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Ah, Final Fantasy V: The first game I ever played on an emulator when I first heard about them from a classmates in photography class my senior year. There was just something about those JRPGs that never left Japan at the time thst felt like you were discovering some relic or something
Hi Mike! Exactly how I feel. There was something so magical about that experience, suddenly finding out that one of the "lost Final Fantasies" was available to play through a simple download... Crazy times! :)
Yep this and the Seiken Densetsu 3 English patch, my girl couldn't understand why I was so surprised and excited to see the Trials of Mana remake come out. Maybe some day there will be a similarly faithful FFV 3D remake, so I can experience that feeling of visiting a 3D realized Mana Holyland in FFV's setting.
The first game I ever imported. I fought tooth and nail through FFV in highschool with a Jp/En dictionary and a pin converter speaking zero Japanese. Blew my little primate mind when it finally got a port on the PS1 and I could understand the dialogue.
It's interesting how taste in games or media in general can shift over the years. After my initial playthrough 10 years ago or so, FF5 felt a little middle of the road to me, but after putting in about 8 hours into the pixel remaster now, this is quickly becoming my favorite 2D Final Fantasy. I'm appreciating the job system a lot more, I'm enjoying the character banter way more, and I had forgotten how many astounding pieces of music are in the game. Or maybe it's just the new renditions in particular. But the one that plays inside the meteors always pulls me in so hard. I'm loving my 2nd playthrough, and I think I might try the 4JF for the first time next year.
Thanks for sharing! So glad to hear you're getting into the game more this time around! I always felt Final Fantasy V didn't get as much love as it deserved. :)
Something like that happened to me with various FF games, and yes, FF5 among them. I guess as we grow older we view the world differently, and take things from a different perspective.
Final Fantasy 5 is easily my favorite out of the 2D tiles. And my 3rd favorite overall behind FF9 and 10. The return of the job classes and the customization of different job abilities were great. The Dungeons and the boss battles are super rewarding. The story and characters are incredibly underrated, and are filled with charm and personality. And has some of my favorite tracks in the series. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on your FF4 and FF5 retrospectives!
Hi Gavin! Thanks for sharing! Yep, this game holds a very special place in my heart. Awesome to know someone's looking forward to my retrospectives, can't wait to share all my thoughts about these games :)
@@curemoonlight4509 i'm not sure devs in '80 and early '90 has guideline about good gameplay element. they are intentionally make their game grindy and rather difficult
Both this and 6 were from the start the ones I was most looking forward to. Both games, despite being excellent overall, have only seen severely flawed international releases prior to this point (6 having a rough script on SNES and 5 not releasing at all, the GBA releases suffering from the system's weaker sound chip, and the prior Steam/mobile ports looking like...that). So having a version like this that looks as good as/slightly better than the original, reads as well as the Advance version, and *sounds* a million times better than any prior release, is a dream come true.
That's pretty much how I feel about it, too! These games looked beautiful from the start in my eyes - I don't need new graphics, just a remaster of the original version.
The pixel remaster has a few issues, although it is closer to the definitive version. The advance jobs and extra dungeon of the GBA version is not the only reason it is "definitive" for me. The bug fixes and glitch patches in the PR make some job combinations and skills not as broken/overpowering as before, and it also makes certain previous exploits impossible. Hell, it makes the hard FJF challenge even harder. Unnecessarily brutal at times, if you get screwed with the random job assignments. Where as in former versions, the brutality was not there, due to a ton of exploits. In addition to the job ability changes and bug "fixes" (like the beserk status from mix command working for a set number of turns except the whole battle), the change of the quick save feature makes it so that encounters are not reset, and you cannot skip the gil turtle encounter in the cave to cheese infinite money. (GBA version) While that is a good thing for some, for those who enjoy the opportunity to buy super good endgame items without worry when doing a challenge or using sub-par jobs, this can be a bigger hinderance than it first appears. These examples are not the only things that change or are rendered impossible by the PR, but overall it adds up to make a significant impact to players who are returning to the game. Also modern square enix has a tighter grip on censorship, so the GBA version has the best script as far as I am aware. Those are just most of my gripes with it. If you are playing casually and you want to experience FF 5 with all its standard job goodness, then this version is for you. But the GBA version, at least for me, is still the definitive version. The sound chip of the GBA is the only downside, as the music in 5 wasn't as stand out as something like 6 or 4. Battle on the Bridge being the only exception. And I can find it online in better quality and orchestral renditions galore.
Been into this for about 5 hours, and it's a faithful representation of the original game so far. The only issue that I have is the Ability Points display: The SFC version has the ABP status shown when the user is in the process of choosing a job. Unless I'm missing something, this doesn't happen in the Pixel Remaster. It shows the current level and what weapon that job can equip, but NOT the accumulated points from that character's level. So if you're selective in figuring out how much you need to level up (and you don't remember how much ABP you have from that job or any of the 20+ others), the only way to find out is to actually choose the job and return to the parent menu. Everything else is all good 👍🏽
Another thing i kinda find annoying is the bestiary. In the gba version it was under the settings option in the menu but in this version you have to exit the game to the title. So every time i want to check what items i can steal from mobs i have to exit the game to the title screen then load again.
One thing that gets overlooked about the PC version of these remasters, is how easy they are to mod, apparently. Looking forward to see all these bonus contents back in!
This is my first run through of FFV and I'm loving it. Starting out on FF4 on my snes and naturally went to 6 after that. Man I feel like I missed out on a great part of my childhood and am finally catching up. Not sure why I never got around to emulating it, but glad I'm playing it through now. :)
Same. I even skipped FFV on the playstation anthology for some reason....just didn't have the nostalgia with it. But now, with this OST, this might be my favorite 2D FF experience.
@@pokermitten9795 Sameee! I'm kicking myself now that I waited this long. I had no idea it was this good. 😆 Something nice to play through now anyway with that fresh yet childhood FF feel to it. :)
Yeah, I was in love with FF4&6 on SNES and remember trying to play FF5 on an emulator before SNES emulators could even do full-speed or sound, but never got that far. For some reason, I never played it all the way through until about 10 years ago on GBA.
Been playing through these pixel remasters as my first time playing through all the pre-VII FF games. With the exception of the grindiness of FFII, I've been loving it. Worried what they'll do to the already much better art style of FFVI though.
Thanks for sharing! Yep, I'm really unsure about what the FF6 Pixel Remaster will turn out like... but it'll be worth the money just for the rearranged soundtrack :D
@@Altercate I hope they take a page from Brave New World's mod community's book, and rework each character's battle system so that they feel more unique in battle. I love what the devs of Brave New World did for FF VI
@@Rycamcam They won't change the game, but we're still free to not teach all spells to everyone. I personaly like to make it so that each Magicite can be equipped to only one person. Some people give Ultima to everyone, and that's the perfect way to make the game boring as hell. It completely ruins it. I also never use the Paladin Shield. Probably won't bother uncursing the Cursed Shield and won't level above 35~40 so enemies supposed to be challenging are still challenging. I'm almost at the end of FFV, I have a blast, and FFV is far from my fav. FFVI is. I really can't wait for it. Some parts / musics of FFV made me cry. Those pixel remasters have been quite the journey so far!
@@armorvil Just sucks that some magicites, and subsequently espers, won't be in FFVI because of the nature of the Pixel Remasters. Meaning I only have one esper that teaches Quick which is a shame. My playstyle revolved around double quick.
Always love seeing your videos and hearing your reviews. V has a special place for me as one of my favorites! Probably not getting the pixel remasters until they show up on switch, but love your content as usual. Can’t wait for the retrospectives!
Appreciate your support as always, William! And yeah, the pixel remasters will be such a perfect fit for the Switch, I have to believe it's coming eventually :)
I just came here to see if anyone else was as blown away by the soundtrack as I am. I noticed it from the moment the main theme started playing. It was so obviously more alive than the original SNES version and I love it. I've still not even reached the wind shrine, so I have a very long way to go, but I am definitely looking forward to hearing battle on the big bridge.
Happy to see this kind of comparative coverage, especially for a game with such inconsistent releases in the west. Looking forward to the longer retrospective!
I think V might just be my personal favourite (but IV, VII and X make that hard to say…) maybe it’s just because I absolutely love Bravely Default and this is the predecessor to it. Definitely my favourite FF in terms of gameplay and customisation though.
I have played through five versions now including the Pixel Remaster, and the latest one is by far my favorite version, having dethroned the advance version (as opposed to the previous mobile port, which felt lazier). I am VERY much going to miss the bonus jobs and bonus dungeon however.
I feel the same - this version is my new favorite! I don't mind the missing content so much but I'd be happy to see it included in the future, if possible...
03:30 no, it is not just your computer, the screen scrolling suffers from juddering when moving along X and Y axis with your characters and when riding the dragon or the airship diagonally on the world map
Liked and leaving a comment. Well done video with time stamps. I'm baffled as to why they use non-pixelazied fonts, it clashes with the rest of the game.
One thing i loved about this version was that it lets you change Abilities without having to change Jobs and then re-equip everyone. One gripe I had with the original was that the "Optimize Equipment" would always equip the bone mail on my character whenever I tried to switch jobs.
Great review! I myself adore FFV, it's always been my very favorite FF. I've 100%ed the original many times, I've also 100%ed FFV Advanced once, mastering every job class, besting every creature including Enuo and the other superbosses and getting 100% items; and that version to me still feels like the most complete package, bar none. I've played the other pixel remaster FFs before this one, and I gotta say, some of the updates are really nice, and I especially like the auto-battle feature; later on, it just makes mandatory grinding a breeze. Still, though I don't mind the more modernized active battle system, it does make some fights a tad tedious including this game's ACTUAL big super-boss and one of the most bs enemies in the entire FF catalogue, Gil Turtle aka Gilgame; that guy can eat a a butt. I find it/them so much more annoying in this version because ontop of hitting like the offspring of 12 tanks bred with an iron-clad whale, due to the active battle system, it SEEMS like it/they get/s even more turns/counters in. But that's just a gripe I have with that darn turtle in all versions of V, really; that and the fact you have to slay him before the 2nd main point of no return to get his beast entry (as far as I know). I do appreciate the arranged score, since FFV has some really genuinely nice/beautiful songs, and some of the graphical effects, though small look just great, especially big explosions. My ONE big actual gripe with FFV pixel remastered is how downright awful the Steal command feels most of the time, it feels like even with things such as Thief Gloves and a mastered Thief ability, the odds of you stealing an item no matter how bad the drop rate, is complete random, and another offender to tie into this package as a whole, is the fact that some bosses have nothing to steal; whereas in the original everyone has something to steal as soon as you obtained the job class, no matter how trivial, and worse yet, some bosses and enemies alike can have a tossup between 2 items, one say, with an incredibly low steal rate, and you can only steal ONE item per enemy(bosses included); meaning for example if Titan has a potion with 96% steal rate, and the Gaia Hammer weapon with a close to 4% chance(that you can't buy til later on in the game, and is quite good), guess which you're most likely to get? And you can't go back to refight main bosses to try again! Does anyone else feel the same about the Steal-system? I use it all the time in any version and just don't remember it feeling this unfair. Tmv~
Thanks for sharing! I agree that Gilgame is some grade A straight up nonsense lmao! Didn't notice any difference with stealing but to be fair, I never really got too deep into using the steal command in any version of FF5... For some reason I always ignore it!
great review, thank you for highlighting the quality of life improvements in these remasters! the music resuming where it leaves off is a really nice change.
7:33 an official release of FF5 not only in English but in my Brazilian Portuguese language too... 20 years ago that was something I could only dream about... 😮
the scroll screen feature definitely is laggy. I think all of us are experiencing it tbh and it is strange. This is a good remaster but I wanted them to definitely add the extra content and dungeons. It would have made it even better for likely minimal effort. I think the music is the best part of these remasters and that they are true to the originals which is not a bad thing.
I'm looking forward to when they release these on the current gen consoles. Silly Sqeenix. There's always demand for Final Fantasy, no matter the version.
I very much appreciate your detailed review which compares these versions. Will check out your longform review soon, as well. From the classic games, FF V remains my favorite (even though it's a close call with FF VI) and I look forward to play it again as a pixel remaster on my Switch soon. Keep it up, thanks :)
If Square Enix are to call these "the ultimate remasters" then they need to release them on home consoles with everything included on the advanced versions, and maybe with some difficulty options.
the biggest change in this version is how atb works, and that affects quite a bit. on one hand, the player has more control over holding character actions which is immensely beneficial... on the other side of the coin, the atb no longer pauses upon a characters bar filling, the tldr of which is enemies get more turns. these are not insignificant changes and quite noticeable to a ff5 vet. the script is 95% gba except a couple lines that were changed for... reasons? the soundtrack is standout with two glaring exceptions; x deaths battle theme is sorely lacking its killer percussion and big bridge is an overdone travesty, as every remixed version of that song tends to be. gba content missing is no big deal because lets be honest it wasnt good. overall pixel remaster is quite good, id say gba version remains definitive for a first timer, and project demi (a mod for the snes rom which removes all cutscenes) is ideal for a replay/variant game
hey, ffv is my favorite in the series, but not sure is this remastered is worthy, i mean, all the other were so tuned down in difficulty, it made them a joke, is this the same?
@@dariollanos this version is ever so slightly more difficult I would say simply because enemies get the odd extra turn here and there due to how ATB works here.
@@dariollanos I didn't notice much difference between this and the original version, except that maybe some bosses are a bit toned down. Shiva seems easier in the Pixel Remaster, and the Sandworm was a lot less frustrating.
Woao... Never played this one, I'm quite exited with FF iv release but meanwhile I guess I'm gonna play this one... BTW i love your vids, English is not my natural lenguage your narrative is clear and easy to understand. Keep up that good work of yours.
For your secondary ability/skill, I still think it's weird how you can only select single skills from some classes but full skill sets from others, and you have to choose between having an active skill or a passive ability. The Bravely games and Tactics games really perfected this though.
@@Altercate Very true. For its time, it's pretty good. I don't know of any game around the same period that does something similar, or, if so, in a better way
I'm tempted to buy this one as this is my favourite 2D FF, but I'm a bit disappointed the colour palette is nowhere near as vivid as it is in the GBA version.
I’m looking forward to yet another play through of V, but I’m really wishing for a remaster of Mystic Quest. Yes, it’s a simple, easy game, but it’s fun to play (auto battle would be a godsend for it), has a lot personality and charm packed into it, and probably the most consistently awesome soundtrack of any final fantasy game.
@@Altercate whatever you do, play it with a rapid fire controller. Trust me. I really hope you do a video on it, it deserves a lot more recognition than it gets. It’s a fun game to blast through in a weekend, when you don’t need to get all invested into a huge, sprawling story and just want to have some fun.
In the PC version you change the language through the title menu, so you can change it whenever you want! I haven't tried the iOS/Android versions but I assume it's the same there. :)
5:34 you need a boss party (2 white mages helps) and a normal party that experiments. I dunno if black magic is too useful given level 2 summon can do a lot for the early game, and you might as well use a red mage to master in the course of the whole game for dual cast costing 999 ability points. 6:30 quicksave is needed for mobile. At least you can continue unlike final fantasy dimensions which quits the game and should be discarded. 8:35 it is a massive upgrade. You just didn't like the quality of life stuff you said earlier. Only post game gba stuff was taken out which is better than ff2 arcane dungeons or ff1 peninsula of power.
@@Altercate sure, it especially helps with that ship engine dungeon with that fire crystal. That maze makes quick save easier to remember, and none of the BS from earlier games: Useless red mage from ff1, rooms that go nowhere ff2 with palette swap enemies and useless attacks end game, ff3 carbon copies when forced to switch jobs, and FF4 nerfed difficulty. Lemme know if art and music gallery are in all the games, as that helps. Do appreciate you noting over blaming me if I can see something has a good use. The map helps tremendously so you dont waste time/encounters as treasure chests are on it.
@@MrVariant With the map, it's definitely a matter of personal preference, and I don't want to make it sound like my opinion is the "right one" by any means! I totally get why you'd want to have it. I guess I just like the feeling of not being sure if I found everything or not :) Art and music gallery have been in every Pixel Remaster so far!
Everybody keep mentioning that these pixel remaster are incredibly easier compared to their OG counterparts. Can anyone here relate? Is it the same in the case of FFV?
The previous four Pixel Remasters are all significantly easier than the originals IMO. For FF5, I didn't notice that much of a difference, but some of the bosses definitely seem easier than before.
Basically, if you prefer the graphics and user interface in the Steam version, then the only reason to play the Pixel Remaster is for the rearranged soundtrack.
Keep up the good work my friend! Can’t wait for FF6 :), oh… And I’ve heared you are going to be playing FFXIV Endwalker, so I’m hoping to hear what you think about that as well ;P!
FF5 is my favorite 2D Final Fantasy. I'm still unsure if the pixel remaster is better than the GBA version, but I've heard good things about the soundtrack, so that will be my motivation to play it.
My only question if any adjustments were made to enemy formations to buff some of the early/mid game AP gains? Grinding for hours on those damn Tombstones under Bael castle (use Level 5 Death -> 5AP) to grind out the two thousand plus AP some jobs needed was, frankly, a giant waste of time.
Nothing's been changed to AP gains (except that they incorporated the changes from previous versions like Dragoon's Jump only requiring 10 AP to master). However, the fast forward effect of auto-battle makes grinding MUCH less tedious.
@@Altercate Was afraid of that. Even with FF though, mastering some jobs (Red Mage *cough*) still takes an ungodly amount of time. Was really hoping they took the time to buff some of the enemy formations to at least add some early 2AP options.
@@gamerk316 Yeah, mastering jobs definitely gets super grindy in the late game! Those statues under Castle Bal still haunt my dreams from back in 1999 :D
@@Altercate Imagine if they were immune to L5 Death! If there's a better grind spot, I never found one. Always meant to make a stand-alone patch specifically for enemy AP to make things less of a hassle, but never got around to it...
I love FFV! At the moment I have no reason to buy the Pixel Remaster though. I already have the delisted version from steam which I actually prefer to the Pixel Remaster anyway. But if they ever release this on consoles I'll get it. I've been wanting FFV for modern consoles for way too long.
in my opinion its not under rated it is over looked like what ProJared said...not most of the people have played FFV including myself... i have a FF Anthology V and VI back then when i was in Highschool...and FFVI was my first Final Fantasy game and then i never bothered playing FFV on my PS1... and then after seeing ProJared's video and give it a shot and played it...literally the PS1 version in honor of my repent... i played FFV 1.1 version on my PSP via Eboot and set to Fast Loading....and easily FFV became one of my favorite Final Fantasy game...i finished the game....i love the Job system... i love the soundtrack.....with the beautiful job system mechanic i can customize my characters the way i wanted..i also played the SNES and GBA,,,,i was really wrong for that bad judgement so now both FFV and FFVI Anthology series are listed in my history of rpg and action/adventure games that are completed.... I LOVE FFV!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing! I understand your point, but I really do see a lot of people just straight up dissing this game on Reddit and elsewhere, and I never really understood why. I get that it's not everyone's favorite Final Fantasy, but I've always been surprised to see so many people complain about FFV. To me, it's an amazing adventure and a real treat to play... It may not have the dramatic story of Final Fantasy 6, but for sheer sense of adventure and fun gameplay, it's hard to beat!
@@Altercate i think because WE as a Fans of the FF Series and played FF5 we wanted a definitive version of it...i dont know what was Square thinking and they treat FF5 and FF6 poorly that the first PC/Android/IOS version was very awful...if they could just have remake it in the style of FF1, 2 and 4 Complete for PSP or 3D style like FF3 and FF4 that would be the best version to play...because as of now... GBA is still the best version to play as PixelMaster is just a direct port of SNES..though it suffered in downgrade of graphics and soundtrack plus the EUR is the most updated not the USA Version..... PS1 is also great for the added CG Cutscenes and an improvement from SNES but didnt pay attention to the translation because Pirates of The Caribbean wasnt exited by that time....SERIOUSLY!!!! What the hell Square Enix was thinking they could just have made FF12345 a DEFINITIVE VERSION of it.... i was really hoping and excited for this sir.. that the Pixel Master would be the definitive version...
Planning on buying this one soon. I've still never beaten V and not sure why. 😕 I think I get lost in trying to level every class and get burnt before reaching the finish line but the story never resonated with me either as I don't even recall a lot of it.
It launched with some bugs but nothing major. It's my favorite version of the game and easily better than the old Steam version. Especially in regards to graphics.
This pixel remaster is at least way better than the steam version of the mobile remaster so if you're on PC this would be the definitive edition to play
The Steam release date is set to 23rd Feb, so I'll get it as soon as it's released and will get my review up by the weekend if all goes according to plan :)
FFV is not my favorite 16-bit FF, but it's easily the most replayable one. It would be an automatic buy from me if it had the extra content. If Square wants to sell the extras as DLC I might the bundle, but I'm not interested to buy a less complete version of the game.
Oh wow, that's pretty cool. And so did the job always look like this or did they decide to throw some nostalgia factor in for the pixel remaster? Because if it always looked like that way it means they based Kain's character look off FFV. Either way still cool!
@Regulus I had no idea. It's one of the only Final Fantasy games I haven't played. The very first one I ever played I think the first one I ever PLAYED was FF mystic quest, but I was too young and couldn't figure the game. After that I played FF IV, and oh my god even as a child I remember the impact it had on me...I don't remember how old I was but it's my first memory of a game actually KILLING off some of the main storyline characters. I remember when Palom and Porom turned themselves to stone and using every damn item I ever came across trying to bring them back. :( These games are responsible for everything we get to enjoy today, it's amazing. :)
the game is definitely choppy, it is a common gripe in its steam community hub i wish it will get an update soon. it is just weird to see an upscaled 2d game being choppy while a higher res stardew valley works perfectly fine
I disagree with it not being a massive upgrade. There a lot of graphical improvements to the pixel art that’s not easily seen through a photo or a short video
Final fantasy 5 is one of the very best first Final Fantasy (1-6). I'm not agree with you with the difficulty. 5 is more difficult than 1,2,3,4 and 6. The story is quite simple but i enjoyed it more than ff4. Replay Final fantasy 4 for the fourth time made me realize that i don't enjoy the story as much as FF5.
Thanks for sharing! I always loved this game, and it's probably the one game in the series that I keep coming back to the most. It's just such a fun game! :)
@@Altercate Yes and this game represent a lot for me. A lot of memories when I was young on holiday with my great uncle early 2000, good old time. He missed me a lot and i don't know why but this game reminds me of him.
Woah, really? On their website? Thanks for sharing! That's actually really cool news - even though I don't like that version, I'm sure there are people who would prefer to play it over the others!
@@Altercate yup! You can buy the steam key for it. Just can't but it directly from steam is all, since they didn't want people confusing the 2015 and 2021 versions
After playing Chrono Trigger DS, a stellar port marred slightly by the addition of incredibly lazy (optional) dungeons, I’m fine with the Pixel Remasters giving us only the classic experience. I am slightly disappointed by the rebalanced difficulty in 1-3 (and hope the 16-bit trilogy isn’t changed as much). Wish they had included an option for those who want to experience the original Famicom/NES difficulty.
Thanks for sharing! A difficulty setting would have been nice, for sure. I never played the DS version of Chrono Trigger. The original had such a wealth of content to go through, I never felt like it was missing anything :)
Sure! Basically you go into the files in the install folder and replace the English font with the Japanese font. Here's an explanation/instruction: www.rpgsite.net/feature/11522-how-to-fix-that-awful-font-in-the-final-fantasy-pixel-remaster-games-on-pc
I just hate the menu. The original snes and gba version had such an elegant menu and it put the job and ability selection right at the top. The redone character sprites are less detailed than the snes original. I feel as it gets into the snes era, the pixel remaster is not a clear improvement over the original. The music is great but the original was also great. Uematsu tailored the composition for the sound of the snes and I feel it still holds up beautifully and the remastered soundtrack is not always an improvement. However, if you aren't into emulation and playing the j2e patched snes rom, then this could probably considered the definitive official release. But the snes version is significantly better imo.
Thanks for sharing! I definitely prefer the way the character sprites look in this version, but I get that not everyone feels that way. As for the soundtrack, the way I see it is that there can never be too many arrangements of a good soundtrack! :)
@@Altercate yea. I still love it. Playing through it right now. Previously I had played through the psx anthology version and that version was the worst.
So far every single complaint I have heard about it is extremely nitpicky and unfair to the developers at best. This is now the definitive version of this game, and anyone who says otherwise is wrong.
@@Altercate nothing's perfect, but I love what they've done here. No change to the aesthetics. Just an across the board update on things so that it looks, sounds and plays good and in line with today's modern gaming equipment.
I still think the story of FFV is really good. And it's among my personal favorites for it's humor, drama, twists, and the plot is very straightforward and isn’t to complicated or hard to follow like with some of the other titles. I personally like it more then 4 or 6. But that’s more so of a personal taste.
@@gavinlucas9761 your Opinion gets a huge Points because for me the plot isn't big compare to FFIV but maybe because I watched a lot of movies and played a lot of RPGs with fantastic story. I guess you're right about FFV's Story
To me, FF5 is like an amazing action-adventure movie, something like Jumanji (the one with Dwayne Johnson) or Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's a story that makes me laugh and makes me happy... Whereas FF4 and FF6 are darker, more serious stories, more dramatic and memorable.
Yeah, I can see how it would be super confusing for people to know which version is which if they kept the old version around for sale, but it's still a shame!
The FF 1, 2, and 4 for psp remains as the definitive 2d remasters for me. I am fine with FF 3 3d for DS/PSP/PC versions ports. So i was expecting only something good for 5 and 6 WITH gba content and PSP style graphics, but this? Nah...
It's funny you mention that Final Fantasy V is an easy game when the reason it was originally not released in the US was because it was "too hard" for Americans. Keep in mind, they heavily toned down the difficulty of Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy VI is still one of the easiest Final Fantasy games. They were going to release it as Final Fantasy Extreme (because of the complex Job System being for experts, apparently) but even that was cancelled at the last minute after Final Fantasy IV (released as Final Fantasy II) underperformed and they instead wanted to rush out Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, which was a Baby's First JRPG that is pretty much a Game Boy game put in an SNES cartridge. Ted Woolsey was almost done with his translation of Final Fantasy Extreme which is a huge shame. Eidos was going to release Final Fantasy Extreme on PC before VII but that never went anywhere either. It had a new Engrish translation that would be eventually used for the PSone release in Final Fantasy Anthology. This is really disappointing, they could have finished the Ted Woolsey translation for the PSone release but they didn't and it's completely lost.
Thanks for sharing! I read an interview with Woolsey the other day where he said he was 100% done with the FF5 translation when they pulled the plug. A shame, for sure! Do you have a source on the "Final Fantasy Extreme" name? Never heard that before!
I hate that they used the same spell effects for all five games so far, it just feels lazy. Other than that the pixel remasters are great. Here's to hoping 6 finally gets the makeover it deserves.
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Ah, Final Fantasy V: The first game I ever played on an emulator when I first heard about them from a classmates in photography class my senior year. There was just something about those JRPGs that never left Japan at the time thst felt like you were discovering some relic or something
Hi Mike! Exactly how I feel. There was something so magical about that experience, suddenly finding out that one of the "lost Final Fantasies" was available to play through a simple download... Crazy times! :)
Yep this and the Seiken Densetsu 3 English patch, my girl couldn't understand why I was so surprised and excited to see the Trials of Mana remake come out. Maybe some day there will be a similarly faithful FFV 3D remake, so I can experience that feeling of visiting a 3D realized Mana Holyland in FFV's setting.
The first game I ever imported.
I fought tooth and nail through FFV in highschool with a Jp/En dictionary and a pin converter speaking zero Japanese. Blew my little primate mind when it finally got a port on the PS1 and I could understand the dialogue.
@@davidmahoney9877 That's awesome! Thanks for sharing. :)
You just made me feel very old. I own these games.
It's interesting how taste in games or media in general can shift over the years. After my initial playthrough 10 years ago or so, FF5 felt a little middle of the road to me, but after putting in about 8 hours into the pixel remaster now, this is quickly becoming my favorite 2D Final Fantasy. I'm appreciating the job system a lot more, I'm enjoying the character banter way more, and I had forgotten how many astounding pieces of music are in the game. Or maybe it's just the new renditions in particular. But the one that plays inside the meteors always pulls me in so hard. I'm loving my 2nd playthrough, and I think I might try the 4JF for the first time next year.
Thanks for sharing! So glad to hear you're getting into the game more this time around! I always felt Final Fantasy V didn't get as much love as it deserved. :)
Something like that happened to me with various FF games, and yes, FF5 among them. I guess as we grow older we view the world differently, and take things from a different perspective.
Final Fantasy 5 is easily my favorite out of the 2D tiles. And my 3rd favorite overall behind FF9 and 10.
The return of the job classes and the customization of different job abilities were great. The Dungeons and the boss battles are super rewarding.
The story and characters are incredibly underrated, and are filled with charm and personality. And has some of my favorite tracks in the series.
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on your FF4 and FF5 retrospectives!
Hi Gavin! Thanks for sharing! Yep, this game holds a very special place in my heart. Awesome to know someone's looking forward to my retrospectives, can't wait to share all my thoughts about these games :)
But all jobs dont good work. And 90% bosses have oneshot ability. Idk why square like this mechanic.
@@curemoonlight4509 those one shots made me let go of my obsession (from other FFs) of keeping everyone alive lol
@@adammalik5397 Its a just bad gameplay element. U dont fight vs boss, you think 90% time about defense.
@@curemoonlight4509 i'm not sure devs in '80 and early '90 has guideline about good gameplay element. they are intentionally make their game grindy and rather difficult
Both this and 6 were from the start the ones I was most looking forward to. Both games, despite being excellent overall, have only seen severely flawed international releases prior to this point (6 having a rough script on SNES and 5 not releasing at all, the GBA releases suffering from the system's weaker sound chip, and the prior Steam/mobile ports looking like...that).
So having a version like this that looks as good as/slightly better than the original, reads as well as the Advance version, and *sounds* a million times better than any prior release, is a dream come true.
That's pretty much how I feel about it, too! These games looked beautiful from the start in my eyes - I don't need new graphics, just a remaster of the original version.
The pixel remaster has a few issues, although it is closer to the definitive version. The advance jobs and extra dungeon of the GBA version is not the only reason it is "definitive" for me. The bug fixes and glitch patches in the PR make some job combinations and skills not as broken/overpowering as before, and it also makes certain previous exploits impossible. Hell, it makes the hard FJF challenge even harder. Unnecessarily brutal at times, if you get screwed with the random job assignments. Where as in former versions, the brutality was not there, due to a ton of exploits.
In addition to the job ability changes and bug "fixes" (like the beserk status from mix command working for a set number of turns except the whole battle), the change of the quick save feature makes it so that encounters are not reset, and you cannot skip the gil turtle encounter in the cave to cheese infinite money. (GBA version) While that is a good thing for some, for those who enjoy the opportunity to buy super good endgame items without worry when doing a challenge or using sub-par jobs, this can be a bigger hinderance than it first appears. These examples are not the only things that change or are rendered impossible by the PR, but overall it adds up to make a significant impact to players who are returning to the game.
Also modern square enix has a tighter grip on censorship, so the GBA version has the best script as far as I am aware.
Those are just most of my gripes with it. If you are playing casually and you want to experience FF 5 with all its standard job goodness, then this version is for you. But the GBA version, at least for me, is still the definitive version. The sound chip of the GBA is the only downside, as the music in 5 wasn't as stand out as something like 6 or 4. Battle on the Bridge being the only exception. And I can find it online in better quality and orchestral renditions galore.
Been into this for about 5 hours, and it's a faithful representation of the original game so far. The only issue that I have is the Ability Points display: The SFC version has the ABP status shown when the user is in the process of choosing a job. Unless I'm missing something, this doesn't happen in the Pixel Remaster. It shows the current level and what weapon that job can equip, but NOT the accumulated points from that character's level. So if you're selective in figuring out how much you need to level up (and you don't remember how much ABP you have from that job or any of the 20+ others), the only way to find out is to actually choose the job and return to the parent menu. Everything else is all good 👍🏽
Another thing i kinda find annoying is the bestiary. In the gba version it was under the settings option in the menu but in this version you have to exit the game to the title. So every time i want to check what items i can steal from mobs i have to exit the game to the title screen then load again.
One thing that gets overlooked about the PC version of these remasters, is how easy they are to mod, apparently. Looking forward to see all these bonus contents back in!
A couple cool mods have already come out for it. Really looking forward to what comes about w/ more time.
Good point! It's going to be very exciting to see what the mod community can cook up!
@@lanegunnell1218 Is there a mod that adds paladin or dark knight?
This is my first run through of FFV and I'm loving it. Starting out on FF4 on my snes and naturally went to 6 after that. Man I feel like I missed out on a great part of my childhood and am finally catching up. Not sure why I never got around to emulating it, but glad I'm playing it through now. :)
Awesome! Glad to hear you're enjoying the game. It's definitely one of my all-time favorites in the series and one of my favorite JRPGs of all time :)
Same. I even skipped FFV on the playstation anthology for some reason....just didn't have the nostalgia with it. But now, with this OST, this might be my favorite 2D FF experience.
@@pokermitten9795 Sameee! I'm kicking myself now that I waited this long. I had no idea it was this good. 😆
Something nice to play through now anyway with that fresh yet childhood FF feel to it. :)
Yeah, I was in love with FF4&6 on SNES and remember trying to play FF5 on an emulator before SNES emulators could even do full-speed or sound, but never got that far. For some reason, I never played it all the way through until about 10 years ago on GBA.
Been playing through these pixel remasters as my first time playing through all the pre-VII FF games. With the exception of the grindiness of FFII, I've been loving it. Worried what they'll do to the already much better art style of FFVI though.
Thanks for sharing! Yep, I'm really unsure about what the FF6 Pixel Remaster will turn out like... but it'll be worth the money just for the rearranged soundtrack :D
@@Altercate I hope they take a page from Brave New World's mod community's book, and rework each character's battle system so that they feel more unique in battle. I love what the devs of Brave New World did for FF VI
@@Rycamcam They won't change the game, but we're still free to not teach all spells to everyone. I personaly like to make it so that each Magicite can be equipped to only one person. Some people give Ultima to everyone, and that's the perfect way to make the game boring as hell. It completely ruins it. I also never use the Paladin Shield. Probably won't bother uncursing the Cursed Shield and won't level above 35~40 so enemies supposed to be challenging are still challenging. I'm almost at the end of FFV, I have a blast, and FFV is far from my fav. FFVI is. I really can't wait for it. Some parts / musics of FFV made me cry. Those pixel remasters have been quite the journey so far!
@@armorvil Just sucks that some magicites, and subsequently espers, won't be in FFVI because of the nature of the Pixel Remasters.
Meaning I only have one esper that teaches Quick which is a shame. My playstyle revolved around double quick.
2 plays more like the SAGA games, which makes sense, since the person who worked on 2, did majority of the SAGA series
Always love seeing your videos and hearing your reviews. V has a special place for me as one of my favorites! Probably not getting the pixel remasters until they show up on switch, but love your content as usual. Can’t wait for the retrospectives!
Appreciate your support as always, William! And yeah, the pixel remasters will be such a perfect fit for the Switch, I have to believe it's coming eventually :)
I just came here to see if anyone else was as blown away by the soundtrack as I am. I noticed it from the moment the main theme started playing. It was so obviously more alive than the original SNES version and I love it. I've still not even reached the wind shrine, so I have a very long way to go, but I am definitely looking forward to hearing battle on the big bridge.
Thanks for sharing! I hope you have a ton of fun with the game :D
Battle on the big bridge actually blew me away. This might be the best version of the song yet.
Happy to see this kind of comparative coverage, especially for a game with such inconsistent releases in the west. Looking forward to the longer retrospective!
Thank you so much! Happy to hear that someone's interested :D
Thank you for another great overview of a Pixel Remaster entry.
I am really looking forward to the retrospective.
Thank you so much! It's awesome to know someone's looking forward to it :)
I think V might just be my personal favourite (but IV, VII and X make that hard to say…) maybe it’s just because I absolutely love Bravely Default and this is the predecessor to it. Definitely my favourite FF in terms of gameplay and customisation though.
I have played through five versions now including the Pixel Remaster, and the latest one is by far my favorite version, having dethroned the advance version (as opposed to the previous mobile port, which felt lazier).
I am VERY much going to miss the bonus jobs and bonus dungeon however.
I feel the same - this version is my new favorite! I don't mind the missing content so much but I'd be happy to see it included in the future, if possible...
Look how long the previous versions were available. I’m sure they’re holding out to add it on for a fee in a few years
@@Altercate maybe they can be readded IF Pixel Remaster comes to consoles.
@@paperluigi6132 or they can do with DLCs, remembering what they did with FFXV I have no doubt.
square enix is sometimes a little crazy about ideas
@@paperluigi6132 more have this bonus classes, I just hope they have the same design as the GBA version
03:30 no, it is not just your computer, the screen scrolling suffers from juddering when moving along X and Y axis with your characters and when riding the dragon or the airship diagonally on the world map
Thanks for sharing! Hope they can do something about this in a future patch...
Same with ff3 remaster hope they fix this crap
Liked and leaving a comment. Well done video with time stamps.
I'm baffled as to why they use non-pixelazied fonts, it clashes with the rest of the game.
The choice of font they went with is definitely baffling! I've gotten used to it by now so it doesn't bother me but it could be so much better :)
One thing i loved about this version was that it lets you change Abilities without having to change Jobs and then re-equip everyone. One gripe I had with the original was that the "Optimize Equipment" would always equip the bone mail on my character whenever I tried to switch jobs.
Omg, yes, that's such a huge deal. I just played through the original again and that was my number one issue!
Great review! I myself adore FFV, it's always been my very favorite FF. I've 100%ed the original many times, I've also 100%ed FFV Advanced once, mastering every job class, besting every creature including Enuo and the other superbosses and getting 100% items; and that version to me still feels like the most complete package, bar none. I've played the other pixel remaster FFs before this one, and I gotta say, some of the updates are really nice, and I especially like the auto-battle feature; later on, it just makes mandatory grinding a breeze. Still, though I don't mind the more modernized active battle system, it does make some fights a tad tedious including this game's ACTUAL big super-boss and one of the most bs enemies in the entire FF catalogue, Gil Turtle aka Gilgame; that guy can eat a a butt.
I find it/them so much more annoying in this version because ontop of hitting like the offspring of 12 tanks bred with an iron-clad whale, due to the active battle system, it SEEMS like it/they get/s even more turns/counters in. But that's just a gripe I have with that darn turtle in all versions of V, really; that and the fact you have to slay him before the 2nd main point of no return to get his beast entry (as far as I know).
I do appreciate the arranged score, since FFV has some really genuinely nice/beautiful songs, and some of the graphical effects, though small look just great, especially big explosions.
My ONE big actual gripe with FFV pixel remastered is how downright awful the Steal command feels most of the time, it feels like even with things such as Thief Gloves and a mastered Thief ability, the odds of you stealing an item no matter how bad the drop rate, is complete random, and another offender to tie into this package as a whole, is the fact that some bosses have nothing to steal; whereas in the original everyone has something to steal as soon as you obtained the job class, no matter how trivial, and worse yet, some bosses and enemies alike can have a tossup between 2 items, one say, with an incredibly low steal rate, and you can only steal ONE item per enemy(bosses included); meaning for example if Titan has a potion with 96% steal rate, and the Gaia Hammer weapon with a close to 4% chance(that you can't buy til later on in the game, and is quite good), guess which you're most likely to get? And you can't go back to refight main bosses to try again!
Does anyone else feel the same about the Steal-system? I use it all the time in any version and just don't remember it feeling this unfair. Tmv~
Thanks for sharing! I agree that Gilgame is some grade A straight up nonsense lmao!
Didn't notice any difference with stealing but to be fair, I never really got too deep into using the steal command in any version of FF5... For some reason I always ignore it!
so, no steal genji armor anymore?
great review, thank you for highlighting the quality of life improvements in these remasters! the music resuming where it leaves off is a really nice change.
Thanks! Yes, I love that little feature :)
7:33 an official release of FF5 not only in English but in my Brazilian Portuguese language too... 20 years ago that was something I could only dream about... 😮
LOVE these! Keep it up sir!
Thank you so much! :D
I would play this just to listen to battle on the bridge in game ... never gets old ... great job man and keep on keeping on
Thanks a lot, friend :)
My favorite 2D Final Fantasy! I'm glad they remastered it.
the scroll screen feature definitely is laggy. I think all of us are experiencing it tbh and it is strange. This is a good remaster but I wanted them to definitely add the extra content and dungeons. It would have made it even better for likely minimal effort. I think the music is the best part of these remasters and that they are true to the originals which is not a bad thing.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed they'll eventually add in the bonus content as DLC!
I'm looking forward to when they release these on the current gen consoles.
Silly Sqeenix. There's always demand for Final Fantasy, no matter the version.
Very true :)
Thanks for doing another great review!
Thanks for watching! :D
I very much appreciate your detailed review which compares these versions. Will check out your longform review soon, as well. From the classic games, FF V remains my favorite (even though it's a close call with FF VI) and I look forward to play it again as a pixel remaster on my Switch soon. Keep it up, thanks :)
Thank you! Glad you liked it :)
If Square Enix are to call these "the ultimate remasters" then they need to release them on home consoles with everything included on the advanced versions, and maybe with some difficulty options.
The keyboard and electric guitar combos on some of these tunes sounds so good. Like listening to Kansas.
I'm really digging this soundtrack :)
17.99 for another FFV and full rearranged music album, heck yeah!
the biggest change in this version is how atb works, and that affects quite a bit. on one hand, the player has more control over holding character actions which is immensely beneficial... on the other side of the coin, the atb no longer pauses upon a characters bar filling, the tldr of which is enemies get more turns. these are not insignificant changes and quite noticeable to a ff5 vet.
the script is 95% gba except a couple lines that were changed for... reasons?
the soundtrack is standout with two glaring exceptions; x deaths battle theme is sorely lacking its killer percussion and big bridge is an overdone travesty, as every remixed version of that song tends to be.
gba content missing is no big deal because lets be honest it wasnt good.
overall pixel remaster is quite good, id say gba version remains definitive for a first timer, and project demi (a mod for the snes rom which removes all cutscenes) is ideal for a replay/variant game
Thanks for sharing! I totally missed the ATB not pausing when a bar fills up, no wonder I felt stressed in the Pixel Remaster lol.
hey, ffv is my favorite in the series, but not sure is this remastered is worthy, i mean, all the other were so tuned down in difficulty, it made them a joke, is this the same?
@@dariollanos this version is ever so slightly more difficult I would say simply because enemies get the odd extra turn here and there due to how ATB works here.
@@dariollanos I didn't notice much difference between this and the original version, except that maybe some bosses are a bit toned down. Shiva seems easier in the Pixel Remaster, and the Sandworm was a lot less frustrating.
For someone who plays games in multiple languages, full language support for them is a huge factor!
Woao... Never played this one, I'm quite exited with FF iv release but meanwhile I guess I'm gonna play this one...
BTW i love your vids, English is not my natural lenguage your narrative is clear and easy to understand.
Keep up that good work of yours.
Thank you so much! :) Definitely give FF5 a chance! It's a really fun game. I hope you enjoy it!
Great overview. Now to wait for these to be packaged together on Switch...
Nice Review mate! Always fun to check out your channel and view the great work! :)
Thank you my friend! :D
Playin it nowwww. Loving it after playing for the first time the fan-made one last month.
Looking forward to the PR of 6. I might have to actually get it on my phone. Kinda ticked these aren't on the Switch though.
regarding the game being choppy during scrolling, it took me a minute to realize I needed to turn vsync on.
ff5 PR theme for exdeath has quickly climbed up on my list of favorite boss themes
Yeah, isn't it great? :D
Can't wait for the FF6 remaster!
Me too! :D
For your secondary ability/skill, I still think it's weird how you can only select single skills from some classes but full skill sets from others, and you have to choose between having an active skill or a passive ability. The Bravely games and Tactics games really perfected this though.
There's definitely a lot of questionable design choices, but for a game from 1992 I think it holds up surprisingly well! :)
@@Altercate Very true. For its time, it's pretty good. I don't know of any game around the same period that does something similar, or, if so, in a better way
Is the game challenging? The lack of bonus content makes me wonder if i find it on a regular playthrough. Thanks
Best versions of IV , V and VI are from GBA. I and II the 20th anniversary edition and III the DS remake.
Yes. My favorite FF game. If only this would come to the switch.
I'm tempted to buy this one as this is my favourite 2D FF, but I'm a bit disappointed the colour palette is nowhere near as vivid as it is in the GBA version.
Really? I find the colors to be more vivid in the Pixel Remaster... Maybe something's wrong with my eyes lol
@@Altercate Maybe I remember it wrong, but I remember the trees and grass being very, very bright green while here they seem darker to me.
I’m looking forward to yet another play through of V, but I’m really wishing for a remaster of Mystic Quest. Yes, it’s a simple, easy game, but it’s fun to play (auto battle would be a godsend for it), has a lot personality and charm packed into it, and probably the most consistently awesome soundtrack of any final fantasy game.
It's been a long long time since I played Mystic Quest, but I remember liking it! Will give it another playthrough sometime in the future :)
@@Altercate whatever you do, play it with a rapid fire controller. Trust me. I really hope you do a video on it, it deserves a lot more recognition than it gets. It’s a fun game to blast through in a weekend, when you don’t need to get all invested into a huge, sprawling story and just want to have some fun.
@@oyonan Thanks for the tip! I'll put it on my "to do" list :)
thanks for the review! very thorough review
Glad I could help! :)
I really liked the extra content of GBA version it pushed the game difficulty to another level.
Bro your voice is so good i like to hear it😃
Thank you! :D
Is it possible to switch language? Say if you buy a US version, can you still have the option to play with Japanese language?
In the PC version you change the language through the title menu, so you can change it whenever you want! I haven't tried the iOS/Android versions but I assume it's the same there. :)
5:34 you need a boss party (2 white mages helps) and a normal party that experiments. I dunno if black magic is too useful given level 2 summon can do a lot for the early game, and you might as well use a red mage to master in the course of the whole game for dual cast costing 999 ability points.
6:30 quicksave is needed for mobile. At least you can continue unlike final fantasy dimensions which quits the game and should be discarded.
8:35 it is a massive upgrade. You just didn't like the quality of life stuff you said earlier. Only post game gba stuff was taken out which is better than ff2 arcane dungeons or ff1 peninsula of power.
I see your point about quick save and auto-save being very useful on mobile! That makes a lot of sense.
@@Altercate sure, it especially helps with that ship engine dungeon with that fire crystal. That maze makes quick save easier to remember, and none of the BS from earlier games:
Useless red mage from ff1, rooms that go nowhere ff2 with palette swap enemies and useless attacks end game, ff3 carbon copies when forced to switch jobs, and FF4 nerfed difficulty. Lemme know if art and music gallery are in all the games, as that helps.
Do appreciate you noting over blaming me if I can see something has a good use. The map helps tremendously so you dont waste time/encounters as treasure chests are on it.
@@MrVariant With the map, it's definitely a matter of personal preference, and I don't want to make it sound like my opinion is the "right one" by any means! I totally get why you'd want to have it. I guess I just like the feeling of not being sure if I found everything or not :)
Art and music gallery have been in every Pixel Remaster so far!
@@Altercate thanks and yeah the sum of its parts.
Everybody keep mentioning that these pixel remaster are incredibly easier compared to their OG counterparts. Can anyone here relate? Is it the same in the case of FFV?
The previous four Pixel Remasters are all significantly easier than the originals IMO. For FF5, I didn't notice that much of a difference, but some of the bosses definitely seem easier than before.
Very good break down review
Is there a good reason to play this Version instead of the old Steam-Version?
Basically, if you prefer the graphics and user interface in the Steam version, then the only reason to play the Pixel Remaster is for the rearranged soundtrack.
@@Altercate Thanks that really helps me a lot 😉👍🏽
Keep up the good work my friend! Can’t wait for FF6 :), oh… And I’ve heared you are going to be playing FFXIV Endwalker, so I’m hoping to hear what you think about that as well ;P!
Thank you my friend! Will definitely let you know what I think about Endwalker :)
FF5 is my favorite 2D Final Fantasy.
I'm still unsure if the pixel remaster is better than the GBA version, but I've heard good things about the soundtrack, so that will be my motivation to play it.
I love the soundtrack in this version! Definitely worth checking out.
My only question if any adjustments were made to enemy formations to buff some of the early/mid game AP gains? Grinding for hours on those damn Tombstones under Bael castle (use Level 5 Death -> 5AP) to grind out the two thousand plus AP some jobs needed was, frankly, a giant waste of time.
Nothing's been changed to AP gains (except that they incorporated the changes from previous versions like Dragoon's Jump only requiring 10 AP to master). However, the fast forward effect of auto-battle makes grinding MUCH less tedious.
@@Altercate Was afraid of that. Even with FF though, mastering some jobs (Red Mage *cough*) still takes an ungodly amount of time. Was really hoping they took the time to buff some of the enemy formations to at least add some early 2AP options.
@@gamerk316 Yeah, mastering jobs definitely gets super grindy in the late game! Those statues under Castle Bal still haunt my dreams from back in 1999 :D
@@Altercate Imagine if they were immune to L5 Death! If there's a better grind spot, I never found one. Always meant to make a stand-alone patch specifically for enemy AP to make things less of a hassle, but never got around to it...
Great video! Thanks
Thank you! :)
I'm excited to give this game a go on the PC soon!
I hope you enjoy it! :)
I love FFV! At the moment I have no reason to buy the Pixel Remaster though. I already have the delisted version from steam which I actually prefer to the Pixel Remaster anyway. But if they ever release this on consoles I'll get it. I've been wanting FFV for modern consoles for way too long.
Such a great game! Definitely waiting eagerly for them to release the games on Switch :)
If you play in windowed mode instead of full screen the choppiness goes away
in my opinion its not under rated it is over looked like what ProJared said...not most of the people have played FFV including myself... i have a FF Anthology V and VI back then when i was in Highschool...and FFVI was my first Final Fantasy game and then i never bothered playing FFV on my PS1... and then after seeing ProJared's video and give it a shot and played it...literally the PS1 version in honor of my repent... i played FFV 1.1 version on my PSP via Eboot and set to Fast Loading....and easily FFV became one of my favorite Final Fantasy game...i finished the game....i love the Job system... i love the soundtrack.....with the beautiful job system mechanic i can customize my characters the way i wanted..i also played the SNES and GBA,,,,i was really wrong for that bad judgement so now both FFV and FFVI Anthology series are listed in my history of rpg and action/adventure games that are completed.... I LOVE FFV!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing! I understand your point, but I really do see a lot of people just straight up dissing this game on Reddit and elsewhere, and I never really understood why. I get that it's not everyone's favorite Final Fantasy, but I've always been surprised to see so many people complain about FFV. To me, it's an amazing adventure and a real treat to play... It may not have the dramatic story of Final Fantasy 6, but for sheer sense of adventure and fun gameplay, it's hard to beat!
@@Altercate i think because WE as a Fans of the FF Series and played FF5 we wanted a definitive version of it...i dont know what was Square thinking and they treat FF5 and FF6 poorly that the first PC/Android/IOS version was very awful...if they could just have remake it in the style of FF1, 2 and 4 Complete for PSP or 3D style like FF3 and FF4 that would be the best version to play...because as of now... GBA is still the best version to play as PixelMaster is just a direct port of SNES..though it suffered in downgrade of graphics and soundtrack plus the EUR is the most updated not the USA Version..... PS1 is also great for the added CG Cutscenes and an improvement from SNES but didnt pay attention to the translation because Pirates of The Caribbean wasnt exited by that time....SERIOUSLY!!!! What the hell Square Enix was thinking they could just have made FF12345 a DEFINITIVE VERSION of it.... i was really hoping and excited for this sir.. that the Pixel Master would be the definitive version...
I just want these remasters released on console. We shouldn't even be asking for it
Planning on buying this one soon. I've still never beaten V and not sure why. 😕 I think I get lost in trying to level every class and get burnt before reaching the finish line but the story never resonated with me either as I don't even recall a lot of it.
It launched with some bugs but nothing major. It's my favorite version of the game and easily better than the old Steam version. Especially in regards to graphics.
This pixel remaster is at least way better than the steam version of the mobile remaster so if you're on PC this would be the definitive edition to play
The one remaster I honestly didn't feel the need to get the Record Keeper sprites.
The non-unique sprites from FF3 really doesn't sit with me.
When do you get to test FF VI?
The Steam release date is set to 23rd Feb, so I'll get it as soon as it's released and will get my review up by the weekend if all goes according to plan :)
Think I'll stick with the GBA version
GBA version is really good :)
FFV is not my favorite 16-bit FF, but it's easily the most replayable one. It would be an automatic buy from me if it had the extra content. If Square wants to sell the extras as DLC I might the bundle, but I'm not interested to buy a less complete version of the game.
Already finished SNES, gba and ps1 ports of this and what's new with this one?
I'm hoping after FF6 Pixel Remaster comes out we get a console release. I want to have every Final Fantasy ever released on my Xbox Series X
Hopefully next year! :)
Dead for so many times in FF5,but It's so great to play
hello, i did bought that , wow, thats very very nice!!! cant wait for ff6
Dunno man, i still prefer gba version, somehow i love how small the screen is😀
I like the GBA version a lot, too! :)
Is Kain in this game? I didn't think he was but he's in the party on the thumbnail.
It’s not Kain, but the heroes of FFV have access to the Dragoon job, and Bartz’s appearance as a Dragoon is basically a copy of Kain’s look!
Oh wow, that's pretty cool. And so did the job always look like this or did they decide to throw some nostalgia factor in for the pixel remaster? Because if it always looked like that way it means they based Kain's character look off FFV. Either way still cool!
@Regulus I had no idea. It's one of the only Final Fantasy games I haven't played. The very first one I ever played I think the first one I ever PLAYED was FF mystic quest, but I was too young and couldn't figure the game. After that I played FF IV, and oh my god even as a child I remember the impact it had on me...I don't remember how old I was but it's my first memory of a game actually KILLING off some of the main storyline characters. I remember when Palom and Porom turned themselves to stone and using every damn item I ever came across trying to bring them back. :( These games are responsible for everything we get to enjoy today, it's amazing. :)
the game is definitely choppy, it is a common gripe in its steam community hub
i wish it will get an update soon. it is just weird to see an upscaled 2d game being choppy while a higher res stardew valley works perfectly fine
Fingers crossed they get it fixed! :)
Ipad version is better. Music is booming, bigger text and I didn't detect choppiness. Tsunami from geomancer flows well.
I wonder why they didn't do Switch or PS4 versions? 🤔
Good question... If I was a cynical man, I'd say they want us to buy these versions first and then buy the game again for console later ;)
I disagree with it not being a massive upgrade. There a lot of graphical improvements to the pixel art that’s not easily seen through a photo or a short video
Fair point! I definitely think it's a very significant upgrade - I just don't want people to expect a totally different game :)
@@Altercate Keep in mind all of the Pixel Remasters run on the Unity Engine this time as they had to be rebuilt from scratch.
Your screen scroll issue is likely a frame rate mismatch or vsync issue.
You forgot to mention the most important part that had to be fixed.. did they finally fucking fixed the weird angle of Krile sprite?
Final fantasy 5 is one of the very best first Final Fantasy (1-6).
I'm not agree with you with the difficulty.
5 is more difficult than 1,2,3,4 and 6.
The story is quite simple but i enjoyed it more than ff4.
Replay Final fantasy 4 for the fourth time made me realize that i don't enjoy the story as much as FF5.
Thanks for sharing! I always loved this game, and it's probably the one game in the series that I keep coming back to the most. It's just such a fun game! :)
@@Altercate Yes and this game represent a lot for me.
A lot of memories when I was young on holiday with my great uncle early 2000, good old time.
He missed me a lot and i don't know why but this game reminds me of him.
i think some of the music is a little hit or miss to say it's definitive but overall a pretty decent port
I'm playing the original FFIII (Famicom) again. I didn't like the pixel remaster series.. but it's nice for those who never played the classics.
You can still buy the old version with the extra endgame content direct from Square Enix.
Woah, really? On their website? Thanks for sharing! That's actually really cool news - even though I don't like that version, I'm sure there are people who would prefer to play it over the others!
@@Altercate yup! You can buy the steam key for it. Just can't but it directly from steam is all, since they didn't want people confusing the 2015 and 2021 versions
@@kennethpeterson7524 That's really useful information! Thanks so much, I'll be sure to mention that in the FF6 pixel remaster review. :)
But you cant the mobile version
Why they didn't add the character art of every character when they speak? That was such a cool thing in the Advance and IOS version
After playing Chrono Trigger DS, a stellar port marred slightly by the addition of incredibly lazy (optional) dungeons, I’m fine with the Pixel Remasters giving us only the classic experience. I am slightly disappointed by the rebalanced difficulty in 1-3 (and hope the 16-bit trilogy isn’t changed as much). Wish they had included an option for those who want to experience the original Famicom/NES difficulty.
Thanks for sharing! A difficulty setting would have been nice, for sure. I never played the DS version of Chrono Trigger. The original had such a wealth of content to go through, I never felt like it was missing anything :)
I dont like the font, you say there is a simple way to fix this?
Sure! Basically you go into the files in the install folder and replace the English font with the Japanese font. Here's an explanation/instruction: www.rpgsite.net/feature/11522-how-to-fix-that-awful-font-in-the-final-fantasy-pixel-remaster-games-on-pc
@@Altercate thx!
@@KVR020 works on all of the pixel remastered games. Takes about 15 seconds. :)
I just hate the menu. The original snes and gba version had such an elegant menu and it put the job and ability selection right at the top. The redone character sprites are less detailed than the snes original. I feel as it gets into the snes era, the pixel remaster is not a clear improvement over the original. The music is great but the original was also great. Uematsu tailored the composition for the sound of the snes and I feel it still holds up beautifully and the remastered soundtrack is not always an improvement. However, if you aren't into emulation and playing the j2e patched snes rom, then this could probably considered the definitive official release. But the snes version is significantly better imo.
Thanks for sharing! I definitely prefer the way the character sprites look in this version, but I get that not everyone feels that way. As for the soundtrack, the way I see it is that there can never be too many arrangements of a good soundtrack! :)
@@Altercate yea. I still love it. Playing through it right now. Previously I had played through the psx anthology version and that version was the worst.
@@alanlee67 Yeah I heard the translation for the PS version was really rough! :P
Im a huge FF6 fan, someone told me FFV was actually better then 6, never got around to playing it. Not sure why.
Best version for me will be the gba one. Extra classes and content is a plus
I am really excited about these remasters but I refuse to play them until they come to console as God intended.
Really hoping they come to the Switch soon! Perfect format for these games imo
So far every single complaint I have heard about it is extremely nitpicky and unfair to the developers at best. This is now the definitive version of this game, and anyone who says otherwise is wrong.
It's not a perfect game, but this is definitely my new favorite version of the game! And that goes for every one of the pixel remasters so far :)
@@Altercate nothing's perfect, but I love what they've done here. No change to the aesthetics. Just an across the board update on things so that it looks, sounds and plays good and in line with today's modern gaming equipment.
FFV may not have a good story like IV but the class System is cool
I still think the story of FFV is really good. And it's among my personal favorites for it's humor, drama, twists, and the plot is very straightforward and isn’t to complicated or hard to follow like with some of the other titles. I personally like it more then 4 or 6. But that’s more so of a personal taste.
@@gavinlucas9761 your Opinion gets a huge Points because for me the plot isn't big compare to FFIV but maybe because I watched a lot of movies and played a lot of RPGs with fantastic story. I guess you're right about FFV's Story
@@Mighty10917 Thanks! :-)
To me, FF5 is like an amazing action-adventure movie, something like Jumanji (the one with Dwayne Johnson) or Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's a story that makes me laugh and makes me happy... Whereas FF4 and FF6 are darker, more serious stories, more dramatic and memorable.
@@Altercate I agree!
Ok but why did they remove the previous versions? That not cool
Yeah, I can see how it would be super confusing for people to know which version is which if they kept the old version around for sale, but it's still a shame!
The FF 1, 2, and 4 for psp remains as the definitive 2d remasters for me. I am fine with FF 3 3d for DS/PSP/PC versions ports. So i was expecting only something good for 5 and 6 WITH gba content and PSP style graphics, but this? Nah...
It's funny you mention that Final Fantasy V is an easy game when the reason it was originally not released in the US was because it was "too hard" for Americans.
Keep in mind, they heavily toned down the difficulty of Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy VI is still one of the easiest Final Fantasy games.
They were going to release it as Final Fantasy Extreme (because of the complex Job System being for experts, apparently) but even that was cancelled at the last minute after Final Fantasy IV (released as Final Fantasy II) underperformed and they instead wanted to rush out Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, which was a Baby's First JRPG that is pretty much a Game Boy game put in an SNES cartridge.
Ted Woolsey was almost done with his translation of Final Fantasy Extreme which is a huge shame.
Eidos was going to release Final Fantasy Extreme on PC before VII but that never went anywhere either. It had a new Engrish translation that would be eventually used for the PSone release in Final Fantasy Anthology.
This is really disappointing, they could have finished the Ted Woolsey translation for the PSone release but they didn't and it's completely lost.
Thanks for sharing! I read an interview with Woolsey the other day where he said he was 100% done with the FF5 translation when they pulled the plug. A shame, for sure! Do you have a source on the "Final Fantasy Extreme" name? Never heard that before!
Mobile version looks better in my opinion
I hate that they used the same spell effects for all five games so far, it just feels lazy. Other than that the pixel remasters are great. Here's to hoping 6 finally gets the makeover it deserves.