Finished ff4 today. The ending was a bit cheesier than I remembered, and I like how they didn’t even bother to explain how the twins are back. Their sacrifice was a major moment and at the end they’re back and it’s as if nothing happened. Zeromus was one violent bastard, but on my 3rd try I somehow accidentally managed to glitch his script. He killed kain and rydia and then he pretty much got stuck in a loop where he would cast black hole or whatever, and a shitty version of meteo.
Edge and Cecil slowly killed him while Rosa cure4’ed the crew non stop. It was rather underwhelming
I was thinking of starting ff5 next, but that psx remake of ff1 and ff2 are pretty tempting. I also never really tried Chrono Trigger so this could be a good time to finally really give it a try. Is ff tactics worth it?
Btw I was playing the psx port of ff4, the weird 3d remakes looked so terrible
Origins is in my opinion the best of the FF1/2 remakes, since the GBA and PSP ports neuter the difficulty (but maybe in the case of FF2 it's for the best). FF1 I have a shit-ton of nostalgia for, as that's how my friends and I spent our summer 1990... but 2 does not hold up due to the proto-SaGa systems in place, so you're better off reading a plot summary. If you're more into RPGs for gameplay than story, then FF5 is a must (GBA port being the ideal way to play). Tactics is definitely worth playing too if you like strategy RPGs.
Yeah the PS1 versions of FF1/FF2 are probably the best (PSP I think is best for FF4).
Personally I think FF2 is something people should at least try to play, just because of how far ahead of its time it was. Yeah its a Kawazu game so everything is unbalanced and a little clunky, but the jump in complexity of story telling and systems design from FF1 to FF2 is so much bigger than most other games of the time.
You have a story on the NES with off the top of my head, something to the effect of 10+ NAMED characters with individual personalities, many of whom come and go from your party like in FF4. And I mean, there's a narrative! People say more than one line of dialogue! A conversation system that is an extension of the VERB system used in a lot of older PC and NES adventure games, but applied to a JRPG. A progression system that breaks that breaks the conventions most JRPGs stuck to for another decade, and that would fit in more with many popular western RPGs. I also think little things like just seeing Cid's airship fly around randomly before you have your own airship added a lot of life to the world.
Most people just get hung up on punching themselves in the face to gain more HP though.
