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