Way back when, in 1997 or so, I used to watch my friend's older brother play FF4 and FF6 (FF2 and 3). He told me that FF2 was 'hard', and that I couldn't handle it (I've never touched a FF in my life, I was about 12 or so).

I watched him play through breath of fire 3 for about 10 hours, and I was amazed by it, simply because I've never seen anything quite like an RPG. I simply HAD to try it! For a long time, I never got my hands on one, but when I heard the ravings of FF7, I knew I had to try it out. About 2 years later and longing to play an RPG, I finally bought myself FF7. I loved that game so much, that I played jsut about every FF that came out before it, and even FF8. I went on an RPG rampage, downloading and buying as many of them as I could. It was a complete obsession.

I got into the FF7 craze long after it came out. It was my favorite for a long time, but now it definitely is not. I'm not sure what happened, maybe I jsut came to realize it wasn't as 'great' as I thought it was. It's still very good and I like it, but the materia system is somewhat flawed and the gameplay is far too easy.