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Final Fantasy V Review
Game Info:
Title: Final Fantasy V
Console: Snes (1992), PSX (1999)
North American release : 1999 (the Snes version never got released here)
Developer : Squaresoft
Publisher: Squaresoft
Genre: Traditional RPG
Story:
An "old-fashioned" Final Fantasy story…The four Crystals
of elements are about to break and you must protect them…So what
? That doesn't mean it's not good…I, for one, NEVER get tired of
trying to save our crystals of elements lol Seriously, it's not only that…Expect
lots of humor and interaction between the character, medieval action and
world-saving…The "classic" Final Fantasy style…We
never get tired of it…
Graphics:
Well… Being released between them FF5 is a cross between FF4 and
FF6 in terms of graphics (obviously…) so don't expect 3-d rendered
characters and CG movies (ooops…Forget about the movies lol ) But,
by taking into accounts how the graphic technology was back in 1992 this
isn't so bad…Pretty much like when FF4 was released…Bad in the
overworld and towns…awesome in the battles…
Soundtrack:
Okay…How can I make a briefing of that soundtrack ? Ok four words:
romantic, catchy, action-packed….Got the idea ? YET ANOTHER one of
Nobuo Uematsu's masterpieces…Fitting and beautiful songs throughout
the entire game…Still listens to midis from the game…That tells
you how good it is.
Originality:
Here, the job system does ALL the job for the originality…Liked the
job system in Final Fantasy Tactics ? Though it was original ? WRONG !
It's exactly like in FF5…With a few more twists…You can take
abilities from other jobs and create unique characters like the always-useful
"knight that uses white magic" or the original "black mage
that jumps". Not taking into account the various abilities that you
can learn…In short, you'll want to master the most possible jobs
to get the most abilities …
Replay value:
Well, pretty much like any good RPG you're tempted to redo the game after
it's finished…But I have to admit I didn't …Why ? I probably
would have if I'd have got that game back in 1992 but now it is not so
interesting to redo it…Much more games are waiting for me to master
lol I'll probably redo it on the Anthology version because I did it with
the emulated version a while ago…That is, when bleem! will make it
work fine :-p
Is Final Fantasy V worthy of being a Final Fantasy game ? Most definitely.
Is it the best Final Fantasy game ? Most definitely not. But if you're
a TRUE FF fan you'll do it…Even if you're not why not give it a try
? You might find a couple of surprises…
Standings
Story: 4.5/5
Graphics: 4/5
Soundtrack: 5/5
Originality: 5/5
Replay Value: 4/5
Overall : 90 %
>> Review by Murasame
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