Trendy Gamers: Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II have some serious issues. I recognize and appreciate the significant contribution they’ve made to the development of video games, especially in the role-playing genre, but they haven’t aged particularly well. The series has steadily improved itself with each iteration, so much so that returning to its roots feels simultaneously disappointing and tiresome. Amazing as they were for that time period, these games aren’t perfect, and their flaws have only become more apparent with age. Repetition of simple mechanics is a huge part of both titles, and playing them in the face of all the improvements made by their sequels is, quite frankly, an arduous task. I’ve seen many modern reviewers make assertions along the lines of “this is the way RPGs were meant to be,” or “Final Fantasy is still better than any RPG released in the last XX years,” and the comments feel rather disingenuous, fueled by the rose-tinted sunglasses of nostalgia. This does not necessarily make the Final Fantasy Origins bundle a bad game, and nor do I think it is one.
You can get a better sense of what the WonderSwan had to offer without even getting your hands on a system, and you can do it in English!
The latest deals on Final Fantasy games include Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn ($12.99 on PS3 and $24.26 on PS4) as well as several classic PS1 and PS2 games being sold in the range of $9.99 to $14.99.
The disc copies of Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy Anthology and Final Fantasy Origins are currently on sale for $9.99 apiece.
Just another Xbox drone who bought the wrong console last gen. Nothing to see here.
2-D 32bit era games are still good but those early days of 3-D are just crusty crap. Saturn, 3do, jaguar, CDi, and Ps1. N64 is when things started to shape up and Dreamcast saved the world from Sony jaggies. I'll take the SNES or Genesis over PS1 all day.
oh DISC copies? Worth it for that price. I thought "why pay that much when I already got them for $5 a piece on PSN?" Collectors and their discs. Inseparable lol
A physical copy is always better for those of us who like to collect or to replay games later on.
There are no Square Enix games on the PSOne. Square and Enix were two separate companies at that time.
But they merged and the titles are now property of Squeenix.
So... yay, I suppose.
Yes, but it says "classic Square Enix JRPGs." So we're both right. Isn't it nice when things work out like that? :)
Obviously, but they aren't Square Enix games. It's a technicality but still matters.
That merger was the worst thing that ever happened to the quality of their games. I miss square soft by itself and Enix can stick with star ocean, dragon warrior and Valkyrie chronicles.
you should put all your blame and hatred onto sony pictures, squaresoft and hironobu sakaguchi.
they messed up your precious squaresoft.
I kinda like the PSP versions a little better but these are cheaper, at least.
Final Fantasy Origins aint on PSP as a package is it?
Edit: Because thats what it says above...
The psp physical versions are the best as they have the most content
Will we be able to play this on the vita?