zConnection's Jorge Fernandez writes: "In 2003, Square Enix took a bold step with their acclaimed Final Fantasy series, releasing the first ever direct sequel to one of their numbered titles with Final Fantasy X-2. This move was met with financially positive results (along with years of forum bitching by fanboys), leading Square to adopt a more sequel-friendly policy. Naturally, the next series to follow suit would be their legendary cash cow, Final Fantasy VII. The "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII" soon followed, with a CGI movie, a cellphone RPG, a third person shooter, and an action-RPG prequel. Your opinions may vary on which, if any, of those titles were of merit, but there are plenty of forums and blogs out there on which to voice to your unrelenting rage.
"In any event, the Compilation proved to be a success as well, which meant that Square wasn't going to relinquish their sequels and spin-offs anytime soon. It's still surprising, however, that for their next sequel, they've decided to venture far back into the SNES era, by releasing Final Fantasy IV: The After, an episodic sequel to their classic 1991 series. The original Final Fantasy IV has seen many ports and remakes over the years, including a recent 3D remake for the Nintendo DS, but the core game has remained the same in every version. The After was the first attempt to expand the classic story beyond a mere bonus dungeon and into an all-new adventure for Cecil and friends, introducing new allies and new enemies alike."
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "The Final Fantasy series is one of gaming’s most revered franchises with many of its games finding themselves near the top of ‘best games of all time’ lists and simply uttering the words ‘Final Fantasy’ usually evokes images of epic quests and world class polish. But not all of the games to bear the name have been worthy of praise. Some, in fact are terrible, unplayable, ugly and obnoxious games that make you wonder how Square Enix ever approved them. So for this week’s Top 10 we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel and counting down the Top 10 Worst Final Fantasy Games."
Addition of FFXIII Lightning Returns and Crystal Bearers make your list redundant.
Though I appreciate the lack of FFX-2.
And I agree with the rest.
Since when is After Years or Lightning Returns bad?
This article is garbage, the absolute worst FF, Final Fantasy XIII is nowhere to be seen.
Also, why include a game that doesn't even exist anymore? FFXIV 1.0 is long gone...
The Final Fantasy world has some of the most creative, scariest, and weirdest locations
The lack of Ultimecia's Castle is disappointing. That area with its atmosphere, branching paths and secrets along with secret bosses, and not to mention locking out nearly all of your abilities (even saving) makes it one of FF's most intimidating areas....imo of course =p
Ultimecia's castle definitely seems like a glaring omission. I thought that waking up in the Shinra tower to find that Sephiroth had gone on a bloody murder spree was pretty damn creepy the first time I played that section as a kid.
Ultimecia's castle and underwater in FF7.
I mean it's not like you can hit the "submerge" button and accidentally land on Emerald Weapon or anything. lol
I'll always remember in ffxi when "sky" was the end game that was one of the most intense places to navigate a entire alliance through.
Amazon has discounted 50 percent off the PC versions of Final Fantasy III, IV, IV: The After Years, VII, VIII, XIII, XIV: A Realm Reborn and XIV: Heavensward.
Or, you know, I could just put the disk in my PC. Or just rip the files off the disks and play them from the HDD. Except for 13 and 14 i guess, but 13 is a garbage fire and 14 has a subscription fee so saving a few bucks on the purchase price doesn't really do anything.
The game needs to be on DS/PSP.