[Dr Kain]

While I like VIII, it did stop me from playing Final Fantasy until XII came out. I absolutely love XII. I spent 104 hours playing it. It was a blast, but then I played all of the previous games (VII and VIII were the only ones I had ever played before) and as much as I loved XII, it just wasn't a Final Fantasy game. In fact, I might sell off X-XIII because I prefer the games before hand, and if I going to have the time to replay a FF, I would want to replay something like IX.

Back to VIII though, my main problem was the length of the final boss battle and the convoluted plot that seemed thrown together to extended the length of the game. As for X, well, that game is just a train wreck to begin with. Titus and Wakka are two of the worst characters ever, with some of the dumbest designs ever, and the game is plagued with Resident Evil quality voice acting.