Favorite - VIII 
Best - X

I have played every final fantasy including an unwelcome addiciton to 11. I cherished everyone up until 8.. I havent really loved any of the games since.. Mostly becasue the main characters are not very interesting and the plots are just mehh.. Part of the reasons why I might not like FF is because I am 29 years of age, maybe this type of game does not appeal to me anymore but I use to hold this series close to the heart, in fact I remember being so damn excited when one was released. I do still enjoy playing this movie type of game, I just wish the stories were more interesting...

 
The only FF game I have never finished and shut it off was X x 2 ... terrible game.

I haven't played many of them (X, VII, XII and XIII) but out of those, I have to say X.

8 just because squallisdead.com blew my mind

In all honesty i like them all, there has not been a FF which i haven't enjoyed playing. I have very fond memories of 8 as Squall is my favorite FF character, but i think it was FF 6 which made me a long time FF fan.

FFX, or FFX-2. For FFX-2 I defend that game because you can go anywhere you want and stuff dispite the fan service.

9, it was a fun adventure with some interesting characters (not saying the other games didn't have those things, it's just personally I enjoyed this world the most)

Probably not fair of me to say this, but it's FFXIII since it's the only FF game I've ever played.

IX, followed by X. 

Final Fantasy X will always have a special place in my heart.

Man You didn't put in FFXI but you put in FFX-2? You seem to forget that FFX-2 doesn't exist. FFXI is atleast true to final fantasy mmo or not lol

" 10... blitzball is the greatest mini game of all time! "

Where's my option for FFXI?!

Final Fantasy X. About the only one of the series I have found truly enjoyable.

X.  There is no substitute.  It ages well, the gameplay is solid and the story is touching.  I don't believe any other Final Fantasy can boast those three things as much as X can.

It's ABSOLUTELY number V.
 
The characters, the setting, the graphics.
 
I'm totally all about pre-VII Final Fantasy... all of the steampunk anime crap doesn't do much for me.  and I think FFV has the strongest suit of characters.

6 for Edgar and Sabin alone. 
There has yet to be a character in any FF game that I've liked as much as either one of those two.

" Favorite - VIII Best - X "

" Final Fantasy X.I love that universe, characters, and story.  "

In IV you fly in a whale to the moon, can't beat that...

" X.  There is no substitute.  It ages well, the gameplay is solid and the story is touching.  I don't believe any other Final Fantasy can boast those three things as much as X can. "

Since there's no XI, I'll have to go with VI.

This is really tough to say. I think all Final Fantasies are great games. My favorites are decided by thin slivers here. I find myself drawn to the older ones that used to be Japanese Exclusive. So, unlike many others, V and II are my favorites for having a good story (admittedly not as good as IV or VI) and a really high level of customization. IV and VI tie for my next favorites because of their awesome stories.   
 
VII-XII aren't games I've played, for lack of a Playstation.

" @rjayb89 said:

" Favorite - VIII Best - X "

This guy knows what I'm talking about. "

XIII, shoot me.

X and XII. Have every single Final Fantasy and those are the only ones I really liked. My brother just beat FF9 recently. Meh. I don't really play FF games, but I liked 10 and 12 to say the least.

6, although I've only played that and 4 so far.

Definately VI. Don't want to sound like a classic elitist, but I didn't really like any of the games after that

VI i guess, or is it nostalgia?