Yup, agree.
FF4, FF6, FF7, FF8, FF9 and FF10 were all great games. Some people say FF10 was the last great, and I'll agree somewhat because compared to the games that came after it, it was amazing. However I think Final Fantasy's decline started with the PS2 era.
FF11 for obvious reasons isn't counted. I actually hold this game as being my favourite MMO alongside Everquest. I spent years playing it and I've got tremendous memories of a very unique game!
FF12 I stopped playing somewhere after half way through. As has been said in this thread, characters and story don't go together. Its the number one problem with any story. If you can't relate some way to the human aspect of a story, then you simply won't care. Having main characters as simple observers without getting truly emotionally involved will leave you feeling cold and uninterested. Very forgettable game and crew.
FF13 pretty much what Goldfingers said. Shocking
--I wrote a huge rant about the game but I'm just gonna let Golds post speak for it (suppresses huge need to rage at this atrocity)
FF14- end of SquarEnix. As a huge fan of FF11, I followed this game from first conception to alpha-beta stage and all the way upto collectors edition retail purchase. Dear lord, I genuinely believe the problem with these SE games now is due to their sheer arrogance. I think they got so full of themselves they believed that whatever **** they made people would buy it regardless. FF14 was terrible and should never have been released in the state it was. They're trying to revamp it all and moved around the "dinosaur" devs behind it, however its days are long gone. They'd need to really pull something out for this to work after that start. Its not going to happen.
Due to the lack of quality in the last few games, the new approach to bringing out sequels to every new release, old release, mobile phone games, handheld games, movies, spin-offs etc. Of following the development of FF14 so closely, reading every interview, posting on the beta forums, hearing responses and seeing first hand just how SE work and what they think of their fans opinions and desires; I've come to lose so much respect for this company. For the first time I'm not thinking of future game releases and wondering what FF15 will be like. I simply don't care anymore and I will never buy another Final Fantasy blindly again.