If I were to buy my first FF game, which is best to pick from Steam sale?

[LogicalDrm]

In short, I've never played any Final Fantasy games. Have thought couple of times of getting one, on PS2 days even. Not got around it. Now I could pick one from Steam sale. Which one would be the one for newbie on the series? I don't really mind having to maybe read some backstory if understanding storyline requires it. Just looking for good overall game here.

 

The whole series seems to be -50% and up. So anything on sale will do.

[Skiiwee29]

7 or 9 are the best in terms of story telling and would be my go to recommendation for newbies to the series. Though 10 was Amazing as well being the first true 3d and an amazing story as well. 

[Chris Fortune]

7 isn't on steam unless I missed it looking earlier, I have been thinking the same about getting into FF and as much as the latest ones look incredible I liked the gameplay of 7. Didn't actually play it through just was working in a game shop when it was released so saw it being tried out and demoed a lot.

 

Edit

 

I did miss it, it's there and in the sale.

[Skiiwee29]

5 minutes ago, Chris Fortune said:

7 isn't on steam unless I missed it looking earlier, I have been thinking the same about getting into FF and as much as the latest ones look incredible I liked the gameplay of 7. Didn't actually play it through just was working in a game shop when it was released so saw it being tried out and demoed a lot.

 

Edit

 

I did miss it, it's there and in the sale.

7 is on Steam.

 

 

[LogicalDrm]

4 minutes ago, Chris Fortune said:

7 isn't on steam unless I missed it looking earlier, I have been thinking the same about getting into FF and as much as the latest ones look incredible I liked the gameplay of 7. Didn't actually play it through just was working in a game shop when it was released so saw it being tried out and demoed a lot.

It is. I have all available on Wishlist. There are 3-11 and then 13 and 15. I don't see 12 and 14, if there were even those.

[Chris Fortune]

7 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

7 is on Steam.

 

 

 

1 minute ago, LogicalDrm said:

It is. I have all available on Wishlist. There are 3-11 and then 13 and 15. I don't see 12 and 14, if there were even those.

I did edit my previous post correcting myself. Ys I was wrong but I had worked that out already

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, LogicalDrm said:

It is. I have all available on Wishlist. There are 3-11 and then 13 and 15. I don't see 12 and 14, if there were even those.

14 is on Steam, but its an MMO like World of Warcraft, same with 11.

[LogicalDrm]

2 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

14 is on Steam, but its an MMO like World of Warcraft, same with 11.

...Removing from wishlist...

[Spotty]

They're separate stories set in different places and different time periods so there's no need to worry about catching up on story. You can jump in at any game.

 

I think VII is going to be the one most people say for story. 

 

Final fantasy X was the first one on the PS2 console, previous games originally being on PS1, so there's a pretty big improvement in graphics there. The pre-rendered cutscenes were absolutely gorgeous at the time. The X/X-2 remaster on Steam did a pretty good job. I also played way too many hours of blitzball (mini game, like underwater soccer).

In X it's still turn based and as you're walking through areas you'll get an encounter with an enemy where it transitions and loads you in to the battle scene and you choose actions for all your team characters to take (attack, use special, use magic, items).

 

XII is a little more fluid, still turn based I think but feels a lot more real time. You see the enemies in the world and when you approach them it starts the battle and there's no transition, you fight them in the world. You only control your main characters actions but you can have 2 teammates fight with you. You can program the people in your team to perform certain actions called gambits. Stuff like "attack enemy with most health" or "if player health <50% use potion" and they'll just automatically do that. You can also prioritise the list. 

The story in XII I found a little forgettable. In that I can't even remember what happens or the characters names. I haven't played the PC version of XII only the original PS2 version.

 

FFXV is most like a modern game. It's real time fighting. Also looks really good on PC. My controller has some buttons that are broken, which happened to be mapped to the attack or something, so I never really got past the first area in FFXV

 

The FF games are best played with a controller in my opinion.

[LogicalDrm]

6 minutes ago, Spotty said:

They're separate stories set in different places and different time periods so there's no need to worry about catching up on story. You can jump in at any game.

 

I think VII is going to be the one most people say for story. 

 

Final fantasy X was the first one on the PS2 console, previous games originally being on PS1, so there's a pretty big improvement in graphics there. The pre-rendered cutscenes were absolutely gorgeous at the time. The X/X-2 remaster on Steam did a pretty good job. I also played way too many hours of blitzball (mini game, like underwater soccer).

In X it's still turn based and as you're walking through areas you'll get an encounter with an enemy where it transitions and loads you in to the battle scene and you choose actions for all your team characters to take (attack, use special, use magic, items).

 

XII is a little more fluid, still turn based I think but feels a lot more real time. You see the enemies in the world and when you approach them it starts the battle and there's no transition, you fight them in the world. You only control your main characters actions but you can have 2 teammates fight with you. You can program the people in your team to perform certain actions called gambits. Stuff like "attack enemy with most health" or "if player health <50% use potion" and they'll just automatically do that. You can also prioritise the list. 

The story in XII I found a little forgettable. In that I can't even remember what happens or the characters names. I haven't played the PC version of XII only the original PS2 version.

 

FFXV is most like a modern game. It's real time fighting. Also looks really good on PC. My controller has some buttons that are broken, which happened to be mapped to the attack or something, so I never really got past the first area in FFXV

 

The FF games are best played with a controller in my opinion.

Graphics aren't the big deal, and my 780 FE would probably struggle with more modern stuff anyway. Turn-basedness is more design choice than mark of "modern game" for me. I'd rather play with turn-based game which makes more relaxing for me. I can play OW if I need fast-paced action.

 

So seems like it would be VII then. And re-arrange the list based on other good suggestions if I end up liking the genre/games.