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This is the original game that got me hooked on Final Fantasy (the series) and on role playing games in general. It sure seems to be very poor in quality compared to later games, but it was the game that showed to Square that there was a market outside of Japan for quality role playing games. |
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You had the choice of five different types of people to make up your party of four: fighter, thief, white mage, black mage and a red mage that combined the abilites of both white and black to a lesser degree. Later in the game, your character would make a class change to a higher level of skill. Fighters became warriors, thiefs became martial artists/ninjas, and the mages became wizards. |
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The plotline is rather simple compared to the recent Final Fantasy ones. Your party was on a quest to restore the orbs of Light from the big, terrible monsters of Darkness. Of course, there are side-quests along the way and some time-travel involved. *g* This is a Final Fantasy game! |
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The menus were quite simple. The one command that disappeared in later games was 'Drink', the way that a party member used a curative itme on themselves or others. The one thing that has endured since this game in the series is the fact that the big guys will always get their turn before you. Well, now there's the surprise attack on the enemy, but in Final Fantasy, it is hack and cast spells all the way! |
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The ending really sucked. Good thing that improved with the later games. Mind you, we are talking about a game on an 8-bit system. There isn't room on the cartridge for much! *g* But then again, this was before the spectacular endings of FFII, FFIII and FFVII. Thirty mintues and counting of pure after-the-battle footage. *G* |
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Methods of travel are:
*Walking (duh!)
*Riding your ship in which you are repeatedly attacked by really nasty critters (see Shark for example)
*The loveable airship; no enemies, but you need to find a green patch to land on. |
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Anyway, that's my review for Final Fantasy: the original game. Highly recommended and it should be found in old video game stores or in your friends' basements, tucked beside their old video game systems. We paid $20 when we got it; I think people at this point would be quite willing to give it to you for free. This is a late-eighties game! |
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