This will be the first FF game I've ever owned.

Now before you guys get all uppity telling me to go play FF III, VII, and X, lemme explain that for the entire lifespan of the PS2, I refused to pay $200+ to get a PS2 console + mem card + spare controller. So I didn't have a PS2 until like a month ago when a friend gave her old PS2 to my roommate and since she's a girl, she never plays it unless a bunch of people are over rockin' Guitar Hero.

I look forward to the steep learning curve of the Gambit system as well as the FF game mechanics.

Oh wait... I did play FFXI from it's launch to the date they launched the PS2 version. But I don't think that counts, here.