>>2811373seven and nine i know are fantastic games. i barely played eight, but that was mostly because as a kid, it was pretty damn hard to follow and easy to get lost and shit. dont get me wrong, most ff's are complicated as hell, but eight was something else. between 7, 8 and 9, i would start off with 9, mostly because its got that "fantasy" type world and not a modern type world. i think in my list of favorite ff's, 9 would come in 3rd, right behind ff4