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Final Fantasy 1

System: Nintendo (not super - normal)
Maker: Squaresoft
Genre: RPG

Final Fantasy is the only Final Fantasy game on the nintendo. I haven't actually played through FF1 (Final Fantasy 1) because I got rid of my old nintendo before I could actually finish it.

From what I could see, FF1 was the most advanced nintendo game ever made for that system. For that era of gaming, the graphics were wondering, the plot long and intriguing, and the save slot revolutionary (I think). My favorite thing about FF1 was the fact that you could choose what classes your characters would be.

This game was also extremely annoying. For one thing, there was only one save slot, so you could only be playing one game at a time. The most annoying thing for me, though, was the battle sequences. Like all the Final Fantasies, the battle scenes had your party facing the enemy. When it was the enemy's turn, he would make his attack, and when it was your turn you would make a variety of choices on what to do. The annoying thing: When you told your characters to attack the enemy, they would walk up (VERY SLOWLY) to the monster, swing there weapon maybe 30 times at it, and then backstep to their original position. Considering that they walked so slow and you had to do it for all 4 of your characters, battle sequences could take 5 minutes even on easy monsters. The music in this game could get repetitive and annoying, as well.

I would only recommend Final Fantasy 1 to those people who have ONLY a regular nintendo and want to get a serious RPG for it. If you have any other systems, though, go ahead and skip this classic and get FF2 or FF3.