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Marluxiaswife
09-10-2006, 07:30 AM
who else loves ff1? the frist Final Fantasy that started it all
Zeromus_X
09-10-2006, 07:45 AM
It's good. Some nice nostalgic tunes and environments. But beyond that, it isn't exactly fun to play over and over again. Of course, it does have seemingly infinite replay value, so at least it'll never get old.
Whitemage~101
09-10-2006, 08:08 AM
I think it's good but I couldn't play on it over and over again.
boys from the dwarf
09-10-2006, 08:09 AM
although its not one of the best FFs its still a great and fun game and is amazing even though its quite simple.
scrumpleberry
09-10-2006, 10:27 AM
Pretty nice, yeah. Much better than 2. I don't get how people can do the same game OVER and OVER but with difffernt parties, tho.
vorpal blade
09-10-2006, 10:42 AM
While too young to play the original, I did manage to pick up the PS and GBA releases of FFI and beat it on both. It's very nostalgic and qite good.
Crossblades
09-10-2006, 04:46 PM
I've only played the DoS version. But I love it though:)
Bahamut2000X
09-10-2006, 05:06 PM
Pretty good game. There's better, but pretty good none the less. And has some of the most classic lines ever in the original translation.
Sefie1999AD
09-10-2006, 05:23 PM
It's good, but it's not exactly user friendly, so I prefer to play something like the WSC version. Buying 99 Heal or Pure Potions isn't exactly too fun. :p It's good to play through the game at least once, though, as this is the original English version of FFI.
Ender
09-11-2006, 04:01 PM
FFI was obviously one of the prototypes for fantasy games and RPGs, so I think it's hard to not at least appreciate it if you're into those genres. The battles were remarkably balanced, challenging, and even if frustrating at times they almost always left me feeling suitably rewarded in terms of personal satisfaction at having perservered rather than annoyed at having to fight over and over.

It might lack the coolness factors that make later FF games so sweet, but for what it tried to accomplish I think it pulled it off almost flawlessly...for it's time of course.
Araciel
09-12-2006, 06:13 PM
it definatly started console rpgs into mainstream, although it was a long time in coming. good game with memorable tunes and moments. was one of two games that i first owned when i was 6 or 7 so for me, it IS the first rpg.
boys from the dwarf
09-12-2006, 08:39 PM
apparently FF1 was designed to save the company from going bankrupt so youve got to cut them a little bit of slack. its amazing what a huge thing FF has turned into.
Ender
09-12-2006, 08:45 PM
apparently FF1 was designed to save the company from going bankrupt...

Indeed it was to be Square's last game, as well as that of one of their lead designers...hence FINAL Fantasy.


By 1987, declining interest in the FDS had placed Square on the verge of bankruptcy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy). At approximately the same time, Square designer Hironobu Sakaguchi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hironobu_Sakaguchi) began work on an ambitious new fantasy role playing game for the cartridge-based Famicom, inspired in part by Enix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enix)'s popular Dragon Quest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest) (known to some in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) as Dragon Warrior). (At the time, Enix and Square were separate companies; they did not merge until about 17 years later.) Sakaguchi had plans to retire after the completion of the project so he named it Final Fantasy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_%28video_game%29) because it was his final game, although it was also going to be Square's final game.

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy)
ReloadPsi
09-13-2006, 04:50 PM
For no particular reason I've become helplessly addicted to it lately.
Sefie1999AD
09-14-2006, 04:45 PM
For no particular reason I've become helplessly addicted to it lately.

The NES version was quite fun to play too if you can get past the Marsh Cave and the huge amount of leveling up required for the cave.
Rogue
09-15-2006, 02:36 AM
i love FF1
forgottenmemory
09-15-2006, 05:20 AM
so my fav final fantasy ever, hey hey hey!
Rengori
09-16-2006, 09:46 PM
The only problem I have with the game is that I can't stand leveling up. I was Level 10 when I got the class change and I died at least 9 times to get through the Castle of Ordeals.

It's still very VERY fun to play though.
Kryton87
09-17-2006, 08:10 AM
woah... level 10? holy carp on a crackerjack! How the heck did you get that far? You mean you got past the Ice cave at level 10?!?... dude... thats impressive.
You should try for a low level run. I could never get past the Earth Cave before level 15 at least! You don't even get level 5 magic by then. You wouldn't have had Fire 3! How could you manage that?
Rengori
09-17-2006, 08:15 AM
woah... level 10? holy carp on a crackerjack! How the heck did you get that far? You mean you got past the Ice cave at level 10?!?... dude... thats impressive.
You should try for a low level run. I could never get past the Earth Cave before level 15 at least! You don't even get level 5 magic by then. You wouldn't have had Fire 3! How could you manage that?
I pretty much just settled with Fire 2 And Harm 2. And I never really fought much, I really only killed stuff that could be damaged by Harm. I died a LOT. And I mean A WHOLE LOT.