FINAL FANTASY V

与前四作相比进步的不是一星半点，很多设计放在sfc时代是非常先进的，甚至是超前。 最明显能感受到的，就是剧情方面。人物有了更多细腻的情感刻画，塑造更为饱满，情节上也更为曲折，层层递进，引人入胜。游戏中还包含大量的过场，不仅有完整的开场动画，结尾滚动字幕的时候也有动画展示主角团未来的生活，可以说从本作开始就往“播片游戏”上发展了。而且像素小人也更细节：开心、悲伤、惊讶、沮丧等各种表情，还有肢体语言，都十分传神。 玩法上，看作是三代的全面升级，系列史上最丰富的职业体系。能力+职业混合百搭的系统，能做到根据不同战况，随时随地转为不同职业，并且完全无代价。没有最终解，只有最优解。极大提升了策略性和可玩性。 有跟我一样是初次接触的新玩家，想玩的话看见打折，别犹豫直接入，它完全值得这个价。

Having been a fan of the franchise for years and played through most of the modern entries, I recently decided it was time to return to where it all began. I’m currently playing through the Pixel Remaster series in chronological order, and having just rolled credits on Final Fantasy V, I can confidently say it is my absolute favorite of the first five entries—even as I eagerly anticipate the legendary Final Fantasy VI. Looking at the evolution of the series from I to V, this is the exact moment where the iconic Job System truly crystallized into perfection. The brilliance of learning abilities from mastered jobs and freely combining them gives you an unprecedented level of character customization. I can only imagine how mind-blowing this sense of absolute strategic freedom must have felt back in 1992, but even today, decades later, the execution is nothing short of genius. Narratively, the game strikes a wonderful balance: it is delightfully charming, surprisingly warm, yet effortlessly epic when it needs to be. For someone like me who experienced the later games first, there is a profoundly uplifting joy in witnessing the origins and evolution of the series' DNA—watching recurring staples like [spoiler]Chocobos, Cid, Moogles, Summons[/spoiler], and the unforgettable [spoiler]Gilgamesh[/spoiler] come to life and find their iconic footing. If you are on the fence about diving into this classic, take a deep breath and just jump in—but do yourself a favor and play through them in order to truly appreciate the journey. Final Fantasy V is a genuine masterpiece of retro JRPG design, easily offering 30+ hours of rich content if you aim to fully max out your party. [b] A timeless gem that belongs in every RPG lover's library.[/b]

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.

ストーリーやシステムが過去作の焼き直しのよう 4や3からそこまで進歩できてないように見える 取り返しのつかなくなる要素が多すぎ 第1～第3世界とフィールドが大きく変わっていく中であまりにも短期間限定のイベントが多すぎ 特に吟遊詩人の歌、青魔法、召喚魔法は取り逃すと後々響いてくるし ボスモンスターにレア枠の盗めるアイテムにドロップアイテム、それも入手方法がそれしかないはやりすぎ 延々とリターンやリセットで狙い続けるとストーリーが進まない。 敵が初見殺しが多いうえに普通に強く全体攻撃をしてくるのでジョブの回復役を育ててないとあっと言う間にやられる。 ジョブのバランスが悪い 数こそ多いものの最終的にはみだれうち連打というワンパになるし回復サポートは青魔法のマイティガードとホワイトウィンドになって他のジョブはABPを稼ぎきったら使われなくなる というか一々ジョブを切り替えるかアビリティの付け替えをしないとフィールドでも白魔法や時空魔法を使えないのがうっとうしい 戦闘も同様で盗むために一々ぬすむにつけかえさせられたり青魔法を覚えるために一々ラーニングやあやつるを付け替えたりとストレスのたまる仕様

Final Fantasy IV established a much bigger focus on characters and story for the series, and Final Fantasy V really picks up where IV left off. If I'm being honest though, the stories are starting to feel a little familiar. The big bad wants to bring darkness to the world, four young heroes have to protect or use the crystals to stop the end of the world, sacrifices are made along the way, bonds are forged, and the Warriors of Light save the day. What sets FF4 and FF5 apart, though, are the characters. They each have their own motivations, triumphs, and personal losses, and that's what makes the journey worth going through. Yeah, the overall goal is similar from game to game, but the heroes are what make each adventure special. I really enjoyed going through this one with Bartz, Lenna, Faris, and Krile, and I especially loved the ending flashbacks. They did a great job of showing just how far each of the heroes had come by the end of the game. I have to say, my favorite mechanic in the game was easily the revamped job system. I loved being able to customize each hero based on whatever the situation called for. Being able to take that customization even further with the Mimic and Freelancer jobs was even better. This was by far my favorite mechanic in the entire game and probably one of my favorite systems I've encountered in the series so far. My least favorite mechanic by a mile, though, was how you obtain Blue Magic. I really didn't enjoy that part of the system, especially compared to how much freedom and flexibility the rest of the job system gives you. Overall, I really enjoyed FF5. While the story is starting to feel familiar, the characters and job system kept the adventure feeling fresh and made it easy to stay invested in the journey. FF4 was a huge step forward for the series, and FF5 feels like it took the foundation FF4 established and built on it in some really fun ways. I'm definitely curious to see where the series goes from here, because if these first five games are any indication, Final Fantasy is only getting better.

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

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.