Was FINAL FANTASY Actually Any GOOD? | A Retrospective
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- Опубліковано 4 тра 2023
- I've never played Final Fantasy 1 before, this is the first time I have ever played it. I did my playthrough on the Pixel Remaster for PS4 on my PS5 and got all the trophies /achievements including the platinum trophy.
I've played a lot of the other FF games from 7 to 15 but never 1-6. But that is going to change. I will be going for every platinum trophy for every FF game.
Is It Worth Playing FINAL FANTASY in 2023? What do you think?
#finalfantasy #pixelremaster #platinum #trophies - Ігри
I hate to be “that guy” but the Cid reference in this game was retroactively put there. There wasn’t any mention of him the the original version of the game. It is nice that they did add him but it wouldn’t be right to say he was introduced here.
Thanks for the correction, I never did play the original so that is good to know. It makes sense now that they only mentioned his name in this game instead of having a modeled character
Really? I jus played the og on my psvita since I'm doing og game play through b4 pixel and I swear hes mentioned in it now I gotta play it again to see lol
@suparicky8889 The one on Vita is not the OG. The original is on Famicom/NES. All versions after the original had mention of him added on purpose as an homage. FF2 on Famicom was his first appearance.
@@ReaverPrime oh I didnt know that thanks thought it was of since it used og names for abilities thanks now I know lol
@@sunderwire Cid is first introduced in FINAL FANTASY II. Before the retcon.
“Didn’t even know what the Famicon was…” ☠️
Right?
The thief has exactly one use!
They have high luck, which makes it easier to run away.
But here's the kicker: the luck stat did not work in the original release, which made the thief dead weight.
Wow, thats always horrible when a stat mechanic is glitched in the original releases since patches didn't exist. Kind like how Focus Energy had the opposite of the intended effect in Pokemon Red and Blue.
@@ChrisMS0815 Wait focus energy was glitched?
@@Argonisgema Yeah instead of doubling your critical hit rate chances it decreased it.
The INt stat did nothing either, using items with a Black Belt or a red Mage was just as effective as a white/black mage with higher int.
@@InsanityForce the difference is that higher int isn't the specialist mages' only redeeming quality. They get higher level spells than the red mage gets...even if most of them are outclassed by physical damage 90% of the time
Link's grave originally referred to ederick/the guy from dragon quest. Also some of the music you showed off was from the NES version.
And the 15-puzzle music sounded like it was from the Wonderswan version.
Edit: I checked, it isn't. Never mind :P
stranger of paradise was a great game , fun and if you love the first game , it make it even better .
I'd also recommend the Dragon Quest series, as without that there'd be no FF. I'd recommend starting with Dragon Warrior III on the Game Boy Color
I played the Advance version many years ago and yes... I love it on the Switch ❤ I completed the First game, I am now at work with the second.
The game can be difficult, but it's easily thwarted by the numerous grinding spots in the game, like tiles that spawn minibosses
The marsh cave south of the western keep astos controls was always the spot I used to get ahead. Dedicate an hour or two to fighting the pisco demons as much as I could handle. Get a huge influx of gold and XP, rest of the game is pretty cake from there.
Nice video. I actually really like Final Fantasy 1 compared to other entries in the series even though its comparably more basic. It's up to people whether or not they want to play it, but I'd say it's not a bad idea to jump into the game with the Pixel Remaster because you can choose to turn off random encounters if you want.
I found myself playing through this game on GBA as a kid, part of the NES version as a teen which I plan on finishing and then the PS1 version during the pandemic. I feel like I have to play every version that comes out now lol. Also nice vid!
FF1 feels like such a proper hardcore dungeons and dragons kind of game, to me. I love how dangerous the world and dungeons feel, with scary monsters trying to poison you and turn you into stone at every turn. It's basic, but that's also what I love.
bro. awesome. thanks for a platinum walkthru
It’s not the first time for me playing Final Fantasy 1 but it was the first time I ever finished it. Loved the pixel remaster
The first time I finished Final Fantasy 1 was on the PSP remake.
I finished it again recently with the pixel remasters. I have the platinum for Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II (finished for the first time), and Final Fantasy III (finished for the first time)
I am now onto Final Fantasy IV, which is one of my favourites in the series. I have been up to the Zeromus, the final boss, once on the PSP version but never beat him.
@@B33FY2011 I got the platinum in all 6 pixel remaster games. I also have platinums in 7, 7 remake, Crisis Core, 8, 15 and almost done with 16. I’m thinking I wanna go back and platinum others like 10, 10-2, and 12. I wanna do 9 as well but might be pretty hard to do.
I like how you used the 8-Bit Theater party.
I don't know about the pixel remaster but in the original many of the weapons and armor had magic effects you could use in battle without losing the item.
I'mma be real, I decided to give FF remasters a go a week ago, I just beat FF1 (honestly started using the walkthrough by the time I got the Levistone because the random wandering around and one-shotting everything via auto-battle anyways was becoming tedious) and for a +35 y/o game, yeah it's not bad, but as far playing it nowadays goes it's extremely basic and story is practically non-existing. I hate the idea of even the boss fights being a cakewalk outside of maybe the last few, but even then you just hasten and strenghten your auto-attackers as BLM and spam heal/protection as WHM and it's practically impossible to lose. Ironically I'm currently playing through FF2 and while I heard people hate that one for it's gameplay systems, I'm about 5 hours in and think it's FAAAAAAAAR better so far. So much more interactive and fleshed out in every way, there's an actually story this time around too, it's not bad.
while i admit the qol differences are great in this they actually detract from the difficulty in a major way, it's hard not to just turn off random encounters while you explore, because the rate is just frustrating at times, but doing so also means that getting through dungeons is just easy. you fight as much as you need to beat the boss, then move on. you also collect all the best items in the dungeon easily without the trial and error and risk of the battles. same applies to the ability to quicksave anywhere. it was nice to replay but it didn't feel like any sort of accomplishment to get through whereas the original punished the hell out of you for going in unprepared.
i didnt know you coudl jstu turn them off...
If I play this I will probably only make use of the saving
@@elgatochurro I think its a thing on consoles cause i play on PC and i do not have that option.
On the flipside - you can make the game way more challenging for yourself by minimizing the number of battles you participate in. It also makes learning the game a LOT less frustrating.
I don't know FF1 half as well as I do the other games, and it's incredibly replayable - having just learned the ins and outs of it on my first playthrough of the Pixel Remaster, I started a new save with a different party composition immediately. This go around I'm not toggling anything. Next time I'm thinking I'll do x0.5 EXP the whole way through the game.
If I were to change anything - I'd like a mode with the original game balance and level cap intact as well as the original save system. Alternatively - give me a mode where the booster toggles can't be adjusted once you start the game. There's a lot of creative challenge runs you can do with the options this version gives you. That makes this my definitive way to play, finally replacing the Origins version for me.
The chaos shrine theme alone makes the first FF a timeless masterpiece, even more the orchestral from the pixel remaster that sadly isnt shown here when you show your favorite tracks :D. If not for the gameplay, Id still love every game for Nobuo Uematsus music.
I bought
The pixel remaster for my iPhone. I’ve been having a blast with the xp boost option. Grinding a bit here and there and blowing away the enemies. It’s a solid 2 weeks for fun for 12 bucks! Well worth it!
You went with the 8-bit Theater Party xD
I love the original FF1. Only ever played the pixel remaster, but it helped me to get into the series. Since then I've beaten FF1, 2, and 3 pixel remaster and I'm finishing FF4 right now. Also the Chaos final battle theme slaps!
Star Ruby is obtained from the Vampire you encounter. You can only challenge the Fiend of Earth after giving the Star Ruby to the Golem and speaking with the Sage beyond.
So originally tombstone read here lies Erdrick, from dragon quest, but since enix is a park of square it now reads here lies Link.
How long did it take you to beat all the mainline games?
Also for the Pixel remasters not being on xbox, like ff16 and ff7 rebirth, im pretty sure this is a response to microsoft making several of thier newly acquired ips like starfield exclusive.
As a life-long FF fan (my first was FF'2' on snes), it makes me so incredibly happy to hear that it was the FF7 remake that got you into this series and playing the classics for the first time. I'll be looking forward to you playing the original FF7, if you decide to!
Hey I’m trying to decide if I wanna buy the pixel remasters but I wanna know if all the games have wait mode for those with atb. Thank you in advance for the help and nice video appreciate the history.
Yes all the pixel remasters with ABP have a wait mode 👍
Cid didn't appear in the origianl version of FF I. He was added in in later versions.
Stranger of paradise is definitely not a bad game, was definitely one of the better rpgs of 2022, in a year jam packed with rpgs it was one of the better ones, probably had the best job system in the entire FF franchise along with a deep, customizable and cosmetic loot system that actually shows differences in different equipment you equip unlike most JRPGs where no matter what armor you equip shows no cosmetic changes, thus has been a massive pet peeve of mine for years and team ninja got it right with stranger of paradise
I do want to give Strangers of Paradise another try after playing FF1 now, I played it at launch and the job system/combat were the best parts for sure, but the rest was a bit bland to me. I am glad to hear people liked it though
Jack Garland is one of my favorite characters because of Strangers and would love a FF1 style prequel of Strangers as a new game plus mode to tie the two together
i have to agree , had a blast playing it
That chaos theme is so godly
Oh, my and my friends in grade school loved this game back in the day. Back when the SNES was something we were just reading was coming in Nintendo Power. And that was the old incredibly hard NES version that didn't let you take most of your magic items into battle and wouldn't even automatically grab a new target in the middle of the attack phase if one of the characters killed the current one.
Still one of the most favs games even to today.
Lol the famicom was the original version of the NES before it was redesigned and renamed. I suppose that's true. The famicom was just the Japanese version of the NES. Its name came from family computer.
I’ve beaten FF 1 over 30 times. Currently playing it with my son and showing him what made RPGs
If you don't have a Black Belt/Master in your party, always being fed the FAST spell, then you're truly missing out.
I wonder if the remakes included the number grid puzzle that can be accessed while using the ship (boat)...
i finished psp version in 2021, and it was pretty good....
I really wish modern players would play the original games not a remastered version. They would cry and break their tvs and systems with how hard they were.
That would be nice. I'd like to own the originals. Problem no one wants to pay collector prices for a system that's 40 years old. I'd love to own physical copies of Chrono Trigger and FF3(snes) but I'm not shelling that money out.
You use to get rewards for playing the 15 puzzle game fast enough. They removed that though.
Hey very cool review but for future reviews I strongly encourage you to test out your voice and the music because quite frankly the music was way too loud and it was hard for me to listen to what you had to say the music was so loud it was essentially drowning out your voice
Yeah it definitely was, gonna make sure its better in future videos
This game is still one of my favorite games of all time :)
First time I played this game was when I got FF1 and FF2 on the PSP
Personally im a fan of 2 and 3, the American 2 and 3 more but this one started it all for me this and dragon warrior
I have the Play Asia Pixel Remaster and there's no "trophies" on my version. Is that normal?
It's probably going to suck, but i'll try it one day
If you like Final Fantasy 1, I highly recommend Dragon Quest 3. I think it takes the formula of Final Fantasy 1 and perfects it. It has party customization like this game, but I just think the world map is better, the fights are more fun, and it has a lot of charm.
Not too hard to figure out why Xbox didn't get the pixel remasters at all. Sony is paying off Square Enix to not port them to Xbox. After all...Xbox was supposed to get FF7R a few years ago since it was supposed to be a timed exclusive originally. Didn't get FF XIV on Xbox either.
Huh, I thought Microsoft kept the Pixel Remasters and XIV off Xbox to nudge their fans towards PC. 😂
Could the Series X run FFXVI better than the PS5, which infamously cooks when running a part of the game?
@autobotstarscream765 I made the decision to jump to pc recently myself. My gaming laptop was nearing retirement after 10 years, and couldn't afford both a new pc and new console.
Not sure how well the Series will run 16. I made the Switch to Pc from X1 thanks in part to RE4 Remake
You have chaos shrine and sunken shrine backwards.
Your first final fantasy is REMAKE ? thats insane
Here lies link is not in original Japanese version, that says here lies Roto (Erdrick) from dragon quest (at least all the Japanese versions I played, I never finished the original famicon version)
"Didn't know what a Famicom was."
Dear Lord, this reviewer is a child.
Great video, man! Very high quality. I recently released a video on FF1 Pixel Remaster playthrough review you should check it out! Releasing one on the FF2 Pixel Remaster here in a couple days. Great job though and looking forward to more of your content. Love it.
Thanks! And that’s awesome, good luck on the next video. They are great games
@@sunderwire thank you and yes they are. Honestly, I have never played any FF games outside of Western releases so the FF2 and FF3 I played were the ones for SNES. So it's fun to pick up and play uncharted territory. Beginning on playing FF3 pixel remaster here this weekend.
I'm running FF1 as a D&D campaign at the moment, and the story made by my players is doing weird stuff to my perception of this game :P
Personally, I love turn-based RPGs, and hate that the Final Fantasy series pretty much abandoned that style and changed fully to action shit.
Theres some really good versions of this hex edited, of the remake with like 12 classes, if you know your emulation.
You.... didn't know what a Famicom was...?
Sadly I didn't😆 The first console I played a game on was the PS2, I never got to experience the original FF games when they came out
@@sunderwire I see. It’s just, the Famicom was before my time as well, but due to my interest in videogames in general I still knew about it and lots of other old consoles 🤔
I got the NES game on launch day at a toys r us. It was my first JRPG, before then it was Ultima and so forth. This is my favorite FF game of all time, but not the Pixel Remaster; that’s not FF1. Pixel Remaster is a nerfed FF1. The standard settings still gave you twice the XP and the goods at stores cost half as much. In NES FF1 the only healing item you had was a potion that healed for 30hp and you could carry 99. It was a way more difficult game, you had to grind, and trash mobs could kill you. There was no Cid in FF1; he was added retroactively. It was a great game. Strategy was very important because if you killed a target before others could attack it, they wouldn’t retarget; they lost a turn. I encourage you to play real FF1 if you want the true FF1 experience. It was a challenge for the uninitiated.
Also not sure why you are trash talking Stranger; that game was the first action based JRPG game I played that had good combat. Stranger also had the ultimate toxic masculinity action hero for someone who grew up in the 80s watching Schwarzenegger and Stallone to truly appreciate. I love Jack Garland; he’s a treasure and my favorite FF character now.
Can you talk about ff6 trophies?
There was a reason for these older games being far more difficult in the older days of the NES/SNES.....
Cost of the games. Final Fantasy on the NES was $75.00 on the NES new for me. VI was $79.00 on the SNES new. (So please no more complaining about paying that much for all 6 of them)
What this meant was not a whole of ability to buy games all the time for parents. You either got the new game for Christmas or your birthday. These games needed to last.
SIDE NOTE: Pixel Remaster IS back to the base game. But is still done in the PS1 FWD "Easy Mode" release. This game was 10x more difficult on the NES. 10x more expensive to get things. Hardly any of the items in this game are in the original. And 10x more level grinding.
Seriously in XIII I could stand at a save point, and see the save point ahead and behind me. WAY TOO EASY.
I do love these. I finished I, half way through VI, and in the middle of V. Pixel Remaster are indeed the closest to the originals I have seen.....without putting my originals in.
You can't call yourself a real fan until you play it.
That's not really meant to be a "No True Scotsman" thing or nothing. But it's just that it's not the horse I'd suggest you ride on your first rodeo, you get me?
The Pixel Remaster is the best version, but you should play the 8-bit versiom first just to see what it was really like.
There's no shame in using walkthroughs.
That game came with tons of booklets, maps, amd guides. Pretty much everyone who played it back in the day had SOME kind of help.
I'm 2 minutes in and you already lost me. Not from anything you said about the game, but the background music you put in was so loud compared to you talking that my brain could only focus on the music and was pretty much ignoring everything you were saying. Might just be a me problem but thought I'd mention it in a polite way at least. Best of luck in future videos.
Hey, I appreciate the heads up about the volume, I’ll make sure to keep this in mind for the future. It’s always good to get another’s perspective :)
Im late to the party, but I loved SoP.
Gameplay is solid, but the post game grinding is bad I agree.
The plot is uh... I understand not liking it, but it did meet my expectations and i like whats there.
Yeah, I heard a lot of people actually did like SoP. I thought it looked and felt a lot like a PS3 game in terms of quality but the job system in that game was amazing. I played it before playing FF1 though so maybe it's worth me re-playing one day from a new point of view
Square actually cannot create final fantasy, dragon quest, or mana games for Microsoft systems because of contracts and copyrights with Nintendo and Sony dating back before Microsoft existed in the home console space
Why was FFX 13 on Xbox 360 then?
FF1 and other classic FF entries are already obsolete.
8hrs of realistic cinematic interactive movies with 2hrs of actual gameplay IS the new STANDARD for videogames QUALITY.
story should be spoonfed to players by watching INTERACTIVE MOVIES, not by reading cryptic messages across the game playthrough.
LMAO
No
i despise ff7R, 15 and 16. LFG turn based. hey if u have an xbox try lost odyssey. it's basically the last FF-esque turn based game not named dragon quest lol
I’ve heard Lost Odyssey is amazing. It’s definitely on my list of games to play
Only if you play the PS1 version, and play on the original difficulty (Hard). Otherwise, there's nothing that makes this game interesting in my opinion. In that case, you're better off playing newer entries that focus more on the story.
Honestly, the way you're playing it's just grinding achievements, which looks super boring, instead of a tense game of resource management and survival. You do you, but I would never dare recommend this way to others.
Well I'll admit grinding trophies is boring, grinding levels and progressing in the game is not boring, I've always been a gameplay over story gamer, especially in RPGs, min maxing, battle systems, leveling, equipment and skills, abilities and magic have always been what drives me forward in RPGs, yes story and characters are important but not more important than gameplay, at the end of the day we are talking about games, so of course gameplay is going to be a Main focus for gamers, what do ya know, gamers care about gameplay in video games, who would of thunk?
@@mathewhosier9739 Nothing wrong with that! Like I said, the only thing that makes FF1 fun is the gameplay. And that only works if you play one of the older versions, because the gameplay doesn't make you think in newer versions. Personally, I don't think any Final Fantasy ever forces you to grind, not even the first ones.
The fun in FF1 is choosing which piece of equipment to buy, which spells to take for your next dungeon, decide whether or not you can finish the dungeon in one go, or if you need to exit to stock up on items. All that is great stuff. I never said gameplay isn't important. It's just that FF1 Pixel Remaster neither has good story OR gameplay. It sucks out all the good gameplay, and it never had an engaging story.
If you prefer story, go with the later games. If you prefer engaging gameplay, go with either the later games (they have great gameplay too) OR the older versions of FF1. The new versions are just lifeless tutorials.
If anything the older games focused more on story because they were extremely limited by what they could do with the gameplay, but as time went on and hardware got better they have focused more and more on gameplay, seems to me that the older games focused more on story, characters and world building while the newer games focus more on combat, progression and exploration, there's a reason why developers, coders and artists get paid more than writers in most cases, again, not saying isn't important but it's clearly not as much of a focus as it used to be when story was all they had due to limitations, I'm just saying story and writing overall is much less of a focus than it used to be, and there are outliers, especially in the indie world, but for the most part gameplay is the main focus as it should be seeing these are video games
@@mathewhosier9739 Huh? Since FF4, the games began to have more cutscenes, more scripted battles, more plot points, more twists, more characters, and more character development. How is that less story than "Warriors of Light, restore the Crystals to Grace!"?
Also, personally, I think being so static in what games "should be" only limits their potential. Games like Outer Wilds do so much more than just being "video games with gameplay" and they're better for it.
@@mathewhosier9739
The games got progressively more story heavy after 4 and 10 had infamously long cutscene's. 16 is probably the most cutscene heavy mainline game.
0:21 Ewww 'Sarah'? What are normal, western names doing in a Final Fantasy game? That could never happen.
Hell yes FF2 however still SUCKS.
Still beating yourself to d3ath, vegh?
just because you dont have proper understanding of game's mechanic and design doesnt mean the game s*cks like your whole miserable life.
grow up clowney :)
I’m guessing you never played a SaGa game?
Ofcourse it is, alot of Good older rpgs ar still worth playning. Stop care so much about the grafics.
Gotta work on that punctuation bruh