Poll: My (and yours too, if you feel compelled to share) first final fantasy

[elbryan108]

Well, leave to an old guy to say this. My first FF was the original FF on the NES. I still have it and bust it out every now and then to give it a whirl.

 

[Fraught]

so what was your first final fantasy? how was it for you? Mines going to be XIII, really besides pokemon it's going to be my first JRPG. What's to be expected from this video game behemoth?

I think its better if you have played them as a kid. I played VII when I was, like, 7, and I have really great memories of it, but even when played today, I still somehow really love it, especially as (except the big spoiler that she dies) I remember nothing of the storyline. If there's one turn-based JRPG I'd gladly play when I get a PSP, its Final Fantasy VII.

 

[PartyMonkey]

mine was VII, released when I was about 5 and I finished it for the first time last night using just Tifa (oh and of course cloud)who rocks (which explains my Avatar got lucky 7's or something and she just took 7777 until the it died.)I have played through it to the part where you destroy the barrier around Sephiroths cave and then forgot about it which is a great mistake. But it is still my favourite.

 

[Magnatek]

Number 3 on the DS - I was a little late to the game, and didn't actually like it too much...

Then I played Lost Odyssey and figured out why everyone loved JRPGs.

FF3 was definitely not the crown jewel of the Final Fantasy series, in my opinion.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I have no idea,but I do know it was one of the old,2d ones.

 

[King_Of_The_Tramps]

first was VII and is still my personal favourite, none of the final fantasies since then have made me care about the characters like VII (IX came close but no cigar), i still break it out every now and then. XI is a close second for the aesthetic if nothing else, it does also help that i came to quite like the characters. haven't actually got past disc 2 on VIII because it simply didn't grip me. still quite enjoy X and XII but not as much as the old school PS1 goodness.

 

[A Weary Exile]

so what was your first final fantasy? how was it for you? Mines going to be XIII, really besides pokemon it's going to be my first JRPG. What's to be expected from this video game behemoth?

You should play 10 first, it's the best of the series.

 

[Bob_F_It]

I started in a ditch: X-2. Yeah, it was alright, not blown away.
Then got I&II, and (a now spoilered) X, and now I'm following the ongoing releases on the later side and the DS.

 

[EzraPound]

FF8. It was awful. It was slow, it forced you into long and meaningless conversation and sidequests, it had massive gaping plot holes, and it was all-round dull.

I then played FF7, because I heard it was better. I got to just past the point where Cloud dressed in drag and got felt up by wrestlers before I realised it might just be even worse. :/

Oh noes a guy in a dress!

 

[justnotcricket]

Three, as it happens, way back when =) And then I played it anew when it eventually came out on the DS. Good times.

 

[unholy vagrant]

The first numbered FF that I played was 6 and it's my favorite. Depending on how technical you wish to get, my first game with Final Fantasy in the title was The Final Fantasy Adventure on the Gameboy.