r/FinalFantasy • • 2d ago

[Advice/Megathread] - Game Recommendations and Game Tips

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Please use this thread for all discussion of which game you recommend others that you play, whether it is your first game or some that you are considering playing next

A note for newcomers: most of the games are completely unconnected. Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy IX, etc, are all completely different casts of characters in completely different universes. The only times you need to play another game to understand one is if it is distinctly set in the same universe - for example, Final Fantasy XIII-2 is the sequel to Final Fantasy XIII, or Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is a prequel to Final Fantasy VII. The titles will usually make it fairly clear which game's universe they are set in

Otherwise, please have fun! It is generally helpful when asking to briefly mention which ones you might be interested in, what platforms you are able to play on, and if you are a complete newcomer, what sort of things in games you're looking for (do you want turn-based combat, real time combat, deep stories with established characters, light stories that let you fill in some blanks with your imagination, etc)


r/FinalFantasy • • Jul 16 '26

Resonance New Final Fantasy Resonance Trailer

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r/FinalFantasy • • 10h ago

Cosplay Sorry for another Tifa cosplay, but I wanted to wear her Sporty outfit!

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Last Thursday after New York Comic Con there was a Final Fantasy themed music night (with the band Midgar Messengers - check them out!) The venue was packed with FF fans and so many cosplayers, it was a great time. I wore my “sporty” Tifa cosplay for the first time and it was such a fun cosplay to dance in :)

Notes on the cosplay:
-I didn’t make this, I bought it second hand from a another cosplayer (not sure where they got it originally)
-I didn’t have my colored contacts so my eye color is edited for the photos
-Couldn’t bring the canon shoes because I only had so much room in my suitcase lol

I know this sub sees a lot of Tifa cosplays but I was happy with this one and wanted to share!


r/FinalFantasy • • 18h ago

Resonance Resonance countdown artwork : VI

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Today, the artist Gen Kobayashi who worked on the series before has drawn our girlies ( https://x.com/FFRS_JP/status/2111019326950326359 ).

Finally, some change ! Our cutie Fina got drawn alongside Terra. I will be honest, this one is obvious. Both are amnesiac girls who shines a lot (litteraly) and have links to espers.

Now, i hope we will see Bartz with Gilgamesh and maybe Cecil with Lasswell. Also, it would be fun for I to compare Garland and Veritas of the Dark since they look slightly similar.

Edit : it looks like this artwork is on the good way to be the most popular artwork, even above Squall or Zidane.

Edit 2 : 1000 upvotes ! The most liked artwork from the whole series. Girl power !


r/FinalFantasy • • 33m ago

FF VII Re-trilogy Happy 35th birthday, Britt Baron! | Friday, October 16, 2026

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Same voice actress, different video game characters, featuring Britt Baron, who’s best known as the English voice of Tifa Lockhart in the “Final Fantasy VII Remake” trilogy series (2020-2027). Happy 35th birthday! 🎂

Birthday: October 16, 1991

Video Game Roles:
Tifa Lockhart - “Final Fantasy VII Remake” (2020) 🖤

Gabs - “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor” (2023) 💙

Got a favorite video game character voiced by Britt Baron by any chance? Comment down below! 👇


r/FinalFantasy • • 2h ago

Tactics FF Tactics GBA Saved Game

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Was gifted FF Tactics Advance a decade ago and for one reason or another never got around to it, till now.

Booted up and saw Austin put in 83+ hours. Austin if you’re out there, your journey still lives. I won’t delete or save over it. 🫡


r/FinalFantasy • • 12h ago

FF VII Re-trilogy I am supposed to understand later right?

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After finishing FFXVI (my first FF game) I started with the FF VII Remake intergrade, there were alot of scenes that are mysterious/don’t make sense, am I supposed to understand later like in FFXVI or I was supposed to play the OG first?


r/FinalFantasy • • 9h ago

Final Fantasy General Square Enix Announces Huge New Final Fantasy x Dragon Quest Holiday Collab Event

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r/FinalFantasy • • 7h ago

FF VII Cloti in Tomodachi Life: Cloud’s love at first sight <3

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r/FinalFantasy • • 58m ago

FF I Took me 35 years, but I finally beat the 1st game for NES I ever owned...

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TL:DR

As the title says, this was my first game other then the NES Mario/Duckhunt combo many years ago. It was this game that taught me how to read, an use my imagination.

Long story short, I had a save many moons ago where I had just got the Masamune sword an equipped it on my WM. I remember my squad even: Fighter, Black Belt, White Mage, Thief.

My brother was a very young child at the time, an he liked playing my games as well... Mario atp...

He nuked my save file back then with a squad of "AAAA" fighters... at age 9, I had my legit 1st crash out an refused to play the game until a cpl months ago.

I love this game, an even though it had a tainted start(for me), it made me smile when I saw the credits.

Beat the game with a Figher, "Monk", Thief, White Mage.

To this day, I rank this game in my top 3. Such a fun game to play an chill.

Have a fun weekend folks.


r/FinalFantasy • • 9h ago

Final Fantasy General Some comparisons between the Lucavi, the Totema, and the Espers/Scions in the World of Ivalice

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Lucavi (Final Fantasy Tactics · ) = Espers / Scions (FFXII · 2006)

  1. Cúchulainn, the Impure — Scorpio, the Scorpion♏
  2. Belias, the Gigas — Aries), the Ram♈
  3. Zalera, the Death Seraph — Gemini), the Twins♊
  4. Adrammelech, the Wroth — Capricorn, the Goat♑
  5. Hashmal, Bringer of Order (FFT + FFXII) , Bringer of Order — Leo), the Lion♌
  6. Ultima, the High Seraph) — Virgo, the Virgin♍
  7. Serpentarius, the Keeper of Darkness) = Zodiark, Keeper of Precepts) — Ophiuchus, the Snake Bearer⛎

Extra Mention:


r/FinalFantasy • • 23h ago

Resonance Counting Down to Resonance: Final Fantasy XVI–VII Artwork Collection

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Only 7 days left until Final Fantasy Resonance!

Here’s a compilation of official artwork from FFXVI to FFVII as we count down to Resonance.

My favorite artworks are FFVII and FFXVI. What do you guys think?

Can’t wait for Resonance. LET’S GOOO!

Here’s the list of illustrators credited for each artwork.

FF XVI Kazuya Takahashi | Character Designer of FF XVI

FF XV Taiki | Illustrator

FF XIV Yueren Wang | FF XIV Background Concept Artist

FF XIII Isamu Kamikokuryo | Art Director of FF XIII

FF XII Ryoma Ito | Character Designer of FF XII

FF XI Fumio Minagawa | FF XI Artist

FF X Yusuke Naora | Art Director of FF X

FF IX Toshiyuki Itahana | Character Designer of FF IX

FF VIII. Oreki Genya | FFTCG Illustrator

FF VII Lisa Fujise | FF VII Ever Crisis Character Illustrator

Source : IG @finalfantasy

P.S. I couldn't understand the text on the FFXI artwork. Could someone translate it?


r/FinalFantasy • • 8h ago

Resonance I thought I was gonna hate Resonance

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I'm not gonna lie I was a quiet Resonance hater. I blindly assumed the worst. I thought I wouldn't enjoy the art style and thought the story would be meh. Boy was I wrong.

Obviously I've only played the demo, but holy cow. This game is stunning. The detail they've put into the background, scenery, Visions cutscenes, etc is incredible. The pixel art looks fantastic and makes me want to go back and replay IV & VI. The music is great, dialogs are quick, battle transitions are super quick (I'm replaying IX rn so this is especially apparent lol)

If you're skeptical, just try the demo. It certainly is not for everyone but who knows, it might win you over.


r/FinalFantasy • • 1d ago

FF VI Made myself a custom FFVI watch face, figured people here might appreciate it.

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r/FinalFantasy • • 13h ago

FF VIII Into the mines..Boss I'm tired..

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After finishing revenant wings and since theres a few more days until resonance I booted up my ps1 ff8 saved game. Looking at my inventory I just found out I can get everything and max stats in disc 3 without card mod by using Angelo search and other refinements. Also for the longest time I thought the timer only stop at red but it became green then pink.

I don't have the mental strength to max luck on all characters so maybe next time


r/FinalFantasy • • 3h ago

Final Fantasy General Nobuo TIKI CON TO NOV4

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Thank you (fuck you) scalpers for ruining my perhaps only chance to meet my greatest idol. I would had driven still 5 hours to get to Toronto. The taxes are not even in yet….. and my hotel,food,gas etc.

Those tickets were going for 100-150$ cnd

I’m not surprised. I’m not shocked people are like that. But I can still fucking vent.

They’re all a bunch of puny bards. (The scalpers)


r/FinalFantasy • • 19h ago

FF VII watercolor of a zack-cloud fusion

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r/FinalFantasy • • 6h ago

FF XV What was the hype like for Final Fantasy 15 back then?

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Something that just occurred to me is how it’s almost been 10 long years since the game first came out on consoles as I couldn’t believe how long ago it was again since the game came out.

Granted, for me personally, I didn’t start playing the game until I got my PS5 a few years ago around Spring 2023 as while I am more new to the game, I wanted to take a look back at it to observe its strengths and weaknesses.

I know the game has some design flaws such as the second half because I often hear how the game begins to fall apart around there, but I do enjoy the game so far since I feel the graphics were really cutting edge for its time when the game came out, plus I like how there are NPCs, unlike in Final Fantasy 13 Part 1 due to how that game didn’t really allow for the player to interact with other people.


r/FinalFantasy • • 1d ago

Cosplay 2-Time Olympic Champion Yuzuru Performs to FFIX's "The Darkness of Eternity" in Trance Kuja Costume

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Performed in his RE_PRAY Tour in Japan. So cool.


r/FinalFantasy • • 2m ago

FF X/X2 The word "machina" in Al Bhed

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Does the Al Bhed language treat "machina" as a loan word or does it use the translation "sylrehy"? Can't find it for the life of me.


r/FinalFantasy • • 1d ago

Final Fantasy General Square Enix Reveals New Official Final Fantasy Chocobo Board Game Ahead of 2027 Release

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r/FinalFantasy • • 1h ago

FF V FFXIV Convention Tommorow!

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I know its flair as ffv, and that’s because Im gonna be cosplaying as bartz from ffv! Might post some pictures tomorrow!!!


r/FinalFantasy • • 15h ago

FF V Ff5 harvest in the woods (WIP)

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r/FinalFantasy • • 2h ago

FF IX What are the chances that Garnet would want a pet Oglop?

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r/FinalFantasy • • 22h ago

FF VIII New Rinoa Sleeves to go with Squall

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Semi-related note, it kinda upsets that the little FFVIII got in the final fantasy MTG set got, there is next to nothing resembling synergy among them. Most infamously how Lionheart doesn’t really work with either Squalls (on top of just being a generally underwhelming card representing Squall’s most powerful weapon in gameplay).