As I was spending hours just reading character profiles and rumors from the tavern just because I was that invested in this game and the universe it's presenting to me, I realized that FFT is my favorite game of all time. Even as the story progresses I would go check on the character profiles as the info got updated over there, I also went out of my way to explore the whole world map for side quests, doing all the errands for extra lore and even read the Germonique Scriptures while being fascinated at the twists in it, all of this felt like the perfect reward for clearing those epic strategy RPG battles. Is FFT perfect? Fuck no, its system proves to be more and more of an unbalanced mess as you progress, to the point that by the start of chapter 4 a lot of early game jobs are straight up obsolete as your party gets filled with special units with those broken-ass sword skills, the story also gets pretty rushed in the second half of chapter 4.

However, I don't care, the high points are so high they make Snoop Dogg look sober in comparison. Besides, what does being a "perfect" game even mean? If you play Tetris, you'll find out it's a perfect game, everything works exactly as intended. So what? Does Tetris have Delita Heiral? If not, then I'll just stick with FFT.

Well, if you're really that much of a nerd who cries about muh balancing, the modding community for this game has you covered, there are tons of mods that either enhance the original game by balancing its system better, create entirely new experiences using it as a basis or even make it more insane than it already was.

Reviewed on Sep 03, 2023


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