Final Fantasy: What got you started?

Edit - 12/29/09 Damn, I'm Bored so Imma bump this 2 year old thread xPPPP! So yeah, as the title says ahah.



Basically what im asking is What got you guys into Final Fantasy and what game started it all for you?

For me it wasa presentfor 6th birthday. I got it a day after my birthday. My mom took me to the navy exchange to see what game i wanted. The first thing to catch my eye...what else but Final Fantasy VII. Right when i saw it i knew i had to have it. Sure it was next to parasite eve but forgetthat haha. When i got home i remember playing it nonstop and i believe ive played it around 20 Times already. That was 10 years ago on May 6th, 1998, and now look were we're at, and final fantasy looks as good as ever, and i remember when VII had the BEST graphics in the whole gaming world, it was wierd but if you play it now something in your head says "This looked good to me????" But hey, that was the 7th game so its been what, 20+ years in the making of the whole final fantasy series? Well, to me and forever will be to me,

Final Fantasy = One of the Greatest GameSeries Ever Made (MGS Seriesa close second maybe 3rd XDDD)

So yeah, again, what got all of you started into it if you have played it and which game was your first ever final fantasy

I'm 24. I started with borrowingFFII (FF4 in japan) on super nes, and liked it so much I got FFI for my NES. This was back in like 1992.motherboop

damn haha so you were around...8 right?

Back when I was about 11 (approx. 1991), I went with my dad to a store called 'Toys & Wheels' in a local mall. They had a sale on their NES games, so I picked up 'River City Ransom' and 'Final Fantasy'. I played these two games non-stop for so long, and my love of Final Fantasy began. I've played every FF game throughout the years (except for Crystal Chronicles), and absolutely love the series. The only sad thing is that I've never beaten a Final Fantasy game. I have a bad habit of playing for many hours, putting the game away for a few days/weeks, and then starting from scratch again. :(JannettyTRocker

wow nice ive played all but 1-6 ( unless gba/psp vers. count) and chronicals, origins, and ff11, but to me crystal chronicals 2 looks like a must buy compared to 1

I got into it pretty late. I only got a Playstation about a year before the PS2 came out (my brother made us get a 64 instead of it) and the first FF game I played was IX which is still my favorite and what got me into the series. we didn't ever get a SNES because again, my brother made us get a Genesis.

oh well.

I would have to say that it was probably Final Fantasy VII that got me into it. Actually the only two that I have actually played are VII and Tactics. Tactics is easily my favorite thoughKapG

i LOVED tactics but i do believe 7 was better to me though, tactics gameplay graphics were quite a bit better lol

I got into it pretty late. I only got a Playstation about a year before the PS2 came out (my brother made us get a 64 instead of it) and the first FF game I played was IX which is still my favorite and what got me into the series. we didn't ever get a SNES because again, my brother made us get a Genesis.

oh well.

Pearl_of_Egypt

haha ok, ikinda loved and hated nine. Its really a hit or miss,I thought some of htecharacter designs were pretty great, and some were just friggen STUPID, but then also, all of them were super short, which was not normal, i believe ff8 had best ps1 final fantasy graphics of them all

Well I have never actually played a proper FF game, only demo's. I was never a fan of RPG but I'm gonna change that this gen. I actually only started gaming about 7 years ago and didn't really know much about FF.Swift_Boss_A

well i assure you, youll love it lol

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I got into it pretty late. I only got a Playstation about a year before the PS2 came out (my brother made us get a 64 instead of it) and the first FF game I played was IX which is still my favorite and what got me into the series. we didn't ever get a SNES because again, my brother made us get a Genesis.

oh well.

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haha ok, ikinda loved and hated nine. Its really a hit or miss,I thought some of htecharacter designs were pretty great, and some were just friggen STUPID, but then also, all of them were super short, which was not normal, i believe ff8 had best ps1 final fantasy graphics of them all

I loved the character design, I thought it was original and I like things that are different from everything else. and just because the people in 8 looked better doesn't mean it has nicer graphics. but the music in 9 is fantastic.

[QUOTE="PoweredByHonda"][QUOTE="Pearl_of_Egypt"]

I got into it pretty late. I only got a Playstation about a year before the PS2 came out (my brother made us get a 64 instead of it) and the first FF game I played was IX which is still my favorite and what got me into the series. we didn't ever get a SNES because again, my brother made us get a Genesis.

oh well.

Pearl_of_Egypt

haha ok, ikinda loved and hated nine. Its really a hit or miss,I thought some of htecharacter designs were pretty great, and some were just friggen STUPID, but then also, all of them were super short, which was not normal, i believe ff8 had best ps1 final fantasy graphics of them all

I loved the character design, I thought it was original and I like things that are different from everything else. and just because the people in 8 looked better doesn't mean it has nicer graphics. but the music in 9 is fantastic.

final fantasy 9 was the most "UNIQUE" of the final fantasy series that ive seen, but i LOVED the character design for Vivi, now he pwned hahahaha

FF7 got me started. Bought it on launch. I was 6.PureDante

haha i wouldnt think at the age of 6 people would know about things on launch, so you have "un" greatist hits version? lol i sadly have the greatestt hits one but thats more than some people can say

final fantasy 9 was the most "UNIQUE" of the final fantasy series that ive seen, but i LOVED the character design for Vivi, now he pwned hahahaha

PoweredByHonda

lol me too he was so cute.

[QUOTE="PureDante"]FF7 got me started. Bought it on launch. I was 6.PoweredByHonda

haha i wouldnt think at the age of 6 people would know about things on launch, so you have "un" greatist hits version? lol i sadly have the greatestt hits one but thats more than some people can say

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[QUOTE="PureDante"]FF7 got me started. Bought it on launch. I was 6.PureDante

haha i wouldnt think at the age of 6 people would know about things on launch, so you have "un" greatist hits version? lol i sadly have the greatestt hits one but thats more than some people can say

all of my things are perfect as well, exept Final Fantasy 8, my brother put it in a VHS machine and it scrached the HELL OUT OF IT! and now i regret not being able to play it again

Remembering back then is weird. My older brother was like "Wanna help me pay for a new game?" (I was nine or eight). So I did and then our whole family gathered round the couch on a cloudy evening the day he got it. Seeing the intro we were all awe-struct. Then the first battle came and no of us knew what to do until we finally figured out that strangely enough the O button was the select button and the X button was the cancel button (we weren't used to that). But when we got the hang of it the electricity went out from lightning.

So that was that, it was very memorable playing Final Fantasy VII for the first time and what got me interested in this other country called Japan".

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[QUOTE="PureDante"]FF7 got me started. Bought it on launch. I was 6.PoweredByHonda

haha i wouldnt think at the age of 6 people would know about things on launch, so you have "un" greatist hits version? lol i sadly have the greatestt hits one but thats more than some people can say

all of my things are perfect as well, exept Final Fantasy 8, my brother put it in a VHS machine and it scrached the HELL OUT OF IT! and now i regret not being able to play it again

just sitting around tring 2 get into new games beside fps's and shooter's so i tried final fantasy10-2 and i kinda liked t but it could of been betterLEATHERFACE1550

you picked the worst one to get into the series. :|

It seems most people started with 7 or later, which is a real shame, because FF6 is as good as any other FF game, and probably my personal favorite. No, the graphics were not revolutionary, even at the time (although they were pretty good for SNES), but the story depth had never been seen like it was in 6 and I still think it has the best story (in my opinion).

BTW, I started with FF about the same as someone else did, I borrowed ff4 from a friend and was pretty much hooked. I remember begging for FF3 (6) on Christmas of the day it came out. (I also remember buying Chrono Trigger from Babbages the day it came out for $91, because they released it a day earlier there than anywhere else I was able to get to ;) )

I've played almost all FF games other than chronicles and that crappy one that came out for the ps2, Dirge of Cerberus, as I was 100% sure it was gonna suck, and although I've never played it, apparently it does. There are some of the newer handheld FF I haven't played.

Kind of hard to rank them in order, but I can probably give my top 10:

10: Final Fantasy 1 or Mystic Quest (I honestly don't enjoy either one, or 2/3, since I played them all AFTER playing FF4 and 6, on the PS/GBA (for 2/3), which are both far superior in every aspect) (I could also put X-2, as although it wasn't great, it's better than these other ones mentioned)

9: Final Fantasy 5

8: Final Fantasy 4

7: Final Fantasy XII

6: Final Fantasy 9

5: Final Fantasy 8

4: Final Fantasy X

3: Final Fantasy 7

2: Final Fantasy 6

1: Final Fantasy Tactics

[QUOTE="LEATHERFACE1550"]just sitting around tring 2 get into new games beside fps's and shooter's so i tried final fantasy10-2 and i kinda liked t but it could of been betterPearl_of_Egypt

you picked the worst one to get into the series. :|

Not "totally" true, final fantast 10 had a pretty good story, AMAZING graphics when it came out as the first ps2 final fantasy to ever come out and yeah but i rate it a 7/10 compared to 7 HOPEFULLY they do remake ff7 in 2008-10 or in the near future

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[QUOTE="LEATHERFACE1550"]just sitting around tring 2 get into new games beside fps's and shooter's so i tried final fantasy10-2 and i kinda liked t but it could of been betterPoweredByHonda

you picked the worst one to get into the series. :|

Not "totally" true, final fantast 10 had a pretty good story, AMAZING graphics when it came out as the first ps2 final fantasy to ever come out and yeah but i rate it a 7/10 compared to 7 HOPEFULLY they do remake ff7 in 2008-10 or in the near future

I thought FFX was a great game, and he said FFX-2, which wasn't all that good.

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[QUOTE="LEATHERFACE1550"]just sitting around tring 2 get into new games beside fps's and shooter's so i tried final fantasy10-2 and i kinda liked t but it could of been betterMyzeDivine

you picked the worst one to get into the series. :|

Not "totally" true, final fantast 10 had a pretty good story, AMAZING graphics when it came out as the first ps2 final fantasy to ever come out and yeah but i rate it a 7/10 compared to 7 HOPEFULLY they do remake ff7 in 2008-10 or in the near future

I thought FFX was a great game, and he said FFX-2, which wasn't all that good.

woah thought he meant 10-12 totally misred that, and yeah x-2 was HORRIBLE

Went in to toysrus at the age of around 11, saw Final Fantasy VII for 14.99, it was one of the very few ps1 games left on the shelf and one of the cheapest ones at that, so I bought it. Been hooked ever since.schoony_5

Went in to toysrus at the age of around 11, saw Final Fantasy VII for 14.99, it was one of the very few ps1 games left on the shelf and one of the cheapest ones at that, so I bought it. Been hooked ever since.schoony_5

haha it just caught my eye, which was wierd, i even got a few friends hooked to it when i told them about ff7

[QUOTE="MyzeDivine"][QUOTE="PoweredByHonda"][QUOTE="Pearl_of_Egypt"]

[QUOTE="LEATHERFACE1550"]just sitting around tring 2 get into new games beside fps's and shooter's so i tried final fantasy10-2 and i kinda liked t but it could of been betterPoweredByHonda

you picked the worst one to get into the series. :|

Not "totally" true, final fantast 10 had a pretty good story, AMAZING graphics when it came out as the first ps2 final fantasy to ever come out and yeah but i rate it a 7/10 compared to 7 HOPEFULLY they do remake ff7 in 2008-10 or in the near future

I thought FFX was a great game, and he said FFX-2, which wasn't all that good.

woah thought he meant 10-12 totally misred that, and yeah x-2 was HORRIBLE

yeah he said X-2. I'm a girl, and even I thought that game was way too girly.

X was awesome.

[QUOTE="schoony_5"]Went in to toysrus at the age of around 11, saw Final Fantasy VII for 14.99, it was one of the very few ps1 games left on the shelf and one of the cheapest ones at that, so I bought it. Been hooked ever since.PureDante

LOL and EBAY!! $50+ on ebay for a oppened copy Haha

[QUOTE="schoony_5"]Went in to toysrus at the age of around 11, saw Final Fantasy VII for 14.99, it was one of the very few ps1 games left on the shelf and one of the cheapest ones at that, so I bought it. Been hooked ever since.PureDante

Yeah, i would too. Final Fantasy Tactics was sitting right next to it for the same price. I remember thinking that I should get VII instead simply because it had three discs, in my head that meant it was a better deal.

[QUOTE="PureDante"][QUOTE="schoony_5"]Went in to toysrus at the age of around 11, saw Final Fantasy VII for 14.99, it was one of the very few ps1 games left on the shelf and one of the cheapest ones at that, so I bought it. Been hooked ever since.schoony_5

Yeah, i would too. Final Fantasy Tactics was sitting right next to it for the same price. I remember thinking that I should get VII instead simply because it had three discs, in my head that meant it was a better deal.

hahahah to me i liked the front cover art haha 6 year old + guy with spiky hair holding big sword = A 6 YEAR OLD BOYS IDEA OF AN ORGY!

Final Fantasy I for the NES. That takes me back...Damn I'm old.WhiteStormy

haha i had a super nintendo and im only 15 =0 lol and gosh, i remember i could have gotten final fantasy 1 and 2 for super nintendo but i was never interested till ff7

In high school, got all "F"ed up and layed in someone's bed while he played FF7. "What the h is this game", I asked myself, and him. Later, I bought it with my hard earned pizza delivery tips and spent more time playing it than any other game before or since (200+ hours). First loves...ahhh.Camble

hahahah thats like me but i played it 200+ hours because i was only 6 and not in school till a few months later XDDD

Final fantasy 7 was my first time. Final fantasy X(10) was next (8 & 9 didn't interest me). Then came Kingdom Hearts (Same difference).brotherreese

i say kingdom hearts kind of ruined the final fantasy serioes =0 disney kinda made it too kiddy, made final fantasy appeal to little kids

I rented Final Fantasy II when you could still rent SNES games. Played it...and hated it. I was young, so it didn't click as to why when I loaded the last guy's save that all my characters were pigs...

Anyway, Blockbuster was selling their copy a few months later for $10 and I figured i'd give it another go. Been hooked on the series ever since. Not to mention the fact that game remains my favorite of all of them =D