Live Magazine Christmas 2016 Edition

good example of a tortuous increase
in difficulty; one which makes
the end of the game feel needlessly
stretched out through mandatory
grinding for levels.
If you’re interested in playing Final
Fantasy V there are various different
platforms you can find it on. The
best version of the game is probably
the one on the Gameboy Advance,
but naturally that might be difficult to
get your hands on. The PlayStation
version can be found on PSN, but its
translation is quite poor compared
to GBA version.
The mobile and Steam versions
would be highly recommended, as
they contain basically all of the elements
from the GBA version as
well as various gameplay updates,
but unfortunately they represent a
significant visual downgrade due to
the poor work that was done with
the character sprites in the process
of porting. You’ll get used to the flat
and blurry look of the sprites after
a while, and the gameplay is still as
good as it has always been, but it’s
a regrettable aspect of a port that
could have been the definitive version
of the game.
Ultimately, I feel that Final Fantasy
V is a very good game that doesn’t
quite reach the same level as Final
Fantasy IV. Although the gameplay
side is the best the series had seen
up to that point, the story and characters
simply took too many steps
backwards and this hurt the game’s
overall quality.
Fun Fact
Some designs for new job classes
that were originally created for Final
Fantasy V, but which were unused
in the game, would later serve as inspirations
for two characters in Final
Fantasy VI. These two inspirations
were a gambler who would fight using
dice and cards in combat, and
a ninja with a dog, which of course
became Setzer and Shadow in FF
VI, respectively. These two particular
ones were thought up by none other
than Tetsuya Nomura, who would
later become the franchise’s main
character designer.
Nomura was also able to impress his
superiors during the game’s development
with his design book, which
not only contained his ideas and
notes for the game but also various
sketches and artwork that he had
created for his ideas. This made his
book stand out from everyone else’s,
and led to Sakaguchi and Kitase often
asking for his book during design
meetings.
Additional Sources:
- Wikia
- Weekly Famitsu
BY TANELI PALOLA
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