Final Fantasy I Post Mortem
After months of chipping away at it, I've completed Final Fantasy I. It had it's ups and downs but I must say it has provided me with hours of entertainment. You have to admit, months of entertainment for $9 is a steal. My completion time was right around 18 hours, but it was broken up into chunks of 5-10 minutes which is why it lasted so long. I think the longest play session I did was around 30 minutes and that only happened once. As always, my initial impressions still stand but I had a few other thoughts along the way too. The main thing I liked about this game was the chance to look back at the foundation of modern RPGs. Final Fantasy basically defined the shape of the JRPG genre and many of the conventions set forth in this game can still be seen in RPGs today. The whole game was fun back-to-back dungeon romps. If you're in the mood for that type of gameplay then Final Fantasy I still measures up. Where it ...