I don't know if this should be in the Final Fantasy Forums, but it pertains to FFXII, so I think it should be here, and I'm pretty sure there aren't any other threads on this yet.

Anyway, I was thinking of how some people play the newer FFs first, then move onto the classic ones next, just as I did (I started with X then discovered VII, VIII, and IX). There are people who have never been introduced to FF before obviously, and, so, do you guys believe that playing this game first and then playing the past games in the series will ruin their experience with FF?

What I mean by this is, for example, someone discovers FFXII and the FF series along with it, and then loves this game so much that they want to play FFX (let's say they didn't want to play FFXI because it was a MMORPG or something), which they haven't played yet nor have really heard about it. Do you believe that they'll dislike FFX because they liked FFXII better?

For me, if I discovered FFXII first, I'd think that I'd sort of expect the same thing from FFX (if I didn't play FFXI, that is). I mean, I wouldn't expect the graphics to be as good, but I'd expect the whole gameplay of it to be similar, so I do think that I'd be a little bored with what FFX has to offer after playing something so refreshing FFXII. I do believe that if these people take the time to play FFX (or any past FF game, for that matter) they will like it, even if it isn't as expansive or refreshing as FFXII, but I don't think they'd be as enthralled with the game as they had with FFXII. But, that's just my opinion, and XII wasn't my first, so I can't say for myself, so that's why I wanted to hear from all of you :)