Topic: Final Fantasy VII, IX, X, X-2 and XII - Now with 80% more FF VIII

Thing is, since the main games really have no relation to each other, apart from the obvious sequels, @JoeDiddley.... You can start with any of them! If you definitely plan to play all the series, it'd probably make most sense starting at the 1st game

I actually can't jive with both ff12's story and characters and even the gameplay. And I enjoy nearly every sort of story as long as it's fun but this one just didn't grip me at all. It's weird.

FF9 definitely got my love though, pretty much the only FF I replayed like, 3-4 times? Only finished it 2 times though. But still my fav.

@JoeDiddley
FF IV got 3D Remake with voice acting on NDS, got remastered on IOs.
FF IV NDS / IOs is still as hard as FF IV Super Famicom.

@Ralizah
FF III NDS got beautiful orchestra music arrangement. Almost beautiful as FF VIII OST. And the 4 heroes got their names and gender (3 boys and 1 girl, not All 4 boys like FF XV).

@JoeDiddley as someone who played their first FF game recently (VII) I was completely surprised how drawn in i was. There was only a few speed bumps for me boss wise. And the final boss was really dang hard until I used a sneaky trick to beat him. Other than that, it was all very manageable. I lightly used to guide to see where to go next and what if any, were required items. I can't tell you where to start as I only played VII but if you start there you wont be disappointed. It was darn near perfect. Graphics were the only set back but I'm not knocking it as it was during the ps1 era obviously.

FFVII graphics are not very representative of PS1 era games, @NintendoByNature Look at screenshots for other games around the same time It's why they haven't Remastered it, like the others....

@BruceCM yea i hear you. I had (have a ps1) but I haven't fired it up in a while 😋. I remember alot of games looking better. THPS1 looked really well for it's time.

There's various reasons offered for why it looked that way, @NintendoByNature.... But just saying it's PS1 era isn't really explaining anything! IX is much better, graphically & it wasn't that long afterwards

@BruceCM well then ya got Me! I dont recall any other ps1 era games looking like that. Then again, it's been almost 20 years since I've played my ps1 so im not really sure why it would look the way it did. Explain please 😊.

Edit: you explained.. got it.

Yeah, they didn't, that's the point, @NintendoByNature.... Something to do with it being the first FF to go 3D is more of an explanation It's a shame, if that's going to stop anyone playing it, though.

@BruceCM got it. It didn't stop me from playing if thats worth anything 😉

On the topic Final fantasy x-x/2 for switch is $29 on Amazon u.s. right now. Needless to say, I immediately ordered it😊

Thanks everyone for all the feedback. I’m even more daunted now beginning with X, not a lot of love for it expressed here. But I’ll give it a whirl hearing not one game represents the series, seeing as it’s been in my backlog since the autumn. I picked it up for only £22.

And then I’m looking forward to trying VI one day too.

Yeah, that's great, @NintendoByNature.... It certainly didn't stop you enjoying it, either Fortunately, IX is easier, in it's systems & the bosses Not too easy but not the sorts of difficulties you had with vii. Assuming you do most of the optional bits along the way
I love FFX, @JOEDIDDLEY.... You might end up liking it, too

I just wish the new FF VII remake wasn't 60 friggin dollars! Just imagine if this thing ends up being 5 or more episodes! That's gonna be one damn expensive game once it's fully completed at 60 dollars each!

@BruceCM cool. I'll play it after trials of mana 😁

@BruceCM thanks, I hope so! I’ve just completed the game I was playing so I’ll start it tomorrow.

@Zeldafan79

I completed it in 4 days and then sold on ebay for 90% of the original price. You should do the same!

@JoeDiddley, just for the record, I love X, to the point that it's one of my favorite games of all time.

To be fair, there's a lot of nostalgia going on because it was the JRPG I played to really get into the genre (I had played a couple Pokemon & Mario JRPGs before, but I was playing them because of the IP, and it wasn't until I played Kingdom Hearts that I started to purposefully seek out similar games, which started with FFX), but I played it for the first time in over a decade on Switch and I still loved every minute of it, and I'd say it holds it's own amongst the best games on the system.

I think it's a great jumping on point too, both because of it's linearity, and because I think it's mechanically simpler than a lot of other JRPGs (it has a no frills turn based combat system, and it only has two equipment slots per character to worry about). It has an engrossing & touching narrative, and it uses some really dynamic camera angles & unique gimmicks during boss fights that make them more exciting than anything else I've experienced in a turn based game.

BTW, don't worry about the "Dark Aeons" @Anti-Matter mentioned. They are endgame superbosses that you aren't required to fight. There is one optional summon that can be locked behind some of them if you miss something on your first time through certain areas, which is what he was referencing.

By the way if you are aiming to play FF9 and coincidentally on Steam, try to grab this mod.

https://sites.google.com/view/moguri-mod/

Looks amazingly gorgeous c: