The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster never makes you do any side dungeons or talk to NPCs, but it rewards you for doing either in a way that feels natural. All of these possibilities encourage you to experience the game your way. You can even complete some of the mid-game dungeons in any order. When I stumbled upon an unrelated dungeon with sweet treasure, it felt gratifying. Most of the time, though, I found the process of reaching a new area, learning about it from NPCs, and then exploring to be highly engaging. On a couple of occasions, I spent thirty minutes to an hour figuring out exactly what I was supposed to be doing. Sometimes this loop doesn’t give you enough information. If you get stuck, NPCs in nearby towns almost always have a helpful hint about the direction you should be heading in. It’s impossible to walk around the game’s towns and not find out where you are supposed to go or come across some other noteworthy location. The map isn’t too big, and you don’t have access to all of it at the beginning of the game. While this may sound frustrating, the world design makes exploration fun and engaging. To figure out where to go, you can talk to NPCs who hint at nearby points of interest, or you can explore the wilderness around you on your own. The game plops you into the world, tells you to find the crystals, and provides minimal direction beyond that. It’s very simple and is essentially just an excuse to get the characters out and exploring.Įxploration is the key component that makes Final Fantasy a game worth experiencing.
Of all the elements of Final Fantasy, the story has aged the worst. You discover all sorts of diversions and people in need on the journey, from a town beset by vampires to an elderly witch missing her glass eye. It’s up to you to guide their four heroes around the map, searching for the dungeons that house the crystals.
With that in mind, I was pleasantly surprised that the Pixel Remaster of Final Fantasy provides an experience that I would be happy to recommend to any fan of Japanese RPGs.įinal Fantasy tells a story as old as time four heroes of light must save the world by recovering four elemental crystals, which are dispersed in castles, towers, and mountains. How much can we overlook dated gameplay mechanics given the historical context of the games? Often classic RPGs can only be recommended as history lessons rather than games that hold up well today. One of the biggest challenges of assessing classic game remasters is determining what lens to look at the game through.
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