FINAL FANTASY (Old Ver.) Reviews

Fix the controls. Please.

Sara Gold4

Final Fantasy I is a fantastic game. This port could be fantastic, too. Unfortunately, the controls are absolutely unredeemable. You can only go one step at a time if you want to move to the right. The control pad is huge and in the middle of the screen. In the new game screen, setting up the party is unintuitive and the keyboard looks like garbage when, as a mobile game, it could have used the phone’s keyboard. Also, a bit picky of me, but I don’t like the font. It’s just a bit too much on the ugly side of retro. And I’m not a huge fan of how the new mobile-friendly combat menu looks. It’s been two years since the last update. I doubt any of this will be fixed. I’ve been wanting to replay FFI for a few weeks now and only just got around to buying it on the app store. I regret it. That’s four bucks I’m not getting back. Fortunately for my nostalgia, it’s also on the PSP and I have a Vita. It’s ten bucks for the combined I and II. I just bought it because I want to play this dang game. I’ll be deleting the app. I won’t be getting any more phone ports for the series.

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PwnsaurusRex

The controls are bad, and should be the same as their dragon quest remakes, also the screen has to be turned so you have to play with two hands.... after playing dragon quest 2 and 3 with one hand easily with one hand, made by the same people i just am having trouble accepting these inferior controls.... the game is beautiful and, brings back the childhood memories, they just need to fix the controls and as soon as they do this game will get a better rating..... i will also be waiting for those controls to be fixed before I buy any other final fantasy game for mobile.... looks like I’m headed back to the dragon quest series for now

iPhone X Support

402Blazer

I love this game so much, it’s one of my favorite mobile games... but. IT NEEDS TO HAVE iPhone X support. The screen is so small it’s irritating but the game is still good just please iPhone X support

Too easy

flynnstone0606

While I did have fun with this and likely will play it again to try some more challenging teams, the new battle system kind of ruins it. In the original FF1 if you target an enemy and they die before the next attack assigned to that enemy, your attacks hits nothing, which makes you have to pay attention when you fight. In this updated version if your attack would hit a dead enemy it just gets assigned to another enemy. The problem is since this game is already so easy adding that feature turns this into a game where you just end up spamming the attack button instead of planning out your battles and it becomes mindless. I find myself just getting annoyed by random encounters instead of engaged. If that’s not a problem for you this is a fine game, it’s still fun exploring the world but the only challenge is having patience.

Broken text boxes?

x_loto

I don't know if this has something to do with iOS version updates or what, but many of the text in the Soul of Chaos or Labyrinth of Time is monospaced and extends beyond the edge of the screen, rendering it mostly unreadable. This is a pretty big deal in the Labyrinth where characters are supposed to be telling you how to solve the puzzles.

Competently made port rendered unplayable by two issues

JesseT

There is not much to say about this port on a technical level. It is a high resolution, competent port of the game boy advance version of final fantasy with a new dungeon. If you’re familiar with the original game, you know what you’re getting. However, there are a few fundamental design flaws that make it borderline unplayable 1. Your stats at level up are completely random, and the variance between a good and bad level up are huge. A good level up would be something like 15 HP, 10 MP, and an increase to 3 base stats. A bad level up would be 2 HP, 1 MP, and no stats. If you get a series of bad level ups, you’re done, the game can’t be beaten or even played. So you are forced to save before each level up, check to ensure you get a good mix of stats, and reload if you don’t, especially early on. I have had to spend 10-15 minutes “fishing” for a good level before and it destroys the pacing 2. The black mage has such low HP he is literally worthless. Of no value at all. I know this was something of an issue in the original game, but the bonus bosses all have brutal attacks and the black mage simply dies instantly. Use a red mage if you want magic 3. The random encounter rate is utterly broken. It is worse even than the original game. It is not in any way uncommon to be attacked within a second of starting to walk around, which makes the basic task of moving through the game a painful chore. I can’t overstate how much this ruins the pacing of the game

Super easy mode :(

AmericanMuscle302

Just bought this. Very disappointed that it has been dumbed down to super easy mode. Items half price; gold drop 3-4 times as much? I gained a level after 2 battles. First boss hit me twice for a total of 11 damage (my characters have sum 350+ hps). I mean plow through the game with no regard because you can’t lose. Want to have 4 black mages? Go for it! Who needs a tank??? I wanted to play the original game which was a grind and very difficult at times. I’m very disappointed. On a positive note, controls ppl are complaining about must have been fixed because they aren’t that bad.

No sound?! No menu color changing?!

Croneboner

Ive been playing for at least 30 minutes and realized that there wasnt any sound (id been playing with my volume all the way down until i wanted to hear the music) and what happened to a majority of the configuration options? Itd be nice to at least change the menu color like you could on the psp version, i personally would appreciate a patch with the missing feature and for sound to work on my iphone xs max, thanks...

Poor design with iPhone 10.

bllewis1

The game will not allow me to change classes in the creation screen. Names save but I can not change from the default character list.

Update the controls!

Lidd--

Hey guys. I love the FF series. I bought this game on my iPhone 3G and I was so happy to have it. Since then square has published so many FF games and perfected the controls to give a better mobile experience. However the controls on this and FF2 have remained the same. Please update the controls like you did in FF5. I can’t even play this game anymore as the controls (especially battle controls) are taxing to use and take away from the overall experience. Please do something square!

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