So my boyfriend Sam (who took an unsuspecting photo to illuminate this thread for me) is finally playing a Final Fantasy game! As a fan, I take great pride in introducing the series for him.
You can't really make it out so much with the photo, but he's playing Final Fantasy X. Taking the advice of this thread on board, I'm happy to report that he seems to be enjoying it so far. He finds the Sphere Grid unusual and weird to use, which I find odd because he's using the Standard Grid, which is a single path, practically. But anyway, he was pleasantly surprised with the combat. He initially thought the turn based combat would be boring and complicated but it turned out not to be the case!
He's just arrived in Kilika, now. He also said to me that he very briefly played FFXII with a friend, but found it incredibly slow. He only remembered it, because of "that slutty bunny lady". I'm sure you know who she is.
So anyway, how hard is it do you think to introduce someone to the series? Have you, and what sort of success did you have?
So far, he seems to be enjoying it. Have you had similar success at all? What sort of experiences have you all had?