I want to play through all the FFs I own, in order.

[Pike]

Has anyone else done this? Was it all you ever wanted and more? Or did you get bored by the end of your little marathon?

ITT we persuade me to/dissuade me from doing this.

[Laddy]

I did and it and only finished I, V, VI, VII, IX, and XIII. xD

[Hollycat]

did it took about two weeks

ff1, ff2, ff4, ff5, ff6, crisis core, ff7, ff8, ff9, ff10, ff12 (this one took 4 days alone)

forgot to play 10-2 and still havent finished 13

[Pike]

Well for me it would be: I, II, IV, VI, VII, VIII, X, X-2, and XII. Also FFTA and Dirge of Cerberus if we're counting spinoffs. (Not that I really want to play DoC again, but...)

Anything else I've either not played or no longer own for some reason (I lose a LOT of vidya; it's depressing.) Depending on how hardcore I'm feeling I might try to track down some of the missing ones before I start.

I don't think I could do it in two weeks like you, HC, between holding down a job, getting in my daily strategy game fix, and other assorted things.

(SPOILER)*coughs* actually I'm unemployed at the moment but PRESUMABLY I'll have something within a week or so... hopefully...

[Hollycat]

Well for me it would be: I, II, IV, VI, VII, VIII, X, X-2, and XII. Also FFTA and Dirge of Cerberus if we're counting spinoffs. (Not that I really want to play DoC again, but...)

Anything else I've either not played or no longer own for some reason (I lose a LOT of vidya; it's depressing.) Depending on how hardcore I'm feeling I might try to track down some of the missing ones before I start.

I don't think I could do it in two weeks like you, HC, between holding down a job, getting in my daily strategy game fix, and other assorted things.

(SPOILER)*coughs* actually I'm unemployed at the moment but PRESUMABLY I'll have something within a week or so... hopefully...

dont worry about it, there arent many people who are quite as lazy as I am

[Wolf Kanno]

The best strategy if you are going to marathon through these games is to not feel obligated to finish a title if it gets boring for you. This is especially important with some of the NES titles which are short but can be incredibly tedious due to the "classic" design of them.

I always like going through the titles in some form of order cause i helps me to appreciate what each title did for the series (except X and XIII, they just suck ) but some people can't get into some of the older games or some of the more experimental titles so I feel its better to just stop and move on than force yourself through a miserable experience that is just going to make you loathe the game. Otherwise have fun and don't be afraid to ask for help on the forums.

[Rostum]

I sometimes get that urge but then I start playing one and I think "Bleh" and just go do something else, lol.

[I Don't Need A Name]

I sometimes get that urge but then I start playing one and I think "Bleh" and just go do something else, lol.

Ditto. I'd really wanna play it, then think of the hours needed, and decide against it.

[Jiro]

So long as I finish them all at one point, I'm not fussed. It took me a long time to even beat my first one so it's a simple matter of turtling my way through.

[Pike]

One of my motivations for wanting to play them all again is that many of these games are ones I haven't touched in a decade (or more), so when we talk about them here on the forum (or anywhere else that discusses vidya, for that matter,) I'm all "hurr de durr which one has the guy with the spikey hair again?" and then I can't contribute anything meaningful to the discussions.

I started replaying FFI recently and was enjoying it but then got distracted by life in general, moving, and all that jazz. So I'd finish that one first. I never spent a lot of time with II so I'm not sure what my experience with that would be, but I've played and enjoyed both IV and VI before. That would cover all the "classics" that I own and I'd just keep movin' on up.

Truthfully I'll be shocked if I actually succeed in this plan, I'm absolutely terrible at sticking to this sort of thing

[Bolivar]

I did. For a while I had never finished the early ones. I got IV on GBA for my DS, then played through V, finished VI for the first time, then did the same for FFI & II. III and XII came out and I had all of them, and I played those. When I beat XII, I thought it was a good opportunity to restart and finally finish FFTactics, having just gone through a big part of Ivalice. When that was done, I got the idea in my head to play through them all in order.

Similar to what Wolf said, it was exciting to start a new game because you immediately see the progress made of each FF. It's also cool b/c the customization systems become more advanced up until IX, X, and XII where they're all just really well polished.

Have fun!

[Yar]

I think I tried it over a winter break once. I finished IX, got halfway through X and then school started back up.

[Carl the Llama]

Well for me it would be: I, II, IV, VI, VII, VIII, X, X-2, and XII. Also FFTA and Dirge of Cerberus if we're counting spinoffs. (Not that I really want to play DoC again, but...)

I find the lack of V on your list to be a serious fault, this game has a PIRATE that you can play as! Get it, get it NAO!!!

Also, do not rush it, take your time and enjoy the process, people who rush things like this *looks at HC* don't get the full enjoyment out of the game in my opinion, play each of your games, but play them to enjoy them not just to have something to do to squander your time, thats why I always take a long time to do things in games, so I can enjoy the ride and not to have bragging rights of finishing a game before anyone else.

[Hollycat]

Well for me it would be: I, II, IV, VI, VII, VIII, X, X-2, and XII. Also FFTA and Dirge of Cerberus if we're counting spinoffs. (Not that I really want to play DoC again, but...)

I find the lack of V on yer list to be a serious fault, this game has a PIRATE that you can play as! Get it, get it NAO!!!

Also, do not rush it, take yer time and enjoy the process, people who rush things like this *looks at HC* don't get the full enjoyment out of the game in my opinion, play each of yer games, but play them to enjoy them not just to have something to do to squander yer time, thats why I always take a long time to do things in games, so I can enjoy the ride and not to have bragging rights of finishing a game before anyone else.

I've played 5 and 2 and 12 so much I can pretty much play them in my head.

[Mirage]

You're not hardcore until you include FF11 to "all FFs in order". So there! If you're not gonna include that, you might as well just quit right now.