The second installment in this immensely popular RPG series comes to the SNES in the form of FINAL FANTASY II. Throughout the Kingdom of Baron, airships patrol the skies protecting the land. It’s up to you, in this amazing RPG adventure, to defeat the forces of evil and their plan to control the mysterious crystals. Are you up to the challenge?
List Price: $ 450.00
Price: $ 450.00
Classic, best plot of any in the series and most influential,
As has been noted by other reviews, this was the most influential of the Final Fantasy games to the rest of the series. This was the first game to develop a plot through textual descriptions and dialogue. This was the first to have a plot that contained honest-to-goodness character development. In fact, the conflict faced by Cecil in dealing with his past wrongs and the sins of his family is probably the most rounded character that the Final Fantasy series has produced. In addition, this was the first game to include the pseudo real-time battles, the summoned spirits, and the emphasis on over the top spells. While Final Fantasy III/6 would later develop some of these features even further, this game contains their first and in some ways best incarnation. I have played many RPG’s over the years, and this is easily one of my two or three favorites, and the best of this generation of consoles. If you haven’t played it yet, you it to yourself to discover where the Final Fantasy series came from.
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|good but there are better remakes; the SNES version is for a certain kind of gamer,
As much as I love this game, it is no where near perfect. If you are a fan of SNES-era RPGs, I would consider this a must-play, and almost certainly a must-own. If you are simply a fan of RPGs or the Final Fantasy series, I would recommend either of the two Nintendo-console remakes–Final Fantasy IV Advance for the GBA Advance or Final Fantasy IV DS for the NDS. Both games have superior translations as well as the readdition of items and spells which were removed from the game when it ported from the Super Famicom to the SNES. Their graphical styles are different, however, as well as their “bonus content” and difficulty (the GBA game feels easier than even the SNES version–largely due to the extra content–while the NDS game is harder than both).
I heartily advise against the PSX version of the game, which has abominable load times and an unremarkable translation.
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