Final Fantasy Origins Review

Final Fantasy Origins Review | January 7, 2014
PlayStation, iOS, Android, Nintendo

When Final Fantasy was released in Japan in 1987 and in North America in 1990. Nobody not even Square now Square Enix knew that they created something that would be an overpowering industry game changer. Thankfully Final Fantasy embraces their roots and continues to find ways to make available early games in the Final Fantasy series. This started with several games being updated and released on the PS1 and later followed by the Nintendo Virtual Console. Now even today you can get a digital copy of Final Fantasy Origins on PSN but Final Fantasy II is a different game than the SNES version that you may have had and spent hours playing.

The first Final Fantasy took over the lives of many of us when we were younger. Even now as an adult we still find ourselves playing the game and trying to decide if we are going to pick the Thief or are we going to pick the Black Belt as one of our team members. The original game still stands out even though it came out during the late 1980’s to early 1990's. Final Fantasy is not only a pioneer in gaming but the term “Nintendo Hard” could have started with the original Final Fantasy game. You would have to spend hours and hours leveling up just to get through the caves and dungeons. Many times you would have to backtrack out of areas after you defeated the levels final boss and you would die trying to escape. Now there is an easy mode to the game and you can memo save at any time so use these features.

Final Fantasy II is not the same FFII from your Super Nintendo. FFII for the SNES is really FFIV in the updated timeline. After Final Fantasy was released in North America, Japan had already created other games in the series. So by the time the US audience was ready for a new game Japan already had two more games released to gamers. Square Enix decided to release FFIV as FFII in North America to get everybody on the same page. The FFII version in this collection was not release in the US until Final Fantasy Origins on the PS1. This game is much different than the others. There are no experience points to get. If you want to get more life points you have to lose them and then after a while your stats will increase. Want stronger magic then you have to use magic, the more you use any weapon, skill or magic the stronger they get. You don’t spend your money on weapons as much since you only get stronger with the sword if you keep using it and not by buying a stronger sword. The game mechanics work and if you want to increase a stat you can attack you own players to make them stronger, faster or increase their life.

Having the original Final Fantasy game is a must for any classic gamer, if you buy this Origins Collection you also get a copy of Final Fantasy II. The $10 price for both of these games is a good place for your money. Both games take about 30 to 35 hours each and if you grew up playing Final Fantasy on the NES or the PS1 you will still love playing and remembering everything all over again. Worth the price here and sales do happen. If you are lucky enough to still have or have access to the PS1 version it will work in most PS3 consoles!

9.0 out of 10
Worth Your Money

9.0 out of 10
Worth Your Money

Rated
T for
Teen

Rated
PEGI 7