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    Has this game aged as well as fine wine or would you describe it as sour milk? The game is over twenty-five years old now and been ported to every electrical device known to man, so what are your thoughts? Has this game aged well or do you feel playing through it now is more about the novelty than the enjoyment?

    Personally I feel this game has aged rather well and I've always had a fun time doing another run through when the mood strikes me. It's always been one of those games where I never think about playing it over the new shiny stuff or old faves, but when I do I suddenly remember how magical it was.

    What are your thoughts?

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    I grew up in the 8/16 bit era so my opinion may be biased since I'm used to the visuals, but I think Final Fantasy has aged just fine. When I played it for the first time I had a lot of fun, and when I had my "A-Team" of Warrior, Red Mage, White Mage, and Monk, I got pretty far into the game before finally stopping. Can't remember why I did.

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    It's way more entertaining to run through than 2, 3, and maybe even 4. So I'd say it's aged pretty well.

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    I have just as much fun playing it now as I did 20 years ago. It's aged well for me but I don't know how much someone new to it would enjoy the game.
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    I played the NES version after this PS1 version about 8 or 9 years ago and was fine going into it. The game is a grindfest no matter which version you play.
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    To this day, this game is still awesome. No tedious sidequests. No muscle spasming games. Just good ol' JRPG fun.

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    I think it's still a great game. Granted, I've only played the updated versions. I'd love to go back and get the original NES version. I still plan to at some point.

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    It was my first entry into the world of RPG's when I was just a wee lad, but I find myself every so often still grabbing at the game and plugging it in to play!

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    People still have fun playing the original for the first time even today. Having said that, I wouldn't blame those who play more updated versions of the game that streamline the gameplay, making leveling easier, and fights go by faster.

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    I would said it aged like wine until they make Stranger of Paradise out of this!

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    It has definitely aged, but it is still very fun to play.

    The most annoying sign of aging is probably the part when you have to buy one item at a time, instead of simply buying them in stock.
    I always use a Turbo controller when I buy Heal potions, and go and make a sandwich in the meantime or something.

    There is also the issue with bugs;
    this game has lots of them, like for example the Intelligence stat doesn't work, and several of the spells are useless (most notably TMPR).
    The game is also very strangely paced:
    it takes forever to get to the first ORB, and then all the other ORBs come really quickly.
    It is also kind of annoying that chests don't show when they have been opened.

    But yeah, it is a very fun game, despite all the imperfections.

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    The game is very basic but have potential for a remake with better features like a whore class.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Christmas View Post
    The game is very basic but have potential for a remake with better features like a whore class.
    I don't want to taint my precious google search history, but there must be a porn version of FF1.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Christmas View Post
    The game is very basic but have potential for a remake with better features like a whore class.
    Personally I think that they should fix the available white magic spells for Knight;
    it looks very strange when he cannot completely fill the LV3 spells, and cannot use any LV4 spells at all, especially when this also makes him only able to learn ALIT and AFIR, but not AICE or AMUT.
    There is also no reason for him to not be able to learn PURE:
    that spell is almost as basic as CURE, and it is certainly not so useful that it would make Knight overpowered or anything.

    I am cool with Knight not being able to learn HARM;
    this was probably a fair balancing factor, since it is good enough that he can murder most enemies with his physical attacks, so it would possibly be too much if he were also able to spam HARM spells on all the undead enemies.
    However, a proper spell list for Knight should be able to look something like this, as an example:

    CURE --- FOG --- RUSE
    MUTE --- ALIT --- INVS
    CUR2 --- AFIR --- HEAL
    PURE --- AICE --- AMUT

    This would clearly look a lot more tidy and complete than the half-assed spell repertoire that he has got in the actual game;
    I honestly believe that SquareSoft probably rushed that part, since I doubt that they would leave it the way they did there.
    Last edited by *Peter*; 01-30-2023 at 08:44 PM.

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    Either that, or they were going by D&D rules at the time. They lifted a lot from that whole sale. The only balancing reason I could see why Knight would be so limited would simply be so Red Wizard and White Wizard would still have better utility, especially since buff/debuff magic becomes more important later on than offensive spells.

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