Long time fan of the series here (I got FF1 with my NES back in 1990). As has been mentioned, the series has some pretty passionate fans and the favourite for one person could be the worst for another. I'll just repeat what a few have said and say the FF7 Remake was a fantastic game and how they did the combat system was pretty amazing. If the series moves forward with no turn based combat, I think FF7R is what they should be basing their combat on going forward. People have different opinions on the story. I thought it was fine and doesn't destroy the original.
Now to the meat and potatoes. I'm definitely a fan of the turn based combat games the most. Mainly the ATB games. Plus FF12, which felt like a bit of a Knights of the Old Republic combat system. My personal high points of the series are FF1, FF4, FF6, FF7, FF9, and FF12. The first game is of course pretty dated and unforgiving, but this is not the case in many of the remakes. The PSP version would probably be the place to start with that one. FF4 is where we really started getting that Final Fantasy story and characters, and I think that was ultimately perfected with 6 and 7. 9 was a great throwback game to the fantasy beginnings if the series. And FF12 was a really fun and rewarding open-ish rpg compared to the very linear FF10. Low points in the series for me are FF2, FF8, FF10, and FF13. FF15 I found fun, but like was mentioned before, it felt unfinished and rushed especially near the end. I have not played the DLC.
So I recommend any of these to jump in
FF4
FF6
FF7
FF9
FF12
... And Chrono Trigger, which is basically a Final Fantasy game, released when Square was on top of its game.
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