FINAL FANTASY V (Old Ver.) Reviews

Lazily executed.

SlyGen

It's a solid game of course, but they were lazy in some areas. The music is a faithful reproduction of the original 16-bit synth music. Some will like that. I would rather have had the music reworked, as Final Fantasy 1 and 2 did with the Dawn of Souls soundtrack before porting the game to iOS. Moreover, the artist took too many liberties when drawing the character portraits. Hair color doesn't match, Bartz looks far too effeminate, the art direction is just poor. The portraits are well-defined and have a certain artistic flair, but there aren't any dynamic facial expressions. The artwork does not fit well. If you're considering buying this, I recommend, instead, considering Final Fantasy I (recently updated for iOS 8 compatibility and modern control) Final Fantasy II (A little buggy; save often and fix the audio with the pulldown menu), or Final Fantasy Dimensions (No nostalgic value, but a solid entry to the top-down Final Fantasy series).

Broken save system

Xentry

Square.... Your save system is not logical. Putting an iPad to sleep should not be resetting game progress. It's an iPad/iPhone you're playing on, you need to be able to put the game down on a whim (aka just press the lock button). Fix this?

Stupid.

F**kThisApp

Great game until you need 5k to buy a weapon and it starts taking away Gil instead of giving you Gil after fights. Example: I had 4758g, did a fight and won 1200g but after fight I had 3558g. Great job ruining a great game idiots.

Overall wonderful!

Proanonymous

Great interface (directional stick done right!), screen graphics are awesome considering this is an older pixel-based rpg, music is a feast for the ears like in all the FF games. I love the jobs leveling system. Have not had any save issues or bugs. Bartz's dialogue picture is a little funny, but you won't even notice it anymore after an hour of gameplay. Underrated story that's a bit deeper than most give it credit for.

Non-functional Cloud Save

Musica5555

Game is fun. 3 stars is for non-functional cloud save. Lets you save but it won't find any saved data on second device. Looked everywhere online, and despite many people having this same problem, can't find any support on this.

Incredible version of an amazing game

Makenshi11

I was skeptical of this new version at first, and i was never the biggest fan of the original (didnt give it a chance) but this game is amazing in every way. A new favorite I will replay a bunch using different classes.

Sprites?

pmkc4

Overall, really great game. The ATB and job system were different from other games I've played. Only complaint, and this is minor, is that the sprites look completely different from the character artwork displayed when they talk. But oh well, doesn't detract from the game.

This and dragon quest made me play square enix games

peepquack

I have DQ 1, 2 and 3 and they are really fun. Then I figured Final Fantasy would be like it. I was wrong, but the game was really fun. I got it when it was on sale. You should buy it!

Solid JRPG, but Cloud Save feature no longer works

Hooch1141

FFV iOS is a solid entry into the series but there is one nagging flaw. As right now, and confirmed via support email from Squrenix, the cloud save feature of DOES NOT work. If you got the game as I did to play on the go on my phone and at home on my iPad, that is not possible at this time. Otherwise it has a solid story, great job system, and that Classic FF vibe to scratch that JRPG on the go that you may be feeling.

Character portraits are FINE.

Mr. Mark Skywalker

The complaints about the character portraits make me laugh. Guys, it's the original artwork for the game, before it was brought to sprite form in the snes. Yes, a lot changed in that transformation due to color restrictions, but it's still really cool to see the concept art involved in the main product. Anyway, I'm enjoying my purchase so far. The controls are a little wonky at first but seem tighter than the FF6 port. Another difference between FF6 I like is the battle system. It's more true to the original. Hoping I don't encounter these save file issues others seem to be experiencing. Maybe they vary from person to person, as a lot of gaming issues do. In any case, it's a worthy port thus far. Won't buy this version on Steam (noticed it there the other day) because putting a mobile game on PC is lazy on the developers part, but as an iOS port, it works quite well.

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