Mediocre to bad series that became good to great in following console generations?

[Shiken]

Ka-pi96 said:

Shiken said:
I would say Final Fantasy, but that IP has gone full circle in a lot of ways.

Which era of FF do you think was mediocre/bad and which one became good?

I find 4,6,7,8,9, and to an extent...10 far superior to 1,2,3 and 5.

I say it went full circle though because of 13 trilogy, and while I enjoyed 15 and FFVIIR, they are not on the level of the golden era IMO.  Never played 12, can't speak for it.

I loved 14 though, great MMO and it had that classic Final Fantasy feel to it.  The only reason I stopped playing is because MMOs are bad for me IRL, so I swore off them.