I have never played a Final Fantasy game before.Why one should I get?

[Khuutra]

Soriku said:

Khuutra said:

wfz said:
I've never played a FF game either, and my friend just recently (he's been trying for years) managed to get me to buy FF8 through Amazon. He says it's the most amazing game ever and that I'll love it.

The lack of FF8 mentions in here is making me question what the hell is going on... :P

Either my friend just made me make a horrible decision, or you guys have whacked out tastes.

I'm also extremely surprised at the lack of FF7 mentions, considering how crazy-popular that game is.

Do not play FFVIII first. Grab FFVI on the GBA. Or FFIV on the DS, if you want a challenge.

FFVIII is only a good introduction in that it will familiarize you with how different each Final Fantasy is compared to every other.

Well, FF VIII was my first FF and it introduced be to both the games and the RPG genre...

Yeah, and look how you turned out.

I kid, I kid.

@wfz: When was this?