Ranking Every Final Fantasy Game | My Final Fantasy Tier List

FFIX is a masterpiece. Absolute masterpiece.

you seems like a story guy, hope you give 14 a try someday, the whole game can be play solely just for the story and minimal interaction to other players. And it concluded grand story arc concluded with endwalker expansion.

With XVI and (what I presume) is Ultima’s 'repetitive' dialogue with how he speaks to Clive, it makes sense when you think about it as he doesn't see Clive as real or as having actual free will and therefore worthy of exchanging more than the required information. He's what I imagined Jenova to always be like, and imo it's nice to just have a big bad that's simple and straight forward in their goal for once rather than the rinse and repeat "tragic in depth backstory", as that went more to the sub-villain of Barnabas

I really liked XVI personally, I'd put it below VII, VI and IX, around on the same level as X. It's one of the better FF games imo even if it's far from perfect.

I absolutely adore X-2. Honestly, if you take X-2s battle system and give it its own standalone story, I feel it would've been almost perfect. The ONLY part that bothers me is that it's a bit of a nonsensical sequel to a game that didn't need it.

puts on ffxiv salesman cap If the lack of an ending is what's stopping you from trying FF14, then now or later is actually a really great time to try it since the current expansion, Endwalker, was written to be an ending for the plot arc that had been going on for a decade. You could definitely stop at the end of 6.0 and have experienced a complete story with a satisfying resolution. And while there is another expansion coming out, the developers have said it's going to be the start of a new plotline, making it basically the equivalent of FF14-2. As for the beginning being rough, I'd say it's less that it's bad, and more that it's slow. While the plot takes its time in getting rolling, it spends that time introducing you to the overall world in a way that I genuinely enjoyed, and that familiarity with the world really pays off in the latter parts when the story grows from "slow but has promise" to "top 10 stories I've ever experienced". They've also built in a lot of solo play options so forced multiplayer interactions are pretty limited (which I know is a barrier for a lot of people in starting mmos, myself included). I totally get what you're saying about mmos just not being your cup of tea though, so definitely no pressure!

Do I detect that soothing sultry sound of Besaid Island's calming soundtrack? I believe I do!

I don't get why people dog on FF15 all the time. It's not that bad of a game. I enjoyed it, but agree that it felt incomplete. There was a huge world with not a lot to do other than be pretty. Personally, I felt the story of 15 could've been better towards the 2nd half, but it still worked overall. FF15 is not that bad of a game.

Pretty nice list, & nice that your Top 3 is also my top 3. I love the series & I really enjoy the series for the most part(despite my feelings on FF2 & FF8). So it was nice to see you talk about Final Fantasy. Nice tier list overall.

"Breaking" FF8 isn't an argument imo. I just levelled to 99 in FF8 and it was still easy. Plus nobody is forced to abuse it. It's a choice, just like when people complain about auto battle in FF13 (which is optional)

"Running and fighting" is great if you think the battle system is amazing

solid tier list

The mmo criticism about "no end in sight" is a totally legitimate one. I was subbed to FF11 since launch and stopped playing in 2017 along with FF14. They are both great games (11 was stellar in its heyday) but they are a trap. They keep you there for life which stops you from playing 100's of other great single player games

Rich description, objective analysis and personal reflections - really great video as always. Excellent editing and your commentary is to the point.

i love hearing a list that doesn't place 7 on the top and honestly i feel most people feel that way for two reasons. 1-7 was their first rpg cause of how heavy it was marketed during the ps1 era 2-it was the first game to cause real emotion for them

Jeez, I jumped to the end, just to see the final board..... and... mine would look almost exactly the same. (gratz on finally being able to monetize your videos, above 1k subs now :))

Main villain in FF9, without spoiling too much, but I feel like in some ways he was like main villain in FF7, in terms of what they wanted to do and a bit of the motivation etc, but things just played out differently in the end for him. I really do think they wanted to try that for a change. FF9 is so interesting in terms of story telling. At first it captures you with the world building and getting to know the characters, and it does such a great job at it too. As you progress in the game, you get to see the characters experience things, and it changes and develops them, while the story takes you on a trip around the world. Near the end and the end, you get all the super strong final developments of the characters, you learn to see some in a different light (which in some cases makes for interesting replay value), while others becomes a more mature themselves. The game's focus on exploration is great too, I feel like that goes missing with FF10 and later. The music sets the world. Yeah, I could go on, my favorite too. :)

As someone who agrees with your top 6 (X-VI-IX-VIII-VII-XV is the order I’d put ‘em all S with 15-12-16 being my As) as linear as 13 is, 12 is the opposite (certainly so for a modern FF game). The gameplay is fantastic and the story like 15 just needle a little more time to finish as it is really good but there’s just so much time spent in the 2nd half where the story is paused until it gets a very satisfactory conclusion at the end) Based on what you liked and why you liked it I’d predict XII gets at least an A tier. Also if you’ve never tried Final Fantasy Tactics you definitely should as the only reason it’s not considered a mainline game IMO is because it wasn’t assigned a number. It’s got a phenomenal story and great gameplay and like XII is set in Ivalice

While i don't agree with the majority of your list, i enjoyed the video and the presentation. Just subscribed to the channel. What are some of your other favorite JRPG series?

10 was my #1 ending until I played Lightning Returns. 10 ticks so many boxes for me (one being linearity as I prefer that slightly to open world but both are good)