Kurogawa
This review contains spoilers
This game is a great follow up to the previous one. They took what worked and improved on it. That said, I don't think the game is perfect. I had to deal with a few glitches that forced me to restart the game and there were numerous graphical glitches. I also wish there were more smaller planets rather than a few large ones. Ubisoft has kind of killed my desire to fully explore large maps, so I don't see myself going back and 100%ing this game any time soon. As this one is very much the Empire of the Jedi games, I am looking forward to seeing where they take the story in the inevitable third part.
2021
I love this game. It is very much a product of its time and the story is weak by today's standards, but this is a game that should be judged based on its era and the story was awesome for an 8-year-old boy back in 1991. This feels like putting on a comfortable pair of pants. The developers took everything that was good about the original version and polished it up here until it shined. The pixel remaster is a fantastic way to either revisit this game or experience it for the first time.
2021
There is a lot to like about FFV, but there is also a lot that is holding it back. For one, some of the characters and even villains are not very well developed. For example, Gilgamesh. I love Gilgamesh, but that's only because of the questlines he has in FF14. In this game, he's a guy that shows up every once in a while, fights, loses, runs away, and repeat. He forms a bond with the party and grows to like them, but I never once felt that bond. If I ever had the chance to interact with him outside of battle, then maybe I'd feel more attached to him. As is, he's just this guy that shows up every once in a while.
The job system in this game is great, but it also holds the game back at times. I love tweaking my party and finding cool combinations. But there are times where if you don't go into a boss fight with the right setup, then good luck. It's super annoying when you have a great lineup and are getting through the regular fights without much difficultly, and then the boss is immune to almost everything you can do to them. That's just bad game design.
I don't want to come across as negative about the game though. It is good, but I consider it the weakest out of the SNES era games. The Pixel Remaster is the best way to play V if you don't have a copy already.
The job system in this game is great, but it also holds the game back at times. I love tweaking my party and finding cool combinations. But there are times where if you don't go into a boss fight with the right setup, then good luck. It's super annoying when you have a great lineup and are getting through the regular fights without much difficultly, and then the boss is immune to almost everything you can do to them. That's just bad game design.
I don't want to come across as negative about the game though. It is good, but I consider it the weakest out of the SNES era games. The Pixel Remaster is the best way to play V if you don't have a copy already.