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In the remaster, at least, Square Enix recognised this as a weakness and did a solid job in retrofitting context into each party member’s involvement, cleverly introducing them one at a time and in relatable ways.

Had I been playing the original version, those fears would have been realised even further, with all four characters available from the start and all named heroes by the mysterious crystal at the same time, with precious little backstory. For me, prophecy often feels a cheat, saving creators the bother of laying out relatable motivations for their characters, and the most successful uses in other fiction have been when the prophecy turns out to be completely bogus and the heroes are left reeling. I must admit, after the surprising maturity and intelligent twists and turns of Final Fantasy II, I felt a bit disappointed to see that then-Square had returned to the safety net of ‘prophecy’ to explain the meteoric rise from humble orphans to world-saving champions. Before he has the chance to pose a few practical questions, the Crystal transports him outside without further elaboration. To his amazement, the Wind Crystal speaks and names him a Warrior of Light, explaining that he and three others like him are destined to combat the growing Darkness and bring balance back to the force world. Luneth does a little inadvertent dungeoneering. This leads him to stumble upon the Wind Crystal during his eventful attempts at escape. An earthquake soon disrupts Ur’s peace, opening new areas in nearby Altar Cave, and it’s here we find orphan Luneth literally falling victim, plummeting through a hole deep into the caverns below. It's a fascinating journey nonetheless.įinal Fantasy III introduces us to the peaceful Village of Ur, a valley-based hamlet situated on an unnamed continent that inexplicably floats high above a world shrouded in darkness and long forgotten. With the previous two entries at least, despite very minor formula changes, I was essentially playing prettier versions of the original releases, yet Final Fantasy III proved a different proposition entirely.įinal Fantasy III was completely rebuilt from the ground up for the Nintendo DS (subsequently ported to PSP and recently released on Steam), boasting not only several gameplay modernisations and story tweaks, but also a 3D game engine, making it almost unrecognisable next to the version that the good folks of Japan experienced back in 1990.

#Final fantasy iii psp vsp steam free#

When it came to Final Fantasy II, I had a free pass on this matter as it hadn’t seen the light of day officially outside of the East until it was eventually remastered. It is, of course, not only unrealistic to expect that everyone has had the same formative experiences as you, it’s simply impossible, and is what makes your fellow human beings so damn interesting. I get it: long-term fans of classic franchises tend to want others to experience what they experienced and in the way they experienced it.

#Final fantasy iii psp vsp steam series#

As I half-expected, when the first piece in this series landed on IGN’s homepage back in January, I drew some criticism in the comments for not playing the original NES version of the first Final Fantasy.