- my save decided to commit seppuku after I died.

GFSF

I'm still blown away by how fun this remake is, especially as it was my introduction to FFIII.

A game that, after the originally Japanese exclusive FFII on NES/Famicom, originally lacked more depth to its own story in comparison back on NES, returning the 4 party members into faceless name-plates like the original Final Fantasy. As someone who is finally cleaning up over the games I missed, I ended up already liking FFII Pixel Remaster a lot more than I expected to, due to how I heard it was hard to like in the first place.

Thanks to the remake, we get the 4 onion knights properly named with more established character traits, to make the story more engaging if you ask me... The presentation also keeps a lot of the charm the original 2D Final Fantasy games had with more cute designs for the characters, while the enemies still look quite intimidating overall. The music overall got remastered this way, leaving a better experience with the phenomenal soundtrack you had back on the NES/Famicom originally already.

It also adds in more content to enjoy level grinding before the big finale as well, leaving it easier to be prepared for the finale as a whole!

However, that finale is still VERY tiresome, due to how powerful the enemies are, to where it is still very hard as a whole. This is an issue with FFIII no matter the version, but with everything considered... It is overall still a better experience from the original as a whole, leaving it to be one of the best versions to play of Final Fantasy III.

Play this version if you want more depth to the characters and story!

8/10

Probably one of the easiest and most basic FF titles that I've played. Not a whole lot going on in the story but I enjoyed being able to switch up the jobs and finding the right job for the situation. Don't think I would play it again though.