Thread by @Staks0nStaks

And just like that, I completed each main game in the #FinalFantasy series (with the exception of FFXI...which I played but did not complete). Some amazing games here!

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My favorites? This was hard. FF4, 6, 7, & 12. But that's because I really love good stories over gameplay, and these stories were incredible. 9 and 10 were honorable mentions. 9 was a good "throwback" and 10 was a huge step forward for the series.

My least favorites? FF2, 5, 8, & 13. These are likely where the gameplay frustrations overshadowed the weaker story. Probably 11 too as I couldn't spend the time to flesh out everything. I did put about 58 hours in.

I think the most important in the series is FF6. FF7 is amazing, but it wouldn't be what it is without FF6. And FF1 being the foundation is very good. I wish they would remake that.

I understand the hate for FF2. Trust me. But, FF2 gave us many memorable staples of the series: Chocobos, Cid, guest party members (Josef!!), & the back row!

FFXIV really needs its own shoutout. This massive game takes the best from the series into one package. This was such a fun (and long) adventure. Being my first (and probably only) MMO, I didn't understand the draw until I played a dungeon and got 7 player commendations.

A comment on progression and grinding: Most games have some sort of grinding involved, however there were two games that had a final boss jump so large I almost stopped playing. FF3's Crystal Tower was great but too long and hard. FF10's boss was impossibly hard.

This series helped me understand that I like turn-based battle systems. I like to think out the moves like a chess game.

There seems to be a preference of others to having open world vs. linear. I find I don't really care. Many of the games have open world portions and extremely linear portions in the same game. I enjoy both.

And the music. It didn't hit me until Final Fantasy 12 how good the music can be. I need to review this more.

Another interesting thing is what they called summons. It changed frequently throughout: Calls, summons, Eidolons, Espers, Guardian Forces, Aeons, Avatars, Primals, Astrals, Eikons (FF16).

In future tweets, I'll talk about the protagonists and the logos.