![]() Though I'm choosing here not to hate the game for its publisher. Though if I were to consider 'value', it being, in the end a poorly optimized, overpriced port while having to remotely deal with Square-Enix, this would be more towards a 5 or 6. All in all I really liked the game as a Final Fantasy fan of 6 up to 9, also having never played 3. Though this will probably take 1 to 2 years as Square-Enix is very stingy with discounts on the Final Fantasy series (whilst they shower you with Hitman Absolution and Tomb Raider). I am thus far not disappointed, but if you are already familiar with the original game, this probably won't be worth it outside of a minimum 50% discount. I waited for a sale when 7 and 8 came around, but not having played FF3 I figured it'd be worth spending some GMG credit on it. All they had to do was fix the compatibility (they got it to run, but I find the remaining issues too aggravating to even play them). I disagree with the pricing of FF7 and 8 on Steam as well, as these were already on PC. ![]() Next is the fact of Square-Enix charging €13/$16 for what is basically a port of a port. It's not a huge issue, but it does show how badly the (already few) settings options were implemented. It will do so on any resolution, windowed or not. Next is how the game will cap itself to 30 frames per second, even though I have my refresh rate set to 120hz in the games' settings menu. I simply ended up switching to controller which it luckily mapped all the keys for automatically (and correct). It hasn't taken kindly to me trying to map them differently. Though it's running stable, I do have to point out that keyboard controls are problematic. Lucky these issues have not (yet) presented them on my version of FF3. ![]() This ruined the experience for me and I quickly gave up on them. Which to an extent also made me paranoid about saving my games because I'd have no clue when the next crash would come up. After having bought FF7 and FF8 re-release on Steam I have mostly been unable to continue at certain points due to bugs / crashes to desktop. The real issue with the game though, and this is the other point, is Square-Enix. Again, it's not overwhelming then again these are ~24 year old standards. This automatically gives you insight in the game world. While the story isn't overwhelming (again, personal opinion), your goals are always clear as long as you bother talking to the NPC's and actually taking in what they have to say. Even though grinding is required in this game, it doesn't consume as much time to be annoying (to me, anyway). Not only does add variety it also gives you a reason to stick it out with the random battles. ![]() While their character level stays the same, they have to earn proficiency with each job. Next to the characters level you can give them a certain class. With only 4 primary characters in your party, you get a good amount of customization with the job system without having to deal with switching out entire characters (and leveling them up individually). No charging head-first into the area in this game. It does show it age by how it doesn't display markers, doesn't warn you about areas too high level for you and an overall difficulty level making this RPG an actual challenge. I started the series with 6, followed by 7, 8 and 9 on the PSX and since then no Final Fantasy game has been able to grab in me the same way. Having never played Final Fantasy III this has been an absolute joy. Having never played Final Fantasy III this I want to treat 2 aspects of the game, first being the game itself and second being Square-Enix. Some locations are simple enough to not require maps, so they are not provided here.I want to treat 2 aspects of the game, first being the game itself and second being Square-Enix. Walls or obstacles colored yellow (or another strange color) indicates secret passages that can be walked through. Items and switches are indicated by numbers, and capital letters connect one map to another. Click a location to see a collection of maps for that area. ![]()
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