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Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
Released On: Jul 28, 2021
80
6.5
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
80
75% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
80
75% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
I like the original Final Fantasy, but I honestly haven’t touched it since the PlayStation release. I have tried to pick it up here and there, but find myself getting bored of the grind and the pace. The auto-battle injects so much energy into it that I couldn’t put the game down. Combined with the visuals and music, I just wanted to spend every minute playing Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster. It’s an excitement I haven’t felt for the original Final Fantasy in decades, and I hope the other entries capture the same feeling.
Overall, between the game’s story and gameplay, nothing sticks out as individually exceptional. Still, Final Fantasy comes together as an experience that is better than the sum of its parts. The Pixel Remaster does an excellent job of keeping the surprisingly well-aged gameplay that started the series intact while updating it with more modern pixel art and a beautiful soundtrack. Outside of a few confusing moments and poorly balanced bosses, Final Fantasy is a game I would readily recommend to modern RPG fans, and it’s a great introduction to the genre’s classics.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 103 User Ratings
6.5
58% Positive
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
15% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
27% Negative
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 103 User Ratings
6.5
58% Positive
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
15% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
27% Negative
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
While the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters aren’t perfect, they’re certainly the best and most convenient ways to play these classic games. The soundtracks are lovingly orchestrated and the pixel art is gorgeous, though the latter does lose some detail in the translation. Each game feels great to play, but I do wish extra content from previous releases or remakes had been included.
For fans of the classic series, or newcomers looking for a quality introduction into the older games, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster is a great way to experience the series. Then, of course, there are the hours and hours of content across all games in the collection to consider. It isn't perfect, but players can easily get lost in the same stories and endless combat that Square Enix first introduced with the original launch on NES.
The bottom line is Final Fantasy is simply a fun game, and Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster is a remake worthy of the title’s legacy.
The first three Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters are a somewhat solid remastering effort that could have been so much better with a few tweaks. While the amazing rearranged soundtracks sound great and the balancing tweaks make the three games still feel great to play, the divisive overhauled visuals reminiscent of the 16-bit entries, technical issues like the lack of a V-Sync toggle and display settings not saving and lack of additional content found in prior remakes make these remasters a truly worthy purchase only for those who live and breathe Final Fantasy.
I come away from Final Fantasy 1, 2, and 3 looking forward to the remaining games more than I did before. I appreciate the new features like the enhanced bestiary, the auto-combat feature, making grinding friendlier, and I LOVE the new soundtracks. But I hope they manage to address issues like the screen tearing and especially the font before the last three games release.
I can't compare this to the original version. But I had fun playing and the game looked very pretty. It was interesting to see how the series started, and I can see why it was popular. But compared to the later games it was a very prototype-feeling game. Very simple story and mechanics.
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First time playing (and beating) a FF series game. It was definitely not that bad, considering the age of the first entry, but not really that engaging either, except the final part of the game (for some reason, FF I have one of the weirdest difficulty spike on my memory. Anyway, that was a great old school experience with some polished retro graphics.
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Summary This is the ironically named game that started it all. You take control of the Warriors of Light, off on a journey to defeat four fiends and restore peace to the world. So many of the elements of the series that we've come to know and love make their debut right here in this very first entry: a massive world full of mystery, some iconic...
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- PC
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date: Jul 28, 2021
Developer:
- TOSE
Publisher: Square Enix
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