I’m a huge fan of FF5 its one of the few I’ve finished and stands head and shoulders above the rest for me.

I really liked FFX-2′s combat system (though there’s more than a few exploits in it), such a shame the rest of the game is a massive turn-off. I rather digged the whole Charlie’s Angels vibe they get going here and there but then it devolves into a bad version of stock anime scenes at the drop of a hat.

Funny thing: Riku wears hot pants and a bikini top into combat and a bathing suit in the pool. Apparently she agrees that clothing impedes her movement in combat?

Fixed. No idea why I wrote that.

VII is what got me into FF, I freely admit. I was a Nintendo kid in the 80s and 90s but I played mostly platformers and racing games, I didn’t know what an RPG was until we got a PSX in the late 90s and one of my friends brought over his copy of VII to show us. Sadly, he spoiled the entire ending for me, but I was still compelled to buy it and play anyway, and it kicked off what would be a good eight years of hardcore RPG playing before I rather burned out on it a bit and opted for lighter fare. VIII was confusing at first, but good, IX was great, but X ruined it for me, I never finished it, and sold it. I haven’t really played one since. To this day, VII remains the only FF I’ve probably played over five times and beaten that many. Mostly because I kept losing all my save files. Tactics remains my favorite FF ever.

I maintain that eventually, when the pressure gives in and they realize the franchise is underperforming, we will see VII remastered and re-released on the PS3, or Sony’s next console. I could be wrong (and I hope I am) but it’s never been beneath Square to cash in on the interest their top performing franchises generate when the coffers are getting low.

I really loved XII, same with many other games they’ve made (like the Kingdom Hearts series). Even XIII has an 83 on Metacritic, so there’s nothing wrong with liking it (or disliking it, for that matter).