Worst Final Fantasy Game?

[ANGRYWOLF]

I'm going to have to go with XII. To me the story just really wasn't that interesting and I couldn't really bring myself to like any of the characters...with the exception of Balthier they all pretty much bored me or annoyed me and a couple of them I literally forgot were even there. For me that game was just really lacking....and I hated the battle system, it just didn't work for me at all.

...plus excessive chest randomization, useless espers, incompletely developed magic, Vayne as a chief protagonist left a lot to be desired.I just didn't hate him like I had other enemies in the previous FF games...inconsistencies in the plot/story developement..stuff like that.

[akfek]

Crystal Chronicles, for sure. The lack of much customization on equipment, lack of a good story/characters, and general fugliness makes it the worst.

Al,so, why all the hate on FFV? The story wasn't the best, and neither were the characters, but the gameplay is great. They executed the job system well, imo. But that's just what I think, lol.

EDIT: I'm pulling my experiences with FFV from the Advance release, which is by far the best. They cleaned it up and made it very good.

[RavenLeonhart13]

ff7,i didnt like the story at all,sephiroth & vincent were the only good characters & they should have been in a different ff game,i would rather watch advent children

[Sum1sgruj]

Final Fantasy
Mystic Quest

This spin-off for the SNES truly did not deserve it's title. I'm a FF enthusiast all day, any day// but this game was just horrible. I usually have a big thesis on posts like this, but I can't say much for Mystic Quest except for that it is just bad, bad, bad.

[Discordius]

It's X, of course.

Okay, maybe it's better than the NES titles, but it was supposed to be with garbage like that. And it doesn't have the "good for its time" shield of stupid argument.

This game blows so much. I wish I had never played it.

[Ipsen]

This is brilliant that FFVI is the only one untouched <3.

All are great in their own ways, but X-2 XII and XIII have not impressed me. FFXIII the most. I could ramble for hours as to why I think it's shit, but I think it's best if I just sum it up.

1: Battle System/Level Up Sytem: It's basic to say the least. Magic, HP, Strength and abilities. I admit I like the stagger bar even though the damage dealt is ridiculous. There's no speed bar, no luck, no accuracy, no evade etc. what is the point? Does it really matter what you do? You can make you characters stronger, but you have no freedom as to choose how. I know you never got this in the Previous FF's whilst Levelling up but you got the freedom of customisation with another aspect. Junctioning GF's, Materia etc.

2. Famous Faces: I am sorry, but what the fuck is that Cactuar? What the fuck is that Tonberry? Cid is nearly non-existant, I don't recall Biggs or Wedge, though I might be wrong. And do not get me fucking started on a lack of Ifrit.

3. The Summons: WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!? TRANSFORMERS! Robots in disguise. FUCK OFF.

4. Monsters: Now, I don't know about anyone else, but a Final Fantasy has always been somewhat mystical to me - a Fantasy, and seeing people fight fucking robots all the time was draining. Oh...and like 83645 types of Behemoth. And Dinosaurs. I just thought it was all robotic, you know? I want to be fighting badass creatures, not robots.

5. No MP: FFVIII gets away with it because the Draw system was sexy - you are just shit FFXIII

6. Characters: One word. Hope.

7. Predictability: There's a road to the left that's a dead end....and a road to the right to the next area. If I go left I have a tresure chest eyeball thing to open...maybe even get jumped by a robot. Boring.

Not much love for FFXIII. In fact, it disgusts me to be honest.

[Kamehameha]

Although I haven't played them all, and I certainly haven't beaten all of the ones I've played, I'd have to go with FF10. It can all be summarized with one scene of horrific voice acting. Which scene is it? I'll give you a hint: "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

[Toshiya]

Oooh. I didn't realise we had this thread

For me, it definitely has to be X-2.
Firstly, I don't think X needed a sequel. Especially not one like that...
I completed it in a matter of days, and on most first playthroughs of Final Fantasys they normally take me at least a few weeks, as I go through trying to find and do as much stuff as I can without using a strategy guide. So yeah, the amount of gameplay was disappointing for me.
Also, I wasn't fond of the characters. I disliked the whole Yuna-Lenne thing, and the Tidus-Shuyin thing. It just seemed a bit cheesy to me that they looked alike and everything.

I didn't like the battle system either. The dresspheres annoyed me because I couldn't have a real mix of different abilites without having to change dresspheres and level them all up seperately. And the lack of summons annoyed me as well, I use summons in most games a lot during big battles.

And then, there was the ending. 3 different endings?! I don't see the point in that. And the fact that the 'best' ending needed 100% to see it was ridiculous... if you missed one little thing, that was it, you didn't get it.
I, myself, got the worst ending. And that was such an anti-climactic ending, I remember sitting there, watching it, just disappointed that I'd spent my time completing the game for that.

What else... oh, the New Yevon-Youth League thing. I remember the part in the game where you had to choose sides and whichever one you didn't choose, you were no longer allowed access to their territory. That was ridiculous, I had stuff I wanted to do on Mushroom Rock and I chose New Yevon

So, all in all, that game was a massive disappointment for me it's also the only FF I've sold in disgust. I normally keep every game I buy

[GrieverZER0]

Although I haven't played them all, and I certainly haven't beaten all of the ones I've played, I'd have to go with FF10. It can all be summarized with one scene of horrific voice acting. Which scene is it? I'll give you a hint: "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

Your letting "horrific voice acting" be your main reason you havent played a great game, and the last truely excellent final fantasy.

I pity you

[Harlequin]

I dont consider X-2, XI or any other spinoff or online version an FF game.

I'd have to say XIII was the worst for me. I've been really harsh on it since it's release and there are a few things they've tried in XIII that are positive for the series, like the battle mechanic and the upgrade system (if only the idea, because the execution is terrible) but as a whole the game just feels unfinished.

The player is visually exposed to large expanses of terrain and they look very nice, but then the player is funneled in by narrow boundaries and is frequently doubling up and revisiting the same areas if they wish to indulge in the sidequests. While the artists have done a good job of disguising those limitations with some visually arresting vistas, the fact that the majority are inaccessible really makes for a growing sense of claustrophobia.

Then there's the AI control. I like to have as much control as I possibly can in battle and while it would be far too difficult to implement here, I find the AI making bizarre decisions and quite frankly, outright mistakes. If I employ two medics in a paradigm and one attacker and everyone's health is red, the two medics are programmed to heal the party leader (seeing as his/her demise results in a game over) first, however neglecting area heals which would yield far a better result makes the two medics die and the attacker inevitably follows suit. Synergists aswell. Sometimes a swift attack is needed, but they're programmed to administer defensive buffs before offensive buffs, so the player's forced to either field two synergists to get the job done quicker or devise another strategy.

Then there's the diminishing effect of items. Potions are great early game. If you have the Doctor's Code you can sustain an attack even against a heavy hitter. The only problem is they don't give you Hi-Potions, etc, etc (Only Elixirs, which quite frankly you simply do not use) which means you'll either have to spam numerous potions or forget about them altogether. This however is a point that most FF games suffer from, instead of supplementing an attack, the item command is nearly always relegated to a quick fix status heal or revive. But in XIII, the situation is far worse.

I bought the game on the 360, which was a mistake. Not buying it on that system mind, just buying it period.

That means I was subjected to two discs of pretty FMVs and a narrative I could not have cared less about and eventually the final disc, which essentially just includes the Archelytte Steppe (or however you spell it) and peripheral areas.

I could go on about Eidolons, monsters, villains and characters, but it'll be too so I'll stop.