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Anonymous10/16/26, 23:30No.4131752Final Fantasy 3-6

How would you rank Final Fantasy 3, 4, 5 and 6? Which is your favorite and which is your least favorite? I'm in the process of replaying all 4. (I know there's no real connection between them, I just group them together because they're the 1990s series entries before FF7/the 3D era)

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Anon10/16/26, 23:36No.4131756

7/10, 9/10, 10/10, 5/10There's just such a steep drop in gameplay quality with 6.

Anon10/16/26, 23:52No.4131768

6 and 3 were good for what they were

Anon10/17/26, 03:09No.4131937

Personally, I'd go 6 > 4 >= 5 > 3

Anon10/17/26, 06:33No.4132077

FF3: Story -- 3/10 Combat -- 7/10 Nostalgia factor -- N/A Overall: 5/10FF4: Story -- 6/10 Combat -- 5/10 Nostalgia factor -- 8/10 Overall: 7/10FF5: Story -- 4/10 Combat: 9/10 Nostalgia factor -- 6/10 Overall: 8/10FF6: Story -- 8/10 Combat -- 8/10 Nostalgia factor -- 8/10 Overall: 9/10But my fat ass is biased, so there.

Anon10/17/26, 19:03No.4132390

4>6>>>.

Anon10/18/26, 15:36No.4133340

5 >> 3 > 6 >>>>> 4

Anon10/18/26, 17:42No.4133434

I finished 4 on PSP, and came to a dire realization that the only reason why FF games are popular is bacuse they are the prototype for modern movie games. No character creation, no dialogue choices, no party customization, copletely linear plot. Stroy is basic nonsense that follows the core japanese writing principle of "and then, and then, and then, and then...". Environemnt is uninteractive. "Secrets" are obvious and in open sight, they boil down to "that particuar sword that kills this particular boss" instead of something fun. And it was piss easy, you just turn on auto battle and turn your brain off. Honestly total waste of time.FF3 on NES is archaic, and the 3D remake is shit, so it was an obvious skip.Next is FF5 on SNES. I was already prepared that it's going to be piss easy, so I downloaded hard-type mod and another mod which shows classes sprites for your character on a overworld map. And you know what? It was still piss easy. People glaze this game all the time for teh job system, but playing makes it obvious that all classes are poorly balanced. Meta classes from preivous games are still meta in FF5. Experimentl classes are dogshit, and force you to grind skills for little to no pay off. So how was this dissonance balanced out? By making the game piss easy so much so that you can beat it even without picking any class at all. Plot was just generic isekai templete where random neet is chosen to be chosen one and gets harem of bitches for free. I was so bored so I turned one of my party members into a zombie. Played like this for few hours then I quit.And last is FF6. Main character is feMC so you know story is gonna be boring, I also got spoiled the final boss so there were so suprises waiting for me. And since none of the issues of previous two games were addressed I quit after few hours hoping to find a mod that will "fix the game". But I never came back to it and I never will.

Anon10/18/26, 23:25No.4133756

My favorite entry is IX. FFIX > FFVI > FFIV > FFV > FFIIIFor story and atmosphere: FFVI (best overall) and FFIV (a solid classic).For gameplay and freedom: FFV (best job system).For the history of the series: FFIII (important, but dated).

Anon10/20/26, 23:00No.4135883

4>3=5>

Anon10/20/26, 23:59No.4135920

Of the 4 you mentioned: 6 > 4 > 5 > 3

Anon10/22/26, 03:09No.4136135

Six is the best even if it's combat and bugs left a portion of it slightly undercooked. At the end of the day, JRPG combat is not that deep, and the sheer variety of character skills, esper summons, magic, and boss mechanics still gives it plenty of substance. Following all of the strengths of six on a downward scale, Four is the next best, then Five, and Three is last. Three is quickly the worst of all Final Fantasy before VII. Five is alright if the plot didn't have the beat of an abridged saturday morning cartoon. Four is just aged behind Six.Simple as.

Anon10/22/26, 14:02No.4136505

I really dislike probably us 6 > 5 > 4 > 3 for me. I think 3 is the worst of the NES games though.