How old are you and what was the first Final Fantasy game that you played?

[HoLoGrApHiC_principle]

Final Fantasy XII when I was 10 or 11 years old, I remember wanting to buy FFX but my parents didn't want me playing a T-rated game at 7 or 8.
My neighbor had Advent Children on DVD and that shit was so cool at that age.

 

[Holmes]

I'm 28. First Final Fantasy game ever was the first one for the NES that my parents got a yard sale when I was 3-4 years old. I couldn't read at first when I started playing it but I was able to reliably make it to Garland. He knocked me down every time though.

 

[kyo2004]

31... And honestly... I barely touched FF6 last year (when the SNES Classic launched)... :/...

 

[TheMink]

25 FF 1-2 ps1 combo

 

[fepeinado]

34, FF 7

 

[DRock]

Late 30s, FF1 on NES. Used to have sleepovers at a friend's in elementary school and would pull all nighters trying to beat the game in one night. Class change was so epic.

 

[Kaguya]

FFVI on SNES is the first real FF game I played... If I ignore FF: Mystic Quest.

 

[Urishizu]

Final Fantasy NES. Very fond memories of just sitting there and buying items to maximum capacity and non-stop EXP grinding with the giants.

 

[StarPhlox]

I'm 33 now and my first FF game was VI (we called it "3" where I come from) at age 8. It blew my mind and I still think it must be among the greatest games ever made.

Since then I've tried several other FF games but only finished XV and VII.

 

[Liquor]

33 and the original NES title.

 

[wombleac]

40. Rented the first or second one when I was pretty young and gave up on it after an hour or so. Played 6 when it came out when I was in junior high or high school and was hooked and have gone back and played all the older ones and 7. Didn't play any after 7 until 15 came out and I really liked that one. It's a great series.

 

[GUSH]

28

First Final Fantasy I played was FFVII when I was 6 or 7. Don't think I beat it until a couple years later though.

 

[Sestenes]

I am 40 and my first FF was Final Fantasy 1, followed promptly by Final Fantasy Legend.

I remember when I first played FF1 I didn't know how to equip weapons first the first half of the game. Was still fun AF.

 

[f4u1dfb6]

I'm 29, and the first time I played a Final Fantasy game is a few months back when I played the PC demo for Final Fantasy XV.

 

[Bookman]

40 years old, alwas had an interests in rpg and have owned several games that I boght for chep under ps2 era. I remember trying FFVII with a friend but I actually never really played a FF until FFXV.

I should mention that I really fell I love with Lost Odyssey.

I boght FF 13 one sale to play on my xbox one x .... hmm maybe I should try that one todat.

 

[Eon]

I’m 40, and my first FF was FF on the NES, I played it in 1988, I believe. I first read about it in Nintendo Power and it looked incredible. I wasn’t aware of how difficult the game would be, though.

It wasn’t until the GBA release of I and II did I beat it. Great game, overall. Shitty magic system on release.

 

[pezzie]

38, Final Fantasy 1 on NES.

I think I was around 8 years old when I first started playing, but I understood nothing. Spent hours walking around getting into fights, unsure of where to go.

I don't think I actually beat that game until like, 5 years later.

 

[Rhete]

37, played the original on NES and didn't like it, was a bit hard for me at 8 years old. Didn't get into the series for real until the "second" game (IV) on SNES and it became an all time favorite.

 

[Blacki138]

34. My first Final Fantasy was VII on PS1 Day1.

I never played a FF game on SNES despite being a huge fan of Terranigma and Secret of Mana back then.

 

[PepeElToro]

31 in September and my first FF was Final Fantasy II/IV. Rented it from Blockbuster and I was hooked on the series ever since.

 

[ProtoSound]

36. My first one was Final Fantasy on the NES. Never finished it. The first one I beat was Final Fantasy II on SNES.

 

[Bigwombat]

Hmmm. I got ff2 when it came out so I must have been 9. I think I played ff1 a couple years later for the NES... maybe when I was 12 but I never finished it.

 

[ajhopwood]

I’m 35 and I remember my best friend’s older brother playing the original FF game on NES with the Nintendo Power strategy guide. I was probably only 5 or 6 at the time, but I distinctly remember the key moments in the game like getting the rat’s tail and masamune, crossing the bridge and getting to hear the main theme, playing the puzzle game on the boat (?) and, of course, fighting Chaos.

Since then, I’ve played all the mainline FF games except FFII and FFXV. Final Fantasy VI is my favorite game of all time!

 

[Nakenorm]

28 and the first one I played was FFVI. Didn't get anywhere in it though but fell in love with the series when I got a bit older and I played FFVII.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

30, got FF7 when i was in 4th grade, i remember because i made the mistake of starting it on a school night and i did NOT want to stop and i spent the entire next day telling everyone about it.

 

[ghibli99]

45. First one I played was FF6 on the SNES back in college. Bought it from the now-defunct electronics store chain The Good Guys for $70, I think. I made it to the game's second half, but had to go back to school, so I didn't finish it at the time.

Fast forward a bit and FF7 was next. Beat it, and that started me down the road where I went back to FF4, finished and loved that, and Chrono Trigger was next. A few years later, I'd marathon the entire series from 1-10, although I skipped 2 after not feeling it after playing a couple hours in.

I still look back very fondly on FF5. The music and job system are really special.

 

[SeanBoocock]

33 and first I played was the PC port of FF8 at release. Went back and played the PC port of 7 shortly thereafter. In the intervening years I’ve played through FF1 and started FF9/FFX multiple times but not completed them. I dream about having a vacation where I felt like I could play one of these again (they were always summer or winter break games).

 

[Sadist]

33 in three days.

The first one was Final Fantasy VI; I was ten. I played only a few hours. Then I got a PSone when I was older and played IX, VIII and VII. In that order.

 

[itwasTuesday]

home from college on break
Had 3(?) Day power outage at home
Went and bought a gbasp and final fantasy tactics advanced

 

[sn00zer]

9 when I played FF7 on a demo disc. Never played a turn based game before and couldn't figure out where the block button was. I remember thinking it was so weird and foreign.

 

[Simo]

37 and it was Final Fantasy VII when it launched in the UK and it was my first JRPG. I actually went to the store with the intention of getting M.D.K but when I got there and saw FFVII with its case that practically revealed nothing, I saw the game was 3 discs....3 DISCS! I thought “well that’s 3 times the content and worth over something like MDK, this thing must be helluva big!”. So I went with that plus the store was offering a free controller with purchase so even more of a deal!

I will say the ominous TV commercial for the game that I caught the night before probably helped...lol but yeah that started my love for Final Fantasy, SquareSoft and RPG games.

 

[CthulhuSars]

Getting close to 40. I was there at the start and it has been one wild not always fun ride.

 

[rootbeerafloat]

6 or 7 when I played the original... I think I made decent progress, but I really consider FFIV (II) to be my true introduction to the series... I beat it when I was 8 or 9. Then I went to TRU that same day and purchased my first game ever with my own money, FFVI, which was brand new at the time. I hated it for quite awhile because it was just so different from FFIV. Good times.

 

[Applesaucejaxon]

I think I was 9 or 10 when I played Final Fantasy “2”

Spoiler

totally FF4

for the first time. Played through with my best friend. Was a good time.

 

[Sphinx]

I am 41 and played FF on NES back when it released.

Final Fantasy NES. Very fond memories of just sitting there and buying items to maximum capacity and non-stop EXP grinding with the giants.

Click to shrink...

I discovered by myself the spot with ice wolves before the marsh cave. If my black mage managed to cast FIR2 before them, that was an awesome feel :D

 

[Coríu]

I'm 29. My first Final Fantasy was VII at age 9, the year I got my PS1 for Reyes Magos. Someone had lent the first disc to my cousin and he, in turn, lent it to me because he didn't care for JRPG mechanics. I fell in love with the game and had to look everywhere for a copy of the game, since it was somehow scarce at the moment, months before the Platinum edition was launched.

 

[acheron_xl]

I am 41 and played FF on NES back when it released.

Click to shrink...

Same.

 

[Firima]

34 and I beat Final Fantasy when I was 7 or 8, don't remember.

 

[LegendofLex]

I just turned 31, didn't play a Final Fantasy until X. I remember renting a PS2 for a weekend and playing it non-stop until I got to the Mushroom Rock Road section. Was impressed by how immersive and realistic it seemed at the time, and ended up buying a PS2 to play it all the way through a couple years later.

 

[Notaskwid]

I was 10 when I played FFIX. I'm 28 now.
It's still one of my favorite games and got me into a lot of stuff I still like to this day.

 

[Sphinx]

Same.

Click to shrink...

Does this thread make you feel old as fuck like it does to me??

I read stuff like "I asked my mom for FFX when I was like 9" and I am like "WTF?"
lol

Truth is, a 9 year old kid from 2002 is now 26 soooo...

 

[Bit_Reactor]

I only played Nintendo consoles until my stepdad bought a ps1 and had FF7 on it. I lost my shit at it being a "book I could play" and ever since then have played just about all of them. I was like 13.

 

[UnapologeticallyBLK]

Mid-30s, and FFII/IV.

This was back in the day when damn near the only things to play on SNES were platformers and JRPGs. I played a lot of JRPGs that I'd never give any time to otherwise. Lufia (which, in fairness, I remember enjoying the second one at the time), Lagoon, FF II, Secret of Mana, etc.

I found it boring and bland, and I didn't get close to finishing it. I've only spent more than an hour with that game and with FF VII when it comes to Final Fantasy.

 

[acheron_xl]

Does this thread make you feel old as fuck like it does to me??

I read stuff like "I asked my mom for FFX when I was like 9" and I am like "WTF?"
lol

Truth is, a 9 year old kid from 2002 is now 26 soooo...

Click to shrink...

Kinda. I started buying them with my own money with VI on SNES. I was an employed adult by the time VII was released.

You just learn to live with it after a while.

 

[Dogenzaka]

Mid twenties and my first was FFVII, but I didn't really get that far because I was only renting the game. The first one I actually played to completion was FFX when I was like.. 8 I think?

 

[Arcade55]

I'm 36.

I remember watching my mother play Final Fantasy on the NES as a child. The first one I played was Final Fantasy 2 (actually Final Fantasy 4) on my SNES.

 

[Kwigo]

I'm 29 and my first FF was VIII when I was 9 years old i think.

 

[senj]

38. Final Fantasy.

 

[Miniature Kaiju]

Old as dirt, first played FF I when I was 5.

 

[Exede]

I´m 39 and my first one was VII