FF3 is in love with its job system and gimmicks just a touch too much. The game is so eager for the player to alter their party make-up to get around certain challenges that the player realistically ends up with little freedom to explore the systems on their own terms. The end of the game is a ludicrous gauntlet, and no matter how dishonorable you may find it, I strongly encourage you to use save-states. The final boss is a nonsense numbers check which all but requires a party exclusively made up of the two "secret" optional jobs, almost rendering it a "gimmick boss" like so many others in the game. FF3 is gorgeous and sounds incredible, as all of these games do, but rare is the day when I reach for FF3 instead of FF1 or FF5.

Reviewed on May 02, 2020


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