Im 25, started with Final Fantasy I, which I got after playing Dragon Warrior I. Got Dragon Warrior 2 right after I finished Final Fantasy I.
Its kind of funny how most people who start at I seem to like VI the best (myself included), however, people who start at VII or later still thin4-1997 k VII was the best. If Square-Enix could get off their butt and realize that 1994-1997 was the pinnacle of this series (also the time frame when Chrono Trigger was released), maybe they would make a FF that integrated the best parts of both games (Deep characters, lots of side quests, villians that win, great seconday villians etc). Final Fantasy IX was the closest to copy this formula, the game just seems like it gets lazy in certain parts and the world shrinks dramatically halfway through.