This is a purely hypothetical question, but I was wondering what order you would recommend playing the FF games in to a person who is new to JRPGs in general.

Considerations that popped into my head:
- Starting with the harder (aka older) titles could be too steep a learning curve to someone new to the series and turn them off
- Starting with the newest titles could make it harder to go back and enjoy the titles with dated graphics.
- By front loading the best games up front (I know this is subjective) you would make other games seem like a letdown.

Anyone want to take a crack at it?