[kupoartist]

Final Fantasy Online ( www.ffonline.com ) have finally posted the last of their 5 part "Foundation" Series, celebrating Squaresoft's top 25 games (voted by for the very large pool of users on their forums): here is how the games square made shape up against each other:

25 - Threads of Fate
24 - Bushido Blade
23 - SaGa Frontier 2
22 - Parasite Eve II (2)
21 - Front Mission 3

25-21 : https://www.ffonline.com/news/news.ph...cle=2002-06-23

20 - Final Fantasy III (3)
19 - Legend Of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 4)
18 - Parasite Eve
17 - The Bouncer
16 - Seiken Densetsu 3

20-16 : https://www.ffonline.com/news/news.ph...cle=2002-07-27

15 - Final Fantasy (1)
14 - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
13 - Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2)
12 - Final Fantasy V (5)
11 - Vagrant Story

15-11 : https://www.ffonline.com/news/news.ph...cle=2002-09-08

10 - Final Fantasy X (10)
09 - Chrono Cross
08 - Final Fantasy Tactics
07 - Xenogears
06 - Final Fanatasy IV (4)

10-06 : https://www.ffonline.com/news/news.ph...cle=2002-12-03

05 - Final Fantasy IX (9)
04 - Final Fantasy VIII (8)
03 - Chrono Trigger
02 - Final Fantasy VII (7)
01 - Final Fantasy VI (6)

05-01 : https://www.ffonline.com/news/news.ph...cle=2003-05-09

Of course, the list is by no means a 100% true indication: observe how the following games were never experienced by Square's 2nd largest audience (Europe).
Threads of Fate, Bushido Blade, FF III, Legend of Mana, Parasite Eve, Seiken Densetsu 3. FF 1 (yes FF1 - reason given in a minute), Super Mario RPG, Chrono Cross, FF Tactics and Xenogears.

Its even more suprising that FFIII and Seiken Densetsu 3 make it into the top 25, having never been released outside of Japan (indicating that had they been released, they would have been much higher.)

Also problematic is the fact that the voting ended when Kingdom Hearts was released Stateside - Last Summer(ish), and no votes were therefore counted for it. (hence FF1 and indeed FF2 is counted as never having had a Eu release)

and finally, there is the obvious bias towards the FF series. I for one would have placed the wonderfully animated, scored and epic SaGa Frontier 2 far above where it actually is, yet many have never played it despite a global release.

So what is everyone else's opinion on the top Squaresoft games of all time? I'm sure many would shift around the places of 6, 7, 10 and Tactics (though i agree with all but the last two: 10 should be lower, Tactics should be higher.). Post lists are just a rough outline of what you'd change!