I was gonna make a thread very similar to this, but I figure I'll post in here.

My mother wants to know why I'm such a Final Fantasy freak. And it's really hard to explain. She's never seen any of the games, so to her, FF could very well be another Super Mario game. So I'm trying to think of why I love FF, and I guess it's for the same reasons why I'd replay the games: the captivating storyline, the loveable/hateable/just plain real characters, the beautiful music...

But I have trouble pinpointing exactly how FF is different from most other video games (or at least to me... this is the first time I've been in love with a series before).

What are your thoughts? (in addition to answering fireemblem's post of course )