Yeah this is actually preferable to how I used to open Reddit a thousand times a day for absolutely no reason :)
Thanks for the input! My previous plan was to start from VII and play the PS1 games from there. I messed around w/ VII a little but the ui kinda confused me (something I could get used to) and atb was being atb (I could maybe set it to wait and have a better go of it). VIII and IX stories seem really interesting to me. So it's on my radar definitely. I should give these games another shot. I could get better, I'm just not used to rpgs that require timing is all. So many people claim X is peak FF (aside from VI) so I was scared of starting there and everything else feeling downhill. I'm strangely looking forward to the newer titles. I only have PS5 and Switch so I won't be able to play XIII anytime soon looks at Square
You might be right, I never messed with the settings, online people recommend wait. But battle speed could really help! I remember thinking I wasn't able to even try to attack. And once he used haste it was all downhill from there. Which sucked cuz I was actually into the story at that point. You've given me something to consider replaying :)
So after playing a bit of FFIV on switch and getting stuck at Baigan I've decided ATB just kinda isn't my vibe. I enjoy turn-based games and action games though, so I thought it would make most sense to maybe start from X and then move on to the action games in the series, (hopefully XIII will come soon before I get to XV). I've played FFVII Remake and liked it, though I'm sure I didn't master the mechanics at all lol. Do you think I can still have a valid final fantasy experience skipping most the series (atb games)?