Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster

The project “playing all the Final Fantasy main games” is well underway. My notes not so much, but oh well. There is not much to say about Final Fantasy II. As with I, the Pixel Remaster helped me greatly to enjoy the game. Those first two Final Fantasy games are tedious, even though II tried to improve on I. There is a story, with characters that have names and backstory (somewhat) and stakes (also somewhat), a new experience system one loves or hates, the password system which is kinda neat. Nonethless, the story is basic, the characters cliché, and the password system, even if interesting, doesn’t do near enough to carry anything. The experience system is nice, but very tedious in its original form, as far as I remember. Experience x 4 really carried me a long way here. It is still much more enjoyable than FFI, but it clearly is a product of its time, for the worst, but also for the better. I do not hate it like some people, but it will not really stay on my memory for long too. Still, it is interesting to see the evolution of the series, and the groundwork for the later games being layed out.