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Hasn't aged as well as I'd liked

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Most people are gushing with praise, so I guess I'll be a lone dissenter. Here are some basic facts to know about me and this game:

1. I played this game on the original SNES 13 years ago and loved it.
2. I played the #1 on the Nintendo, 2 on the SNES, and 7 and 8(briefly) on the PS.
3. I have only played this Advance version near to the half-way point so far.

Therefore, there may be issues like later games in the series being exceptions, or the latter half of the game having more changes from the original version, etc.

Good Points:
*This is a pretty good conversion of the original game, and brings back nostalgic memories. I haven't noticed many sound or music changes thus far like other reviewers have noted. The largest difference I've seen is the Opera, with a much better song that matches the new lyrics.

*This game shows a lot of effort on the part of the developers with trying to create a varied game, that you're always doing something new. This isn't, "Do the same thing from level 1-50 for 40 hours".

*I grinded a lot in the original, but am a little more impatient these days, and was pleasantly surprised to find that grinding really isn't that necessary for the most part. The game displays a lot of what one person referred to as self-balancing. You CAN level up all of your characters to 99, learn every spell, dance, etc. or you can try to just go straight through the game, albeit with a higher but tolerable level of challenge.

*This game has, in my opinion, the best combination of customizable versus pre-defined characters of the FF games I've played. FF 2(IV) had characters that did specific skills or magic, and 7+8 were mostly vanilla characters that you could customize as much as you wanted. The main differences were whether they had ranged weapons and the character personality. This game, has characters with specific unique skills *but* with the added ability to customize with magic.

Things I didn't like so much

*The battle-screen of the series seems very out of date, compared with all other games these days having the monsters and fights in the exploratory environments. Essentially, there is no separate "battle area" and "explore area". If this doesn't bother you, then this point doesn't matter.

*This game has been lauded for its very large and diverse cast of characters. However, some of them are fairly extraneous, and I think they could have made a stronger story with only 9 or so characters instead of 14. Characters like Umaro, Mog and Mimic are unnecessary, and a few of the characters seem to all be built around the same concept of emulating Monster skills. You have one character who can pretend to be like a monster, one who can use the same specific magic that monsters use, and one that can duplicate/control monsters. It's a little redundant.

*The story seemed a little childish and simplistic to be playing it at 17, and now seems extremely so at 30. A lot of people loved the over-the-top aspect of Kefka, but I just found him too 1-dimensional. His sudden philosophical musings at the end fight have also landed on the CRPG list of gaming cliches.

*The story seems to involve a lot of fantasy, as in the complete nonsensical denial of reality. A character who happens to look just like a famous opera singer has to replace her in the opera on the spot, despite no singing or acting experience, or even the chance to rehearse. Several of the characters jump off a waterfall and swim to the other side of the sea using the SAME air helmet. An empire dominates the land with the most insidious methods possible, practically kicking old ladies and dogs around, yet the empire's generals are an honest, compassionate and honorable lot. Apparently they are VERY clueless. The entire army(except said generals, is all in a conspiracy against the party by pretending to want peace, and the PCs pretty much buy it. Once again, this might bother some people, and others not so much.

This is a historic and landmark game for its time, but it's since been eclipsed by better titles.

Best Final Fantasy Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game originally appeared on the SNES as Final Fantasy III. Now, 14 years after playing it on the SNES I get to replay a "Directors Cut" of the game on GBA. This was the first RPG I really enjoyed playing, and I highly recommend this to anyone who has not played it, or to anyone who would like to try an RPG. The story is good, the translation is good, the character developement is good. All in all if you haven't yet played it you need to.

JUST A LOT OF FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game has always been so much fun. I remembe rplaying it when I was about 13 or 14 and even today it just draws you in. now with more boss battles and magicite it's a must have for video game nostalgics and rpg fans alike.

A-nice.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

An exceptionally well-done remake to the SNES version. The extras are a fun addition as well.

Third Time's a Charm .....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well not exactly. Do not get me wrong, I love this remake of this classic FF game. But, for it to be considered the 'definitive' version as described. It would have to have the cut-scenes from the playstation remake. Which the GBA could not do though if possible then it would be PERFECT. Now in all truth, I enjoyed the original translation. But this translation may be a little bit better. Just a little. I have owned the original for the SNES (named FF III of course) Plus I still own FF VI for the playstation. Now for me to get this a third time, something must be wrong with me!? No not really I just LOVE this game. And I'm sure many of you will too.

Great conversion of a great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You simply can't play this game too many times. The new stuff is a great addition, and the classic game itself is worth far more than Squaresoft charges for it. Buy it now.

"Oh, look! You all brought presents for me..."

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is one awesome game! Definetly one of the best games of all time and quite possibly the best out of the FF series.

So, the ATB system is still up and active...um, running (sorry for the redundancy). So, yeah, since I love this system of play, the battle system rocks! Oh, and now you can switch from one player to another without having to take a turn. Sweet!

Final Fantasy is renown for its usually stellar storylines. This story is no exception, and it is also the most involved storyline because of its large and diverse playable cast. It starts out with the regular story of an oppressive empire that campaigns for world dominance. (This is the third time this has happened, and every FF game that has had this theme so far has been an even-numbered game.) There is also a band of heroes that sets out to stop this empire. But, this is by far the biggest band of heroes Final Fantasy has ever provided. The cast is, for the most part, great and absolutely different from one another.

Okay, now for the villain. Introducing, the single most sadistically hilarious villain to walk the face of video games, the one and only, KEFKA PALAZZO! This absolutely insane clown makes for the quirkiest, yet most malicious, villain in the FF franchise, and I love it! He is one of the only characters in ANY kind of book, game, or movie that I love to hate. Kefka definetly took the face of evil and made fans bust a gut by looking at it. I think I can see some people are afraid of clowns. If Kefka were a real person, he would assuredly make me squirm in my pants because his sadism would freak me out.

I love the twin brothers Edgar and Sabin the best out of the heroic cast. For being such polar opposites, they have an undying loyalty to one another. The other thing they have in common is their fierce dedication to their interests. Edgar loves the women and Sabin loves his training.

The music is by far the best music I've heard in the series. Nobuo Uematsu outshines even himself to deliver this masterpiece to us, the gamers, and the beauty of some songs and the coolness of others really dig into the depths of Final Fantasy VI's heart and bring out a whole new world. This game also has the best final boss battle music in the whole franchise. "Dancing Mad" not only sounds awesome, but it also defines the madness and malevolence of Kefka. That is what music should do.

To sum it all up, this game is awesome and there really is nothing more to add to that. This is an FF fan's dream come true, and other gamers will certainly appreciate this game's coolness.

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