playing order

[silvereel]

I know you dont have to play them in order but have/are you?

[Ton]

9 is a good place to start, not too difficult or easy a good balance to have. From then id recommend X,Harder and a bit more complicated to master for sure, but a very engrossing game. From then id go 5,7,6,1. Too slowly get more difficult. And end with 4 the most difficult of them all. Then the others if you wish.

[midgarmako]

I played:

FFVII
FFX
FFVIII
FFIX
FFVI

And I cant remember after that, it was just all the retro ones.

[-Xu-]

I wouldn't really play from I to X, mainly because I could'nt be bothered, secondly 'cos I'm in a massive Metroid mood, and thirdly they aren't really linked so you wouldn't gain anything from it.

[Lordofdragons]

a lot of people got into final fantasy by playing FF7 try starting there, the titles before are for big FF fans who have played to new versions of final fantasy and wanted to see were final fantasy got started, ALL FF games rule.

[ayameixie]

My order was..............

FFVII
FFX
FFIX
FFVIII
FFX-2
FFIV

[Crazy Chocobo]

I have only completed two of the games so far lol, I'm pretty slack. I completed Final Fantasy VIII first so obviously they are not in order. After that I started to play VII. Next I completed X and now I am playing X-2 and VI at the moment!

[Maridia]

I haven't played them in order nor will I either, but these are the ones I've played and in order too.

X-2
VII
Tactics
VIII twice
II
I
VI-Still in the works
IX-Still in the works

[Wolf]

I haven't played them in order either, heres my order:

1)FFVI
2)FFIV
3)FFVII
4)FFIX
5)FFVIII
6)FFX
7)FFII
8)FFI
9)FFXII

I've never played FFIII or FFXI

[Bunny]

The order went something like this:

Final Fantasy I
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X-2

Something along those lines, anyway. I did not beat a lot of the games I played at those times, but those are when I first played them. To my.. uh.. recollection, anyway. Which is horrible.

I would say start with the fifth game. It is, to me, the easiest to play if you are not completely new to RPGs. If you are new, then go with Final Fantasy X, by far the easiest game in the series. Actually, Final Fantasy VIII might be a good place to start as well, it is really easy and enjoyable.