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I've only played the DS remake of III, but I'd definitely consider it one of my least favourite entries in the series. I liked it, but as Raistlin said, it's not a great game. I didn't have any problems with the story, it had some pretty interesting twists that I quite enjoyed. No way in hell did I see that world within a world thing coming.
FF3 was the most recent FF I've played, and to be honest, I was blown away by how advanced it was. I loved it :) (compared to say, ff1, which I've never been able to finish xD)
Zande is, directly or not, in fact responsile for the whole world's problems. He caused the unbalance between Light and Dark in his fear for death, causing the Darkness to cover the world. Nearly all villains (Djinn, Hein, Gutzco, Gigameth/Garuda...) have become twisted because they were swayed by the powers of Darkness. Powers that Zande unknowingly unleashed.
And like Kawaii Ryűkishi said, Medusa and Kraken were both working under Zande's orders, as was Titan, I believe.
QFT but I'll specify that I love it for being the first REMAKE of a FF to kick my ass, instead of being watered down like the "Finest Fantasy for Advance" or whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crimson
And FFIII is definitely one of the better games in the series. I give the first two games a lot of credit for story (they're more engaging than FFIV or FFVIII, at least >_>) but this one is probably the best of the NES bunch. FFI has a really deep plot for its time, and FFII's characters are amazing for its time, but it's FFIII's actual message about human mortality and fear of death that really stands out to me from the first three games.
>>> Im playing this game seriously for the first time now and Im loving it..
FF2 story was more interesing but FF3 has lots of awesome stuff that the previous ones didnt have..
I played it twice, both times on the DS. After the first playthrough, I felt it was a waste of my time, but at least I beat all of the FFs at last. I recently wanted to play all the FFs in succession, though, and once I reached III, I was blown away. The battle system still annoys me, but at least less than the last time, however the story is just so complex after I and II... Besides all the stuff about morality, life and death, etc. that everyone seems to mention, I loved the world for what it was. I later played FFIV DS - which I always thought to actually be pretty dumb and ridiculous at times - and was again blown away by the depth the creators have given the game with basically just a few tweaks. Really, I think they should keep remaking FFs for the DS since the console seems to be meant for those games...
Back on topic, I don't consider FFIII to be one of the best FFs, but it was definitelly way ahead of its time, and still thought-provoking after so many years.
I'd agree. I think the story is ok and the battle system is to FF standard, but I thought the job system wasn't. FF5 was a perfection of that. Even Tactics. I know this game was old, but I thought shifting through jobs got annoying.
Still, the job system was revolutionary for its time, one has to give it that. Compared to the good-on-paper-but-bad-in-the-game stat system of FF II, the job system in III actually WORKED and provided the gameplay with great diversity (for its time). Of course V perfected it. It would be bad if it didn't, seeing as it was made later and on a more powerful console.