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Michael B. Morgan's avatar

Nice, piece!

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Incompatible Component's avatar

The Playstation version was good. You can run in the overworld by pressing a button. The thing that I remember is how enormous the world felt; I'm pretty sure Nintendo Power published a complete mapset in one of their special editions. The other thing that I remember is the feeling of discovering the AIR SHIP. That was really cool!

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David V. Stewart's avatar

The downside of the PS1 version was the loading screens, which, combined with the high encounter rate, can bog you down. Otherwise, I think it's a good version, and I think it fixes some of the bugs on the original.

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Librarian of Celaeno's avatar

I was never much of a gamer, but I always really liked this one and I have the iPhone version loaded up for those rare times I feel like tuning out the world.

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David V. Stewart's avatar

I bought the iOS version for some long plane flights and it definitely paid for itself.

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Brian Niemeier's avatar

Watching you play through this game was some of the most fun I've had on YouTube.

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David V. Stewart's avatar

It was a lot of un.

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David V. Stewart's avatar

I mean, it has a high encounter rate, but you don't really have to stop and grind to progress like in some other games, especially compared to certain MMOs where you can spend a whole day grinding for one level.

Plus, the game, even with those high encounters, feels the right length.

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Incompatible Component's avatar

It can. A lot of people just grind around the Peninsula of Power area before making the trip to Elfland. Party composition matters a lot. If you don't have a BlackMage or RedMage then you might do better grinding around the desert West of Pravoka and South of Matoya's Lair. If your party is 4 WhiteMages, just stick to Corneria for grinding out the first 20 levels.

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Incompatible Component's avatar

It's not impossible, just absurd. This dude did it: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKiHAuZST38mRj_2BbeRFG9dcYf-PShXe

Personally I got a lot more satisfaction out of 4X BlackMage and 4X BlackBelt.

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Incompatible Component's avatar

You stole my thunder, but yes it's like that. We mostly didn't notice in the NES days.

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David V. Stewart's avatar

We had no idea what we were doing back then with the bugs. You just didn't really realize INT didn't work at all.

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Brian Niemeier's avatar

Preach it!

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