The Evolution of FINAL FANTASY

[@ching1081]

Falcon, your voice is amazing.

[@raze4561]

how do you have such good voice

[@fishingmoron7515]

Full Boa he gargles with old razor blades.

[@alistarcortez4310]

ChingBlingtheKing ASMR

[@crossxfuse]

yea except he talks way too damn slow...i have to speed up the video so i can listen to it at a reasonable pace

[@StressedGamerBR1]

Yeah! Aside from Brandon Jones from Eazy Allies, he has the best voice on KZbin. Vatt Vidjya who makes Dark Souls videos has an amazing voice too.

[@AndrewHadi07]

9 is so underrated here.. its a masterpiece and last tribute to the classic Final Fantasy. They done everything right there, the graphic the story, the character, minigames, etc2..

[@bissy97]

What I always loved about final fantasy was the title art work. It's unique and amazing.

[@madeofdreams2832]

Bissy very true I love the art work as well

[@balab1622]

Bissy music too awww

[@Fendera1]

how can you skip FF9 that fast? there's so much to talk about it and you skiped it so fast...

[@UltimateGattai]

Hardly anyone gives FF9 the credit it deserves, it's like the Marsha (Brady Bunch) of the Final Fantasy series.

[@VineetKumarX]

I came here to know about FF9. I haven't played any FF games ever. But the Linkin park song on FF9 cutscenes (kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4qQfoSQm815n5Y) made me want to start from a FF game. I dunno if I should start from FF9 tho, and hence would have liked to know if I should. Or just start with FF 15 with all it's modern graphics goodness?

[@BlackBinderGames]

@@UltimateGattai Rightfully so imo.

[@typhoeus7774]

@@UltimateGattai they do. It's literally one of the most popular FF games

[@ShaunMeechan]

I FUCKING LOVE FINAL FANTASY OKAY, I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO FUCKING KNOW. FUCK!!!!!

[@ScrinGeneral17]

I feel you man

[@derekmddejesus]

prove it

[@ShaunMeechan]

My most popular video on youtube has 58k views and its about final fantasy XIII My fav is probably 12 because of the exploration elements and hunts! I don't know how I can prove it just look into my eyes fam it's all good much love peace out

[@ShaunMeechan]

kasper Laitinen ME TOO :O

[@Ulqui_210]

HAHA SAME HERE MY BROTHER

[@Demonskunk]

You have a weird transition between final fantasy x and xi, and you didn't even talk about the combat of final fantasy xii. That bums me out because I love that game.

[@Demonskunk]

Also I disagree with ffx's combat being a step back. The CTB is the best turn based system imo. It gives you a list of who's going when in the combat so you can plan ahead, if you need to use a healing item or something you won't be surprised when the person you're healing gets killed. It gives each party member a more defined role (walks is good against flyers, auron is good against armored enemies, etc) but doesn't punish you for not having the right party members in your team because you can swap them mid fight. I love that summons are treated as their own separate party. It makes them feel so much cooler than just a screen nuke. I know it's my opinion, but I don't like the CTB, it feels like I'm being rushed and that the enemy is getting free hits sometimes. I prefer the CTB because it moves at my pace, but most importantly because it gives you a turn list. That's the part I appreciate most. I hate the original from battle system, where you give everyone a command at the beginning of the turn, and then they go in order based on their speed or something, because I've had no many characters die because an enemy went before the healer or something. But that's just me.

[@Melchior]

There seems to be an editing error there, since there's also an audio error around the same time. ("And a lot of it" is repeated out of nowhere.) Hopefully he sees these comments and can fix it.

[@awkwardsilence4427]

Min Lungelow I'm just now watching the video, and I jumped down to the comments to see if anyone else noticed this (and thus to make sure that my phone wasn't glitching or something). I'm pretty sure it's an editing error, because that transition was awkward as all get out.

[@MrOkaron]

Eventhough I hated X (Tidus is so incredibly annoying, I can't even describe it), I agree with you that the old combat system allways felt weird. I play a turn based game to have time to think about my actions ffs, let me have my time!

[@Salahare]

It really felt like a mid-sentence transition between X and XI. And that messed me up. "oh, we're talking about Xaaaaaaaaand oh yeah i'm in the middle of talking about XI" ...what just happened. you didn't even introduce XI. Editing error? maybe. KZbin compression error? most likely.

[@jace2pointo]

FF9 got the shaft in this video.

[@Pokemaster-rm7vk]

Jace2pointO I wish he talked about it more

[@georgehennon2105]

For real, I swear it never gets the credit it deserves. Everyone's just too busy riding 6's and 7's dicks. Don't get me wrong, those are great, but so is 9.

[@ShredPenguins]

10-2, 13-2, and Lightning Returns were all absolutely awful. Why should they get more than 2 seconds?

[@blaquenoise]

Rem As long we don't talk about the asinine upgrade system in 13.

[@captawesome42]

he says clearly in the beginning that they were only talking about mainline games

[@Puremindgames]

Favourite? no can do, I can give you my top 5 in release order though Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VIII Final Fantasy X Final Fantasy XIII Final Fantasy XV

[@xTGE]

I think Final Fantasy has finally found a combat system that is modern and works allowing players who like Kingdom Hearts style combat to have that and people who like turn based combat with the Wait Mode. Very impressed to see both those modes from FFXV making it into FFVII Remake.

[@oznation8883]

Legit I found out about Wait Mode after I beat the game.

[@NotAFakeName1]

JiroTheHero Shit. Irritatingly enough, it's also the only way to use libra, and you can only activate wait by navigating through the gameplay options menu.

[@thelastwitcher8773]

xTGE nothing beats the battle system and gaming style like in FFX

[@JamesC-ci1yn]

Yeah but that camera can be downright shit! Especially when near foliage.

[@Charsept]

I thought the balance wasn't struck the way I would have preferred. Wait Mode was not the turn-based analog I wanted. FFX had the best battle system, IMO.

[@dxBIGBOSSxb]

Wow, that was a shocking lack of coverage on FF IX. Great video, though. I really love retrospective videos like these. Also, Vivi is the best FF character :P

[@savanchandul7451]

Big Boss He did a terrible job with this video. He selectively choose aspects from each game, rather than a proper say 3-4 minute review for each.

[@j800r]

The editing towards the end is also pretty piss poor. It jumps from X to XI to XII while in the middle of talking about the previous.

[@Gackt4awesome]

Falcon, Final Fantasy XIII is actually one of the stronger entries of the series. Hell, it's the 4th best PS3 game in Japan, Lightning is the Japanese fan favorite female. That linear design was what helped Japan get into it because it reminded them of their fan favorite game, FF10.

[@TheMorrigan31]

Gackt4awesome THANK YOU! Finally someone who doesn't talk shit about my favorite game! 💓

[@hungryhungryhobo196]

She is basically a female Cloud (get mad but the producer or who ever even told the character designer or writer, I can't remember which, to make a female cloud)

[@RDY2PWNU]

She is nothing like Cloud doh.

[@gretjoz]

she's really nothing like Cloud. Save for part of their hair style, personality wise they're diff. I like them both and love Lightning completely.

[@velvet_victor]

Hungry Hungry Hobo Cloud pretends to be a badass, Lightning IS a badass.

[@PuertoRicanStyL]

Final Fantasy is such a great series. I absolutely love that for each of the games, they have new main characters, new world, new way to level up, pretty much everything. The only ones I can think of that were similar was the 13 series. But even then, bout everything was different, except that the story line continued. FF6 and the 13 series are my favorites. Though I didn't like 13 at first because the battle system wasn't what I was used to (the traditional turn based system). But after I gave an honest effort to understand it and how to use it, ended up really enjoying it and the game. Also, Lightning forever, lol.

[@OsuOverlord]

So we can all agree, Final Fantasy XV has to get a PC Edition right?..

[@ching1081]

Chuck Norris it should. Games like these really benefit from 60FPS

[@nicholasxamotainiumgilgamesh]

it will they said just not yet

[@NelsonBelmont]

Nope

[@AINTGETLUCKY]

Chuck Norris not ur day lol

[@nednowland6103]

Chuck Norris absolutely. I believe that people who say games *should* be exclusive are dickheads.

[@farqs1532]

FF7 was one of the most significant games in my gaming life and is to this day one of the best games i've ever played. FF8 confused me so much that i never finished it and never played a FF game since. i'm both curious and afraid to see how FF7 remake turns out because no remake in the history of gaming has had so much to live up to.

[@JoseHernandez-hb8vf]

Holy shit Falcon. You make me want to go play all the FF games from the very first to the very last. Great video!

[@TeamAurorapk]

ff8 will always be my go to, just something about that game i always play it every year

[@thrilleex]

backspace ruby Thank God I'm not alone. FF7 was my first one and I loved it , but FF8 ..... man, right from the very beginning that Intro, Liberi Fatali. Yes for some reason once a year I feel the urge to play it, I guess this year it's going to be early.

[@TeamAurorapk]

no thank you! its nice to know other people actually like it, everyone shits on it, ff6 was my first. ive played every game since and 8 will always hold that place in my heart and my 1 month outta the year dedicated to playing it to completion and loving every second of it the sound track, cut scenes and the ragnarok .... gets me everytime

[@thrilleex]

backspace ruby Yes it doesn't get the love it deserves, from what I hear mainly because of the junction system, I too was confused at first but once you get the hang of it is the most flexible system ever !! Yes the soundtrack and yes that Ragnarok and I dont know why I forgot to mention it..... Triple Triad, the ours spent in a game within a game. I better start playing/

[@paweltulik2588]

There are more of us:)

[@tmaclabi]

Me too, it's my best FF8 of all time. The first one that I truly loved among the series.

[@Mr_wisk]

i really liked FF XII but i never got time to finish it ;-;

[@JardsonJean]

matheus machado silveira it takes a lot of time to reaaly finish it.

[@thedoge8651]

matheus machado silveira it took me 150+ hours to finish it iirc

[@Shomus]

ff xii: before this you need this berfore you get this you need to do that but berfore you need to do that, you need to do this, before you do this you need bring item to this guy, but before you bring this item you need to kill this,and the cycle continue

[@Bachtobean]

same

[@shadowboxin420]

+Altsz One is coming this year. In fact it's the international Zodiac version which is much better than the PS2 release for NA at least. So it's coming! Just gotta be patient. No idea when this year it's supposed to drop, but they did confirm it for this year.

[@Charsept]

7, 8, and 10 were my favs from the mainline games.

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

Same, but Type-0, 15, and *Ahem* 13 are also up there for me.

[@theovercastkid3796]

Try VI dude. There is a reason why some huge portion of the fan base considers it as the best ff game and I personally agree :D

[@ExBruinsFan]

I hope the FF7 remake plays like FF7.

[@tonymack]

ExBruinsFan it doesn't..it's like kingdom hearts and FF15

[@tropicalbartender6510]

ExBruinsFan it won't and even if i loved the way it played and after 100%ing it at least 4 times. It is understandable that they can't keep the system and in my opinion they don't have to, the system was great yes, but i played it for the story and if you want FF7 with HD grafics you can mod it and once the remake is out those mods will get even better. But thinking about playing the same story in a new way gets me so exited and way more exited than a redo with current engines and graphics ever could

[@tonymack]

I am super stoked and will likely take a couple vacation days from work to marathon play the crap out of it

[@ExBruinsFan]

The story was not great. The game play was what drew me in. And the cutscenes, of course. The materia system was great, and the gold saucer minigames (especially the battle arena).

[@tonymack]

Ff7 was for twenty years heralded by me as the greatest game ever.. all were compared and found wanting...Until I found myself in the northern realms as the holy geralt of rivia..And the holy witcher 3 dethroned my beloved ff7. FF15 is an absolute masterpiece IMO and I am ecstatic about FF7 remake having similarities to it even though I would have also loved it turn based too.

[@kescaremon2531]

Final Fantasy 2 pretty much invented the leveling system, Skyrim was praised for. I understand, that it worked better in Skyrim, but it's funny to think that something everyone were calling Skyrim's innovation already kinda existed 23 years before it's release.

[@TheHardAlwaysBeta]

Final fantasy 9 all the way

[@madeofdreams2832]

Daniel Alejandro Mora Bevaqua agreed, followed by ff7

[@Pokemaster-rm7vk]

Sean Bradt agreed

[@hurfdurfy8167]

Hurray for someone's opinion being horribly wrong to the point where you have to be an internet tough guy about it!

[@shadowboxin420]

4,6,7,9,10 are my 5 favorite in no particular order. Despite playing 2(4)/3(6) on SNES before I got my PS1, I will say VII is my favorite. That game made me dive into a rabbit hole of JRPGs I wouldn't have otherwise. As I only had 4/6 on SNES because I liked games with swords and magic. Had no idea what a JRPG was until VII, and how much I loved the genre(I was 8 when VII came out, so yeah I was a dumb kid :P) But 4 and 9 will always have a special place in my heart as well as the setting for both of them are just so damn awesome. Love the high fantasy settings. Both of them had a kind of forced job system to, with each character coming into the party as a specific job. 9 is a great game that I haven't played in far too long and need to really rectify that. Matter of fact, think I'm gonna start a playthrough of it once I finish Breath of Fire 3/4 as until I got 3 on my VITA not long ago, and have had 4 digitally for a while, but getting 3 is giving me a reason to play them, and I haven't played either of them since I had them on PS1 way back in the day. So definitely want to finish them before starting up another classic PS1 JRPG

[@_Encie]

Why? (Honest question) I just played this game and it kind of feels so empty. I've experienced every final fantasy in one way or another and i have to 9 just feels a little less thought about then other parts of the series

[@jmoconnell]

Final Fantasy 8 was always my favorite, and i didnt know know until over a decade later from reading/watching online that so many people were not fans of it. I loved the way you could customize your characters to a ridiculous degree depending on how and where you equipped all your magic to. Man I didnt know about powering up GFs attacks with the select button until my 4th or 5th playthrough many years later!

[@R3DDWOLF]

8 will always be my favorite and people who are fans of Final Fantasy can see it all the time around my neck (Squall's Lionheart, and Rinoa's Heartilly). Hell, I can't count the number of times I've been asked about my neckless, it came to the point my family and friends had to "research" why my neckless was drawing so much attention lol. Even though 8 is my fav, I love the whole series.

[@lionslash232]

Redd Wolf Still have my necklace. But the chain's rusted :(

[@khaled00962]

8 my FAV then XIII then X but not X2, these games imo has the deepest story and game play from old school to the new system, still I finished all of FF games, FF one of my FAV games EVER and I enjoyed every FF game cuz FF always about best story, best graphics and best game play as an RPG

[@letsgoasuka]

Redd Wolf I agree, I have the same necklaces haha

[@Mythoriir]

Redd Wolf I have the Greiver necklace that Squall wears

[@Serecola]

just realized neckless meant necklace smh

[@PixelPhoenix]

I absolutely love how much of a fan Falcon is when it comes to Final Fantasy. It's easily my most beloved games. I grew up with them, and I resonate well when I encounter someone who also enjoyed them during their earlier years. And thank you for not getting into the FFVI/FFVII debate. Both are great games and it has been discussed elsewhere time and time again, so much that we really don't need to see or hear it.

[@reprisler]

kind of feel like replaying FFX again (for the third time.) i missed out on FFXII but i've always wanted to try it. can't wait for the remaster!

[@cheesewolf6168]

notunlikethewaves you need to play 12 it is amazing combat is so seemless and it's brilliant

[@thedoge8651]

notunlikethewaves my only advice if you do play ff xii is DO NOT open any treasure chests in the very beginning of the game. youll thank me later.

[@Arbitorriku2]

Rikku Freak why?

[@xHe11houndx]

Arbitorriku2 You won't be able to get the best weapon in the game later on if you open one of four different chests.

[@shadowboxin420]

+notunlikethewaves Do it! FFX, especially the remaster with the Dark Aeons and all that is always a good time. I also missed out on XII, as I was way too into Diablo 2 LoD/WarCraft 3 and it's expansion, and WoW so I missed out on a lot of the later released PS2 JRPGs :( But it was because I was young and was only able to get a few new PS2 games a year, while $15/mo was easy for me to do even as a middle/high schooler for WoW subscription. And that game was like virtual heroin, so it was all I needed. Hell, I even quit WarCraft 3 and Diablo 2 so I could be in a high end raiding guild, lol. Was fun, but so sad on how much I missed out on.

[@decusq]

Final Fantasy 6, 9, and 10 are my favorite s in the series. And seriously only a minute for FF9 in this video? You forgot to mention how FF9 is Hironobu's favorite of the series. Other then that great video.

[@Lucifronz]

"Nocteeese"? Falcon, please, for the love of God, work on your pronunciations.

[@TheLifestream]

FF8s battle system isn't based on cards

[@smurfextra6202]

It's not, but it was a simple way of trying to explain the "draw" mechanic and junctioning magic to people that may not be familiar with the game. It's a "card game" in terms of having to collect and assign your magic "cards" to characters attributes, and as you use or spend your "cards" the effects are diminished, and you need to find or collect more. It's not a great way of explaining it but I can see why he did it that way.

[@KunjaBihariKrishna]

It's a really bad way of explaining it. In fact, it's confusing rather than explanatory. Not to mention downright incorrect.

[@yudisnatha]

Smurf Extra I have to agree with Ruben. If they're explaining KH Chain of Memories with the "card system", that's spot on. I think magic in FF VIII is more like "Item". Yes u did have to draw it from monster or draw point in one way, but because it's quantity based that i think about "Item" analogue. In some point i kinda thought that they might explaining GF with "Pet system" 😁

[@moisescorral8297]

I honestly feel like they just didn't play FFVIII and skimmed in on Wikipedia or something, then said something completely wrong on accident.

[@shibba2517]

The Lifestream lol Yu-Gi-Oh card game Squall: Ore no tan! Majikku doro! (Draw failed) Squall: Kuso!

[@ryanell666]

@11:40 is that an actual screenshot of Cloud in drag?

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

Yeah. Because that's what the game looks like.

[@Rosfieldsus]

13-2 is probably my favourite game in the series (and way up there in my top 10 favourite games of all time) but i'm sure once i finish 15 it'll change

[@christianlatshaw1767]

I never thought I would see another soul that thinks 13-2 is the best lol, its just me and you now! Oh and I played 15 and still think 13-2 is my favorite. I love every ff that I have played, which is most of them. But 13-2 is top of the list followed by 6, 7 (original), and then from there it gets a little hazy

[@psycoNaughtplaysMCPC]

It's so hard to choose my favorite, they are all amazing and I am very conflicted about which game is the best, but I'm impressed at how good FF15 was

[@SJVPR]

i have been watching my mom play final fantasy since the 10 one and my favorite it probably final fantasy 13 because it was so fun to watch and i loved the characters like hope and lighting they just had so much personality and story is amazing right now at the moment i am playing final fantasy 15 so it's story is a not as good as the others but my favorite thing about this game is scale of the world and the combat this game is really good at making you feel like a absolute beast these are my thoughts on the games and i hope you can agree

[@ShizzThe69kinG]

Cristl Phillips lol you lucky I wish my grandmother played FF, then she would know why I'm heavy into the series. And know why I be excited for when a new one comes out.

[@UltimateGattai]

I just like 13's melodramatics, plus, if you can hate or dislike a character to begin with but like or accept them by the end, then I think that's good character development (e.g. Hope giving up on getting revenge on Snow for his mother), except Snow, just could not like him despite the fact he seems like the type of character I would normally like.

[@OpticObsidiaN]

I loved FFXV fuck what anybody else thinks

[@kadebass6187]

OpticObsidiaN HOLY SHIIITT, YOUR OPINION IS BS, GO TO HELL, CANT BELIEVE YOU WOULD SAY THAT!!!!

[@Shiro92224]

Kade Bass it's the best thing since 9 what crack have you been taking!!!

[@wiseguy240Winston]

nicola dowsell No just stop now before I shut that argument down.

[@pdmayton]

I think you perfectly nailed every summary of Final Fantasy main series to date in a way I've seen many others fail. Bravo!

[@RinoaL]

its funny how i tend to like the FF games everyone else hates. i loved FF14 1.0 because of the world, loved FF8 because of the setting, and kinda similar for FF13.

[@kosmos366]

Love this video. Fun side story: Went to see Distant Worlds in concert. The Composer asked how many people liked FFXIII and my friend and I were the only two people in the concert who shouted yes. Hilarious stares ensued.

[@lionslash232]

VIII is my favorite, and I think Squall is a very underrated character.

[@matsuringo24]

Kinda sad you didn't elaborate more on FF9. It's so much more than what meets the eye when you know what went into it. It's one of the last farewells to its kind, the last FF where the series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi had heavy involvement, an entry which he himself called the quintessential Final Fantasy experience, the FF that series music composer Nobuo Uematsu claimed the OST of was his best work, the most critically acclaimed entry in the series having the highest meta score, and the game itself being comprised of references and nods to every FF before it. It really was the FF to end all FF's if you're a fan of the series in its original form.

[@Knight_Astolfo]

Don't pull out.... you can Falcum in me.....

[@choux8372]

my absolute favorite, no hesitation, is final Fantasy 12! It had such a beautiful "digital art" watercolor aesthetic that I hadn't really seen before in another game, and I really enjoyed how open world it was! the settings and character design were gorgeous, the battles were fun (even if you kinda didn't have to do much button pressing)

[@ryantheanimator1156]

Final Fantasy XV was surprisingly good despite having lengthy development (10 years, almost the same as Duke Nukem), which is pretty commendable since any game being put in development hell has high chance of flop.

[@stephengordon2577]

I was just thinking, "man I could listen to Falcon talk about video games all day". Always enjoy watching his videos! Back on topic, I've only played 12 and haven't beaten it but it was pretty fun. Not a big player of large open world games due to the time they can take to complete. Something I wish I had time for.

[@viridino3466]

FFXV is best till now duh! 😕😇 and nice voice Falcon! 😉

[@solaristic2374]

I love every Final Fantasy for what they are. I like the experimental approach in the series. They have their awesome pros and cons, but they're an enjoyable experience.

[@ThatOneGuy0006]

You guys fucked up with the transition between 10 and 11.

[@Voeris1]

This video was so good Falcon, thank you for this! I like these "history" lessons. :)

[@farmsalot1233]

ff 6 through 10 was my favorites

[@MrJopaJoose]

Saw the title. Saw the thumbnail. I knew its going to be a nice 20min video with Falcon. Luv ya all.

[@LV7Ed]

My favorite final fantasy game is 13 I think it's underrated

[@dragoonprime9829]

Double L7 it's really underaated the people that hate on it are just loud on the Internet and reviewers follow the bandwagon but their are those that understand that xiii is a good game.

[@LV7Ed]

Dragoon Prime thank you someone that understands

[@TheMorrigan31]

Double L7 it's really good! I loved it and I'm very happy to find people who doen't hate on it for no good reason!

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

Just wait a few years and you'll find your brethren. I know this because as a IX fan I rarely found anyone around me who liked it until years later when it became socially acceptable to not adore VII. Same with XII as now suddenly everyone fucking loves it yet I couldn't find you alleged fans in 2006!! What I'm saying is hating FFXIII is a phase that will pass.

[@GeorgiosD90]

It is a good game with bad story and bad characters. Dont know about gameplay though, it looks flashy, but is flashy good? hmmm

[@anthonyjoseph7521]

This video is not only one of my favorite videos on this channel but one of my favorite videos on KZbin period. Final Fantasy is a series dear to my heart and this video broke down the series in a way that I truly appreciate and commend you for. My favorite Final Fantasy game is Final Fantasy VII. It is hands down the best game of the series imo and ive replayed it countless times and cannot wait for the remake. That being said im currently playing through FF15 and to be brief, it was certainly worth the wait! But FF7 will always hold a special place in my heart as a gamer. Again, this video was outstanding and keep up the awesome work as usual. Im a big fan of the channel. And here's to the FF7 remake coming sooner rather than later! I seriously cant wait! 😉👌💯

[@ludens1526]

I love 13 IDGAF

[@psychologicalfrost2116]

Ludens Same 13 is my favorite but I am going to try 15 soon

[@D.Ark-0]

Ludens lightning love

[@thedoge8651]

Matthew Haggard don't 15 is just a walking simulator haven't played it since i bought it at launch.

[@ninjaguy2511]

I mean we all have trash games we like right?

[@OutrunCitizen]

Rikku Freak a game with battles is not a walking simulator.

[@NamelessGabe]

Final fantasy II was the very first game I ever played and I can safely thank that game alone for getting me started into my long lived gaming life. I love every final fantasy and will continue to do so.

[@hkillerpr]

Tbh my favorite is 15 but I need to give a change to 7

[@jillianhall9457]

I love this commentary. I'm a huge ff7, ff9, and somehow ended up a ff15 fan. It really is a game for fans and first timers. Loved watching this video, it was as short as it could be, but also extremely informative. Thank you... also I'm mad remake is taking so long :(

[@Chillpanes]

After watching this, I really want to play IV, VI, VII, IX, X, XII, Lightning Returns and XV. These games caught my interest in the series, but for ones that I've played, FFI is my favorite. Yeah, that's weird to see.

[@OpticObsidiaN]

William Garrett XV is great man. if you're a fan of the series and have disposable income, go buy it. it's sold around 6 million and square Enix said they won't consider it a success unless it sells 10 million and if it fails, there might not be another FF

[@dalick3582]

Final Fantasy VI was my first official FF game, due to the fact that it was the first that i ever beaten. It is not only my favorite FF game, but it sparked my interest in the series. So it will always have a special place in my heart.

[@CRAM079]

I know im going to get hate for this. Buit XIII and XIII-2 are one of my favorite FF in thew franchise. I really connected with the story and characters. Also I totally count Type 0 as a main FF entry. It had one of the best FF stories in the franchise, plus the ending actually made me cry. But out of the "classic" FF's, VIII is my fav with 10 and VII tied for second. Crisis Core is also my favorite spin off. Oh and I absolutely LOVED XV! NoctisXLuna Forever!

[@tweetug3697]

If XV has a great story,I will like it. For me,I only enjoyed it but not loving it on how I love VI or VII.

[@UltimateGattai]

I haven't really enjoyed a Final Fantasy story since X TBH. I've played 6 onwards and I'm thinking of playing 3 at some point since I have it on steam, I have Bravely Default on 3DS which is similar to classic Final Fantasy games and it's fantastic so far (I'm up to chapter 2 I think).

[@standard_nova4269]

As someone who never really got into Final Fantasy, I gotta say that this video was a really nice insight into the series' history. I guess I just never knew enough about it to go out and pick one up. Now, I feel like I understand what it's all about, and just might have to go out and get FF15, it looks really fun. Thanks Falcon!

[@LepWho]

My top 5 FF's from 1-5; 7,12,15,8,10. I personally don't think 6 is as good as everyone says it is, but maybe I just look at the game wrong

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Lepwkan 6 is practically identical to 7 man lol.

[@xansaibot3134]

Magic behind FF series is that every entry in the series (even those spinoffs like tactics, dissidia, type-0) has something unique. Even XIII , where we had a linear world, but in the end because of touchy story and solid gameplay, it felt like a Final Fantasy game nevertheless.

[@Yettithechozen]

i love seeing the improvement on gaming graphics. Wr have come a very very loooong way. Im ready to see that FF7 Remake

[@tweetug3697]

Glad they use Unreal Engine 4,FFXV has a bit of glitches due to the new engine.

[@Deviltriggerfounder]

Amazing video, not like those other "Evolution" videos where they just show of 10 seconds of gameplay and goes on to the next game. Keep up the good work!

[@VoltronKnight]

FFIX is the best imo

[@madeofdreams2832]

Voltron Knight agreed

[@biffy117]

Thank you.

[@liamaspinall6906]

I cant decide between X and IX

[@georgehennon2105]

My favorite as well, though I'm really enjoying XV right now!

[@madeofdreams2832]

I love ffxv idk why ppl are hating but whatever to them I like it a lot that's all that matters I'm playing it rn

[@hugopinai2005]

I love how they always include so many similar themes and still make every game unique.

[@Alucard_FahrenheitTepes]

I remember when I first played FF7 Sephiroth was the biggest bad ass of all time in any video game and probably even to this day I've yet to see any villain who's as bad ass as Sephiroth, though Magus comes a close 2nd and one of the greatest bad ass of all time too from chrono trigger. FF6 was my fav ff of all time probably because it did everything right.

[@kwesichristian5517]

I thoroughly enjoyed 13. My first however was echoes of time for the ds. Loved it. Still have it from when it came out.

[@SonGoku5363]

great now i want to play through FFXV again... D:

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Inspire the Liars Really the story is trash, rushed and short.

[@SonGoku5363]

wiseguy240 Winston I mainly liked the end-game and the dungeons and open world.

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Inspire the Liars ok I can see that.

[@SonGoku5363]

+wiseguy240 WInston ya i thought the vaults were cool (especially the lvl 99 vault where you cant use any items/potions) and some of the super bosses were kinda fun. Just really hoping they add alot more tougher bosses in future DLC

[@videoket]

Very interesting and nicely explained! I would like to point out that limit bursts were actually introduced in FF6 first (not 7), although they were less prominent and not customizable. It just turned regular attacks into crazy-powerful attacks.

[@Harutjun]

Final fantasy 9 still the best IMO

[@HeavyMetalForces93]

I seriously don't get how people find FF 8 confusing. I've been playing it since I was eight, and even then it made perfect sense to me. It's actually lots of fun trying all the different junction combinations and refining the characters' skills to the max. The story isn't more bizarre and "fantastic" than any other FF game, so what are they talking about?

[@VideoByEdDy]

Oh man, i love XIII. I hated the open world part, felt useless. Big empty field with "quests" of type: "go there and kill this". ALL OF THEM. it absolutely broke the immersion. I came back to it few months later and finished it. What is wrong with corridors people ??? go out in real world if you want "open world". I wanted a good story, good characters, good visuals. I got all that, i couldn´t care less about "open world" and boringly travell and do fetch quests... bleh

[@Gravbae]

I actually like the open world because you will still have enemies to fight after you finish the game and not have to replay the story to fight enemies

[@progman965]

Well done! I'm playing FF XV now, and it's the first time ever played any of the FF games. I want to go back and try out at least a few of the earlier ones, now that I've seen your video.

[@online_soup]

Even though ff7 might not look good or have gameplay that's the most exciting it will still be my favorite. I LOVE THAT GAME SO MUCH

[@kainingyao7873]

One JRPG franchise that I recently fell in love with was the Tales series. They had not only good characters and plot, but also awesome action-packed gameplay, with pretty anime-style graphics. Most of the characters are well-written, and the stories have more moral ambiguity. Something that Final Fantasy should take inspiration from. I thought Caius felt more like a Tales villain than a Final Fantasy villain.

[@ThunderJunkOC]

I love Final Fantasy. Each one has given me a reason to love it. Even the bad ones. There is always some redeeming quality to the worst of Final Fantasy. I cant wait for the VII remake and I'm ready to dive back into XV with the DLCs. It amazing to me that the first Final Fantasy was a 1 off deal with the daunting task of saving a company and went on spawned a 3 decade long legacy. Also, Falcon you gotta fix the video man. I'll totally watch it again when you fix the gap between X and XI and I really hope there is a chunk missing from XII cause I think it deserved more than 6 seconds or air time >_>

[@lonleygoat6284]

Thanks Gameranx for that nice history of the Final Fantasy series, because honestly, I knew nothing until I watched this video haha 😂 . have a nice day Jake and the people of Gameranx

[@NickNutjob]

FF8's battle system had nothing to do with drawing cards...this is Buzzfeed level research

[@As_Arturas]

Monsters levels scale with yours. There are guides where not leveling up actually makes you stronger, that includes drawing magic and turning monsters to cards.

[@jaylamp1379]

I remember playing Final Fantasy 1 at the demo hubs at the 1990 Nintendo World Championships. I was hooked from the opening scene. 6 and 7 still tangle as my favorite.

[@jaylamp1379]

FF6's Opera house scene is still one of my cherished memories from the entire series. I got to see the live version of the music at Distant Worlds 3, opera singers included. Good stuff!

[@HeroVange]

FF9 and FF Tactics!

[@prestonak]

How th are you verified at under 100k subs

[@prestonak]

Oh yeah and btw FF Tactics isn't a mainline final fantasy game so it wasn't put on this list

[@Forgelock3d]

I've bought war of lions like 8x

[@WonOneWun]

This is my first video I've ever seen of yours and I just gotta say... God damn, that was some good shit right there boy.

[@battypanic]

I never knew the fan reaction to FFXIII was actually positive. In my circles, it's practically hated. I mean it looks fantastic and the music is good but the battles were boring and the story was incoherent

[@g3neralrevan27]

Weird transition between X and XI, but good work. Your perspective on I-IV is great, haven't heard them summarized like that. Good on ya

[@dapmitidp]

am i the only one who it skips for? it seems to jump from 10 to 11 without any fanfare... also 9 was my first and favorite and it only gets one line? was it really that unimportant?

[@zerorisker9161]

It feels like they just watched the GameTrailers Retrospective and said "I can condense this down to one video."

[@ShadowsxEvil]

A good final fantasy game I enjoyed that many others didn't was dirge of cerberus. But ffvii is still my favorite :)

[@thisWinglessAngel]

FF6 (3 in the US) was my first time seeing final fantasy... Final Fantasy VIII was my first purchased... the game that i put the most of my time into and has made its way into my number 1 spot is FFT... But I love all my Final Fantasy's. May we always have grand adventures in these incredible worlds.

[@alanbeer117]

XV was my first final fantasy game... that remake is coming out for Xbox one right? If so I'm buying it.

[@cherrydragon3120]

Gotta say. You missed out on some good games. Also. Sad that you never played the original FF7. Cause if you did, amd then get to play the remake. It'll blow your mind so much more then it would if you never played the original

[@TheRandomperson1016]

Cherry Dragon I’m going to play every numbered final Fantasy game in order. Hopefully I’ll get to the PS4 port of VII before it comes out. I’m pretty sure I will

[@ShaunMeechan]

Final fantasy games really helped me when learning to read from all the dialogue. I credit so much to these games!

[@dbzmaster1213]

Video posted 1 min ago - already 50 comments and 40 likes... geez lol

[@bigsoap186]

dbzmaster1213 and 0 dislikes

[@tumult32]

No love for FFtactics? They remade it on the psp as "War of the Lions". The remake then dovetailed into the FFtacticsAdvance series for the gameboy advance, that would further connect the world of Ivalice in all its presentations/permutations from the original tactics game/vagrant story back in 1997 to FFXII on the PS2. The FFT story is one of the most cleverly presented narratives in all of Final Fantasy imo. It was like I was playing Game of Thrones. I think they both came out that year as well. Great video btw! I want more of this retrospective analysis of the Final Fantasy series. Also possible analytical video essays on the FFT-WOTL psp remake. I think that game is my favorite videogame of all time. Thank you for the vid!

[@Sarcastix7]

He went from talking about FFX to FF3 to FF11 without explaining it. confused there for a minute

[@PikaLink91]

My favorite would probably be IX, although Tactics Advance also holds a very special place in my heart for being my first ever exposure to the series. I loved the idea of a magic book that turned the real world into a fantasy world. This time, you weren't being sucked into a fantasy world, YOUR world became the fantasy world. I'd kinda wish they tried that concept again with FFXVI.

[@kenjilee92]

XV is my favourite

[@ClydeLeeM]

Tactics is actually my favorite, but 9 of the ones considered main here, very solid descriptive vid

[@raatomieli4204]

What's my favorite Final Fantasy game? Well, it's 9. The one that you guys basically skipped. Sad times :(

[@wasabiGT]

FF XI to me was an addiction. spent 8 years on it. and even now I still have access to my account. I loved that game like no other....

[@letsgoasuka]

FFVIII is and will always be my favourite, I admit it has flaws but none of the FF games were perfect (although VI got very close), I actually can't think of any FF main title game I dislike, I love FF ^^

[@joserimada1331]

Loved the video. Amazing narration. Falcon is just AMAZING. Thank you for making my day better.

[@osirisruiz492]

Ff vi is the best because you can suplex a train, do I have to say more?

[@thedoge8651]

Osiris you can do that too in ff viii. the brawler guy I think his name is zell can do it too

[@LuminaireLRP]

Hahahahaha. NICE!

[@dakotab291]

Final Fantasy 7, 10, and 8 are my favorite in that order. I do really want to play 15 though.