Hmm, Well I started with FFX, but I would suggest starting a little father back. This will avoid the shock of the graphic transitions. Don’t go too far back though; chances are the earlier FF games won’t hold your interest. As people have said, FF7 is a good starting place, but it’s rather rare in some places. I would personally start with Anthology, FFVI would give you the feel of both the futuristic and medieval types of FF games (don’t play FFV first though; it’s by far the hardest and not particularly rich plot wise). Once again though, Anthology is unavailable in some countries (I had to buy mine while I was in America). Basically, go with the one you can obtain the easiest (If you live in the US you shouldn’t have much trouble trying to find any of the FF games though…). This will usually be FF8+. Don’t trust what people say about FF8, most of it is highly opinionative, without any real factual basis. While I consider FF9 to be the best, I wouldn’t start with this game, because you won’t understand the references it makes to past FFs. But if you must, I'm sure you'll find it to be a decent game none-the-less.