Getting back to the topic of will FFXIII be the best game in the series I say it has a chance. I personally haven't played all the FF games in the series so my opinion is purely based on comparing it to FFVI, VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2, XI and XII. From what has been seen of the battle system so far it is turned based but not random. It is also fast and going by the demo has a 70% chance of being better then all others in the series. Story wise is a complete guess had this stage by the characters look interesting and we can expect the same level of engagement seen in FFX. The overall story will be hard to beat out FFVI, VII and FFX though. The Fantasy factor still goes to FFIX since it made me fall in love with the world. I think we can all agree that XIII will be better then XII since not many people care for the characters (especially vann).
Conclusion
FFXIII is the most promising game in the series since FFX. The characters feel right and so many people love Lightening and Snow. The technology leap from PS2 means for better voice acting and facial animation allowing for better interaction between these so far great characters. The battle system looks amazing and has a very high chance of being the best the series. Inorder for the game to be considered the best it will need to drag people into its world the way IX did and it will need to tell a compelling story the way VI, VII and X did. It's debatable to whether VIII had the best love story but for the sake of this thread I will say it was and XIII will need to match it. Music still goes to VII until I hear all tracks.
50% overall of being the best FF.
