Thanks. Yes I've been a Final Fantasy fan since the SNES days, and 6 is actually one of my favorite games of all time, having had at least 2-3 100+ hour playthroughs. I just fell off after 7 and am trying to catch up little by little. Here's my experience with the games:
FFI: Played back in the day, but was too young and too hard, replayed it all the way through on GBA 'Dawn of Souls' version, loved it.
FFII: Played for first time in the GBA 'Dawn of Souls' version, loved it tho a little different
FFIII: Only played the 3D version on DS. Played up until final boss, got creamed, read that I had to have certain party config and jobs that would takes dozes of hours more grinding, put it down and never played again, content I had done most of it.
FFIV: played on SNES back in the day but never finished, played 3D version on DS LOVED IT.
FFV: Played GBA version, enjoyed it but never completed
FFVI: Played on SNES, GBA, SNES classic, all-time favorite
FFVII: Played on OG PlayStation when released, haven't played since
FFVIII: Never played
FFIX: Never played, just started on Switch
FFX: Played a little on PS2, life got busy and never returned
FFX-2: Never played
FFXI: Never played
FFXII: Never played
FFXIII: Played for ~5 hours when released, got bored, never picked up again, never touched the sequels
FFXIV: Never played, still want to, hoping for XBOX One or Switch release
FFXV: Never played, sitting on shelf, will play one day, haha
When you're an adult with a full-time job and a toddler, finding game time is hard. But I played Octopath for ~110 hours b/w release and last week and am ready to move on to a new game. 9 seems fun and traditional FF so far, looking forward to diving deeper.