If you want to have fun on an old FF game Four Job Fiesta is going until the end of August.

Makes going through FF5 very different and challenging especially if going for a low level run.

http://fourjobfiesta.com/

FF6 was a masterpiece. Also no other game lets you suplex a train.

FF7 always got more buzz and I have fond memories of it, but I think this is more because it was revolutionary to break the paradigm and move to 3d. Looking back the story has a lot of holes and the graphics don't hold up. (Though supposedly they are doing an HD remake now?)

Anyway, if you loved FF6, you'll like FF4 (FF2 NA release). There is also a remake of it that I can't vouch for, but looks lovely.

I'd recommend the GBA version for FF5. Closest to the original SNES version with additionnal content and an official translation. Also the ability to dash permanently as if you had a thief in party which turns into double dash speed WITH a thief in party. Huge QOL improvement there moving around is kinda slow otherwise.

As for FF4, if you prefer having an experience closer to the original JP version you can try the Namingway Edition ROM patch. Game was heavily modified in the NA edition and is missing a lot of character abilities. Difficulty was also changed and a bunch of other stuff. The patch pretty much does its best to restore everything as it was in the original.

Sadly was standard back then to do that it seems. Tons of games we got here were watered down versions of the JP games.

Only exception that comes to mind is 7th Saga where the game we got here is actually MUCH more difficult than JP.

Also, if you like the FF6 music:

http://ocremix.org/album/46/final-fantasy-vi-balance-and-ruin

5 Foot Step wrote on Jul 15^th, 2019 at 11:01am:

Came here to say this
Sabin is beast mode

yes they are making a remaster of FF 7 using the FF 15 engine.
IMO FF 15 is a fun game to play. Different in a good way.

Basically it's a cruise with your Bros in a bad ass car: the game

rev Jim wrote on Jul 17^th, 2019 at 6:15pm:

Ah yes, forgot about Gaia, did not mention Mana because it was previously posted. It does indeed very well deserve being mentionned though, first and best of the three.

So to start, I'm in NA so...

I originally started with the original ff. If you hate yourself, go play it. I tried restarting it a few years back and even though I loved the game, it's an absolute slog. I did finish it multiple times back in the day though. I don't know how I had the patience.

FF2 was probably my favorite, great game. I probably liked it best because it was such a step up from the original with the QOL improvements.

FF3 was also a great game. So much more to do than the previous 2. Back before having access to the internet, it was fun trying to find all the different cool and weird stuff you could win in the coliseum. Plus I loved how most characters had unique abilities. Fun stuff.

FFVII was so different than the rest that I found hit hard to really get into. It's the only one I started that I don't think I stuck with and finished. Although it being on a disk and loading time what it was might have played a roll in that. Although to be honest, I'm don't  distinctly recall loading time being a problem, but let's be real, it was PS1.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is basically a children's game. You can use Heal or cure(can't remember which)on the end boss(undead), and it would take all his hp and he'd die. Silliness.

5 Foot Step wrote on Jul 17^th, 2019 at 9:33am:



I had a random thought about this thread and couldn't remember seeing this here. But yeah, Chrono Trigger is decent.