This review contains spoilers
I tried putting myself into the lens of what it’d be like to play this game in 1987, and honestly playing a game like this would’ve blown my mind.
While the story is not all that incredible how it ends is very poignant of the title Final Fantasy. You go back in time to stop the villain from achieving their villainous goal and when you are victorious future generations will not know of your achievement as you will have undone the chaos that the villain tried to spread in the future. While the world is saved and its inhabitants can live happily, no one will know of your great deeds. It truly is the final fantasy.
the gameplay is very basic and simple, but is it ever timeless. A game this old I only had to refer to a walkthrough twice whereas most games this old would’ve required me to use a walkthrough entirely. It’s nice being able to rely on context clues through civilians and persistent map exploration to get me to progress through the game with little to no help. It’s definitely the most unexpected aspect of the game that I very much love.
The music is sexy as hell too. Nobuo Uematsu was in his musician-ussy creating the battle theme.
For a bare bones basic RPG, it’s a must play for all RPG and Final Fantasy fans. Hell, even if you’re like a video game preservationist or just like gaming I think you should play this game.
While the story is not all that incredible how it ends is very poignant of the title Final Fantasy. You go back in time to stop the villain from achieving their villainous goal and when you are victorious future generations will not know of your achievement as you will have undone the chaos that the villain tried to spread in the future. While the world is saved and its inhabitants can live happily, no one will know of your great deeds. It truly is the final fantasy.
the gameplay is very basic and simple, but is it ever timeless. A game this old I only had to refer to a walkthrough twice whereas most games this old would’ve required me to use a walkthrough entirely. It’s nice being able to rely on context clues through civilians and persistent map exploration to get me to progress through the game with little to no help. It’s definitely the most unexpected aspect of the game that I very much love.
The music is sexy as hell too. Nobuo Uematsu was in his musician-ussy creating the battle theme.
For a bare bones basic RPG, it’s a must play for all RPG and Final Fantasy fans. Hell, even if you’re like a video game preservationist or just like gaming I think you should play this game.