do you start with the greatest hits or do you start from the very beginning?

>>714479086 (OP)

>>714479086 (OP)
always start from the beginning

>>714479623
but what if the first few are shit?

>>714479418
Depends on how much time you’re willing to invest. Starting from the beginning gives you the full context and evolution, but if the early stuff is janky or aged poorly, it can turn you off before you even get to the good parts. Greatest hits are like the highlights reel-you see the best without the baggage. Personally, I sample the hits first, then go back if I get hooked.

>>714479724
luckily for you FF1 is fucking awesome

>>714479086 (OP)
That’s the best part about Final Fantasy - it’s an anthology. You can jump in and start playing any one of the mainline entries.

>>714479086 (OP)
Depends if there's an ongoing story or not. With FF it doesn't matter, but you should at least play FF1 at some point because it's good simple fun. The listen to the OSTs of 2 and 3

>>714479086 (OP)
I started with 7, loved it
then 8, loved it,
6, Terra <3
5, Faris <3
tried 9 shit and depressing setting, never finished
tried 4 boring, never finished
10, meh,
10-2 ..., never finished
12 Shame Fran and Balthier are stuck in such a shitty ass game
13, long ass corridor simulator, never finished
At this point I didn't even bother with this series, it's no dead to me.

>>714480031
>6, Terra <3
yuck
Celes is the proper 6 waifu

>>714479086 (OP)
I played FF in order until I got to 7 (hated it and thought it was a massive step back compared to 5 and 6) and then played 14 for 1400 hours before deleting my character (gave up hope in the game ever being properly managed)
Based on that experience play them in order but skip the bad games

KH -> 7 -> 9 -> 10 -> 10-2 -> 6 -> 15 -> 4 -> 5 -> 12 -> 13 -> 13-2 -> LR -> 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 14 -> 16

>>714480031
13-2 is unironically good

>>714483075
people flushed it just because it had XIII in the name, but it's one of the best ff

>>714479086 (OP)
play 6, 7 10, maybe 9. 5 if you're into job systems

fuck the rest, they're not worth it and there are better games to spend your time and money on

>>714483174
Yep, its sad how much 13 filtered people. I wonder if that ff13 remake or whatever is true though