I definitely absorbed literally all of my knowledge of FF7 from things I saw in RP or picked up from talking to other people. I didn't really start playing FF games until FF8.
I'm still very very fond of, mostly for its commitment to ensuring the storyline is as fucking out there as possible and making exactly zero effort to hide it.
But yeah, like
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said, you can basically just pick whichever one you want and go with it. With the exception of Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, I think most of them are self contained.
7 is honestly kind of a mess but worth playing just for the cultural impact. It is a fun one. I haven't touched the new stuff though so I can't say anything about that other than the graphics look pretty.
They're redoing FF7 because it is a good money maker. But yeah, all Final Fantasies are separate. Although the MMORPG FF14 refers to like. All the other final fantasies and also has crossover events. That one is a big reference to every FF. But the others are all 100% separate things unless stated
I'm still very very fond of, mostly for its commitment to ensuring the storyline is as fucking out there as possible and making exactly zero effort to hide it.