Any fan of RPGs can probably vouch for me when I say that Square has come up with some of the best storylines for Final Fantasy. Not from 10 onwards, but 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9 were brilliant.

So I'm opening up a discussion on it. For me, Final Fantasy got me hooked on gaming. The story and the way it all plays out gave me a real bond, so to speak, with the characters. My first several hour binges were spent in front of a Playstation 1 with Final Fantasy 8 and 9. Being something like 8 when I was playing them, I sucked, but recently I got EPSXE (yeah, yeah, I've got a Playstation so it's legal) and replayed them, trying to get my best time.

If you finish Final Fantasy 9 in 12 hours, I think it was, you get a super bad ass sword, but you also need to do all the side quests. I'm not Korean enough and clocked it in about 36...

And Final Fantasy 8 is probably amongst my favorites and I got all ultimate weapons for it and finished in about 40 hours. Not great but I still have it in me to go a fifth or somethingth time :P

Final Fantasy 7 was the first game I'd played except for Street Fighter, but it was also the first game I really enjoyed. I only made it through the first disk, but more recently I finished it for the first time. Really a great game.

Prior to those ones, 3 and 5 were brilliant. Stunning given their time, really.

As far as Final Fantasy X goes, it was...okay. Nowhere near its predecessors. X-2 was just embarrassing, a fucking "Dress Sphere" and skimpy outfits. Give me a break.

After Final Fantasy whored itself out by getting to MMOs I just...gave up.

You?