A First-Timer's Final Fantasy Retrospective (I, II, III)
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I haven't played through the Final Fantasy series, so I figure it's probably time to do that. We start, of course, with the NES Trilogy.
0:00 Intro
1:38 Final Fantasy
10:53 Final Fantasy II
24:59 Final Fantasy III
36:55 Conclusion
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From what I understand, that story about Ultima being useless is only true for the Famicom release.
The real reason it sucks is that its damage scales based off how high each of your weapon/spell levels are. So that means if you had a level 16 Ultima spell but everything else was at 1, its base damage would be 116, but if you had a level 1 Ultima and everything else maxed out, its base damage is 1256.
So basically the only way to use the spell is if you not only grind Ultima itself, but you also need to have grinded everything else to max or it is totally impotent. The only real upsides are 1) it scales with your skill levels instead of Intelligence/Spirit, so you can equip heavy armor on whoever's using it and they won't have any penalties for it and 2) it also ignores magic defense and evasion. Hardly worth a 3 Dungeon excursion
Ultima was also not intended just useless in the Famicom release, it was bugged. Basically the programmer, Nasir Gebelli, messed up the coding for the Ultima spell, they even knew the spell was bugged, but the programmer was too lazy to fix it. His excuse for not fixing it was because of the "bs legends" thing brought up in this video. I'm honestly kind of surprised that he was not fired when pulling stuff like that. Regardless, he ended up also being the main programmer for FF3 on the Famicom, Origins Remake of 1 and II on PS1, and the port/demake of Origins, Dawn of Souls on the GBA.
@@RegalPixelKing dawn of souls was fantastic
At least in the remakes when you level up everything, Ultima do 9999 damage making it the most powerful spell. Time worth invested.
@@RegalPixelKing Hope I can have this kind of job security
@@tjofcarolina1776 Move to Japan then, for as fucked as the workaholism can be there they do have decent job security, you aren't really able to get fired wily nilly, layoffs are still a thing but they aren't as common as in the rest of the "free" world if my understanding is correct
*KingK ranting about bullshit status conditions.
Me: Sees he's fighting a fleet of Malboros.
"You're offically welcome to Final Fantasy. We commend you"
that made me wonder if he'd like smt since in smt that's basically the whole game
@@flayncel He *will* love SMT.
And we pretty much welcome him with open arms filled with buff and nerf spells
@@flayncel The fact that it's so core to SMT makes it easier to take in my experience. If you go into every encounter expecting status conditions, it doesn't piss you off the same way as FF does, because it's not out of the blue once in a while.
I like how that's maintained in FFXIV. Get hit by its breath AoE and your buff/debuff bar becomes a mess.
In Final Fantasy 3, there is actually an optional town where you can get Dark Knight items and even fight a boss for the best possible sword it can equip at the time. The game doesn't tell you this lol. But that's how you get the armor and dark blades for the Dark Knight initially.
Oh yeah! Falgabird or something like that, if I recall? I knew something seemed off from the way he discussing that.
Ah darknight in ff3 reminds me of throwing items with ninja to nuke bosses. Good times
@@JoshWiniberg I think there's someone in Falgabird that mentions that purpose behind Dark Knights, because when I reached that Flan-filled area I knew to use the Dark Knight's abilities to get through there.
27:49 Any idea on where the super cool, Dragoon class gets it’s shades from?
@@kasam0308 Blind condition.
In the DS/3D version of FF3 the main characters have names and have different designs.
Story is also a bit better imo
Yeah, but the game doesn't actually do anything with their "uniqueness" after the first hour or so.
@@Applemangh pretty much. They are still blank slates.
DS is my fave version yet the reddit community like the PSP one mote apparently 🤮
@@walksinrain It’s literally the same. The only thing that’s different is that you unlock Iron Giant without having to send letters to real people lol
5:28 the dragon that gives you the class upgrade is Bahamut, not Tiamat, Tiamat being the fourth Fiend
I’m also curious what you’ll think of FF5. I’ve never played it, or FF3 for that matter, but everything I’ve seen online suggests that 5 is simply a better version of 3
Cause it is, it takes the job system and improve it alot
@@canaldeltiopapita3081 Debatably, yes. However it also makes quite a few changes those like me prefer 3’s system over. Then there’s Bravely which takes both into account, hence why I fell in love with that series so hard.
@@rezahydra Curious what you prefer in FF3? I'm slightly more in the FFV camp (partially nostalgia I'm sure), but after two recent playthroughs of 3 (DS & PR), I did fall in love with Eureka and the end-game jobs.
Not really, 5 kinda took a distinctly SNES feel. Like more whacky world, etc. 4 and 5 are "BIGGER" than the likes of 3, but overall, they get lost a little.
@@sabbastian When it comes to FF3, if you know what you’re doing, even the weakest jobs can be great. I beat DS with an Invoker in my party even. Though admittedly DS still had many, many other issues. However 5 made it to where you need to really hammer in on those upgrades, more than 3. There still was variety, but less of. A similar problem I have with Octopath. Though this is but one of many reasons I could go on about.
Good luck king, the later FF videos are going to be like 6 hours each
Man, Nobuo Uematsu really pulled out all the stops when overseeing the music in this remaster
I know, right?! It's like having your own personal orchestra playing songs you never knew you'd like. He's pretty much shoving down cultured music into our systems LOL
It’s really interesting hearing your opinions on these games completely separated from nostalgia, it’s great to hear these games reviewed from a modern perspective
If you want to see a far more in-depth analysis of the Final Fantasy games that is also not based on nostalgia, might I encourage you to check out my own Final Fantasy Retrospective series? czcams.com/video/TweHctAXqBg/video.html
How was this comment posted before the video was posted
@@kenessaletsplays I got to watch it a day early by being a Patreon supporter
@@kenessaletsplays Apparently, KingK must release his videos early for his patreon supporters.
@@Acerthorn that's how that works. If you want to see content early, then support the patreon.
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Fun fact grinding is easier in the nes version of Final Fantasy 2 due to a glitch that's easy to do
That glitch only really helps with weapon skills though. Overall, I find the modern versions require less grinding just because everything levels up so much faster to the point that you don't need a glitch.
I never found a need for a glitch. On the PS1 version, I gave someone two shields and put everyone else in the back row. Their evasion was ludicrous in no time.
It's also in the PS1 version. Forward and back and forward and back and forward and back...
Yea but I played it without a guide. It’s a nightmare
They kept that glitch in the game for the Dawn of Souls GBA version. I definitely recommend that version over the pixel remaster.
Wow I didn’t see this coming! I’m pretty shocked that you enjoyed the NES titles as much as you did! I’ve never been able to finish any of them aside from the original. I’m very excited to hear your take on the SNES titles!
You are aware that like he didn't play the originals, right?
Woosh
This is due to the strengths of the Pixel Remasters. I was a bit on the fence on them, with some claiming them to be too easy, but then I remember trying to grind for hours in the original FF and not... fond memories, so maybe that's not such a bad thing? I did love FFIII:DS though.
I’m still waiting
@@kasam0308 It's so over bros...
Been playing through the pixel remasters and kept thinking "I wish KingK did a retrospective on the early games", and here we are
FF6 is one of my favorite games and I suspect it will need an entire 50+ minute video to itself. Cannot wait
Thank you for the video !
I grew up with FF3 DS remake, in 3D, with actual characters and their own personalities ; it's still my favorite FF game to this day, with its job system including things that are still so unique and original to this day
Same; I love the ds version a lot and replayed it so many times which then made me love ff14 back in the arr days when I saw the crystal tower raids
Word for word, that was my experience with the game, lol.
A video from Liam and King K in the same day? Christmas has actually come early!
Great video, I hope once you're through with the main series you'll check out Bravely Default, the job system in that is insanely customizable. Plus the first two games have a lot of options to let you tailor your experience like tweaking the encounter rate and whatnot. It's got a lot of shared DNA with the NES trilogy specifically, imo.
You beat me to the punch with the bravely default recommendation lol.
I personally think the PSP versions are the definitive versions with the added content and other changes
Dawn of souls that collected FF 1 and 2 were really good on the GBA as well
3ds 3 is really good if u like the style
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The PSP version of 2 is quite a bit better than the gba version because it has the keyword dungeons.
3 doesn’t have one though… it’s on psp but it’s just the darn 3DS version.
For 1 and 2, yes, but the 3D remake of 4 has what is by far the best translation of the story
I can't wait for you to play Final Fantasy 4. It's my personal favorite, so I'm excited to see if you love or hate it!
Same here. SNES FF is peak FF.
Hype for the 4-6 retrospective. 6 especially, that game's like the foundation on which my love of the entire video game medium is built.
amen
Long time fan! I wanted to say how much I appreciate your focus on the soundtracks of games. They are a huge part of the experience for me!
Hey King, loving the video so far! But the mention of the beginning reminded me. Do you plan on finishing out the KH retrospectives at any point(DDD and KH3)? Or are you fairly finished with the series at this point?
If you’ve played them, you should definitely give your thoughts on the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. Explorers of Sky is still one of the finest games of its kind.
Absolutely unforgettable experience, and one of the best reasons to own a DS (aside from the other Pokémon games of course).
I’d love to see his perspective on the PMD series, I love the stories and enjoy the gameplay. I understand that the gameplay puts most people off though.
@@MarcoBeSomething I find that it takes a long time to introduce most of the actually interesting mechanics to spice up the gameplay, and the story also takes a fairly long time to really pick up steam.
But god, it is so, SO rewarding to see it through - for both story and gameplay (and music, and characters, and tears... so many tears...)
@@DELTARYZ I get what you’re saying and you’re right. Especially in EOS, but if you trim the story & get to the better mechanics faster you kinda end up like RT where the story suffers in some aspects.
I can safely say my jaw dropped when I saw the notification. I am SO excited for this. ❤️
I never knew I wanted a video like this so bad until it was uploaded.
I love that you showcased some of the music in this video! As someone who hasn't played much FF, the music has always been the thing I've looked forward to most
Congrats on making it through those games! I think you're going to have a blast with 4, 5, and 6.
Extremely excited to sink my teeth into this. Your retrospectives really are the high water mark on this website for me. Can't wait to see the whole series covered!
Outstanding video as always! Really happy you enjoyed them all to this degree. IV is one of my favourites, hope you enjoy it as well
The way you said “square space” at the start gave me the chills. Your voice is so powerful yet soothing.
This video was amazing. I hope you review 4-6 too when they all release. (I hope you play the original FFVII too) Did you notice how many things Shadowbringers picked up from FF3? Even the Warriors of Darkness fighting the calamity of light in the past. Many plot points and especially music! Yeah, Uematsu's a god. Not many FF14 players realize how many tracks from that game are composed by him, and not Soken. Although Soken is amazing!
im still waiting... patiently
Still waiting
Nobuo Uematsu goes sicko mode with every soundtrack
I’m a little late, but I would very much recommend HCBaily’s more recent FF2 Let’s Play, as it is very informative on how to most easily breeze through the game fairly.
Yeah, I kept thinking of how HC would handle the things that KingK mentioned...
Recently stumbled into your channel, I absolutely love your analysis of games. Keep it up!
I didn’t know the music would be so amazing thanks for showcasing that
4,6,7,8,9,10 are the ones that really hold the magic of the series for me. Anything after or before was just never the same. Even V feels like a spiritual successor to the nes trilogy honestly.
@Guy Dude you know I actually agree 100% about 8, because I had to explain that same thing to this guy and i told him the game is good but that junction system was terrible. None of the characters were special because of it they were all just placeholders. V i did enjoy although i never got to beat it, but that job system was pretty huge when i think about it.
@@najeejenkins7070 I just beat FFV recently. Its okay, i just wish that the game's narrative was a little better to keep me interested in the gameplay. The places you travel to aren't that memorable, the story follows the same jrpg tropes, and the job system (while improved from 3) takes way too much grinding than its actually worth.
It felt like they were trying to take the job system from ff3 and the linear story from ff4 and mesh it together in a mediocre way.
I really enjoyed watching the excellent gameplay footage, fantastic game audio and your interesting views on the gameplay of each part in the series.
Great video 😃
I'm really glad you ended up enjoying Final Fantasy I as much as you did! It's honestly a standout for me for just how unique a game it really is in the context of the series as a whole. The modest size of the main plot plus the highly-customizable nature of the player's party really makes it a fun game to just do a run through every now and again, trying out different party combinations. There ARE notable balance issues with it, such as Temper being stackable with both itself and Haste and just busted as hell ever since they fixed the glitch in the NES version that made it do nothing at all, but overall I think it's a really fun time! It's a light (but not shallow!), replayable, gameplay-focused experience that stands as a retroactive anomaly in a series that's come to be defined by its sweeping, dramatic storylines and longer playtimes. Not that what Final Fantasy is better known for is BAD, just that, in retrospect, how much it diverged from Final Fantasy I retroactively gave that first game a much stronger and more distinct identity within the series, since nothing else quite like it was ever done again in the later installments.
Final Fantasy II is a game that, to be honest... I was initially kind of a detractor of, but, ironically, it was playing the NES version that really made me warm up to it and come to understand it on its own terms. Full disclosure, I AM a weirdo who unironically likes NES JRPG game design despite not really growing up with it, but I feel that FFII is just SUCH an ambitious game that does a LOT to really flesh itself out within the limitations of the NES's hardware. The recurring motif of the party coming back to civilization only to find that some major event went down in their absence was very likely born of not having the space or technology on the NES to actually show those events happening, but it really does a lot to make the world feel alive and to make the heroes feel like just one part of a larger resistance effort, the other members of which are carrying out their own missions just as you're carrying out yours. It's undeniably wonky in a number of ways, but it really just has way too much heart and passion and creativity packed into it for me not to love it.
It's already been explained in the comments how Ultima works in FFII and that the bug is only in the Famicom original (IIRC the person who did it actually said it was a jab at how things that were very impressive for their time often feel underwhelming in practice relative to modern technology), but yeah, I've never really found Ultima to be too worth using, frankly. If you've been training its recipient in other magic spells, it'll, realistically, end up ON PAR with comparably-leveled Flare and Holy spells, but not noticeably better. As one might imagine, Ultima is significantly more useful for things like super-tough side dungeons that you're taking on with rigorously min-maxed characters, but in the main storyline... yeah, it's not that great.
I also wanted to add that there actually WERE plans to have the party actually battle Leon every so often in earlier plot drafts, like a Pokemon rival. I'm still not really sure why they cut that, honestly. I realize this is beyond what would've been easy to do on the Famicom, but it would be neat to have the confrontation in Castle Palamecia initiate a battle with Leon that goes for a few rounds before the Emperor interrupts the fight rather than him showing up just before things actually come to blows.
Regarding the leveling system, all versions of Final Fantasy II actually scale weapon and spell proficiency gain based on how the user's level with that weapon or spell relates to the strength of the enemies you're fighting! So it's actually faster to train spells and weapon types against stronger enemies rather than weaker. Weapon ranks in particular go up SUPER DUPER FAST up to about level 5 or so, so it's not at all unfeasible to train one character in more than just one or two weapon types. Worth noting, though, is that the scaling bonus only actually applies to the first use of a weapon or spell within a given battle, but it can be a pretty sizeable bonus if you're leveling lower-leveled ranks. This is, in my opinion, actually a kiiiinda smart anti-grinding measure? Or at least an anti-grinding-being-too-boring measure, since it makes it quicker to train proficiencies by getting into multiple different encounters wherein you use the abilities you want to level up once than to do so by drawing out individual battles to use them as much as you can in a single encounter.
Strength, Spirit, and Intelligence don't really scale, though. The odds of them increasing are just X/46 (Strength), X/16 (Spirit), or X/26 (Intelligence), where X equals the number of times that character used an action that trains that stat in that encounter. Physical attacks obviously training Strength, White Magic casts training Spirit, and Black Magic casts training Intelligence. Worth noting; this is how it works in the Famicom original. It's possible the remakes completely changed the "Does this stat increase?" determination algorithms altogether, but at the very least, from anecdotal experience, they seem to have lowered the denominators in those fractions a bit to make the stats go up more frequently.
On the same topic, a funny thing you can do that's unique to the Pixel Remaster is have a character fight with two Shields equipped, which, in the Pixel Remaster only, causes them to use unarmed attacks when they use the Attack command. They gain proficiency in unarmed attacks on top of above-average proficiency gain for Shields. It's gimmicky, but it might be fun for a really evasion-centric character build sometime. (For context, in prior versions, attacking with only Shields equipped to the hand slots just results in the character doing a little hop dance that has no effect besides granting Shield proficiency as though they'd attacked.)
The DS version of Final Fantasy III was actually my first Final Fantasy EVER, though it does make some significant changes. You now have a main party of four named characters with personal designs who join one at a time over the course of the Sasune arc instead of just starting out with a full team of four basically-blank-slate heroes, for one thing. Enemy formations are now capped at 3 enemies at once, with enemies that originally appeared in larger groups being buffed to compensate. Guest party members even actually chip in in battle now, every so often, with a couple actions each of them may perform at random after issuing commands to your party! There are other little changes, but I think it's a perfectly fine version of the game, having played and enjoyed both it and the NES original.
Interestingly, the NES version actually DOES specify which members of the party are speaking each line of dialogue from the heroes, so that seems to be something the Pixel Remaster deliberately REMOVED for some reason. Maybe it's to let you imagine for yourself who's saying what? I'd be interested to hear the reasoning there.
I would love to see a retrospective on Final Fantasy X, in particular. It's a game that I think is fantastic, and holds a lot of sentimental value to me.
I do like two more than one. I like that there's more of a story. The game burned you, rightfully so, but the post-game content in the gba version makes it. You play as every character who died, fighting their way through hell to help the living members defeat the empereror. It's a real treat.
My first experience with Final Fantasy was playing the NES version with my free credit on the Wii. I fell in love with it, got the IOS version on my iPod touch and played it everywhere I wasn't near the Wii. The charm, the quirks and the design of these games has kept me a fan for longer than I can remember at this point.
Man I’ve re watched your Metroid retrospectives like 50 times each. Can’t wait for the Prime 4 and Dread videos!
The funny thing is, if I told you how the FF2 mechanics ACTUALLY worked, you would not have built the characters the way you did hahah. There's actually a mechanic in the game where spells are massively depowered if you equip weapons, shields, and most gloves, armor, etc.
Basically, the "right" way to build the characters is to have Firion focus only on swords and shields and nothing else, have Maria focus on Black Magic and basically de-equip all of her gear and play with her naked - no weapons or anything. Guy should focus on white magic, and again he should be naked. For Maria and Guy, the only items they can equip without penalties are Ribbon, White/Black Robes and Protect Ring (and a few others that don't matter). When Leon joins, he should also just focus on Swords and Shields.
That is the "right" way to build your characters. You will notice if you built like this, instead of doing 300 damage with spells, you will do 2500 or 3000 (and when built like this, those "tedious" dungeons you mentioned are no longer tedious haha). Maria can cast Flare and Guy can cast Holy. Firion can equip Masamune and Leon can use Excalibur. All other weapon types are hilariously not worth using. Don't shoot the messenger.
Is all of this still true in these new remastered versions? Someone above wrote about most of the stat based things were taken for the handheld ports already, so maybe it is. But the way you write it makes it sound like you might've picked it up as some kind of urban legend, that was true, but maybe isn't anymore in the later versions / ports of the game and now the remasters anymore?
@@bazzy5644 I just beat the game last week. Yes, all of this is true as the Pixel Remaster is not based on the PSP version - it is brand new based off the NES version. Any similar quality of life improvements with the PSP or GBA versions were implemented again from scratch.
I unfortunately played Maria with bows and had her equipped with armor. I found this out after Mysidia, which was WAY too late. When I tested it though, I would put on and take off one armor at a time and go into the same battle and check damage. The highest damage was when she had nothing on. Ribbon, Black Robe and Protect Ring did not affect damage. Actually, Black Robe improved damage - the only armor to do so due to +10 Int.
In my testing, Flare would do about 150 damage. If I had her naked but with a bow, she did 950. With the bow not equipped, she would do about 1150.
I actually grinded her magic up to the point where it would have probably been if I had focused it on it correctly from the beginning rather than using bow attacks a lot, and she was doing 2000+ damage, which is around the same damage as Masamune/Excalibur at weapon level 10.
Also, Mysidia would ahve been a lot easier for me if I had built her correctly because by equipping armor and using bows, my Fire spell was only doing around 350 damage to the Dark Flans, and each flan has 300 HP. This made those fights with multiple Black Flans very tedious because I could only kill 1 at a time. However, by correcting the issue, it was actually possible to kill all the flans at once with Fire, which is how the game designers intended for you to beat it I think.
Anyway, what I'm saying is correct and I think it's the dumbest game mechanics ever.
Three was my first FF and one I really enjoy, so I'm glad you had fun with it!
I really love 4 5 and 6, I hope they meet your expectations.
If you like the Job system in FFIII, you will love the job system in FFV. I hope to see a video on FFV soon. I presume you'll make it when the Pixel Remaster version comes out.
No freaken way the king is back I love you man love your content, and your voice helps me relax after studying so much :)
I've always had a soft spot for the first 3 Final Fantasy games. I dunno what it is, but something about their simplicity is charming. Although II had its own ambitious story, the whole trilogy really feels like Square was testing the waters with the kind of RPG Fantasy world they wanted to create. In a way, it makes me appreciate IV and onward because of everything that came before. IV expanded the storytelling first established in II, V revamped the Job System of III, and in a way, the first game kinda just planted the seeds that would eventually bloom into beauty.
Also, if anything has to be said, Nasir Gebelli deserves MASSIVE respect for his programming skills on these games. Considering the sheer feat of doing so at the time, while doing it entirely on his own, you cannot ignore his contributions to this series.
Funny story: in my playthrough of III on DS, it took me a lot of grinding and several attempts on the Crystal Tower and the World of Darkness, but when I eventually succeeded against the Cloud, three of my party still went down way too quickly and I only won by having a Magus spam Drain.
Legit just found your channel from sonic videos and seeing a final fantasy video has sold me as a permanent fan
Thanks a lot... now I've got to go make another soundtrack playlist among my already extensive list of game soundtracks!
it's super weird how you and i somehow had the same childhood when it comes to video games
i also discovered and loved kingdom hearts before ever really getting into final fantasy
Bravely Default blows these games out of the water. Turning off random encounters to explore was such a great innovation.
23:50 and when I got to this part, I had every party member equipped with ribbon, which nullifies all negative status effects, making the last dungeon essentially an EXP boost. I got so many stats upgrades running around the dungeon that I 2-cycled the final boss. My _bow_ character was hitting for 3000 damage from the back row - essentially a free grind session as I ran around. Just a note for anyone picking up FF, Ribbon is in many of the games (including the first) and although it isn't the _best_ equipment in slot stat wise, it's ability to nullify all status effects makes it the best armor in the game for any character.
Loved hearing what you have to say about the initial trilogy. I feel that the main line series didn’t really find its identity until 3, but after that, each game released was more grand than the last. And once it finally found itself, that’s when it really started playing with its story telling.
Tbh, I’d be willing to wait months if it meant we could see more expanded, possibly separate, videos on the next three
You might wanna make a pinned comment before the video's out, at 5:28 and 6:17, that's not Tiamat, that's Bahamut, Tiamat is one of the 4 elemental fiends.
I scrolled through the (so far) 22 comments looking to see if anyone mentioned that before I typed up something. a lot of folks will just jump on this immediately lol
Though it makes me wish SE makes a FFvs1, where you're warriors of darkness staving off the light and would get class upgrades from Tiamat to fight Bahamut.
I was like “what? Did they rename him?”
Banger video, hyped for this series!
Just a note to Ultima in FFII.
The spell is linked to the character's skill levels and spell levels. In order to max the spell's power you would need to grind all skills to max and learn all spell slots (minus one) to max level. Then you would max level Ultima. It is a pain in the ass but by the time you get done grinding it is the most powerful spell in the game. Only grind heavy madmen will want to stick it out to see the potential of Ultima.
I didn't expect this, but I am glad my favourite video game advisor is here
Now play 4,5 and the best one in the whole damned series (arguably) 6. Those are the ones you're going to really get what made this series so legendary. I was recommended this video by CZcams. You definitely have a new subscriber now. Excellent overview! I played all of them from the start in 1987, (except for 11 and 14. It seems that 14 is pretty fun from what I hear.) so I definitely have a nostalgic eye for all of this. I'm glad you enjoyed them!
But play the SNES versions. They're the original vision. The other versions can burn in Hell.
Holy fuck, the remastered soundtrack is amazing. Literally reliving my childhood, hearing that sent me back to the days when i played FF1&2 dawn of souls on the GBA.
Any chance of a Dragon Quest retrospective in the future? Just curious.
These OST revisions are so good.
Can't wait for you to exprience Cecil's journey in IV, the dynamic job system of V, and the grand story of VI.
This for me is the essential Trilogy of the sprite era of Final Fantasy. While the NES era gave us foundations of what Final Fantasy can be. The SNES era gave us memorable experiences that made us expect more from the franchise moving forward.
SNES Final Fantasy was peak Final Fantasy.
Me watching the breath of the wild retrospective this morning thinking, "boy, I could really use a new KingK video on my day off".
I've been wanting to play 2 and 3 recently, glad to know what I'll up against before playing em watching this
This was such a treat today!
I just wanted to say I love your vidseos and this one comes at a time where I need a new rpg to play on my phone. Ive only played FF1 (of the NES and SNES) but im def interested in trying 2 and 3 now. Thanks!
So amazing I can’t wait till you cover the snes ones , some of the best ever created
Hope we get a sequel one day to this video 🙏
The first, and for a long time only, FF game I actually finished was the DS remake of FF3. I really enjoyed it
This is an amazing video thank you for making this
uh oh its the Jeff - LLoyd Problem, the one who gives you the Job Upgrade in the First FF is Bahamut, not Tiamat, Tiamat is a boss you fight in the Flying Fortress
Glad you got specific in this video. Other videos don't and it's great to hear. Will you cover the mods available for the game?
I finally finished my Zelda Marathon, now time to see some Final Fantasy action!
I'm looking forward to buying this collection because, as much as I liked the original NES games, beating those versions one time is enough.
6:56 Final Fantasy I has always had an amazing soundtrack. I love the old 8 bit versions. That was one of my first games, played on my NES
The bullshit with enemy status ailments has been, funnily enough, introduced in the pixel remasters and not the original release of FF2.
Interesting considering how they picked the rebalanced stats from the Dawn of Souls release for FF1 and FF2 (which make the game way easier than the original). Maybe they decided to introduce little curve balls like these to still keep the games challenging? Who knows...
The review i didn't know i needed. Please keep going as far into the games as you can without hating life XD it's a lot to digest
Glad to see you enjoyed the original games! Early rpgs can be really tedious and annoying, but the FF games were actually pretty good. Worth noting that 1 is much harder on the NES. Can't wait for you to do 4-6, they are my favorite era of final fantasy.
Was just watching your pokemon series and thinking that I need to find someone that does your same style of content but for Final Fantasy so I can get a look at the first 3 to see if I was missing something by not playing them before starting with 4. Pleasantly surprised to find this in your own list because I love your videos
This has been a nice surprise to see in my feed :)
finally some love for the original 3. admittedly they have not aged well comparatively, but they have provided much fun for me when I first discovered Final Fantasy.
I remember soft locking myself deep into Kashaun Keep because I didn’t go in with enough healing items and saved well into the dungeon. Good times 😅
Its fun to have an all red team in the first FF. Double knights for masamune and Excalibur, ninja for katana and the fourth best sword goes to red wizard. Fun times
The kingdom hearts music in the background of this video is so relaxing and it’s making me miss kingdom hearts😭😂 now I want to replay all of them again lol thanks KingK
OMG nice. I love you KingK. Thanks for the video.
Ultima is actually potentially insanely powerful in the Pixel Remaster. Where other spells have powers between 10-30, Ultima's is equal to all of your other spells and weapon skills combined.
With all the mention of Kingdom Hearts at the beginning it makes me wonder when the next Kingdom Hearts retrospective will come? I love that series and your take on each of the game and have really been looking forward to Dream Drop Distance and beyond. This was a cool video though, as a huge FF fan it's so cool to see how it is through a newcomer's eyes. FF 1 is one of my favorites in the series, and I have a ton of love for 2, especially after recently replaying it. I think 5 and 8 are my favorites, looking forward to when you get to those.
The ramp up of difficulty in FF2 is like the ramp up in FF15. Hardly any crazy side effects and genuinely fun fights.. Then you get to the last area and every battle is 27 items, tones of healing, pausing, guessing etc. I stuck around and finished FF2 but in 15 I just watched the last area on a Let's Play.
I played ff2 on the GBA remaster, and i didn't have to grind either, I've heard but can't confirm that it was an NES thing, but basically it comes from people realizing that hitting you allies gets you hp so they spend a long time hitting their own allies to get hp and weapons skills up, but I'm also told that doing that actually made the game harder? (I don't know ff2 nes mechanics well enough but I remember someone telling me this) so since the game got harder people assumed they needed to grind more, which just screwed them over more Because they assumed just because you CAN spend hours attacking your own teammates, that it was the most effective tactic available.
leveling your hp in FF2 made the game harder specifically because of the emperor, due to how he quite literally has the same drain effect as the blood sword(blood lance/trident) on his physical attack. this effect the emperor has also explains why the blood sword is broken when used against him and is literally his weakness(besides massive hp which is what the drain effects scale off of)
alongside other enemies with drain attacks like vampire girls/other undead enemies with drain attacks for example, so the reason why leveling hp up made the game harder was specifically due to drain attacks.
Thank you for this
Good review, it definitely will help those that wish to follow your path
Can't wait to see more!
Its gonna be fun to see your reaction to V; especially after seeing you dig the Job system of III.
Great video, I hope you do this for all the pixel remasters.
great stuff King
Hell yeah, the King is doing Final Fantasy! ^^ And yes, Nobuo Uematsu is an absolute legend.
Great content,love your voice and grand presentations,
Love your videos king!
The best way to play is the remakes for the GBA when you’re 6 and still learning to read. That’s the sweet spot XD
I've had a very similar experience with Final Fantasy throughout my life. I grew up with Kingdom Hearts, and have always had a deep appreciation for Final Fantasy in THEORY, but beyond playing a few hours of the DS version of FFIII, the series evaded me for a really long time. I'm currently playing through FFVI (GBA version), and... I'm certain you'll LOVE it