Great game! Easily the best of the pre-SNES Final Fantasy titles. This one took me a bit by surprise, I was expecting something good but this game is really solid and could potentially have reached classic status were it not for 4 and 6 being even better. This has a story on par with its predecessor but filters out a lot of the poorly aged or downright annoying mechanics. Instead this introduces the highly customizable Job system that we'll later see again in Final Fantasy V, and introduces other staples like summons and moogles. All in all a very important game in the franchise.

Of course most Final Fantasy titles features airships, but this one has a neat mechanic where you go underwater as well and can explore some locations. This also feels like the first one so far to really introduce side dungeons, completely optional content. Combat is also very fun and an improvement on both of its predecessors.

All in all if you're looking for a classic Final Fantasy experience I wouldn't skip this one. Onto the next one!

Platinum trophy #131
Platinum #7 of 2023