Simply put you are going to get a lot of diverse answers here since:
a) Its Final Fantasy, so everyone has their favorite and will try to push it onto you
b) Regarding Final Fantasy and the internet... People tend to get way to rabid regarding the series for some reason going to some extremes when talking about them.
I suggest doing your own research (avoid reviews as well, just read wikipedia or something) and make up your own mind. In short though if you want to skip that. Final Fantasy X is more true to the past games in that its story focuses a lot more on characters instead of the grand scale of things and battles are random that take place on a different screen. Where as XII is exactly the opposite with a more grand scaled story and while it still has turn based combat, it all takes place in real time so you are given control of only one character at a time, however, you can still tell exactly what you want your party members to do.
Personally though, I suggest both. They are both pretty cheap now and two of my favorite games ever. Also one last personal thing of mine I tend to reccomend. The later you go in the series the better. Thats not to say the old games are bad or anything but the games like X and XII are more "modern" in that they feature voice acting, better graphics, etc and just generally easier (as far as the main storyline is concerned, the side quests in both games, however, are a different story). Its harder for someone who has never played one of the games to enjoy one of the older ones, because for all purposes the newer games are more advanced in every aspect.
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