This review contains spoilers
FINAL FANTASY MARATHON RANKED:
https://www.backloggd.com/u/fragilant/list/final-fantasy-marathon-ranked/
People really say that IV has better characters and story? Ya'll are wilding.
Final Fantasy V is truly the first great game in the series, and a lot of it has to do with the job system which is perfected here.
I played around with almost every single job possible, and while not looking at a guide kinda made me miss out on a lot of good blue magic, or Dualcast from the red mage, I had a blast experimenting on my own.
Time mage, Samurai, and Dancer are jobs that I really found myself enjoying a lot.
The game is also really difficult at times, so it made me use a lot of strategy to beat some bosses or dungeons that kicked my ass repeatedly, but when you have so many different options for heading into a difficult boss, losing kinda becomes fun.
The gameplay is the part everyone talks about, but I have to give a shoutout to the story and characters here.
I hear so many praises for IV in this regard, and V is kind of labeled as just a "goofy story with little to no character", but this game had a lot of downtime in the beginning which IV is missing.
Downtime in these games where the characters are just talking is a lot of my favourite moments in this series, so seeing it finally being utilized instead of just charcaters yapping about crystals really made me feel at home.
The characters themselves aren't incredibly dynamic but they are fun, and definitely have more going for them than every single character in IV besides maybe Rinoa.
IV had something good going for the first 2 hours, until they just say fuck the character writing after Cecil becomes a paladin.
The highlight of this game in terms of characters though is Galuf, which I think is the series' first Goat.
He's funny, cool as hell and also actually dies a meaningful death that isn't just a fake out or shock value for the sake of it.
When Galuf dies you feel it, and it's a great example of this series finally finding its footing when it comes to story writing.
I had so much fun with this despite it kicking my ass repeatedly and is definitely the pixel remaster I will enourage everyone to get if there's a sale.
This is where the Final Fantasy I know really starts so I'm excited to get into the golden era.
Peak.
https://www.backloggd.com/u/fragilant/list/final-fantasy-marathon-ranked/
People really say that IV has better characters and story? Ya'll are wilding.
Final Fantasy V is truly the first great game in the series, and a lot of it has to do with the job system which is perfected here.
I played around with almost every single job possible, and while not looking at a guide kinda made me miss out on a lot of good blue magic, or Dualcast from the red mage, I had a blast experimenting on my own.
Time mage, Samurai, and Dancer are jobs that I really found myself enjoying a lot.
The game is also really difficult at times, so it made me use a lot of strategy to beat some bosses or dungeons that kicked my ass repeatedly, but when you have so many different options for heading into a difficult boss, losing kinda becomes fun.
The gameplay is the part everyone talks about, but I have to give a shoutout to the story and characters here.
I hear so many praises for IV in this regard, and V is kind of labeled as just a "goofy story with little to no character", but this game had a lot of downtime in the beginning which IV is missing.
Downtime in these games where the characters are just talking is a lot of my favourite moments in this series, so seeing it finally being utilized instead of just charcaters yapping about crystals really made me feel at home.
The characters themselves aren't incredibly dynamic but they are fun, and definitely have more going for them than every single character in IV besides maybe Rinoa.
IV had something good going for the first 2 hours, until they just say fuck the character writing after Cecil becomes a paladin.
The highlight of this game in terms of characters though is Galuf, which I think is the series' first Goat.
He's funny, cool as hell and also actually dies a meaningful death that isn't just a fake out or shock value for the sake of it.
When Galuf dies you feel it, and it's a great example of this series finally finding its footing when it comes to story writing.
I had so much fun with this despite it kicking my ass repeatedly and is definitely the pixel remaster I will enourage everyone to get if there's a sale.
This is where the Final Fantasy I know really starts so I'm excited to get into the golden era.
Peak.