FFX is the best Final Fantasy, while Kefka is the best villian in Final Fantasy.

First off, a lot of the evidence my opponent has put forth is not acceptable. As it is an appeal to popularity (Logical Fallacy). To state something is 'better' because it has received more sales, rated higher on game reviewers (which also takes into account their reputability, as I myself do not respect Game Pro or EGM), is fallacious. . http://www.nizkor.org... Though, if an appeal to popularity is somewhat intriguing to a voter, Famitsu awarded FFX with a 39/40; as they are well known for having tough scoring. In 2006, readers of Famitsu awarded FFX with the title of "best game of all time". As this is more prestigious, considering the number of titles released from 2005 to 2006 that it had to compete with, than when FF7 received its honor in 2005. IGN named FFX the 3rd best ps2 game in it's "25 Best ps2 games of all time" contest in 2007. Yes, all of this is nice and dandy, but what it really comes down to is the game, not what critics say or sales say. My opponent points out that FF7 was at its time, in the peak of technological advancement. This is true, but when compared to FFX's lush environments, beautifully detailed characters, and more expansive world; it can't contend. Yes, they are 4 years apart (FF7 released in 1997, FFX in 2001), but that's inconsequential when speaking about comparing two games, as they can just be compared relative to their time. FFX was a pioneer in featuring seamless and quick loading 3D environments rather than the traditional pre-rendered backgrounds. As well as advanced facial expressions and seamless voice animation in sync with audio; achieved by innovative motion capture and skeletal animation technology. Contradictory to what my opponent has stated, you CAN in fact, ride a Chocobo in FFX, traveling far distances with it. You can also manually control your airship and travel to where you want, once you reach a certain point in the game. Also, FFX was the pioneer of the Condition-Turn Based system (CTB), as apposed to the usual, Active Battle system, which was a refreshing change in the series. As a nice addition, in FFX, there is the best line up of Aeons in the series yet. Featuring, one of the best Aeons in FF history, Anima. His overdrive (limit break), involves dragging you to hell, and beating the living crap out of you. Final Fantasy X's story has been unrivaled by many FF, except maybe FF6. Tidus, the main character, is but a pure memory of a lost civilization, his destiny, to defeat Sin. Along the story, many friends are gained by Tidus and Yuna, a powerful magus, to fight back against the powerful enemy, Sin. A secondary boss in the game is Seymour. A political demagogue who tricks the party and the armies of Spira, into thinking he is a good guy, and then turns around and kidnaps Yuna, and makes her his wife. Along the story, the party fights him many times, in different forms, before reaching the final boss Sin. Who is really Tidus' father, turned into Sin after he gave his life up to be the final Aeon(Esper) for Braska, Yuna's father (The second Protagonist in the story, guarded by Tidus, and his love). Sin is the manifestation of Yu Yevon, a powerful mage, in order to defeat an army 1000s of years prior to the events in FFX. In order to control Sin and pacify it for 10 years, a pilgrimage must be taken by a group powerful heroes. They must take control of all of the Aeons, then, once capturing those, make their way to Lady Yunalesca, the ghost of a dead sorceress, who holds the power to create the Final Aeon, which is, believed throughout the story, to be the only way to vanquish, and prevent, the reoccurring manifestation Sin for 10 years. Though, the price of the summoning of this Aeon, is the death and sacrifice of a powerful friend, who is close to the summoner. The individual, who was sacrificed for the Final Aeon, eventually becomes the soul trapped in Sin. (A rather vicious cycle, to be frank). When Tidus, Yuna, and the party reach Lady Yunalesca, they defy the status quo that has been the ritual summoning of the Final Aeon, and they kill Yunalesca. From there, they make their way to fight Sin, and after they defeat him, Jecht's spirit is released and Tidus makes amends with his Father, whom he had disdained because of his apparent but untrue lack of love for Tidus. After killing Sin, the party vanquishes Yu Yevon, the soul of the ancient mage who created Sin, and prevent the cycle from occurring again. A quick synopsis, but outlines the crucial, and masterful story telling of FFX. . http://en.wikipedia.org...- Has an even better synopsis of the story. Which, I, personally, find to be the most important factor in deciding a game's 'quality'. Kefka, with his trademark sadistic laugh, lack of empathy, nihilistic, uncaring, sadistic, and ambitious attitude, makes him the greatest FF villain of all time. His attitude deviates from the usual, overdone, quiet, calculating, 'serial killer' attitude that Sephiroth embodies. Sephiroth's only understandable, and emotional attribute, was his contempt for his ignorance of his existence, being the offspring of an alien's genes. Kefka isn't some mommas boy (Sephiroth), nor does he have a sad back story that makes you feel sympathetic towards his cause; he is simply wishing for the death of everything because he sees life as a waste of time, and useless. He tricks the people of the Gehstalian Army into killing mass amounts of Espers, gains power by tricking and manipulating people, kills an entire castle full of people by poisoning their water supply, and laughs while doing all of this. One thing that separates Kefka from the rest of the FF villains, and villains in any shape, form, or story: He succeeds in his mission. Through capturing energy from Espers and magic, he ascends to Godhood, becoming a 6 winged angel (4 white, 2 black, it's cool), and with his power, destroys the entire world; making it a giant, scorched, crater. While, Sephiroth fails, in his self-pitying quest for vengeance against the world that brought him misery. Because of my opponent's large reliance on popularity and popular opinion, with both FF7 and Sephiroth, most of her rebuttal should not be taken into account. And when faced with the depth in FFX, with it's masterful storytelling, deep characters, sub plots, themes, technological advancements, and the sadistic, nihilistic, uncaring attitude and actual mission success of Kefka, her resoultion falls short.