My first Final Fantasy was Tactics but my first numbered entry was X , which I think is my favorite . Unsure . It ' s a tossup between VI , VII , VIII , IX , X and XII for me . They all do so many things so well I can ' t choose . Also , XIII is not the worst . I think hiding a good chunk of the story in the datalog was dumb and I ' m not too keen on the inability to overlevel early on , but it is a cool game . I like how the narrative is so linear and focused at the beginning until you hit Gran pulse where the characters decide to take their destinies into their own hands and go on the offensive and it breaks off the rails . It ' s a wellexecuted metaphor , so , I have to give it credit . Plus I really like its sequels . It is a deeply , deeply flawed game , but I can make that argument about most FF ' s . It ' s an uneven series to be sure .