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The Orginal Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the first time i've reviewed something on here, and its because i feel the need to clarify where so many have complicated.
Basically, if you like final fantasy, aren't sure, can't find a good game for the psp, or wan't to try an rpg out that's guranteed to please, just buy it.
i can't stress enough how wonderful this game is and how much it has influenced gamers and developers alike. the story is solid, the action is classic, control is excellent. and the music will rock your face off.
if you have a psp just don't think about it and buy it. everyone with the system should get this. save anytime is great for on the go gaming. the graphics have been re-done as is the sound.
i'm telling you, this is some serious awesomeness. just get it. for real.
you'll thank me.
peace.

Believe it or not, I never bought this game before

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Believe it or not, I have never bought one of the previous version of this game till now. So I got to experience the game without the nostalgia that some may feel.

To begin, I have played ffvii through ffx-2 (skip ffix though I bought the game), so I am a fan of the series. I dont get to play with my console much these days, and gave away my Gameboy SP when I got my PSP. I always find time to play the PSP for some reason.

So here it is what I thought:

Gameplay: very basic rpg combat: pull the menu, choose attack (if character is melee) or choose magic ( if the character is mage). Of course this is the remake of the original game 20 years ago that went on to be successful. It was a defining game of JRPGs at the time. So combat is 20 years old. There are no summonings as in later FFs, or break limits (if you play FFs game you know what I am talking about).

I found the leveling pace to be easy, I never had a party wipe out and all bosses went down easy enough. In the original, 50 levels was the maximum and it was tough to get there, making the game difficult in the orginal NES version. In the PSP version, I got to break level 51 (50 is not the maximum level anymore) just before I faced the final boss.

I clocked 20 hours from beginning to final boss. I read claims that it is an 8 hours game. My guess, is that the PSP version has upped the random encounter rate. That may explain why it was easy to get level 50. Most random encounters had monster that would died with one hit (on the first turn), those that didn't, died in the second turn.

Story: Story is very lacking. Four warriors come out of nowhere to restore some crystals. There is no hero interaction, party interaction, no character growth, no anger, revenge story, love story, etc, all the drama that you have seen on the sequels.

If it did not carry the FF franchise name,and knew the 20 year history behind this game, I would have given it a 3 star rating. But, it gets an extra star because without this game, there would not have been all of the other JRPGs that we have come to love and consume.

Short and sweet:

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is old school technology, turn based role playing. If you like that kind of thing, you will most likely love the game. I thought I would but was left pounding my legs on the bed at the constant interuptions of the turn based fights that pop up every time you move(slight exaggeration). Because I am a gaming geek, I did finish this and played it for 30 hours. Ten or fifteen years ago -- would have loved it. Now? With new tech and games like WoW and such...forget it!

good game, bas remake

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of the Final Fantasy series, and i love every game in it, but this game is shamefull. The story is way too slow and too open ended at the begining, so its very dificult to know what to do at the start of the game. if you can get past the slow story and that the game is too open ended, and that every 2 seconds there is another random battle which makes you sick to your stomach playing the game, then this is pretty fun!

amber1845

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 18
Date: January 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was soooo dissapointed. I'm new at playing video games, so i didn't know that this product would be the complete opposite of the commercials i saw for final fantasy.
Please, for your sake, do NOT buy this product. I'll bet the games further on in the series are what i was expecting, but still, i wish someone had warned me about that...so i'm putting it out there

I want to make it perfectly clear...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 68
Date: June 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

...what I do not intend to do in this review before I carry on with what I do wish to accomplish with it. To start, almost every day, Square Enix outreaches itself in setting new records for arrogance, deceit, and greed. It's really breathtaking to watch it. Square Enix claims that merit is adequately measured by its methods and qualifications. This is a very irritating and unconstructive view and moreover, is wrong in many ways. Square Enix doesn't have any principles, or if it does, it puts them aside whenever they're inconvenient. Okay, there's no reason for me to be unctuous, so I'll leave you with this concept: I would like nothing more than to turn Square Enix's prissy hatchet jobs to our advantage.

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