Why are the final fantasy games so good?

[Sullla]

Garcian Smith said:

 I'd actually disagree with you on FF1 - the original NES version, and not the dumbed-down re-releases. It's actually the only game of the series that I really enjoyed, mostly because of its high difficulty level.

This man speaks the truth. Go find the original game and play it. Since you get to choose your party at the beginning of the game, there's tremendous replay value to be had. I should know, I've played through the original Final Fantasy close to a dozen times. Even wrote about it on my website too.