Final Fantasy V Advance Comments by Simon Parkin

Must.
Resist.
Buying.

I've about 5 other games right now that I should at least try to finish up before I buy more games for the DS, not to mention games that I should try to complete on the 360.

So whens the DS FF3 review coming?

At last! A fairly suitable place to vent my frustration at how crap Golden Sun is, which I am currently playing.


It's crap!

hmmmm... that actually sounds more tempting than FF3.

Golden Sun is not crap. Why does every game have to reinvent the wheel? A simple but nonetheless epic story told well. Good graphix and audioz 2, for sure. The djinn system is well thought out and adds a layer of depth to the proceedings, whilst remaining accessible to those of us who don't play JRPGs every waking hour.

Golden Sun is great ^_^ both of 'em. And this is one of the best FF's - I loved it.

But it's irritating trying to play it on the bus, ok it has a save anywhere system, but you sometimes have to go through pages of dull dialogue before they shut up enough to let you save. By which point the bus has already left me out in the cold. Alone and frightened.

Troo the talking can be v annoying - but that is kind of a part of any JRPG although I guess Golden Sun is one of the worst offenders.

And the interactivity is mince...
"Are you going up the mountain?"
Yes / No
Yes: "Good, ok have a nice trip"
No:"Well you should, ok have a nice trip".

etc.

I've never actually played this one, so it's tempting to give it a go. But given the amount of time I spend with my GBA, I probably wouldn't be finished by the time the next FFV remake comes out. ^_^

I rate FFV as one of the best.

The Job system is absolutely superb and the story does lovely twist and turns including a bit of drama and dispair.

Although saying that i've created a heinous crime and not completed it.

I have the FF anthology but i'm tempted to re-buy it for a handheld like I did FF I & II.

But then again judging by the rate I played FF I on the GBA maybe it's best I didn't still havn't completed that one either.

I've never really played a FF game. Started FF6 and 7, but that was about it. I think I need my RPGs a bit more action-heavy, like Secret of Mana, Terranigma or Zelda. FF games always tempt me, but when I've played them, somehow I just can't be bothered.

Isn't there some story about FF7 being the most heavily traded-in title on the PSX?

Zelda isn't a RPG

/constantly smashes head against keyboard.

I'd love to try this, but alas.. I don't own a Gameboy Advance.. or a Nintendo DS.

I only played (and finished) FF7 out of the FF series, never really worked out what all the fuss was about. I liked FF tactics, but it was just too wide, too many characters, too many choices, like Disgaea.

This however looks a bit too old school, i mean, shouldn't they be able to fit FF1-5 on the same GBA cartridge these days, just smacks of money for old rope.

ED209: "At last! A fairly suitable place to vent my frustration at how crap Golden Sun is, which I am currently playing.


It's crap!"

I haven't played Golden Sun, so I am not at liberty to evaluate the validity of that statement, but for some reason I can't stop laughing at it. :D

GrandpaUlrira: It wouldn't surprise me if the FF7 trade-in thing is true. It reminds me of films like 2001; the critical adulation that surrounds it would make you think that it's a universally accessible classic, when in fact, it's not really the type of thing that everyone would enjoy...I too just can't get past my frustrations with the battle system in those games...

But Steroyd is right, Zelda is not an RPG at all. I would have thought someone called GrandpaUlrira might realise that. :P

Why is Zelda not an RPG? If it isn't, then neither are Secret of Mana or Terranigma or Illusion of Gaia or SoulBlazer or Chrono Trigger.

I completed it on the Playstation but I'm still tempted in buying it lol. Right now playing FF3 on the DS and trying finish FF12.

I've heard the Zelda is an adventure game thing before, by the way, but like I said, if Zelda isn't an RPG, then those other games I listed aren't either. It sure as hell was an RPG, back in my day.

Yes but you fall in that little hole if Zelda is a RPG, then by your definition of a RPG, so is God of war, Resident Evil 4, Okami and Devil May Cry.

In the 21st century a RPG is a stat based game but i'll admit there is a very thin line between the two, like Fable for instance get rid of the numbers associated with your character Magic, Attack... and that other thing then by definition that would be an action adventure game to.

I'm loving FF3 at the mo, and I can see myself getting this once I am done with it. Should it go through FFIV first though?

ummmmm

Hmmm, but then what's your definition of an RPG? Do you really want to be in a world where Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma don't count either? Because they really aren't all that different to Zelda, except that they explicitly mention character levels whereas Zelda is more subtle, with the hearts, magic meter, etc. I haven't played it, but I thought Okami was an RPG. I certainly class any game where I have to go to villages etc. to find out what to do next an RPG, and where a significant portion of the game is spent interacting with other characters. In fact, I would say that Terranigma, Illusion of Gaia and Secret of Mana had even less character interaction than Zelda (post Zelda 1). Certainly that's not the case in Resi 4, where most of it is puzzle solving and shootin' shit, though I can't speak for God of War or Devil May Cry, being a bit of a Nintendo-whore.

So what I'm saying is that I think Zelda is an action RPG, and it was regarded as such for a long time, as far as I remember. I don't understand why it isn't any more. Not that it matters, really.

haha... ok, Steroyd, you added when I was still typing. I think we're converging on some kind of agreement here, that ultimately it's a thin line and it doesn't really matter.

Well I grabbed this of Wikipedia, might shed some light:

Like most video game genres, the definition of the action-RPG is flexible. The strict definition says that an action-RPG uses the same statistic-based combat and character development as a traditional RPG, only with arcade-like realtime action used instead of turn-based combat. Some people include action games with adventure elements, such as The Legend of Zelda, as well. There is also a distinct difference between games developed in Japan and in the West.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_role...

Err, regardless of whether Zelda is an RPG or not, this is. And it's a very good one. Come to think of it, this is the only JRPG I've ever finished... and I've finished it twice. It's better in my book than 6 or 7, mainly because of the job system, which has some real depth to it.

@someone. On my hourly visit to my local Salvation Army shop, I noticed that they had literally 10 million copies of "the Full Monty" on video, as did another non-military based charity shop. So it must be good...


I forgot where I was going with this, but akin to Micheal J Fox travelling in a deLorean, being pushed by a commandered train, prior to the explosion of the red fuel log but immediately after the ignition of the green fuel log has compounded their dire, Clara Clayton foolishness based situation... i'm past the point of no return.

Post!

Let's get some moaning going about FFXII's release date.

Moan moan. Seriously though, it's criminal.

On the note of FFV, I did play a rather good ROM one time of it. I would be interested to see how the translation compares. Maybe I should play my PS1 version too.

Whoever said Golden Sun is crap is soo totally wrong. It's fantastic, my favourite GBA game ever actually (original).

As for this, theres alot of them and I only have I&II. I haven't played V in a very long time, so I might pick this one up. Looking forward to III though, a VI should arrive in early 07. But won't these games come out on Wii soon?

I'm currently playing through the FF3 remake on the DS which has a job system as well. Can anyone explain the difference in the job system of FFV? (i.e. What makes it better than the system in FF3?)

FFV: interesting job system, but that's it. Story and characters are far more simple and boring than FF2 (FFIV Jap).

A simple nine in my book.

Kraftwerk: "A simple nein! in my book"

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@ GrandpaUlrira

I still think FFIII is mroe attractvie than this game, but I definately going to be buying FFV too. However, FFVI really takes the cake when it comes to handheld games I need.