In some ways I think that this is becoming the case, ever since some of the Square executives left the individual story's of the Final fantasy games have being growing weaker. Although I really have hope that XIII will be good seeing as they have said it will be a 10 year project. Mabye square' writers have run out of ideas and that is the reason for multiple sequel's and prequel's that are not best and we don't really need. (ex. X-2 and the VII compilation)

I think that the older titles on the PS1 and SNS were very good, I just seems that the series seemed to lose its flair when it made its transiton to the PS2 losing key elements like the world map and being able to freely fly the airship and the usual familar random battles and in the case of FFXIII the changing the summons names I really disliked that a lot. Final Fantasy X was good but was there really a need to link it with Final Fantasy VII, and what was the point of Tidus' death in Final Fantasy X if Yuna could just fight a battle or two and have him back.

I really do like the improvements of graphics and fmv that the newer titles have, but it just seems that there pretty and thats really all they are. So what do you all think

It depends on your preference really.

I think the SNES FF games are the best followed by the PS FF games.

Hell yes, they were better on the SNES! Although I do enjoy FF9 & 10, most of the FFs didn't feel as appealing as the older ones.

I don't think it's really fair to comapre titles to one another in the FF series; they are all different and evolving.

Of course you're gonna like FFVII better since you played it first and it's hyped like crazy. Of course you're gonna think FFXII is stupid because it's aimed at a mature audience with a very deep plot if you pay attention to everything and search deeper in the story.

The Old School games are great; the new games are great as well. You need to realize that each game is it's own game. 500 FFVII games would get old...FAST. That's not how Square-Enix rolls... They get creative to keep us on our toes.

Would your opinions change if they changed the names of X XI XII .

I completely agree. I just recently played FFX and found it to be one of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. Not only in terms of gameplay, but also in terms of storyline. Few games have storylines that are as engrossing. I've played a few minutes of XII on another friend's PS2 and I find it to be really good. But I also recognize that the older ones are great games. FFVII is a classic and will always be. But you can't diss the new games for trying something new, since each FF game is something entirely new.