What are the best games (in order) for the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series

[undertakerprime]

My personal ranking of the Final Fantasy games I’ve played enough to judge. There’s a pretty wide gap between the good ones and the mediocre ones:

1. FF VI
2. FF X
3. FF VII
4. FF IX
5. FF XII
6. FF IV
7. FF VIII
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8. FF XIII
9. FF V
10. FF I

I’ve only played (and finished) Dragon Quest I and VIII. DQ VIII is an excellent game, and I highly recommend it. I’m looking forward to playing DQ XI, which I’ve heard is just as good.

[fredlepirate]

I have played a lot of titles of both series, here my TOP.

TOP 10 Final Fantasy (main serie):
1. FF 6
2. FF 7
3. FF 4
4. FF 9
5. FF 10
6. FF 5
7. FF 1
8. FF 12
9. FF 3
10. FF 8

Never played 15, I gave up on Final Fantasy after episode 13.

TOP main Dragon Quest serie:
1. DQ 11
2. DQ 8
3. DQ 5
4. DQ 6
5. DQ 7
6. DQ 9
7. DQ 3
8. DQ 2
9. DQ 1

never played episode 4, and 10 a MMO Japan exclusive