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Not bad for a beginner's game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: July 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Come on people. Let's stop slamming this game and take it for what it is. It's a simple, basic game designed for little children or others who are completely new to RPGs. This isn't meant for people who've been raised on FF6, 7 and 8.

Now, when you take it for what it is, it's actually pretty cool. 10 mandatory battles before proceeding is really not that bad compared to random battles--at least this way you can do your fighting and get it over with instead of getting attacked every 2 steps like in FF7 or 8.

Also, this game has the absolute BEST battle music I've ever heard in a Final Fantasy game.

Now, the graphics are simple, the music is simple, the story is very simple... everything about this game is simple. It's like the Sesame Street of RPGs, and that's exactly what it was designed for. If you just take it for what it is, it's not that bad at all.

Between Zelda and Final Fantasy there is a Mystic Quest

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This was Super Nintendo's cross between a Final Fantasy RPG game and a Zelda type RPG game. To start with the graphics are very basic, it looks more like it could be a Nintendo game (not SNES), and the plotline is simplistic going to different areas to defeat a big boss and get an item that lets you go to the next area. Simple isn't it? But then the real worthwhile part about this game is its originality, you can jump in the game, you can cut down trees with your axe, blow up walls with your bombs and climb walls with your claws. Another interesting part is that you can see the enemies as characters on the overhead map! So you can run into them and fight them, but then rather than fighting them like Zelda, it takes you to a battle screen like a true RPG. Something else is that rather than a real overhead map of the world where you explore, you start at an area which gives you four choices of where to go, up down left and right. You select the path and the hero will take that path automatically, no monsters or anything! The monsters are all inside of the areas, towns, caves and caverns.

Who's fantasy is this?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 18
Date: January 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is the worst final fantasy game I've ever had the misfortune to play. The bad graphics are only masked by the horrific gameplay & loss of convincing Heros, not to mention the absence of convincing story-lines that made the Final Fantasy series such a huge hit! The only fantasy that comes to mind when playing this game is the fantasy of killing yourself or throwing it out the window and praying to God for the souls of the people who put this game on the market. I warn all new-comers to the final fantasy world: DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME! If your looking for a good final fantasy game to start up with I recomend Final Fantasy I & II Dawn of Souls for the GameBoy Advance, or Final Fantasy Origins for the PSone.

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Final Fantasy for Dummies

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

That should be the real title....I played this game about 10 years ago...I liked it then, but I havent played it since I finished it 10 years ago. there is no real story, the charachters are lifeless and boring, and the graphics were not too hot. I dont remember muich about the plot though, so I cant really talk about it...I just know it's basicly a dummied down FF game.

skip this one and get the astonishingly great game Final Fantasy 3

It taught alot of people how to play rather than dazzling them.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: July 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I would have to say that the constant bashing that this game has received from people is inevitably over a misconception of the way things were for a company trying to succeed in America.

I'm sure that Square was grateful to even be on our shores in the early, early 90's, it was only about a year or so after Final Fantasy was released here for the NES. Nintendo had to release FF because Square was so small at the time that they didn't have the tools to introduce a game overseas on their own. To top it off it was released after II and III had already came out on the Famicom in Japan, but that's another story for another time.

They needed a strategy that would make more people buy their games and since the SNES was about to be launched on our shores it was the pivotal point for them. So they devised a brilliant strategy for its time (though a bit of a rude awakening for FF fans), and hey it worked. Albeit it might not have been necessary due to the massive success that they achieved with the launch of Final Fantasy II (IV in Jpn).

But it did something interesting none the less. It taught the next generation of gamers how to play RPG's (and in some cases it attracted people that had never played video games before). Experienced gamers laugh at it, but its simplicity helped the company increase its market when it mattered most.

I don't think this game deserves awards or massive praise of any kind. But I do think that if there's a person out there who wants to learn how to play RPG's then this is one of the games that should be played. All in all it was an incredibly average game, but the goal it accomplished was anything but average even if that wasn't necessarily Square's intent.

FINAL FANTASY: MEDIOCRE QUEST

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: June 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I know there's some of you who'd like to see this game get 1 star, but come on, it's not THAT bad. For example,the music, although not excellent throughout, is pretty good. My favorites are the Volcano, Boss, and Gale Mountain themes. The Boss theme is ESPECIALLY good,though, one of the best I've heard. I know that many of you complain, "Oh, I don't like the random battles." Well let me ask you this: Would you prefer 10 (TEN) MANDATORY battles on the world map before you can go on to the next area? I didn't think so. The dungeons and caves are a different story, though, as you can avoid most enemies (they appear onscreen)--unless you're going down a one-way tunnel. So the battles are a mixed bag, as you can see. Next, being a very early SNES title, the graphics and story are very bland--compared to later Squaresoft titles. Amazingly enough, I'm GLAD that Squaresoft made this game. Yes, GLAD. Why? Because when a system first comes out, companies aren't too sure what the full potential of that system is. Wouldn't it be dreadful if Squaresoft tried to put their BEST storyline, characters, music, gameplay, you name it, into this first game--only to realized that the SNES can't handle it, or that they could have done better later on? So I guess you could call this an EXPERIMENTAL Squaresoft game, just a way of sticking one's toe in the water. And before you start slapping your green numbers down in front of the cashier or reaching for the DOWNLOAD button, I suggest that you read other reviews--do a Google search or something--beforehand.

There's Two Ways to get Into the RPG Genre

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: October 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Two ways that are comparable in principle to this game and FF7. Both are easy games to complete and feature nice lengthy quests (well, this is decent for its time -- 15-25 hours), but it's the maturity level that makes them different.

Being a college film student who isn't one trying to get into film to make more "Dude, Where's My Car?" type movies, I'm one for the cinematic and dramatic flairs. FF7 is a great game to introduce people into the world of RPG's with, but like the ESRB knew, it isn't a game to play when young. It's heartbreaking, and full of killing; both good and bad. This game here is more of the innocent story with very simplistic locations, interface, story and dialogue.

However, if you're a seasoned RPG veteran who's used to FFX and such, don't expect much from this game. It'll just be a shallow set of battles and treasure chests where you'll gain little more than just saying that you beat another RPG in the world. The graphics were no better than FF4 in most respects, the battle system and interfaces as simplistic as one can comprehend (apart from the jumping, which helps you with some really complex mazes), and there is vurtiously no character development.

However, keeping with the Final Fantasy tradition (until FFIX, or maybe VIII), the music is phenomenal in almost every way, which is something that to me alone adds tons of replay. Play 15 hours of monster-killing with a cool soundtrack every year or two; sounds cool, huh? Also, if you're interested in every buying RPG Maker or one of those professional RPG makers, this is a good style of game to make as a first entry.

This game has charm as it's more simplistic than even the most imaginative person can imagine. Weak entry to the series? You'd better believe it!! However, my rating more reflects when this was one of the only games I had to play, and with it being so, I came to appreciate it. -- Besides, it has a plot at all, unlike some of Square's slightly more recent titles like Legend of Mana and Chrono Cross; just don't expect anything remotely that of Kingdom Hearts, Front Mission 3 or the more professionally made Final Fantasy's.

Final Fantasy Jr.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Some might say that to compare Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest to the rest of the series is unfair, since it was clearly aimed at a younger audience. However, when you use a brand name to sell a product, the product had better live up to that name. This game is not a Final Fantasy game, and only a complete FF completist should own it. It takes under 10 hours to beat, and even a six year-old could probably beat it. That's pretty much the point of it. Final Fantasy II and III for the SNES are far, far better than this monstrosity, and they still remain my two favorite games of all time. Save your money and buy those instead.

Simply square

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: October 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game, beleive it or not is probably the greatest example ever of Nintendo's and Square's contempt of the European games player.

You see, whilst Japanese gamers in the mid 90's were getting their teeth into Final Fantasies 4 to 6 and the Dragonquest Series, and gamers in the States had final Fantasy 4 and 6 to enjoy, we in the UK got mystic quest.

Described on the box as an entry level rpg it was just that - you didn't actually have to think about it so much as have the patience to sit through it - no puzzles to solve outside of 'find a switch', not even square's famous random encounters, the baddies just sat there but unfortunately you couldn't generally walk round them. The square battle engine and menus were there, but none of the compelling gameplay that made FF 6 and Chrono Trigger such classics.

I suppose we should be grateful they gave us Secret of Mana....

One of Our 1st Fantasy's - Mystic Quest

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: September 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the first Final Fantasy titles that I had ever owned & I bought it when it first hit the shelves... now that is a long time ago & Final Fantasy has definately evolved into something much much more, but that doesn't make this game fall short of a masterpiece.... this is game is an absolute classic, when it first came out it was the leading rpg game of it's time & the fact that these other people can't appreciate a game for what it was when it was is just sad, expand your horizons & go back to your roots.... Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is one of the best rpg games of it's time & is definately worth adding to any true rpg'ers collection.

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