My only problem with these remaster is the price.
Too expensive for what it is. Other games from others smaller companies are cheaper and have more content.
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My only problem with these remaster is the price.
Too expensive for what it is. Other games from others smaller companies are cheaper and have more content.
If they were released on the Switch I might have considered it. My Switch is my all-in-one nostalgia machine.
I'm awaiting a potential console release. I'd buy them if they were available to play on my PS5 or Switch but I'm not playing them on my PC. I find single player games more enjoyable to play on a console and they're also easier for friends to sit and watch me play compared to PC games.
Having gotten them and playing through them (beat 1, almost beaten 2), they are very faithful to the NES versions, to a fault. FF1's problems of random stats at level ups (outside of HP), and the spell charge system rear their ugly heads quickly, with limited casts of spells and poor choices on spell levels (at least for White Magic). The random stat level ups can result in some truly weird and insane things (a WHM having the same health as a MNK, and a BLM having half of their health). FF2 has a glitch to where anti-status gear does not protect against status effects tied to physical attacks, only spells. Meaning things that shouldn't be a problem are a problem, including instant death. The lack of the extra content from Dawn of Souls and the PSP versions does not help things. For those two games, I suggest getting the PSP versions or the GBA compilation title, the Pixel Remasters are a waste of money for them. FF3 however, that one is worth it since this is the first time we can play FF3 as close to its original form as we can.
I have, like, negative interest in the remasters.
I've already played 1-4 to death, and I find these "pixel remasters" are actually a lot less visually pleasing than basically any other version of these games. The sprites all look really flat and lifeless, yet have this odd sheen to them like they were laminated, and it also seems like had their details simplified and blown up for mobile so... hard pass from me.