I've started and not finished a bunch of others in the series over the years;

FF7 I barely got out of Midgar.
FF8 I played a bunch but I forget where I stopped.
FF9 I have on PS1, but I don't remember ever launching it?
FF10 I'm pretty sure I'm on the final stretch - I put it on hold to do things in order.

#FFXI weirdly, I have finished this past year - plot-wise, anyways. It's much more solo-able than it used to be, apparently. Still a grind, but I enjoyed it a lot!

I've heard rumours that they might include it in the #FFXIV sub in future, and I hope they do. The story is worth experiencing, despite the jank of the UI and controls compared to FFXIV.

But back to my series playthrough.

As a long-time #FFXIV player I wanted to get context on where Endwalker patches are going. You only really need to play FF4 for that, and it's non-stop action from start to finish. Exactly the right length for the story it wants to tell.

Overall it's been kinda amazing how well the early games hold up. In Pixel Remaster form, at least.

I'm up to FF6 at the moment, and I can see why it's a lot of people's fav. The plot and characters so far are much better developed than the earlier games in the series.

I think I'm roughly halfway through it... I can tell there's something big coming soon (the cave opened, contents escaped :P)

I just finished #FinalFantasyVI Pixel Remaster! It ended really well!

I had this weird feeling of reverse nostalgia going through the Warring Triad and Kefka in the final dungeon. It's amazing how faithfully the pixel art is represented in #FFXIV. And the music!

Although, the final fight was kinda trivialized by my level 89 Terra with all spells and Celestriad + Soul of Thamasa 🤭
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Onward to the original #FinalFantasyVII!

I'll be playing the PS4 release 'cause I got it on sale sometime last year.
I have the PS1 release somewhere, but this way I can get trophies and keep playing on my #SteamDeck via remote play, for more comfy couch + bed gaming~

I've now played up to the part of #FinalFantasyVII where I'm pretty sure I stopped as a kid, which was right after the motorbike chase where you leave Midgar.

It's been fun so far! I'd forgotten pretty much all the events leading up to that point, and it's a pretty hectic opening.

I'm also kind of surprised how cutscene heavy they went right out of the gate when they moved to 3D.
I guess for the devs, the PS1 discs must have felt absolutely massive by comparison at the time.

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I'm also enjoying the materia+sockets system more than I remember; I think it's what put me off as a kid with very little experience of RPGs, but it's cool how flexible it is for character setup.

The amount of menuing to move things around between equipment and party members is a bit of a pain though!

I got diverted for a bit there playing Mass Effect and then Bloodstained: RotN, but I'm back to playing through the original #FinalFantasyVII

I just listened to Cid's sad rocket story then crashed his plane in the ocean!

The story has been kinda meandering since leaving Midgar and I'm not sure where I'm at in the overall 'arc'. Right now I'm not as engaged plot-wise as I was throughout FFIV and FFVI.

The battle system and materia is still fun though!

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Aha, things seem to be picking back up again? I just got the keystone and visited the temple.

I can sense there's a twist coming up, and due to cultural osmosis I think I know what it is >_>

Those temple cutscenes sure were weird! I think that's mostly the intention, but the english translation is also pretty awkward so it's hard to tell sometimes.

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Wow, so much happens in quick succession after the temple; the ancient city ruins, Aeris' death, learning about her parents, finding the crater, and then learning about who/what Cloud actually is.

I'm amazed I was somehow unspoiled on that last part!
The fact that Aeris dies is like the most well-known plot point of #FinalFantasyVII, but I'd heard *nothing* about Cloud's real backstory.

I'm interested to see where it goes from here!

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It's also cool that they let you play as other characters after that, although it seems like Tifa's going to be the main character now? If so, great! She kicks ass.

I wish you could freely switch who you're running around as like in the previous games, but this is also fine.

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I finished the original #FinalFantasyVII!

Overall I liked it a lot.

Once the plot got back in gear it was pretty much non-stop to the end, and the story got really interesting!

I loved the combat system, materia combos let you be super creative.
It's a shame some combos like 4x Cut + Counter don't work, when even more busted stuff like dualcast Knights of the Round + MP Absorb works just fine and lets you go infinite with Mime.

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