It features bonus dungeons that aren't in Origins, plus its redrawn sprites are awesome. The PSP / mobile iteration of Final Fantasy is also worth a look. Finally, Final Fantasy Origins' presence on the PlayStation Network makes it very easy to snap up. It also retains the original game's unique 'charge'-based magic system, whereas Dawn of Souls (which is also excellent) adopts the more modern MP-based system. This PlayStation collection gathers up Final Fantasy I and II, fixes its considerable bugs, gives its translation a good once-over, and adds innumerable improvements to its graphics and sound. If you want to start at the start, grab Final Fantasy Origins. It all started with the humblest of sprites. The initial NES release is certainly historic (and also easily accessible thanks to the Virtual Console and the NES Classic), but it's buggy and a bit hard to grok thanks to a sub-par translation. If you're on a great big quest to catch up on the Final Fantasy games, your range of options for the very first title is huge. You should get: Final Fantasy Origins (PlayStation / PSOne Classic)Īlso consider: Final Fantasy 1 & 2: Dawn of Souls (GBA) / Final Fantasy (PSP / Mobile) 'Should you play Final Fantasy XIV on a PC or console?' is a big discussion by itself. Note that this guide covers the mainline Final Fantasy games only, and it's focused around the single-player games. Even series veterans who want to go back to the beginning can benefit from knowing which revisions and remakes best capture the spirit of the original games while doing away with bugs, mistranslations, and tedious mechanics. This guide exists to help make your Final Fantasy experience easier and more comfortable. Retro Final Fantasy games are particularly confusing: A single NES or SNES title can have four or five remakes behind it. Trying to wade through the deluge isn't funny, though.

It's no wonder Final Fantasy is the subject of one of gaming's most well-worn jokes ('Why's the series called Final Fantasy if it has so many games?').

There are a lot of games, and more confusingly, even a single Final Fantasy game can have several versions. The Final Fantasy series is one of the Great Ancients of the RPG genre. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.

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