FINAL FANTASY V

Missing the extra end/post-game content from the GBA version, but the sound and graphical improvements can't be denied. Once of the deeper games int he Pixel Remaster series gameplay-wise. Definitely worth a buy.

The best iteration of the job system honestly. The story is lighthearted compared to the entries it ends up between (IV and VI) but it is absolutely delightful.

The SNES Final Fantasy to never see a release in the west, but yet has so much to offer in terms of sheer replayability and a mix-and-matching style Job System that changes the way you approach this game, for once you're truly in control of your destiny and how YOU play the game. Final Fantasy V is a fantastic evolution, with all new updated graphics and the introduction of the Job System which made its debut in FFIII but was perfected, fixing the flaws of it's reminiscent NES counterpart (no more needing points to switch jobs now). This game is all about learning Jobs and customising your party to how you desire to play. Don't be intimidated by the AMOUNT of options, as this is a game that encourages experimentation and finding what suits you, simply put, there is no wrong way to play this game. While the story and narrative is universally agreed upon to not be as strong as FF4 or 6, it still excels greatly in an immersive plot with loveable characters and plenty of hilarious moments that make up for the lack of in depth plot. FFV feels more like a parody of serious RPG narratives while at the same time, having plenty of serious and heart wrenching moments of it's own. It's akin to games like Earthbound in a way, which makes me love it even more. For the Pixel Remaster itself, it's fantastic. Gone are the days of needing to buy english-translated reproduction cartridges or downloading poorly translated roms, the Pixel Remaster offers the best translation to date alongside many features that will easily help newcomers. I obviously encourage you to play the SNES originals or preferably play the GBA version, but if you want to learn everything without being overly punished then you're in for a great experience. FFV is one of the harder games in the series, while levels don't matter as much your jobs certainly do and not at least grinding a few specific jobs for each party member can be rough, be sure to experiment as aforementioned before. The world of Final Fantasy 5 is much bigger than the one of the game before, you'll be racking up at least 50 to 60 hours of playtime before you're even close to finishing everything this game has to offer so I'd seriously recommend you do everything you possibly can, you won't regret it. Although I have my praises for the Pixel Remaster as it was the way many people experienced Final Fantasy V for the first time, it shares many universal issues across all the Pixel Remasters in general, which I'll reiterate for the hundredth time that I have mentioned them across my reviews of the other games. Visual effects for things like spells are all the same across the games, many of them don't even look remotely identical to the SNES versions and completely takes away from a lot of this game's art style which tends to be an issue with these Pixel Remasters, the new developers clash so much with the art style of these older titles. The new sprites aren't bad but they lack a lot of detail from the originals, but this is extremely minor and nobody playing this with a fresh state of mind coming into this game will really care. They're good for what they are, but personally I'm not the biggest fan. The final battle with the game's main antagonist has the tension rapidly reduced by how they fixed the camera angle, showing him in full frame. Avoiding spoilers for your sake I won't go into much detail but you'll see for yourself when you make the comparisons, a lot of the hardware limitations worked in service of the vision of the game and made even simple things like enemy positions and size within the frame have a stronger impact. I never brought this up in past reviews but the introduction of boosters has been mixed for me, while I enjoy using them once I've beaten the game properly or to disable random encounters to thoroughly search areas on my completed save file, I think giving access to them from the get go negates a lot of the experience. You can easily beat all these Pixel Remasters in like a week with just the 4x stat booster and random encounters disabled, if you're someone who is lacking time then you shouldn't really be playing JRPGs as a game of choice anyways. Just my opinion though, it seems these boosters are positively received so play however you want. Once again this is another case of the pros heavily outweighing the cons, I'm happy to see there is finally a way for international players to experience this game. Back then all people had was emulation and some awkward translations, but this is to my knowledge the best translation of the game out there and offering multi-language support is a really big plus. Makes me happy there are fans finally experiencing this game for what it is and is no longer burden to the black sheep status it has so infamously been known by. If you want the purest experience, emulate the game. Not going to sugarcoat it, you will get the intended experience by just playing a translated patch of the original even if that means having to deal with some of the quirks of it being such an old game. FFV is timeless, play the original (and this applies to any game ever, original first always). To end this review, here's a very crucial tip for new players, by the end of the game you will encounter an enemy who roams outside of a checkpoint. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ATTEMPT TO FIGHT HIM. There are enemies you may encounter throughout the game that are identical sprite-wise to him, keep that in mind.

hell ya

This game is incredible, I really enjoyed the story and the job system feels so rewarding when you make powerful combos. Though the absolute highlight of this game is the main party, they're all such great characters with lots of personality. And of course the music is just perfect.

A classic JRPG that holds up by today's standards; it is deeply charming and mechanically rich. Its job system is an improvement over III's, and you can see where modern RPGs that utilize similar systems looked back for inspiration. Final Fantasy V invites you to break it, offering you powerful combinations of abilities and interactions to ovecome any challenge. Always read what items do! From a community standpoint, the FFV Four Job Fiesta always gives me an excuse to come back to this game for both charity and challenge. Buyer beware: as it is a game from a different era, there is missable content and grinding for abilities is encouraged though not expected. There are spoiler-free guides online if you care about this sort of thing. The pixel remaster version offers some additional QoL and slight balance changes from previous iterations of FFV; if you do not care about the slight variations between versions, I recommend this one.

good game and story. Interesting to see the evolution from 1-6

It's just good. The job system is amazing and provides a huge amount of customization for your characters. My favorite of the pixel remasters so far.

He turned himself into a tiny splinter, waiting for just this moment.

Great game, fun mechanics, beautiful spritework, awesome music both original and arranged, good story, the remaster additions are great especially the Boost option to speed up grinding. The open world is fun, the side content is solid, the methods of traversal are great. Not too long, not too short. The greatest part about this game is the job system, being able to make a party with any job composition, with party members able to master and use various abilities of other jobs make this a game that's hard to put down. There's so much experimentation to be done and with the pixel remaster boost enhancer it makes it much easier to play with party composition. It's fun to experiment and figure out what works, what doesn't, and what is totally broken. The great variety of items, weapons, armor, combined with the job system make this very replayable under various rule-sets. I have a lot to say but I'm not a good writer, to keep it short; if you have any interest in Final Fantasy you MUST play Final Fantasy 5!