What was your first Final Fantasy?

[Jowy]

Final Fantasy IV! All four saves from the Phar-Mor rental cart were at the Sealed Cave and I had no idea what the smurf was going on. Then I discovered the "new game" button and fell in love.

[Pumpkin]

The first was technically FFVIII. I was very little and I didn't even finish the fire cavern. The game very much confused me.

Then, 4 or 5 years later, for the Christmas after I moved back in with my mom's ex and she left me and he wanted to make me feel better, he bought a PS2 and Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX, and X for me. I played IX first and I loved it and it is still my favorite game ever.

[Spooniest]

4.

*cries*

*hides*

[TrollHunter]

I think... I honestly think it was 10-2. I rented it randomly one weekend.
Why the smurf did I think it was a good idea to explore more of the franchise after that?

[Freya]

My first experience with an FF was VIII but my first game I actually played and put the effort into was FFIX, then X.

[Madonna]

IV and Mystic Quest were both my firsts; they both were for rent from the local convenience store when I was a wee one. They instilled a love for the similar kind of worlds they built, with lore and monsters that sort of tied the two together, and thereafter my siblings and I desired more of it. Plus, the music was grand.

It is nice to see the exposure of Final Fantasy has been pretty widespread through the age groups and somehow it all got us together in one forum.

My brother rented it from Blockbuster (remember Blockbuster?) and played it a bit and as I always did back then, I watched. While he was at work I would play it and what really stuck out to me was the whole beginning with planting the bomb. I just love that mission and the mission that came after it. I would have (and still would) buy an Avalanche spin-off game if it had the crew from the beginning in it. I used to play out that scene with my Pokemon action figures. I also really liked Jessie. The stuff in the train at the start was nice too.

I really associate with the brother thing; when us kids played a Final Fantasy game, we all did a lot of watching each other, throwing out suggestions and information, and it was a huge collaborative, family-based effort. Then one day, we all grew up and played our own games really secretively...

Final Fantasy IV! All four saves from the Phar-Mor rental cart were at the Sealed Cave and I had no idea what the smurf was going on. Then I discovered the "new game" button and fell in love.

A thousand times yes. Oh, I knew there was a new game, but look at these games; these guys are so far ahead and with all these different characters. Where are they? How did they get there? Why do they immediately lose and die in this cave? Playing a rented game's saved files for a short while was always a treat because it teased me with the knowledge that even cooler things were to come.

[Ayen]

You can play a game secretively?

[Niale]

Final Fantasy 10. But i only tried it at a friend.
The real Final Fantasy i beat was FF7.

[Pike]

4.

*cries*

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What's wrong with 4 as your first bro? That's like half the thread. It's a good game, too.

[Jiro]

Probably VII but I'm not entirely certain Rented it like a dozen times from the damn video store

[Carl the Llama]

Final Fantasy VII, I remember back in 97 back when I was in School, I saw this picture of Cloud with his massive Buster Sword and thinking "Wow.... I really wanna play that" so as Christmas was around the corner I asked for it and BAM! I got it... took me over a year to complete it, then after that came VIII and I was convinced it was sooo much cooler then VII at the time (you know that feeling you get when your young and impressionable, you think the game that you are currently playing is way better then the previous one) but after I completed it I was kinda meh and it seemed to happen that way with all the other FF games that came out.

Of course since then I have played at least 1 version of every numbered entry that has been made, most of them on the PSone.

[The Captain]

Final Fantasy III (VI) on the SNES. I had already played Secret of Mana and was interested to see what else Squaresoft was making so I got this game for my birthday and was instantly hooked. I loved the scope of the story and the wide variety of characters. I remember spending way too much time wandering the world map, trying to figure out where to go with Sabin during his solo quest and being blown away by the Opera sequence the first time it happened.

It made me a lifelong fan.

Take care all.

[Spooniest]

4.

*cries*

*hides*

What's wrong with 4 as your first bro? That's like half the thread. It's a good game, too.

The massive numbers of the FF7 fandom scares me.

Seriously, though, I'm simply making reference to a certain spoony fellow who tends to cry and hide a lot.

[Carl the Llama]

4.

*cries*

*hides*

What's wrong with 4 as your first bro? That's like half the thread. It's a good game, too.

The massive numbers of the FF7 fandom scares me.

Seriously, though, I'm simply making reference to a certain spoony fellow who tends to cry and hide a lot.

As one of those FFVII fans I can say you have nothing to worry about, I may consider VII my favourite, but I still love all the other final fantasy games I've played.

YOU SPOONY BARD!

[Shorty]

4.

*cries*

*hides*

What's wrong with 4 as your first bro? That's like half the thread. It's a good game, too.

The massive numbers of the FF7 fandom scares me.

Seriously, though, I'm simply making reference to a certain spoony fellow who tends to cry and hide a lot.

I've never understood the mass appeal that VII has. Maybe it was ahead of its time or something, maybe it's because I never finished it. I never found it truly remarkable as I did with my first playthrough of VIII.