My very first Final Fantasy game is FF VI, the one with Terra Branford, known as Tina Branford (Japanese: ティナ・ブランフォード, Hepburn: Tina Buranfōdo) in Japanese media, as the main protagonist.

But for the first rpg game I played was Dragon and Princess (1982).

Then comes along FF VII. With three CDs at the time on PS1. Super deformed / chibi characters, tons of attitudes and personalities that made each of them felt so real, unbelievably realistic graphics with breakthrough of camera angles and magnificent effects. Mindblown sounds with topnotch soundtracks.
Our jaws were dropping at the very first time we played it.
The good ol' days..

Still remember that also was an era where some games has more than just one CD.
Some of them I own and loved it so much are: Fear Effect (4 CDs), D (3 CDs), Koudelka (4 CDs), Metal Gear Solid (2 CDs), Parasite Eve (2 CDs), Resident Evil 2 (2 CDs), Riven (5 CDs), The X-Files (4 CDs), Wing Commander III & IV with Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell plus other famous celebs back then (4 CDs each) and many other excellent games with more than just one CD.
Phew!
It's so convenient today that we won't have to get a special cabinet or make a particular room just to store those games, as they take too much space, because it has so many CDs in just one bulky case of their own.

I love FFVII so much, because we can change most of the character's names, similar to Chrono Trigger. And at that time, the visual graphics are excellent it felt like we've seen the FFVII Remake for the first time. Yeah, can't compare it at all because of the big differences and a bit unfair; but it kinda felt that way back then.
Also, the soundtracks are excellently made by Nobuo Uematsu. All kinds of emotions can be vividly heard just by each of their rich tunes. Joyful, sadness, fear, hope, triumphant etc.

It's a special game among many that I really enjoyed from start to finish. The story's so great, it even has sequel as a movie entitled Final Fantasy Advent Children Complete.

Still remember we played this together, taking turns. Making appointments to sleep over on weekends just for FFVII. My cousins and my besties.
Some had passed away, gone too soon.
But the memory will always remained deep within.

And I am sure many other FF fans has their own favorites, probably other than FFVII.
It's alright and understandable.
Each of us has our own preferences.

Huge thanks to SquareSoft now become Square Enix.
For preserving one of the best classics ever.
b(^_^)d

Still a classic. Infuriating in places, but I think can be modded if the old-school-ness bothers you. I finally defeated Sephiroth after some decades. 10/10.

personally one of the best jrpgs ever made