I recently have been replaying both FF3 and FF5, and enjoying them on my original hardware, no less. :) I picked up translated reproduction carts of each.

I find FF5 to be one of the most replayable, because of the job system's impact on character customization. I've always been fascinated with the concept of Blue Magic, too.

FF3 also had the job system, with lots of the same jobs carried over into FF5, but obviously it's not as refined as in FF5. Still, this is an absolute joy to play through on my original NES.

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Re: Final Fantasy III & V
By: Codefenix to All on Wed Jun 10 2020 11:34 am

I recently have been replaying both FF3 and FF5, and enjoying them on my original
hardware, no less. :) I picked up translated reproduction carts of each.

I find FF5 to be one of the most replayable, because of the job system's impact on
character customization. I've always been fascinated with the concept of Blue
Magic, too.

FF3 also had the job system, with lots of the same jobs carried over into FF5, but
obviously it's not as refined as in FF5. Still, this is an absolute joy to play
through on my original NES.

Hello, Codefenix.

I have played FF3 and enjoyed it a lot. The job system was interesting and I also liked the music for what it as. Best of all, it discarded the crappy experience system from FF2. God, I hated that one.

I have not played FFV but I have played FFIV. All of them via emulation, because I am not as Holy as you.

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Re: Final Fantasy III & V
By: Arelor to Codefenix on Thu Jun 11 2020 09:11 am

I have not played FFV but I have played FFIV. All of them via emulation, because I am not as Holy as you.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I played ALL of these games via emulation the first time around. I just enjoy them so much, I like to appreciate them on the actual hardware for subsequent playthroughs.

Nothing Holy about it, I can assure you. Besides, I'm more of a Blue Mage than a White Mage anyway. :)

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Re: Final Fantasy III & V
By: Codefenix to Arelor on Thu Jun 11 2020 12:39 pm

I have not played FFV but I have played FFIV. All of them via emulation, because I am not as Holy as you.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I played ALL of these games via emulation the first time around. I just enjoy them so much, I like to appreciate them on the actual hardware for subsequent playthroughs.

I am curious. Did you play and Finish Final Fantasy II? I gave up on it because I could not grind to my liking, since characters would lose stats if you didn't exercise them. I didn't like that advancement system at all.

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Re: Final Fantasy III & V
By: Arelor to Codefenix on Sun Jun 14 2020 04:12 pm

I am curious. Did you play and Finish Final Fantasy II? I gave up on it because I could not grind to my liking, since characters would lose stats if you didn't exercise them. I didn't like that advancement system at all.

It's a decent idea in theory, but it needed a lot more polish to really work well. There are ways to buff stats up fairly quickly though, by dealing damage to your own characters or exploiting certain bugs (such as confirm, cancel, confirm, cancel, etc.).

I finished it once many years ago on GBA, but that version has it slightly more refined than earlier versions. I also have the PS1 FF Origins version, which is closer to the original. Still making my way through that one, but boy is it a slog.

Quest for Glory (aka Hero's Quest) uses a very similar stat progression system, in which you gain stat points the more you use them. Far better implemented, in my opinion.

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Re: Final Fantasy III & V
By: Codefenix to Arelor on Wed Jun 17 2020 09:24 am

I am curious. Did you play and Finish Final Fantasy II? I gave up on it
because I could not grind to my liking, since characters would lose stats if
you didn't exercise them. I didn't like that advancement system at all.

It's a decent idea in theory, but it needed a lot more polish to really work
well. There are ways to buff stats up fairly quickly though, by dealing damage to
your own characters or exploiting certain bugs (such as confirm, cancel, confirm,
cancel, etc.).

Quest for Glory (aka Hero's Quest) uses a very similar stat progression system,
in which you gain stat points the more you use them. Far better implemented, in
my opinion.

I have heard of the while ( true) ; do confirm; cancel; (...) exploit, but I never tried it because I am not much of an exploiter.

You know, maybe a system such as used in some pen-and-pencil RPGs, where you improve stats by expending points on things you used during last adventure would make sense... the idea with those is that you have to use your bad abilities at least a bit in order to improve them, but you still use XP for that for a gamey feeling.

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