I really liked 7 and loved the style in FF9. I really didn't like ff8 that much, I prefer the style of FF9 and 7 more than the realistic look. It was still really fun though.
9>8>7 (The dialogue in 7 was terrible, TERRIBLE) And also Tactics (PSX) is the best anyways. Also 6 and 5 are fucking ACE (5 is such a magical fucking game, play it, really) (Also the Mana Series is ace too, as far as squaresoft RPG games go)
7, 8 and 9 all have a special flavor that they never managed to capture in later games. 6 was also brilliant. My favorite of the bunch is 7, but 8 and 9 are also really good. triple triad in 8 is the best side quest/minigame of all time - probably.
9 and 7 captured the magic for me. I dunno what it is, but I don't have nostalgia for 8 like I do for 7 and 9. I probably would like it a lot more if you could skip through the GF animations. All I would do in battles is tons of GFs over and over without being able to skip. So annoying. I really enjoyed and liked the…