The Final Fantasy series has made a living for over two decades making their games interesting through spectacular gameplay, visual presentation and storytelling.  When it comes down to actual gameplay a majority of the games in the Final Fantasy series have mainly been single player.  There have been some exceptions in regards to the lack of co-op gameplay in the series including Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.  While Final Fantasy XI & XIV also fall under the same category since they are both MMORPG titles they are generally meant to be played online as opposed to regular RPG titles.  In terms of general RPG titles there were games in the series such as Final Fantasy VII and XV which were only single player.  Despite, being only lacking multiplayer or co-op gameplay they Final Fantasy VII & XV are among two of the best titles in the entire series.

But when some people look at titles such as Final Fantasy XIII part 1 it makes them wonder why Square Enix decided to omit co-op/multiplayer options within certain games.  In the first part of Final Fantasy XIII players cannot control the actions of the members of their parties which was something that was fixed in part 2.  However, games like Final Fantasy XII and XIII could have definitely been more exciting if players could journey throughout different games with their friends.  While some might argue that the single-player only titles added to the appeal of titles such as Final Fantasy VII, XII and XIII other would say that co-op gameplay could have made the quality of such games that much better.  When it comes down to multiplayer games in the Final Fantasy series Square Enix would rather switch over to the MMORPG genre since it has proved to be effective in drawing the interest of players around the world with the creations of Final Fantasy XI and XIV.  Rather than adding more players on a normal RPG title utilizing MMORPG form of gameplay naturally makes more sense in theory and in practice.