Curious About Final Fantasy Franchise. Where to Start?

[AlfredoTurkey]

SJReiter said:

AlfredoTurkey said:
My advice is the same advice I give anyone who hasn't played any franchise. Start with the first and work your way through them as they released. It's the only way you can appreciate the franchise as much as the rest of us who did the same thing. Going out of order will forever taint your ability to objectively critique each game.

Unfortunately, this is a fairly unrealistic endeavor. Particularly the early releases are just too difficult to find (unless I want to play the iOS ports which I assume are garbage). Or I could spend like $90 to buy FFI & FFII on GBA. I'm just not willing to put in that sort of investment. Also, in order to play like, XI & XII, I'd have to buy a PS2. For XIII I'd have to buy a PS3. It's just not worth it.

 

I didn't know money was an issue. If that's the case, personally, I'd still buy the first game and then wait to move on when I have the money. But, it was just advice. Do whatever you want.