Final Fantasy Origins

It seems like every time a new Final Fantasy game comes out, fanboys piss all over themselves trying to beat it. Sometimes, the games suck and no-one will admit it but a few realistic players. This is one of those games.

First of all, this is not a review of the original Final Fantasy 1 and Final Fantasy 2, both great games of themself. This is a review of the extra $30 I'm paying to have an upgrade to the series. Supposively, not only will this upgrade give me better graphics, sound, and overall game quality, but it will translate better, etc etc etc.

I'll say it right now: This game is not worth the cash whatsoever. First of all, you've got two games that generically fall under the Dungeons and Dragons quality gameplay being thrown at you as a great game to play like Final Fantasy 7. Good idea, but no dice- both of the games are fundamentally different that any of the newer Final Fantasies.



The graphics and sound ARE upgraded, however. It feels a lot more fleshed out, and it looks one HELL of a lot better. However, it still didnt feel normal to me, because the countless hours I spent playing Final Fantasy 1 made me more accustomed to the style that FF1 had, and it felt like the Gameplay was better than the Graphics. This time around, being as they haven't done any real upgrades to the gameplay except maybe make a few menus look better, I have to say that the graphics are better than the gameplay, which makes me feel like this has to compete with games like Chrono Trigger instead of games of old like Dragon Warrior. It's hard to explain, but if you get me, you'll understand why this seems a little off balance.

See, what I think didnt sell this game for me was the fact that it was on the PS1. Later, of course, Squaresoft released it on the Game Boy Advance, as they SHOULD have done instead, but apparently they decided to release it to the PS1 market. Somehow, I've never really been a big fan of playing ports on my PS2 when I could very easily be playing the same port on my Game Boy Advance. After all, there would be no real graphics degradation, and at least I could sit down and play it wherever I wanted, instead of being forced to sit down and play it. I guess if someone was extremely lazy and had a lot of time on their hands, someone could sit around tied to their PS1 and play this game, but I'm not that willing to put THAT MUCH effort into playing a game that's essentially a cheap timewaster.

Overall, I give this game two stars. Remember, I'm not reviewing the game- I'll do THAT later- but this is more of an overview of a dissapointment of mine with the port itself. This game is simplistic both graphically and in general complexity, and I'm not exactly sure why I should spend hours on my PS1 playing it when I could have it on my Game Boy Advance whipping it out whenever I felt froggy. I only recommend getting this game if you absolutely cannot get the Game Boy Advance version. Hell, this version is also on the WonderSwan Color, so if you have one of those (I speak only to the hardcore japanese importers, I presume) you can get it there. But not on the PS1.

2 star(s) out of 5

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