinoa plays on that so well that it still is enjoyable enough. But it is also the one thing that probably gets FFIV the nudge too.

And yes, I know a LOT of people hated the magic draw system. While I wasn't the biggest fan of it, I didn't think it was just a terrible system either. No worse than the Job system of other FF's. In fact, I found it less tedious and boring than those said job systems.

I picked FF4, its the only game in the series I have beat multiple times, definitely a nostalgic favorite.