I’ve been wanting to jump in on the final fantasy universe for a while now but I’m not sure where to start.
To be clear, I don’t have hundreds of hours to play the whole series. Someone told me that each game tends to be somewhat separate from the series as a whole.
So what is the most recent game in the series that I can start with that is worth it to play and wouldn’t confuse a newcomer?
This is really important; without knowing what kinds of games OP actually enjoys, most responses here are inevitably just recommending personal favourites, which neglects one of the best and (potentially also) worst aspects of the series: that it’s always changing and reinventing itself, and liking one game’s mechanics doesn’t guarantee you’ll enjoy another.