can i jump in to the final fantasy series?

OK, slap me if this is a stupid question.

OK, slap me if this is a stupid question.

Dont worry. Almost every FF has a new mithos and storyline with new characters. FFXIII will be completely original

The games have nothing to do with each other.

Each final fantasy is set in an entirely different universe with its own characters and plot. Its not one long story arc. So yes of course you would. I wouldn't recommend XII though. Its the only ff game I never liked.

awesome guys that is great to know.

"Each final fantasy is set in an entirely different universe with its own characters and plot. Its not one long story arc. So yes of course you would. I wouldn't recommend XII though. Its the only ff game I never liked. "

"awesome guys that is great to know.

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thegoldencat7 said:

"Each final fantasy is set in an entirely different universe with its own characters and plot. Its not one long story arc. So yes of course you would. I wouldn't recommend XII though. Its the only ff game I never liked. "

i meant XIII"

Yah familliar themes recurrent in each. I would suggest you play the ps1 ffs though, theyre some of the best games of all time if ye ask me.

You'll be fine.  

Not even the combat systems are the same throughout the series.  FF1 is much much much different from FF13

I think they all work just with a few minor issues. I still don't have a PS3 yet so I cant say for sure.

i've said it before, but i love that i can always count on the giantbombers

I asked the same thing to myself a while ago when I jumped into the series on X.

You can play them all separately and it really doesn't matter what order either. They have some creatures and other things that appear in most of them but nothing that involves the story.

any other RPGs for the 360 or PS3 that i should check out?

Lost Odyssey for the 360. It's by the same guy who made Final Fantasy, as well several of the people who have worked on Final Fantasy before. Great game.

"any other RPGs for the 360 or PS3 that i should check out?"

about how long is lost odyssey?

Five days? Where'd you buy your summer. I've got five weeks till persona 4 time. Five weeks!

"about how long is lost odyssey?"

"about how long is lost odyssey?"

"Five days? Where'd you buy your summer. I've got five weeks till persona 4 time. Five weeks!"

"Five days? Where'd you buy your summer. I've got five weeks till persona 4 time. Five weeks!"

There are certain ideas and icons that run through each Final Fantasy but each story, universe, and characters are self contained.  I'll probably be corrected by someone with my knowledge than me, but I think X-2 was the first true sequel in the long running franchise.   When XIII hits you'll be okay.

I knew this one guy who thought you had to have completed save data for every previous Final Fantasy in order to play the next one.

Yes you definitely can considering how FF makes each iteration of their games. I'm not a huge fan of FF at all, but I  know I'll be checking out FFXIII and Versus. There's not anything you need to know ahead of time or anything going into it fresh, each story is seperate and barely related except for the world and some references made in some of them.