![]() Knowing that, people pointed the Final Fantasy series out to me (remember the days of chat rooms and bulletin boards, fellow Millennials?), so I found… ways… to play them. Indeed I don’t think I ever saw any of this series in stores, let alone the more obscure JRPGs on SNES and earlier. Way back when, JRPGs didn’t get released in Australia in large numbers. ![]() Now, with that aside: If the Final Fantasy series wasn’t my very first exposure to JRPGs, it was one of them. Square Enix really has done a bang-up job with them, and as remasters they are also five-star efforts. In every way, these are the definitive versions of their respective titles (notwithstanding the incredible 3D remakes of Final Fantasy III and IV). Within each game, there are some simple quality-of-life features, like the ability to turn random encounters off, and there is an alternative to that infamously ugly font that came with the original PC release of the series. Each title also features an extensive gallery of art from the character and concept artist, Yoshitaka Amano, for you to admire. In each case, you get the option of a re-orchestrated musical score or the original. So, instead of a traditional review, I’ll use this digital publishing space to discuss why I believe that every game in the series is still a five-star title, all these years and re-releases later.įirst, though, I will quickly mention that the ports are of excellent quality. On the other hand, if you’ve somehow avoided these games so far, then I’d be surprised if anything that I could ever write would convince you to actually give them a go. If you’re an existing fan, you already know if you’re going to follow me in giving Square Enix yet more money for yet another version of the same thing. There’s obviously no point in writing a standard review for this collection. With Final Fantasy, I take a break from anti-capitalism and just let myself enjoy these things. Related reading: Stranger of Paradise is a brilliant remake and subversion of Final Fantasy 1, with a Soulslike combat system. Am I the problem? Am I part of the reason Square Enix keeps getting away with this rather cynical re-release strategy? Yes. And then I’ll buy them on the Switch too. I already have all of these pixel remasters on my PC, and yet here I am playing them again on the PlayStation. I really wonder if there will ever be a time when I don’t leap at a re-release, remaster or remake of any of the first six Final Fantasy games.
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