FF X/X-2 or LIGHTNING RETURNS

[CrimsonHeadxvk]

I never played final fantasy, which is the best and which has the best performance

[Jansen]

Get FFX/X-2. FF13 is the weakest in the series IMO.

[nevius6251]

Get this one, it's also a good introduction to the series.
Lightning Returns, while not being a bad game by itself (although it's a bit low budget), requires knowledge from the previous 2 titles (XIII and XIII-2) and is not representative of the series.

FFX, while being very linear, still represents the series well, and FFX-2 is a fun title with good gameplay, although the story and characters are a bit silly. They are also very polished games, while Lightning Returns doesn't feel AAA at all.

[Great Grey Woof]

Of those two, Definitely X/X-2. There's some cringe worthy dialogue but X in particular shines as one of the better entries in the series. While I personally don't like X-2's story, I will admit that the combat is actually fairly fun in it. Lightning returns is a sequel that you'd want to play 13 before, and 13... is not one of the stronger games in the series. Personal opinion of course, but it's one a lot of people share.

If you've never played any of them, I'd also consider 7 or 4 on steam, or 6 (3 on the SNES) if you can get it elsewhere. The steam port is based on a mobile port for that last one and is a little sub par.

[TachiFoxy]

I'll let Jesse Cox do the talking:

https://youtu.be/T2Wdrr5ALnU?t=2h8m14s

tl;dw: Get FF X/X-II

[Aretak]

Lightning Returns is a great game, but you won't have a clue what's going on without playing at least XIII-2 first (XIII isn't really necessary).

[Dreamfall71 (AJ)]

The entire 13 trilogy is garbage compared to the X/X-2 collection.

[Hinnyuu]

XIII-1-2-3 are for sure the weakest FFs in the entire series. Don't know what they were thinking, but they definitely dropped the ball hard during the PS3 era. Apparently XV is good again, but they got me off consoles for good so it'll be a while until I find out.

X/X-2 on the other hand are among my personal favorites. They're not without flaws (no FF is, really), but they're much, much, MUCH better than the PS3 ones.

[SirNinja]

If you've never played FF, definitely start with X. It has turn-based combat (compared to most other FFs) and it will help introduce you to a lot of the big concepts. Plus it's a damn good game.

X-2 is a great (if often corny) intro to ATB combat as well, as it tends to be on the easy side. Plus you can even capture dozens of different monsters and have them fight alongside/for you.

[MLGesus]

Not much of a question. FFX is high up on many people's list for games in the franchise, and compared to some of the other popular titles in the series it is the least dated, in that the graphics and audio hold the up very well.

Port-wise, it runs well. I experienced 1 crash over my first playthrough, and subsequently none. That was at launch, too. Optimization... Its locked at 30fps, so its hard to compare.

[Psyco]

buy ffX best

[LoonyToons]

If you want the proper FF experience get X/X-2, if you want a linear game get the 13 series and when i say linear i do me linear even a final fantasy novice can complete the 13 series without knowing anything about FF at all.

[SnakeEyes]

Originally posted by Tachi:

I'll let Jesse Cox do the talking:

https://youtu.be/T2Wdrr5ALnU?t=2h8m14s

tl;dw: Get FF X/X-II

lol

[Samurai]

Originally posted by Tachi:

I'll let Jesse Cox do the talking:

https://youtu.be/T2Wdrr5ALnU?t=2h8m14s

tl;dw: Get FF X/X-II

Well i was going to post something... anything really but after that. I think everything has been said.

[Seraphic/8X]

Both!

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FFX and get the Untitled Project X mod for Japanese audio, English sub. The English dub in this game is horrible for Tidus. It's so much more fun to play now.