What's your history with Final Fantasy?

[NovaUltimatum]

I'm interested in seeing how many players in our community have come to FFXIV ARR because it's a Final Fantasy game, because of it's MMO gameplay, or both.

- If you started because you're a FF fan, what games have you played and enjoyed the most? How is this game fitting up against the rest of the series for you?

- If this is your first FF game, how are you feeling with all the FF references, etc?

Personally I'm playing this game because I feel it's on my 'to-do' list. I've played and enjoyed all the FF games from 1 all the way to 13 but love 10 the most. I'm really enjoying all the references ARR is making to past games in the series (brings back so many good memories/nostalgia).

Of course FF11 and FF14 are MMOs so their impact in all aspects of a game is vastly different to the offline games, but they are none the less still FF numbered titles that make up the SE flagship series so I feel it's fair to compare them to the rest of the series.

[EA9Sol]

I've been playing Final Fantasy games for a while. The fist one I've seen was FF 8 and played FF 10 after that played FF 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, of course 10, 12, 13. I even played most of the spin of tittles. My favorite being FF 4. Soo much fun.

I love the FF series and it kinda saddens me I didn't get the chance to play FF 11. Oh well at least I can get to enjoy FF XIV ARR, even though I pre order it when it first came out. >>

It kinda reminds me of FF 12 a bit. Even Thanaln reminds me of Dalmasca. which is not bad. All they need to do is put in: "I'm captin Basch Fon Ronsenburg of Dalmasca" emote XD

[NovaUltimatum]

I love the FF series and it kinda saddens me I didn't get the chance to play FF 11.

You still can, I think it only takes a couple of weeks to grind yourself to 99 really fast and experience all the story missions. So you could effectively complete the story before the 30 day trial is up if you were up to it.

[RyuujinZERO]

My experiences with FF as a series are pretty weak to be honest.

I didn't play the "original" games as the hardcore consider them (1-6), my first FF was 7, which my 12 year old self found amazing though in retrospect it was kinda silly. FF8 I didn't really "get", 9 had some pretty weak storytelling in places, and 10 put me to sleep and was the last FF I played prior to 14. FF14 caught my attention as the art direction and execution looked sharp - but it's not a game I'd normally have played, but a bunchv'e of my GW2 friends were playing it and they managed to talk me into giving it a try

In all it certainly wasn't a game I picked up because I was a loyal FF fan

[reaver84]

I remember my brother bought me FF7 when it first came out. He heard from some guy at EBGames (back in the day) that it was a great game and that I would probably enjoy it. At first, I didn't really understand it. I had never played RPGs and it just seemed like a lot of reading. After a few months of it sitting there, I put it back in and tried again. I was completely sucked in. I think I clocked like 90-something hours by the time I was done. It really kicked off from there...

After that, any news on future FF games had me completely enthralled. The repeating themese in FF games like crystals, good vs evil, magic, love stories, espers/summons all fascinated me. Squaresoft/Enix had created a world where references from previous games were abundant.

So, Christmas 2002, my gf at the time surprised me with FFXI. I had never been so addicted an MMO in my life. It was an incredible time. When FFXIV was announced in the future, I made a mad dash to get the 1.0 CE. I was ecstatic but, sadly, let down after a few hours of playing it. The rest is history, really. It's hands-down my all time favorite gaming series.

[Millerna]

Final Fantasy - Devouring my spare time since the late 80s ....

[dtalbert]

I remember as a six year old boy watching my older brother beat the original Final Fantasy. I was hooked since. I have played all Final Fantasy's since then with the exception of FF11 as I didn't have a solid internet connection back then.

I've also played WoW, SWTOR, GW2, Neverwinter and Champions Online so 14 seemed like a perfect fit.

[Cegiana]

Final Fantasy - Devouring my spare time since the late 80s ....

The first FF came out in 1990...unless you lived in Japan in 1987-1989...

My Final Fantasy History, I've been playing since the first FF came out in 1990 and haven't stopped since, here are the games I've finished, many I have finished multiple times and many I played in Japanese without knowing any Japanese. lol Here's the list:

Final Fantasy (NES - English)
Final Fantasy (MSX2 - Japanese)
Final Fantasy (WSC - Japanese)
Final Fantasy (PSX - English)
Final Fantasy i (FOMA - Japanese Version F001.13)
Final Fantasy i (FOMA - Japanese Version F101.00)
Final Fantasy (Verizon USA cellphone)
Final Fantasy (GBA - English)
Final Fantasy (PSP - Japanese)
Final Fantasy (iphone - English)
Final Fantasy II (FC - Translated Into English)
Final Fantasy II (NES - English - Prototype)
Final Fantasy II (WSC - Japanese)
Final Fantasy II (PSX - English)
Final Fantasy II (FOMA - Japanese Version F201.26)
Final Fantasy II (FOMA - Japanese Version F301.00)
Final Fantasy II (Verizon USA cellphone)
Final Fantasy II (GBA - English)
Final Fantasy II (PSP - Japanese)
Final Fantasy II (iphone - English)
Final Fantasy III (FC - Translated Into English)
Final Fantasy III (DS - English)
Final Fantasy III (iphone - English)
Final Fantasy III (Ouya - English)
Final Fantasy IV (SNES - English - Titled Final Fantasy II)
Final Fantasy IV: Easy Type (SFC - Partially Translated Into English)
Final Fantasy IV (WSC - Japanese)
Final Fantasy IV Advance (GBA - English)
Final Fantasy IV (DS - English)
Final Fantasy IV (iphone - English)
Final Fantasy IV Collection (PSP - English)
Final Fantasy IV After Years (Wii - English)
Final Fantasy V (SFC - Translated Into English)
Final Fantasy V (PSX - English)
Final Fantasy V (GBA - English)
Final Fantasy V (iphone - English)
Final Fantasy VI (SNES - English - Titled Final Fantasy III)
Final Fantasy VI (GBA - English)
Final Fantasy VII (PSX - English - Based on Final Fantasy VII International)
Final Fantasy VII (PC - English - Based on Final Fantasy VII International)
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (PS2 - English)
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP - English)
Final Fantasy VIII (PSX - English)
Final Fantasy VIII (PC - English)
Final Fantasy IX (PSX - English)
Final Fantasy X (PS2 - English)
Final Fantasy X (PS2 - English - PAL - Based on Final Fantasy X International)
Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2 - English)
Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission (PS2 - Japanese)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2 - English)
Final Fantasy XII International (PS2 - Japanese)
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (DS - English)
Final Fantasy XIII (PS3 - English)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3 - English)
Final Fantasy XIV (PC - English - From Launch until it went offline forever)
Final Fantasy Dimensions (iphone - English)
Final Fantasy Adventure (GB - English)
Sword of Mana (GBA - English)
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (SNES - English)
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (GC - English)
Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX - English)
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA - English)
The Final Fantasy Legend (GB - English)
The Final Fantasy Legend (WSC - Japanese - Titled SaGa)
Final Fantasy Legend II (GB - English)
Final Fantasy Legend II (DS - Japanese - Titled SaGa 2)
Final Fantasy Legend III (GB - English)
Final Fantasy Legend III (DS - Japanese - Titled SaGa 3)
Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP - English)
Dissidia 012: [duodecim] Final Fantasy (PSP - English)
Final Fantasy: Unlimited on PC (PC - Japanese)

And these are the FF games I'm in the process of playing:
Final Fantasy XI (PS2 - all expansions except SoA {since it wasn't released in the USA) and am still playing, on my 11th year - English)
Final Fantasy XI (PC - all expansions and am still playing, on my 11th year - English)
Final Fantasy XI (360 - all expansions and am still playing, on my 11th year - English)
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PC - English)
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PS3 - English)
Final Fantasy: Type 0 (PSP - Japanese)
Final Fantasy: All The Bravest (iphone - English)
Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy (DS - English)
Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy (iphone - English)

I also don't like the Crystal Chronicles and Tactics series, so I only played 3 games of those series combined, I just don't give a crap about some FF side games unless they are good games.

[seekerofpower]

I also don't like the Crystal Chronicles and Tactics series, so I only played 3 games of those series combined, I just don't give a crap about some FF side games unless they are good games.

... The FF Team has never written a game with a better story or deeper characters than FF Tactics.

[Cegiana]

... The FF Team has never written a game with a better story or deeper characters than FF Tactics.

I gotta disagree. I paid attention to the entire storyline of FFT and it was very clever yet not deep, it used uncommon words in unnecessarily complicated sentences to portray the story as this deep and complicated storyline. But in reality all it was was just something that someone with a thesaurus sat through and tried their best to take a boring story and make it sound as epic as possible by trying to make it sound as deep as possible. I deeply regret playing FFT, especially since I made it a point to do everything in the game instead of just breezing through it. I also gave the GBA sequel FFTA a chance and played it from beginning to end...after that whenever anything is announced related to the FFT series, I say, no thanks...no thanks...