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Ranking of Fantasies (My Rankings of Every Final Fantasy Game That I Have Beat)

Ranking of Fantasies is my effort to systematically rank every single Final Fantasy game in the history of the world. After playing any game in the franchise I use hard science to determine its quality and how it compares to its peers.

This list is IRREFUTABLE FACT! There shall be NO DEBATES ON THIS LIST! You cannot argue against FACTS AND SCIENCE MY FRIENDS!

(In order to be ranked I must have played the game to completion)

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  • Final Fantasy VIII is both the GREATEST and the WORST Final Fantasy game ever made.

    Pros:

    1) It has a groundbreaking combat system.

    2) It was created with a great deal of sincerity.

    3) IT IS AMBITIOUS AS FUCK!

    4) Sometimes the story is good

    5) Laguna is a badass motherfucker.

    6) The battle with Ultimecia is FUCKING AMAZING!

    7) Most of the music is great.

    8) The art direction holds up well and sometimes is breathtaking.

    Cons:

    1) 80% of the time the story is a hot mess.

    2) Squall is an asshole for 95% of the story.

    3) Eyes on Me is a bad song.

    4) Selphie and Irvine are terrible nightmare people.

    5) The Orphanage scene is one of the worst plot twists in storytelling history.

    6) Everything about Time Compression.

    7) The end cutscene caused me to question my humanity and led to me experiencing an existential crisis.

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I_Stay_Puft

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Squall redeems himself in Kingdom Hearts.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WE GO!

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TheHT

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TheHT

Fuck yeah Laguna!

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Justin258

Oh, good, now play VI so you can regain your sanity.

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Sessh

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Sessh

Finally you are among the enlightened ones.

Also FFVIII in the top spot, huh? Controversial, but I guess you must have really enjoyed the sweet, sweet love story than.

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ArbitraryWater

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This list seems pretty comprehensive.

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I have a Rankings of Fantasies list of my own but I will keep it to the word pad file on my hard drive.

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I love this.

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riostarwind

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riostarwind  Moderator

If this was my list Final Fantasy VII would be number one but that is the same reason VIII is in the top spot here. It's the only one I've beaten. Although I do remember liking FFVIII even if it has plenty of flaws.

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gbrading

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Edited By gbrading

Well, you certainly have enough screenshots of FF VIII on Steam to give an informed opinion, I'll give you that. :P

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BBAlpert

Pro: Square really went for it with this game.

Con: Square really, really went for it with this game.

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To each their own, I guess.

FF8 is a bad game.

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You forgot one of the best parts of FFVIII, it has a junction that lets you turn off random encounters.

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Edited By Fredchuckdave

Whoa, massive list.

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NeoZeon

You forgot one of the best parts of FFVIII, it has a junction that lets you turn off random encounters.

Aw yeah, shout out to Diablos for that one!

I...I think I just thanked the Devil for something. In my defense, it's probably the best ability in the game as far as I'm concerned.

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Pretty solid list right here.

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Just wait until you get to 13

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FFVIII in first place is the correct choice.

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Edited By wchigo

This is your Final Fantasy version of GB's Ranking of Fighters, yes?

The list is therefore irrefutable, because science!

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@neozeon said:
@fishinabarrel said:

You forgot one of the best parts of FFVIII, it has a junction that lets you turn off random encounters.

Aw yeah, shout out to Diablos for that one!

I...I think I just thanked the Devil for something. In my defense, it's probably the best ability in the game as far as I'm concerned.

Fun fact. All the good Final Fantasy games have a no/minimum random encounters item: which is why IV is a bad game, but the DS remake is good. ;P

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The_Boots

Worst list ever! You got the order totally wrong! Even an idiot could tell that you have it backwards!

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@dixavd Heresy! I'll not hear anyone disparaging my precious FF II (US)! It wasn't perfect but it had heart damnit! Also lots of nostalgia ... I mean a LOT of nostalgia but that certainly wouldn't cloud my judgement of the game in the least ;).

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FF8 sucks, I can't wait until you play a good one. Too bad only 9, 4 and 13 are good. Here's hoping 15 is good! I have high hopes.

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Man, i don't know if you want a game on the top of your list where 80% of the story is a hot mess.

You should probably play another fantasy :)

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starleafgirl

I liked FF8 more than most of the "classic" FF games that came before FF7 and more than most of the "modern" FF games that came after FF12, but FF7 is my favorite! I think you should play FF7 and FF6 then reconsider your list. :)