I've played numerous Final Fantasy games, and clearly one look at my favourite game list would show that, though despite being a big fan for a few years now I hadn't actually touched FF I - VI for whatever reason, so in a effort to change that I bought the pixel remaster collection for PS5 once I saw it actually go on sale, though I still hadn't really touched it. Though after finish Rebirth and being put into a FF mood I was reminded once again of how I wanted to play I - VI, so that's what this is. The reason I say all this despite dropping the game is mostly because, I very much intend to finish Final Fantasy I, just not this version. This is because from what I've played and what I know of FF 1 - 3 from being a fan for a bit now, is that they're much less story heavy than 4 - 6. and currently the game interests me though it very much comes off as being exactly what it is, a early famicom rpg, and currently I'd rather not I guess. So instead I'm going to play IV - VI on PS5 as there more story focused, and I - III on my PSP.
Also I don't even know if I want to play these versions, if I didn't already buy them I more than likely would've just played the original versions with some fan patches to fix the translation and stuff like that. Mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of the unification across all the games in this collection along with the completley new sprites from the original versions, but well I spent like £50 on this so I'm going to play these versions (Of IV - VI anyhow)
I'm also kinda wanting to play these now because of wanting to understand the references made in XIV but that's beside the point.
This review has mostly been about why I'm playing this and this version etc etc, so in the few hours I've played of FF1, Heres my brief review.
I played 3 hours and chose a red mage, black mage, knight(?) and the fist fighting one (Yes I forgot the name, woops) and combat isn't terrible... but it really isn't fun. Getting up to 6 enemies in a encounter is dreadful because especially at the start mages don't have very good spells and everyone just dies super quick because of low health. I'll admit I didn't really know anything about the classes here and which is best etc, but still I just didn't find combat fun, especially with the encounte rate being so high, which I know I can turn off but I'd rather not have to.
Story is non existant basically, crystal, garland etc we need to kill chaos(not yet atleast) Maybe I'd actually care more once I play the psp version and put more time in, but for now I'm not interested.
I'll get back to you one day Final Fantasy 1, but for now you rest. I'm getting right to IV though and so far I'm already pretty interested in the story and the combats fun, so there's alot of my complaints gone. (oh and also yeah the music is pretty good, amazing at how many iconic motifs were made this early, like the FF main theme and prelude both being this old and from the same game is crazy, because damm Uematsu hit it out of the park on his first try huh)
Also I don't even know if I want to play these versions, if I didn't already buy them I more than likely would've just played the original versions with some fan patches to fix the translation and stuff like that. Mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of the unification across all the games in this collection along with the completley new sprites from the original versions, but well I spent like £50 on this so I'm going to play these versions (Of IV - VI anyhow)
I'm also kinda wanting to play these now because of wanting to understand the references made in XIV but that's beside the point.
This review has mostly been about why I'm playing this and this version etc etc, so in the few hours I've played of FF1, Heres my brief review.
I played 3 hours and chose a red mage, black mage, knight(?) and the fist fighting one (Yes I forgot the name, woops) and combat isn't terrible... but it really isn't fun. Getting up to 6 enemies in a encounter is dreadful because especially at the start mages don't have very good spells and everyone just dies super quick because of low health. I'll admit I didn't really know anything about the classes here and which is best etc, but still I just didn't find combat fun, especially with the encounte rate being so high, which I know I can turn off but I'd rather not have to.
Story is non existant basically, crystal, garland etc we need to kill chaos(not yet atleast) Maybe I'd actually care more once I play the psp version and put more time in, but for now I'm not interested.
I'll get back to you one day Final Fantasy 1, but for now you rest. I'm getting right to IV though and so far I'm already pretty interested in the story and the combats fun, so there's alot of my complaints gone. (oh and also yeah the music is pretty good, amazing at how many iconic motifs were made this early, like the FF main theme and prelude both being this old and from the same game is crazy, because damm Uematsu hit it out of the park on his first try huh)