Final Fantasy 3 is the first game in the series that feels like a final fantasy game. All of the ideas swirling around in 1 and 2 solidify into something whole, and while the plot is non-existent for the most part I appreciated the vignette style storytelling and the goofier tone. I found it much more compelling to engage with NPC's and explore the world. The dungeon design is miles ahead of 2's chaos, and the enemy design is great.
The class system is a nice improvement over 1, and works far better than the "Specializing" in ff2. I liked the design of the new classes, and the progression of finding the new jobs helped make it feel like your character was actually growing in their roll. The endgame classes are a little cheesy, and make specialization in certain job lanes a bit trivial, but are a nice reward for the optional dungeon. This game is the first in the series to have actual boss fights throughout, and it felt like I was actually strategizing as I played out the turn based battles.
FF3 is the first truly great game in the series. It has far more flavour than 1, and none of the bad weirdness of 2. A great cap on the NES trilogy of FF games.
The class system is a nice improvement over 1, and works far better than the "Specializing" in ff2. I liked the design of the new classes, and the progression of finding the new jobs helped make it feel like your character was actually growing in their roll. The endgame classes are a little cheesy, and make specialization in certain job lanes a bit trivial, but are a nice reward for the optional dungeon. This game is the first in the series to have actual boss fights throughout, and it felt like I was actually strategizing as I played out the turn based battles.
FF3 is the first truly great game in the series. It has far more flavour than 1, and none of the bad weirdness of 2. A great cap on the NES trilogy of FF games.