What would you score each Final Fantasy game in the 1 to 5 scale?

[rocketpig]

Let's just say "not very good". IV, VI, and IX would probably rank highest for me, coming in at 3/5 to 4/5. The rest would be 2/5 to 3/5, especially XII, which could pull a 1/5 if I was particularly grumpy that day. I don't care how good a game is, if the first 15 hours are lame, the game is average AT BEST.

I will not buy into the idea "but it gets BETTER" because then you're punishing games whose developers worked bloody hard to give a consistent experience and not make the first 1/3 of the game suck ass. Slow-starting games must be marked down accordingly in fairness to games who provide a solid experience from beginning to end.