Cause I hate reality. The games got me when I knew I could escape from the real world and play endlessly in a far better world. Its quite sad why I like FF but still thats my honest anwser. Plus it was way different then the run and jump Mario games. Final Fantasy had a great amount of things you could do and they kept some things the same like Cid, Excalibur, Summons ect. So you could easily learn the basics of one game and carry down your knowings to other titles. For example if you knew what cure was they kept it the same in all the games so you get the idea how the whole series works and build talent in battles.