Never played any Final Fantasy games - where to start?

heartburnron · 15 Feb 2017 at 20:40

I notice on Steam the Final Fantasy games are all reduced. I've never played any of Final Fantasy games but quite fancy the look of some of the more recent ones. Which one would you recommend to try out for the first time?

heartburnron · 15 Feb 2017 at 21:34

Thanks for the advice guys. What's the deal with the different versions of 8? Steam is listing XIII, XIII-2 and XIII Lightening Returns - are the latter 2 DLCs or what?

heartburnron · 15 Feb 2017 at 21:37

Payday is Friday for me but I can't see how long the FF games are listed as on sale on Steam - am I being blind or does it not say?

heartburnron · 15 Feb 2017 at 21:44

modo77 said:
XIII is 13 not 8

Ha! So it is!

heartburnron · 15 Feb 2017 at 21:49

So what's the deal with 11 & 12 - Steam says 11 requires a monthly subscription to play and no 12 listed at all?

I can't quite get my head around the general time line for these games. Can anyone tell me when 7 was released and when the most recent one was released?

heartburnron · 16 Feb 2017 at 20:31

Thanks again for the all suggestions guys. I think I'm leaning towards FFX as my first taste. I don't mind older graphics if the game is good - I recently played Beyond Good and Evil and loved it for example. I think FFX might be a safer bet as I don't have the nostalgia factor when considering FF7 - does the story, gameplay and general experience still hold up today if you knew nothing about it and had never played it before do you think? If I like it FFX though, no doubt I'll go back and play the older ones. Also I need to factor in that I've never played any JRPGs and wasn't a fan of older style RPGs as a kid although I do enjoy more modern RPGs such as Skyrim, Fallout & The Witcher. I do get slightly apprehensive with more 'pure' RPG games because of the strategic combat although I think I can take some comfort in the fact that it's turn based in FF. I recently played Dragon Age Origins and was completely useless at the strategic combat, even on the easy settings I kept dying and ended up giving up. Combat and strategy doesn't seem to work so well with me. Anyway, I really like the style and presentation of the characters in Anime so fancy trying a good looking JRPG. I see that God Eater 2 is reduced from £40 to £16 for the next few days on Humble Bumble so might pick that one up along with a FF as well...