On the whole I think I like the 16-bit trilogy better on average than the 32-bit one, but I assume somebody contrarian enough may put the original 8-bit trilogy above either.

>>11857856 (OP)
7,8,9, although 10 mogs them all

>>11857868
fpbp

>God Tier
NES

>High Tier
PSX

>Good Tier
SNES

NES: well balanced, actual dungeon crawling, forward thinking and influencial designs while everyone else was copy pasting Wizardry/Ultima/DQ

SNES: this is when balance started going out of the window and they made the games too easy. FF4's ATB was nice but in terms of influence it did more good than harm. This is also the era when they started retreading known territories, the story in 4 taking so many cues from 2, the game system in 5 from 3

PSX: FF8 carries the trilogy on its shoulder. The PSX JRPG era was all about experimentation and subverting the tropes and FF8 is the epitome of that, a game system that punishes those who just want to spam A to win, and a story which appears to be a fairy tale at first but which in fact makes one question the whole concept of categorazing everything into "Good vs Evil" which most JRPGs were about. Excellent presentation and overall the perfect story, characters and setting for teenagers at the time. No other Final Fantasy understood its target audiance as well.

>>11857868
Nah, X is too linear and weird to be comparable to classic FF at its best but I agree it's a nice game and certainly less of a disappointment than IX

>>11857856 (OP)
Clever file name.

>>11857856 (OP)
6-8 are edgy woke Nietzschean trash, 1-5 + 9 are the best.

>>11857914
>6-8 are edgy woke Nietzschean trash
elaborate

>SSS: VII VIII
>S: VI X
>A: V IX
>B: I IV
>C: II III
>F: XII, every modern entry

ps1 trilogy wins, even though snes is close. lmao@ the retard who actually thinks the NES games were the peak.

>>11857856 (OP)
3, 4, 7

>>11857927
he is a IX fag, there is no reasoning to be had he just has shit taste, simple as.

>>11857937
12 mogs 8

>>11857856 (OP)
without the ps1 trilogy absolutely no one but a handful of weebs would give a shit about this series so theres your answer.

>>11857856 (OP)
Without the NES trilogy no other games would have been made so there's your answer

>>11857953
*duology
IX was a flop

>>11857953
Not true. FF1 and the GB FFs were in Nintendo Power's tops for a long time (players, sellers and overall)

>>11857985
Shit I could have contrarian posted and thrown the legend series on here. Good catch anon

PS1 trilogy by far

Actually it's the greatest trilogy in video game history and 3 of the best J-RPG of all time (7 being number 1)

Any other opinion is a contrarian hipster

>>11857856 (OP)
>3
>4
>5
>6
>7
>8
Everything else is ketchup and mustard

>>11857856 (OP)
IV is my favourite individual title but VII-VIII-IX is the best trilogy, though IX is definitely the weakest of the three

>>11857868
Fpwp. 789 are the gold standard, but 10 is absolute chinkbrain dogshit and the worst final fantasy (everything after 10 is not final fantasy)xhagjv

>>11857856 (OP)
They all have
>The one that's too basic
>The one for high IQ people
>The all-time masterpiece

>>11859796
>The one that's too basic
1,4,7
>The one for high IQ people
2,5,8
>The all-time masterpiece
3,6,9

>>11859796
>The one that's too basic
FF1,FF6,FF9
>The one for high IQ people
FF2,FF5,FF8
>The all-time masterpiece
FF3,FF4,FF7

>Favorite game
VII
>Best trilogy
SNES

>>11857914
>6-8 are edgy woke Nietzschean trash
absurd nonsense comment that has absolutely 0 understanding of philosophy.

>>11859860
This

>>11857856 (OP)
i wouldn't considerem trilogies really
to some extent iv and vii stand closer than v and iv for example

>>11857856 (OP)
i wouldn't consider em trilogies really
to some extent vi and vii stand closer than v and vi for example

>>11857868
I played every mainline game in order as an adult, 10 is probably the 3rd worst game (beaten only by 13 and 15, notretro)

Unless you played it as a kid and have nostalgic attachment, or are way invested in cheesy love stories, I really don't know how it's so beloved.

>>11857868
fpbp