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I think you’re talking about it a little late. maybe even pretending you played it. The only acceptable explanation is that it is better than Final Fantasy two, but your a shill. You’re gonna give other people’s opinion write mine down. It separates the men from the boys and the boys don’t know what you’re talking about just like you
I never thought it was bad in the slightest. Simple? Easy? Sure. Bad? No way. The soundtrack is absolutely incredible and it's kind of a nice change of pace from heavy grinding difficult RPGs.
This was actually the first RPG I played all on my own without my brother's help. I was about ten or so. In that respect, I think it's great. I remember being really overwhelmed trying a lot of other games and this one taught me the mechanics in a way I understood at that time. I think it could still be a good game to introduce to very young kids who aren't ready for harder RPGs.
I love this game. It is streamlined in a good way, the story and characters are quirky in a nice way. The graphics have a really nice palet, the music is great and the world feels bigger then it is. I love how enemy encounters are visible and how enemies show damage. There is so much to like here.
I'm 41 and this along with FFIV were my first FF experiences. This holds a very special place in my heart, and will always be gaming comfort food for me 😊😊
The One Companion system is huge in my opinion. You get to connect with that companion, you get used to them being there, then they're gone. And then you miss them...and meet them again and get excited. I'd love to see this used in a mainline FF. Plus the OST. Woooo~
For anyone who enjoys the aesthetics and gameplay of Mystic Quest but wants a deeper challenge and storyline, I highly recommend Final Fantasy Legend 3, which featured many of the same staff members who worked on Mystic Quest, and is much more akin to a traditional Final Fantasy than a SaGa game. It also features a time travel gimmick similar to Chrono Trigger and is among one of the best RPGs for the original Game Boy.
I absolutely adored this game when I rented it back in the day. The music is so good! And it has good pacing and keeps adding new things. Really have a soft spot for this game.
My son is 7, and he is about halfway through this game right now. He saw me playing Final Fantasy 6 and wanted to play. This was my solution, as his only other experience with videogames is Mario Kart and Super Smash Brothers. It's really great to see how excited he gets about this game. It brings me back to a time when I was around his age and my uncle bought me Super Mario RPG.
I was eleven or twelve when it came out. I remember those "battlefields" where you had to fight ten battles in a row. I had an Asciipad which had a "turbo" and "auto turbo" switch for the face buttons. I would put "auto turbo" on and the field would be cleared after a bit. It never resulted in a game over. The only challenge was Pazuzu's (?) tower, It was an elevator puzzle I never figured out, I just fiddled around and finally found the boss.
I played through FFMQ when I was 8, and this is one of my best gaming memories ever. I had my dad make me a wooden sword in the shape of Excalibur (based on the shape of the inventory icon). 25 years later, most of the tracks still give me shivers. Absolutely epic.
My first RPG, still listen to the soundtrack often. I was actually kinda bummed out when I first played a "real jrpg" and the enemy sprites didnt have damage modes. The rocking battle BGM together with the enemies changing was very visceral and felt really good.
Mystic Quest accomplishes what it is supposed to be. It is an introductory JRPG, albeit simple and easy, and is meant to bridge new and younger players into the genre and more serious titles. My sons first JRPG was Mystic Quest. It teaches them how to manage a light inventory, solve some easy puzzles, grind, and manage hit points in battle. Almost non existent story, and forgettable characters, but you can say that about a lot of JRPGs of this era. Music is bitchin tho, right? And hey, it isn't broken. More than you can say for most 2023 game releases. Mystic Quest is a good game.
I have extremely fond memories of playing this game in the morning on an emulator on my brother's computer before school when I was maybe 5 years old. One of the first RPGs I ever played. Really fun game, and an amazing battle theme.
i had this game and loved it. yeah it was simple and shallow but that's the intention. it was meant to be a fun romp not a big grand adventure. that said they could have done a lot more to make it more interesting and deep without making it hard and complicated
That was my starting game on the genere, one day I sent my pc to be formated and it came back with a snes emulator and by the order of the games it was the "first" ff game, so I played it on sequence, nostalgia always get me on this one, making it one of my favorites
The game might be on the easier side, but damn if the game can't throw you a curveball sometimes. If you get too overly cocky or button-mashy earlier in the game before you start getting status immunities, a single confuse, paralyze, sleep, or petrify can set off a chain of events that leads you to stare at the Retry prompt in disbelief that you just got killed in this game, of all games. Also, if you don't abuse the Cure spell to do damage to the final boss, and you only use the Life spell as it was intended (it wasn't intended to be used as a healing spell), the Final Boss is actually rather difficult, surprisingly so compared to the rest of the game. That said, I think the game warrants at least one playthrough for any FF fan. It might be on the touch easy side, but it's not THAT bad. Also, you forgot to mention in the video something else this game does that not many FF games do: Weapon types matter. Some enemies are weak against axes (especially treants), slimes are weak against bombs, etc. While you don't have a choice in weapons of a type (why would you use an earlier sword if the new sword is better in every way?), you have choice between the types of weapons and sometimes hitting an enemy with a weapon it's weak to is a better choice than simply using the latest weapon you obtained. EDIT: The only thing I have against this game, is that it gives me headaches. Every single time you or an enemy attacks, the whole screen flashes white for a split second. This causes headaches in me after awhile for some odd reason. I really wish they hadn't done all the screen flashing.
This is one you absolutely need nostalgia googles to enjoy, but if you're lucky enough to have them (or unlucky, depending on your point of view), it's such a fun, charming playthrough that catapults you right back in your childhood.
Definitly one of the Best RPG´s of its Time. OST was overwhelming, i even listening to them now, This game is much more then Childhood memory, its Life in the 90´s. Loved every second about it
So for my 7th birthday, I had begged my dad to get me Final Fantasy Mystic Quest for my birthday. He told me he would but being the kidder he was, on the day of mg birthday, when I asked him if he got it for me, he said he didn’t because he couldn’t get to it because of work. He allowed me to just cry but as he and the rest of family finished singing Happy Birthday to me, he had me turn around to the countertop behind me and there was sitting Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. My face lit up and I hugged my dad, and then I gained into the night. This is why Final Fantasy Mystic Quest will always have a special place in my heart.
As a kid, I thought Benjamin's canonical name was "Demoplay" which is the name the game gives him in the demo reel that plays if you wait on the title screen. I figured out what they meant by that name later, but I was young and dumb. As an aside, I don't know if anyone else ever noticed, but at the end screen if you wait awhile and push a button after the black screen "zoom in" on the ship, it recedes and you can see what looks like two little tiny dots appear on the ship and they move around, one is brown/grey and the other blue, like it could be Tristam and Benjamin. I've never seen anyone else anywhere mention it, and it feels like I'm crazy or in my own private Mandela effect.
I was only 10 when it came out, and while I never thought it was anything game-changing like FF4, I do strongly remember greatly enjoying this at the time.
Im 16, As a very young kid i lived for this game, my dad always talked about final fantasy games and i wanted to play them, he set up the Super Nintendo and put in the game, i played it and fell in love with it, this game will always have a special place in my heart, it started my love for games.
Fair analysis. The way to make this game more challenging is if they just made it Benjamin's solo adventure and to get key items he does side quests to progress the game. The companion system was minor damage output during the mid-late game but the insane healing output this game has made it way easier than it should've been.
Nice video. I experienced the game exactly the way it was intended, as a very welcoming introduction to rpgs in 1992. And it was a great introduction. I had tried Phantasy Star 2 before for 20 or 30 minutes and it frustrated me to no ends so Mystic Quest was ideal. I played it again a couple of years later and enjoyed it for a second time for the soundtrack, the very mild challenge of the puzzles and even - at least a bit - for story and characters, bland as they might be. BTW, even the first time it only took 10 hours to beat the game, I think that's the regular length.
I love the game, simple as that. Perhaps it's nostalgia, but back when it was released I played through it twice in a row, and still play through it almost yearly. The musical score is AMAZING and Final Fantasy-worthy. It did feel barebones after playing FF IV but I just find it so lighthearted and fun. I still have my original copy and it sits right up there on my Final Fantasy shelf.
Was one of my first RPG experiences in the Snes, and probably the one that made me turn completely over the genre because it was very difficult for me at 6 or 7 years, without understanding of the English language and my poor experience with RPGs at that time. But I loved the formula of turn based gameplay and so on today I still love it. Mystic Quest brings good memories at least for me. By the way, my favorite Final Fantasy on the Snes is FFV. Wish you the best on your channel. Greetings from Cuba
After playing it for myself, there are a few of other things I like I about it. I love the ability to just retry battles rather than being sent to the last save point. You can also save anytime and anywhere which is effectively a save state system in 1993. As limited as it is, I do like the puzzle-solving elements that require the use of your weapons which the Wild Arms series would adopt. While the story is simple, I did enjoy the guest party members Phobe, Reuben, and Tristam and their arcs. While the challenge is certainly light I found just right to be the most relaxing Final Fantasy I've ever completed, compared to 1, 2, 3 remake, 4, 5, 6, and 7. However, those looking for excitement are going to have that sense famished.
I played this as a kid and loved it. The monsters, the sound...awesome. Yes, it was very easy and clearly for beginners, but it did a great job in being just that. It took me several playthroughs to realize: You can use "ressurect" on the first dungeon boss to insta-kill him. Or you that you can use "Heal" on the final boss for massive damage. Last one only works if the mane character uses heal, not if the ally uses it, if I remember correctly.
I think FF Mystic Quest is a fun game with a great soundtrack. Is it ever going to be considered as good as some of the others like FF6? No, but it's still a game that can be fun if someone goes into it with the right expectations.
The soundtrack is absolutely awesome. My favorite tracks are the fire town outdoor theme, and the boss theme from the ice cave, which reminds me of "Tragedy" by the Bee Gees. (Edit to add: Fireburg, that was the name of the fire-themed town!! Lol... guess that's what I get for staying up all night and then trying to post a response...😂 )
I can't wait to play this one day! Just have to commit to it - if they put it on the NSO I would play it immediately! It looks fun and I love simply easy games!
I never got to play it, as it was just a few years before my time, but I honestly think it looks like a great gateway for people who don't know what they're getting into when they start to look into classic style JRPG's. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think we need a modern "Mystic Quest" per se to introduce turn-based combat to wider audiences
By the time this game released, I was already a die-hard RPG (and Final Fantasy) fan since Ultima: Exodus, Dragon Warrior, and Final Fantasy on the NES. I was always hungry for more US released RPGs as a result, and so when I caught wind of this one from Nintendo Power, I made sure to get it on release week (since I had to wait until Fridays to get new games). It only took me from late afternoon Friday to Saturday evening to beat it (in two play sessions), but it was still enjoyable even though I was still replaying the more complex and far better FF4. I still regard Mystic Quest fondly despite its simplicity, and its music still sticks with me even now. Thanks for the upload!
I loved this game as a kid. It was the first video game I ever purchased on my own too with my own hard earned money. I played previous Final Fantasy games on the NES at the time and was able to complete them. But I still found this to be a nice entry. Sometimes you just want an easy experience instead of grinding for hours before going into that Volcano in FF1. I revisit this game every couple of years and I have a blast each time. I plan on introducing my kid to it as well when he is old enough.
The sound track legit slaps. First RPG I evet beat, so I can't say it's bad by any means, because it does exactly what it set out to do, with very good polish.
I kinda like the simplistic style of this game; it is basically like "hello beginner, here are the bare fundamentals of the RPG genre, now go and save these crystal things and fight enemies in dungeons for a while". It is a pleasant starting point for beginners, where things are kept simple.
Love this game , bought it Christmas 94 and still have it to this day , good game , amazing music . Story line was basic . Love the way the enemies change when they were damaged
I enjoyed this game just as much as more complex ones. The OST is great, I think the simpler battle mechanics made the game more fun to play too. If anything I DO wish there was a little more to boss fights like the Bird boss, but otherwise think it's enjoyable. It's easy, not bad. The two aren't mutually bonded no mater what the hardcore player might try to pitch you. Heck I wish some things from this one like enemies reacting to your damage by looking weaker was used in more games.
Mystic Quest was the first FF game I ever played, love this game :D FF6 is my absolute favorite game of all time. So to me, Mystic Quest is perfectly fine. It's definitely simple, in terms of mechanics and plot and whatnot, but it holds up just fine today! It didn't need to be some super big in-depth thing, the American market definitely wasn't ready for such a thing at the time it came out.
What a memorable game! Loved the ambiance in each of the towns especially Windia. I think the companions in the game were really sweet too. Great review but I dont think is was a bad game at all.
This game did exactly what it was designed for for me. I was a 13 year old, playing my first RPG in Europe in 1993, and I struggled with getting the hang on leveling, status ailments and so on. Without this game, I wouldn't be that much of an RPG nerd nowadays.
This game did exactly what it set out to do for me... i played it super young, thought it was a blast and have been rpg obsessed ever since! I did like games like Wanderers From YS iii a bit more, but I played through this one multiple times throughout my life! P.S. I had no idea it was a Final Fantasy game until like five years ago, which made me appreciate it even more! 😅
Great video! I will forever be nostalgic for this game. Not because it’s amazing. Nor for being my favorite FF game, far from it. I’ll forever be nostalgic for it because it was the first turn based game I ever played to completion and the first FF game I ever played. My step brother and I rented Super Mario RPG and thought it was trash. We didn’t know what a JRPG was, we were all about Zelda, Contra III, Super Metroid and games like that. Wtf is a turn based, RPG?! We had no idea and took it back to the rental store asap. But years later I played this game at my cousins house on his pc. He had a bunch of roms and I checked this out. Bring older, I understood the concept more and was digging it. So much so that I went back to that rental store and they had this game. I beat it and it made me a lifelong FF fan. This was a year after FFVII dropped, so I bought a PlayStation and a greatest hits copy of VII and have been playing FF ever since.
"Bad" is a stretch. There needs to be a word for "the precise quality one would expect if you trained AI on a franchise, told it to make a new one, and then you shipped it."
I've no clue what people are on about, I played Mystic Quest when I was a kid and I Absolutely loved it. Yeah Rose tinted glasses and all that, but watching the game as I listen to your review, I find myself right back in my childhood. Loved this game as a kid, and I still love it now!
I have to agree with the review of FFMQ in this video. It's not a mainline FF game, it's simple, relatively short and pretty easy. However, it has a rocking soundtrack and is fun to play. I think some players and magazines back then hated on it because they were expecting a REAL FF game and instead couldn't see the positives of FFMQ. Back in the day I got FFMQ right after it had been released, after I had already played through FF2/4 a few times (along with FF on the NES) and I still loved FFMQ. I even had one of the initial run cartridges that had a bug that would cause the game to freeze. I had to call Square in order to have my cartridge replaced with a newer revision as they were aware of the issue. I even played through FFMQ a year or two ago and still had a good time. :)
I was a kid when this game was introduced and I remember seeing somewhere... that it was a more casual game for none RPG players, to introduce them to RPG's. So I cut this game some slack because I knew what it was going for. For us hardcore RPG players, we had Final fantasy 3(6), Chrono trigger, Secret of Mana, Illusion of Gaia and Breath of Fire2. I remember playing this and still liking it. Again, it was very linear and very simple. Only two members per party and characters would join and be replaced at different parts of the story. Not a bad game, just not a game that should be compared to the other heavy hitters at the time, because it wasnt trying to be a full hardcore RPG expirience.
I thought it was a good game considering what it introduced in the gameplay department. A grappling claw to move across gaps, cutting down objects, jumping across to reach the other side, bombing rocks etc. it actually gave a lot of interaction with the environment. In the latter games, you can’t even use spells outside of combat to do anything with the area. This is something developers should look at and decide to add to future Final Fantasy games whether it’s revisiting sprites or 3D game. I forgot how nice the music was too.
Mystic Quest is one of the first RPGs I ever played, and despite how easy the game is, there's a lot of cool stuff. Most obviously, the puzzle elements are really cool. Using your weapons as tools to explore the world is really cool. It's sorta a prototype of how Lufia 2 and the Wild Arms series would do things. Also, enemy weaknesses are usually really well telegraphed. Big eye monster? Poke it in the eye with your sword. Evil tree? Chop it down with your sword. Brittle Bone Skeleton Man? Blow him up with bombs. The claw weapons also do status effects, which are kinda useful when your not one-shotting enemies. You may not have a lot of choice in equipment, but the ease with which you can switch weapons is super cool, and maybe deserves a shot in other RPGs. There are no random encounters. You can see every encounter on the map(except the 2 maps where enemies are invisible until you find a special item, though they are still fixed.) Further, each encounter uses a sprite showing what the primary enemy in the group is. There are usually multiple paths through an area, and you can choose which enemies you want to fight. Treasure Chests give a hint to their contents. Brown chests are common goods, and red chests are unique treasure. With the above, you can make a choice as to whether it is worth going off the main path, and fighting more enemies, to get consumables. The dungeons are really cool too. Giant Ice Pyramid! Giant walking, talking tree! A tower where you have to trap the boss between floors or he'll keep running away! I know that the team that made Mystic Quest also made SaGa 3 (Final Fantasy Legend 3) for the Gameboy. They had a cool visual style, and some neat gameplay and setting ideas. I wish more games would learn from the GOOD things Mystic Quest did, because outside of the dead-simple difficulty, there's a really cool game there.
Recently watched someone do a playthrough where they only fought enemies they needed to. (With the exception of not knowing where to go at one point) and it looked like it added a decent struggle to beating the game.
Played SNES 2(4) first and I still loved this game. Puzzles, weapons, music, damaged enemy sprites. All fantastic. Sure it's not as good as its real FF counterparts but it's still a darn good game.
To me this was the perfect game in the perfect time of my life (single digit age) It kinda played itself and I just rolled with the story while being introduced to the mechanics of a JRPG. Also, its incredible how much I still remember - all the parts in the video still stuck with me until today, and oh god that OST! Thanks Xygor!
I got Dragon Warrior with my Nintendo Power subscription and it was my first JRPG. This was my second and I loved it. I recently have been getting to watching randomizer races and the Mystic Quest randomizer is one of my favorites. It is great to see a simple JRPG repurposed at a new and unique adventure. The challenge isn't so much the game but your opponent who is also racing the same randomized seed.
This was the first FF game I played as a kid in the 90's. I loved it at the time. I was engrossed being the hero of a far away realm knowing it was thrust upon me to save the world from annihilation. I loved having different weapons to use and being able to switch between them at will, and I loved Tristam he was a quirky and memorable companion even if he was just using us as a means to get what he wanted, though he did depart by giving us the trusty bombs. Though the game was lacking in the overall substance of other square RPGs of the time, it was a great introduction into the fantasy world that most of us would yearn to return too. I was obsessed with the musical score in the game. From the epic boss music to the funky jam of fire town. I would definitely re play it now just for the nostalgic burst of dopamine it would provide. I did however find the game to be quite easy but I think that was the point of it being an entry point into RPGs for us westerners. Also I really enjoyed watching the enemies change as you brought them closer to their eventual demise. Definitely not my favorite FF game but it will always hold a special place in my heart. Glad to see this game is still being talked about 30 years on.
This game did it's job for me as a gateway into RPG's when I was a kid. I do wish they had done more with the story and characters, but overall it's a perfectly fine, fun little game. The enemies and bosses having different visuals to reflect that they are damaged and low on heath is still so cool, and yet I've barely seen any other games do that.
Liked this game. It holds a special place in my heart. I never compared it to the bigger RPGs because it was not that. It was simple yet fun. I still jump on an SNES every so often and play RPG's from time to time. My stepfather loved RPGs.
This was my first Final Fantasy and it did its one job right because I loved this game so much I immediately bought (had my mom buy. I WAS A CHILD, ALL RIGHT?!!) Final Fantasy Legends 3 (SaGa 3) and Final Fantasy IV. So I have fond memories of Mystic Quest. It was also one of the 1st video games I ever beat. Consider that the games I had beaten back then were usually single-sitting platfomers and games you can finish in 2-3 hours while Mystic Quest was a longer length game for an RPG newbie, that means something.
I play it on a handheld emulator (miyoo mini) when I'm waiting for the doctor, or any other situation that i'm stuck waiting for something and can't pay too much attention to the game. It is more like a curiosity thing for me and a great time killer.
I think they made the right choice in the PAL regions to call it 'Mystic Quest Legend' just to keep it seperate from the mainline series, but it is not at all a bad game. Very simple, entry level RPG for people not familiar with the genre.
One of my first aside from the main line FF games. Got it when I was like 9 or 10 and freekin loved it! Still love it today and have an SNES copy that I'll pull out every now & then.
I've never heard a single person call this a bad game. RPG light? Yes. Just play it and give it a quick run through. It's certainly entertaining and my god the music is fucking incredible. I literally have random songs from this game enter my head at random times throughout any given year and it brings nothing short of a smile to my face. And then I'll hit up TH-cam to hear them for real and be on my way. This game to me is a lite merger of Link to the Past and Final Fantasy. It scratches all the itches with a week long casual run through.
Well its better as ff7 remake and rebirth, thats for sure ❤ but as a classic final fantasy its just mediocre. Its not bad at all. You just need to be a classic final fantasy fan.
As a Final Fantasy fan, this has a place that no other really has, just in its own right. Even the end credits rolling by with the nice music is a whole little part in itself for those of us who grew up in this era. I remember completing this game and then my mom getting my Final Fantasy IV, which was miswritten as Final Fantasy II, so I though it was a direct sequel. Not only was I wrong, but I got a taste of ATB. While Final Fantasy I is turn-based, it was pretty hard, as many games were back then. I think that this coincidental segue from Mystic Quest to FF2 happened to be even better than what might have been FF1 to FF2; it all depends on the person. Anyway, not only did my child self at the FF2 intro say "Wait, this doesn't look like Mystic Quest; is this beyond 'the world' we saved after Benjamin sailed in Captain Mac's ship?" Dumb-funny I know, but then I got into battle. I thought of what to try to do and suddenly an enemy hit me. I was like "What the heck? The enemy just went!" Another one hit me and I acquired a brand new aspect (ATB) that would add to the many that shaped my gaming throughout the years.
I'm pretty sure I asked for Final Fantasy 6, and that somehow got translated into Final Fantasy mystic quest By the time Christmas rolled around. While I would have loved to have FF6, missed a quest was okay in its own way. Absolute banger of a soundtrack, but the gameplay definitely left a lot to be desired.
This was my 2nd RPG on the SNES, after FF2 I was jonesing for more and bought this on a whim. I will defend this game even today as being good for what it was trying to do. Also yeah, that soundtrack is a banger. It should be noted that this team also did SaGa 3 (the main team was working on Romancing SaGa already) and you can really see the influence. Also a fun juxtaposition between really easy and balls hard.
People complained it was too easy, but that was the point. xD The box literally says entry level game play. What were they expecting? A lot of the complaints were pretty stupid. xD Yes it is simplified and it is supposed to be. And it had one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard.
Kind of condescending for the upper hierarchy at Square to assume Westerners don't get role-playing games. Final Fantasy was inspired by Dragon Quest, which was inspired by Wizardry and Ultima, western RPG games.
I remembered playing this and passed it back in the late 90s and thought that it was pretty good. It might be that I was so poor and don't have much games or that life and expectations were much simpler back then. I would still turn this game on to play. But I might not spend the 20 hours or so to fully pass the game again.
I wish that this game would get a remake/port so that younger generations could experience this masterpiece for what it is. Sure the game is simple, but I’ll never forget how incredible it felt to beat this game as a 5-6 year old. That’s probably why an overwhelming amount of reviews for the game are negative tbh. We aren’t who the game was designed for. This was an entry level rpg with impressive music/visuals for its time before the internet was a thing. I vividly remember struggling against Pazuzu in the wind crystal dungeon until I found Excalibur. That was the moment I became hooked on rpgs
Growing up this is one of my all time favorite Super Nintendo games. I have actually still go back and play this game from time to time. Literally one of the best soundtracks of all time!!!!
It was my first RPG whose text I understood (the BoF2 cartridge had a broken memory at this time). The problem for me was not the low difficulty, but rather the low complexity. For example, the Ice Golem defeats me to this day, but that is because even an optimal strategy will not suffice if the RNG isn't in my favor. That said, the dungeon design, the excellent soundtrack and the cheese factor still make it enjoyable - just not on the same level than the consoles best.
So what did you think about Final Fantasy Mystic Quest? Is it really as bad as people say?
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I think you’re talking about it a little late. maybe even pretending you played it. The only acceptable explanation is that it is better than Final Fantasy two, but your a shill. You’re gonna give other people’s opinion write mine down. It separates the men from the boys and the boys don’t know what you’re talking about just like you
Typical hater not even a fan of the game 4:39 drooping names but we don’t care
5:15 cry more noob
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This is an embarrassing excuse to play Final Fantasy six music at the end of a video
I never thought it was bad in the slightest. Simple? Easy? Sure. Bad? No way. The soundtrack is absolutely incredible and it's kind of a nice change of pace from heavy grinding difficult RPGs.
I agree. The difficulty would have been perfect as a kid on the Snes, instead I played it as ROM years later just to see it and did enjoy the trax
And when you kill enemeis they go UUUHHHHH
@@BDBD16hell yeah!
Yep, all of this. I loved it back then, and I still find it fun to blow through every now and then. I'd say it's a great game.
The boss battle music was great and rocked hard
My first RPG ever. Still has a special place in my heart.
Good stuff!
Same for me
Same!
same it has that nostalgia for me
Same! I think about it every time I hear or read the words Final Fantasy
I ripped through this game like 7 times growing up. OST is permanently burned into my brain and I loved the perspective and enemy design.
Same. Legit one of the greatest soundtracks on the SNES, and those battle graphics honestly make even FFVI look rather ugly by comparison.
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This was actually the first RPG I played all on my own without my brother's help. I was about ten or so. In that respect, I think it's great. I remember being really overwhelmed trying a lot of other games and this one taught me the mechanics in a way I understood at that time. I think it could still be a good game to introduce to very young kids who aren't ready for harder RPGs.
Same, loved it
I love this game. It is streamlined in a good way, the story and characters are quirky in a nice way. The graphics have a really nice palet, the music is great and the world feels bigger then it is. I love how enemy encounters are visible and how enemies show damage. There is so much to like here.
Right on, thanks for your thoughts about it!
I'm 41 and this along with FFIV were my first FF experiences. This holds a very special place in my heart, and will always be gaming comfort food for me 😊😊
Glad you have those memories of it!
The One Companion system is huge in my opinion.
You get to connect with that companion, you get used to them being there, then they're gone. And then you miss them...and meet them again and get excited.
I'd love to see this used in a mainline FF.
Plus the OST. Woooo~
For anyone who enjoys the aesthetics and gameplay of Mystic Quest but wants a deeper challenge and storyline, I highly recommend Final Fantasy Legend 3, which featured many of the same staff members who worked on Mystic Quest, and is much more akin to a traditional Final Fantasy than a SaGa game. It also features a time travel gimmick similar to Chrono Trigger and is among one of the best RPGs for the original Game Boy.
Great art, great music, great animations, fun, quick, simple, for sure easy but I really enjoyed it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I absolutely adored this game when I rented it back in the day. The music is so good! And it has good pacing and keeps adding new things. Really have a soft spot for this game.
When I played it, I really enjoyed it and I loved it’s music.
The soundtrack is great!
My son is 7, and he is about halfway through this game right now. He saw me playing Final Fantasy 6 and wanted to play. This was my solution, as his only other experience with videogames is Mario Kart and Super Smash Brothers. It's really great to see how excited he gets about this game. It brings me back to a time when I was around his age and my uncle bought me Super Mario RPG.
I say that was a really good idea by you!
I was eleven or twelve when it came out. I remember those "battlefields" where you had to fight ten battles in a row. I had an Asciipad which had a "turbo" and "auto turbo" switch for the face buttons. I would put "auto turbo" on and the field would be cleared after a bit. It never resulted in a game over. The only challenge was Pazuzu's (?) tower, It was an elevator puzzle I never figured out, I just fiddled around and finally found the boss.
I played through FFMQ when I was 8, and this is one of my best gaming memories ever. I had my dad make me a wooden sword in the shape of Excalibur (based on the shape of the inventory icon).
25 years later, most of the tracks still give me shivers. Absolutely epic.
Thanks for sharing your memories of it!
My first RPG, still listen to the soundtrack often. I was actually kinda bummed out when I first played a "real jrpg" and the enemy sprites didnt have damage modes. The rocking battle BGM together with the enemies changing was very visceral and felt really good.
Mystic Quest accomplishes what it is supposed to be. It is an introductory JRPG, albeit simple and easy, and is meant to bridge new and younger players into the genre and more serious titles. My sons first JRPG was Mystic Quest. It teaches them how to manage a light inventory, solve some easy puzzles, grind, and manage hit points in battle. Almost non existent story, and forgettable characters, but you can say that about a lot of JRPGs of this era. Music is bitchin tho, right? And hey, it isn't broken. More than you can say for most 2023 game releases. Mystic Quest is a good game.
I have extremely fond memories of playing this game in the morning on an emulator on my brother's computer before school when I was maybe 5 years old. One of the first RPGs I ever played. Really fun game, and an amazing battle theme.
Glad you have such good memories of it!
i had this game and loved it. yeah it was simple and shallow but that's the intention. it was meant to be a fun romp not a big grand adventure. that said they could have done a lot more to make it more interesting and deep without making it hard and complicated
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about it!
That was my starting game on the genere, one day I sent my pc to be formated and it came back with a snes emulator and by the order of the games it was the "first" ff game, so I played it on sequence, nostalgia always get me on this one, making it one of my favorites
The game might be on the easier side, but damn if the game can't throw you a curveball sometimes. If you get too overly cocky or button-mashy earlier in the game before you start getting status immunities, a single confuse, paralyze, sleep, or petrify can set off a chain of events that leads you to stare at the Retry prompt in disbelief that you just got killed in this game, of all games. Also, if you don't abuse the Cure spell to do damage to the final boss, and you only use the Life spell as it was intended (it wasn't intended to be used as a healing spell), the Final Boss is actually rather difficult, surprisingly so compared to the rest of the game.
That said, I think the game warrants at least one playthrough for any FF fan. It might be on the touch easy side, but it's not THAT bad. Also, you forgot to mention in the video something else this game does that not many FF games do: Weapon types matter. Some enemies are weak against axes (especially treants), slimes are weak against bombs, etc. While you don't have a choice in weapons of a type (why would you use an earlier sword if the new sword is better in every way?), you have choice between the types of weapons and sometimes hitting an enemy with a weapon it's weak to is a better choice than simply using the latest weapon you obtained.
EDIT: The only thing I have against this game, is that it gives me headaches. Every single time you or an enemy attacks, the whole screen flashes white for a split second. This causes headaches in me after awhile for some odd reason. I really wish they hadn't done all the screen flashing.
Thanks for all these thoughts, I mostly agree. Final Fantasy fans should still check the game out once!
This is one you absolutely need nostalgia googles to enjoy, but if you're lucky enough to have them (or unlucky, depending on your point of view), it's such a fun, charming playthrough that catapults you right back in your childhood.
Definitly one of the Best RPG´s of its Time.
OST was overwhelming, i even listening to them now,
This game is much more then Childhood memory, its Life in the 90´s. Loved every second about it
So for my 7th birthday, I had begged my dad to get me Final Fantasy Mystic Quest for my birthday. He told me he would but being the kidder he was, on the day of mg birthday, when I asked him if he got it for me, he said he didn’t because he couldn’t get to it because of work. He allowed me to just cry but as he and the rest of family finished singing Happy Birthday to me, he had me turn around to the countertop behind me and there was sitting Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. My face lit up and I hugged my dad, and then I gained into the night.
This is why Final Fantasy Mystic Quest will always have a special place in my heart.
As a kid, I thought Benjamin's canonical name was "Demoplay" which is the name the game gives him in the demo reel that plays if you wait on the title screen. I figured out what they meant by that name later, but I was young and dumb.
As an aside, I don't know if anyone else ever noticed, but at the end screen if you wait awhile and push a button after the black screen "zoom in" on the ship, it recedes and you can see what looks like two little tiny dots appear on the ship and they move around, one is brown/grey and the other blue, like it could be Tristam and Benjamin. I've never seen anyone else anywhere mention it, and it feels like I'm crazy or in my own private Mandela effect.
I was only 10 when it came out, and while I never thought it was anything game-changing like FF4, I do strongly remember greatly enjoying this at the time.
Loving the frequency of the uploads!
Glad you do!
Im 16, As a very young kid i lived for this game, my dad always talked about final fantasy games and i wanted to play them, he set up the Super Nintendo and put in the game, i played it and fell in love with it, this game will always have a special place in my heart, it started my love for games.
Fair analysis. The way to make this game more challenging is if they just made it Benjamin's solo adventure and to get key items he does side quests to progress the game. The companion system was minor damage output during the mid-late game but the insane healing output this game has made it way easier than it should've been.
Fair point, thanks for leaving your take on it!
Nice video. I experienced the game exactly the way it was intended, as a very welcoming introduction to rpgs in 1992. And it was a great introduction. I had tried Phantasy Star 2 before for 20 or 30 minutes and it frustrated me to no ends so Mystic Quest was ideal. I played it again a couple of years later and enjoyed it for a second time for the soundtrack, the very mild challenge of the puzzles and even - at least a bit - for story and characters, bland as they might be. BTW, even the first time it only took 10 hours to beat the game, I think that's the regular length.
Thanks for the compliment and for your experiences in this game being a gateway for you!
It was my introduction to the genre and I couldn't be happier about that. I look back at it fondly and don't have anything bad to say about it.
Great to hear that!
I love the game, simple as that. Perhaps it's nostalgia, but back when it was released I played through it twice in a row, and still play through it almost yearly. The musical score is AMAZING and Final Fantasy-worthy. It did feel barebones after playing FF IV but I just find it so lighthearted and fun. I still have my original copy and it sits right up there on my Final Fantasy shelf.
Glad you like it so much!
Was one of my first RPG experiences in the Snes, and probably the one that made me turn completely over the genre because it was very difficult for me at 6 or 7 years, without understanding of the English language and my poor experience with RPGs at that time. But I loved the formula of turn based gameplay and so on today I still love it. Mystic Quest brings good memories at least for me. By the way, my favorite Final Fantasy on the Snes is FFV.
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After playing it for myself, there are a few of other things I like I about it. I love the ability to just retry battles rather than being sent to the last save point. You can also save anytime and anywhere which is effectively a save state system in 1993. As limited as it is, I do like the puzzle-solving elements that require the use of your weapons which the Wild Arms series would adopt. While the story is simple, I did enjoy the guest party members Phobe, Reuben, and Tristam and their arcs. While the challenge is certainly light I found just right to be the most relaxing Final Fantasy I've ever completed, compared to 1, 2, 3 remake, 4, 5, 6, and 7. However, those looking for excitement are going to have that sense famished.
This game is the reason I love rpgs. It did what it was set out to do. Get new players into rpgs. Amazing memories with this gem.
Glad it was a good gateway for you!
I played this as a kid and loved it. The monsters, the sound...awesome. Yes, it was very easy and clearly for beginners, but it did a great job in being just that. It took me several playthroughs to realize: You can use "ressurect" on the first dungeon boss to insta-kill him. Or you that you can use "Heal" on the final boss for massive damage. Last one only works if the mane character uses heal, not if the ally uses it, if I remember correctly.
I think FF Mystic Quest is a fun game with a great soundtrack. Is it ever going to be considered as good as some of the others like FF6? No, but it's still a game that can be fun if someone goes into it with the right expectations.
Thanks for leaving your thoughts!
The soundtrack is absolutely awesome. My favorite tracks are the fire town outdoor theme, and the boss theme from the ice cave, which reminds me of "Tragedy" by the Bee Gees. (Edit to add: Fireburg, that was the name of the fire-themed town!! Lol... guess that's what I get for staying up all night and then trying to post a response...😂 )
Agreed, it’s pretty darn good!
I can't wait to play this one day! Just have to commit to it - if they put it on the NSO I would play it immediately! It looks fun and I love simply easy games!
I never got to play it, as it was just a few years before my time, but I honestly think it looks like a great gateway for people who don't know what they're getting into when they start to look into classic style JRPG's. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think we need a modern "Mystic Quest" per se to introduce turn-based combat to wider audiences
By the time this game released, I was already a die-hard RPG (and Final Fantasy) fan since Ultima: Exodus, Dragon Warrior, and Final Fantasy on the NES. I was always hungry for more US released RPGs as a result, and so when I caught wind of this one from Nintendo Power, I made sure to get it on release week (since I had to wait until Fridays to get new games). It only took me from late afternoon Friday to Saturday evening to beat it (in two play sessions), but it was still enjoyable even though I was still replaying the more complex and far better FF4. I still regard Mystic Quest fondly despite its simplicity, and its music still sticks with me even now.
Thanks for the upload!
Thanks for your thoughts. Me and you were un the same boat
I loved this game as a kid. It was the first video game I ever purchased on my own too with my own hard earned money.
I played previous Final Fantasy games on the NES at the time and was able to complete them. But I still found this to be a nice entry. Sometimes you just want an easy experience instead of grinding for hours before going into that Volcano in FF1.
I revisit this game every couple of years and I have a blast each time. I plan on introducing my kid to it as well when he is old enough.
Glad you liked this one! Lots of people have similar stories to your own, which is great.
The sound track legit slaps. First RPG I evet beat, so I can't say it's bad by any means, because it does exactly what it set out to do, with very good polish.
I kinda like the simplistic style of this game;
it is basically like "hello beginner, here are the bare fundamentals of the RPG genre, now go and save these crystal things and fight enemies in dungeons for a while".
It is a pleasant starting point for beginners, where things are kept simple.
Love this game , bought it Christmas 94 and still have it to this day , good game , amazing music . Story line was basic . Love the way the enemies change when they were damaged
Thanks for sharing your memories of it!
I enjoyed this game just as much as more complex ones. The OST is great, I think the simpler battle mechanics made the game more fun to play too. If anything I DO wish there was a little more to boss fights like the Bird boss, but otherwise think it's enjoyable. It's easy, not bad. The two aren't mutually bonded no mater what the hardcore player might try to pitch you.
Heck I wish some things from this one like enemies reacting to your damage by looking weaker was used in more games.
This was my first final fantasy game and I love it to this day.
Great!
Mystic Quest was the first FF game I ever played, love this game :D FF6 is my absolute favorite game of all time. So to me, Mystic Quest is perfectly fine. It's definitely simple, in terms of mechanics and plot and whatnot, but it holds up just fine today! It didn't need to be some super big in-depth thing, the American market definitely wasn't ready for such a thing at the time it came out.
i for one would like to see FFMQ remade and turned into a proper game. It's not bad, but a remake could turn it into something better.
Maybe someday in the future!
I loved it as a kid, beat it rather quickly but it was fun
What a memorable game! Loved the ambiance in each of the towns especially Windia. I think the companions in the game were really sweet too. Great review but I dont think is was a bad game at all.
Thanks for your opinion on it!
This game did exactly what it was designed for for me. I was a 13 year old, playing my first RPG in Europe in 1993, and I struggled with getting the hang on leveling, status ailments and so on. Without this game, I wouldn't be that much of an RPG nerd nowadays.
It's a pretty bare bones JRPG.
That being said though it's a good one to just turn off your brain and just have a light adventure.
True, good point!
This game did exactly what it set out to do for me... i played it super young, thought it was a blast and have been rpg obsessed ever since! I did like games like Wanderers From YS iii a bit more, but I played through this one multiple times throughout my life!
P.S. I had no idea it was a Final Fantasy game until like five years ago, which made me appreciate it even more! 😅
Great video! I will forever be nostalgic for this game. Not because it’s amazing. Nor for being my favorite FF game, far from it. I’ll forever be nostalgic for it because it was the first turn based game I ever played to completion and the first FF game I ever played. My step brother and I rented Super Mario RPG and thought it was trash. We didn’t know what a JRPG was, we were all about Zelda, Contra III, Super Metroid and games like that. Wtf is a turn based, RPG?! We had no idea and took it back to the rental store asap. But years later I played this game at my cousins house on his pc. He had a bunch of roms and I checked this out. Bring older, I understood the concept more and was digging it. So much so that I went back to that rental store and they had this game. I beat it and it made me a lifelong FF fan. This was a year after FFVII dropped, so I bought a PlayStation and a greatest hits copy of VII and have been playing FF ever since.
Thanks for the compliments on the video, and also on how you discovered the genre through it!
"Bad" is a stretch. There needs to be a word for "the precise quality one would expect if you trained AI on a franchise, told it to make a new one, and then you shipped it."
Fair enough, I get your point!
I've no clue what people are on about, I played Mystic Quest when I was a kid and I Absolutely loved it. Yeah Rose tinted glasses and all that, but watching the game as I listen to your review, I find myself right back in my childhood.
Loved this game as a kid, and I still love it now!
Glad to hear you have good memories of it!
Aside from the music, the visual changes when you damage enemies was actually really neat
this was my aunt's favorite rpg until secret of evermore. she liked the simple combat and the weapon usage. This game got her into rpg's
Awesome, glad to hear it was formative for you!
I have to agree with the review of FFMQ in this video. It's not a mainline FF game, it's simple, relatively short and pretty easy. However, it has a rocking soundtrack and is fun to play. I think some players and magazines back then hated on it because they were expecting a REAL FF game and instead couldn't see the positives of FFMQ.
Back in the day I got FFMQ right after it had been released, after I had already played through FF2/4 a few times (along with FF on the NES) and I still loved FFMQ. I even had one of the initial run cartridges that had a bug that would cause the game to freeze. I had to call Square in order to have my cartridge replaced with a newer revision as they were aware of the issue. I even played through FFMQ a year or two ago and still had a good time. :)
I was a kid when this game was introduced and I remember seeing somewhere... that it was a more casual game for none RPG players, to introduce them to RPG's. So I cut this game some slack because I knew what it was going for. For us hardcore RPG players, we had Final fantasy 3(6), Chrono trigger, Secret of Mana, Illusion of Gaia and Breath of Fire2. I remember playing this and still liking it. Again, it was very linear and very simple. Only two members per party and characters would join and be replaced at different parts of the story. Not a bad game, just not a game that should be compared to the other heavy hitters at the time, because it wasnt trying to be a full hardcore RPG expirience.
I thought it was a good game considering what it introduced in the gameplay department. A grappling claw to move across gaps, cutting down objects, jumping across to reach the other side, bombing rocks etc. it actually gave a lot of interaction with the environment. In the latter games, you can’t even use spells outside of combat to do anything with the area.
This is something developers should look at and decide to add to future Final Fantasy games whether it’s revisiting sprites or 3D game.
I forgot how nice the music was too.
Mystic Quest is one of the first RPGs I ever played, and despite how easy the game is, there's a lot of cool stuff.
Most obviously, the puzzle elements are really cool. Using your weapons as tools to explore the world is really cool. It's sorta a prototype of how Lufia 2 and the Wild Arms series would do things.
Also, enemy weaknesses are usually really well telegraphed. Big eye monster? Poke it in the eye with your sword. Evil tree? Chop it down with your sword. Brittle Bone Skeleton Man? Blow him up with bombs. The claw weapons also do status effects, which are kinda useful when your not one-shotting enemies. You may not have a lot of choice in equipment, but the ease with which you can switch weapons is super cool, and maybe deserves a shot in other RPGs.
There are no random encounters. You can see every encounter on the map(except the 2 maps where enemies are invisible until you find a special item, though they are still fixed.) Further, each encounter uses a sprite showing what the primary enemy in the group is. There are usually multiple paths through an area, and you can choose which enemies you want to fight.
Treasure Chests give a hint to their contents. Brown chests are common goods, and red chests are unique treasure. With the above, you can make a choice as to whether it is worth going off the main path, and fighting more enemies, to get consumables.
The dungeons are really cool too. Giant Ice Pyramid! Giant walking, talking tree! A tower where you have to trap the boss between floors or he'll keep running away!
I know that the team that made Mystic Quest also made SaGa 3 (Final Fantasy Legend 3) for the Gameboy. They had a cool visual style, and some neat gameplay and setting ideas. I wish more games would learn from the GOOD things Mystic Quest did, because outside of the dead-simple difficulty, there's a really cool game there.
FFMQ is the Showgirls of the final fantasy series: such a trainwreck, but I can’t look away!
Haha, great comparison man!
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It was my first FF so it will forever hold a special place . Focus tower and the Dark kings theme are the best ones.
Thanks for your memories and song selections!
@@Xygor did you review illusion of Gaia?
It's a masterpiece
Recently watched someone do a playthrough where they only fought enemies they needed to. (With the exception of not knowing where to go at one point) and it looked like it added a decent struggle to beating the game.
Played SNES 2(4) first and I still loved this game. Puzzles, weapons, music, damaged enemy sprites. All fantastic. Sure it's not as good as its real FF counterparts but it's still a darn good game.
Glad you still enjoy it!
Mystic Quest was my first Final Fantasy. As a kid it blow me away especially the final fight on the pirate ship.
Glad you liked it!
This is one of my favorite games tbh. And I still go back and play it time to time still.
Great, glad it has that kind of staying power.
To me this was the perfect game in the perfect time of my life (single digit age) It kinda played itself and I just rolled with the story while being introduced to the mechanics of a JRPG. Also, its incredible how much I still remember - all the parts in the video still stuck with me until today, and oh god that OST! Thanks Xygor!
I got Dragon Warrior with my Nintendo Power subscription and it was my first JRPG. This was my second and I loved it. I recently have been getting to watching randomizer races and the Mystic Quest randomizer is one of my favorites. It is great to see a simple JRPG repurposed at a new and unique adventure. The challenge isn't so much the game but your opponent who is also racing the same randomized seed.
This was the first FF game I played as a kid in the 90's. I loved it at the time. I was engrossed being the hero of a far away realm knowing it was thrust upon me to save the world from annihilation. I loved having different weapons to use and being able to switch between them at will, and I loved Tristam he was a quirky and memorable companion even if he was just using us as a means to get what he wanted, though he did depart by giving us the trusty bombs. Though the game was lacking in the overall substance of other square RPGs of the time, it was a great introduction into the fantasy world that most of us would yearn to return too. I was obsessed with the musical score in the game. From the epic boss music to the funky jam of fire town. I would definitely re play it now just for the nostalgic burst of dopamine it would provide. I did however find the game to be quite easy but I think that was the point of it being an entry point into RPGs for us westerners. Also I really enjoyed watching the enemies change as you brought them closer to their eventual demise. Definitely not my favorite FF game but it will always hold a special place in my heart. Glad to see this game is still being talked about 30 years on.
What is funny is I actually got stuck in Mystic Quest but never had that problem as an young RPG player for things like FF6/Chrono Trigger
Finished this last month for a 100% RetroAchievements run. It's honestly alright! It helps that the music slaps.
This game did it's job for me as a gateway into RPG's when I was a kid. I do wish they had done more with the story and characters, but overall it's a perfectly fine, fun little game. The enemies and bosses having different visuals to reflect that they are damaged and low on heath is still so cool, and yet I've barely seen any other games do that.
Liked this game. It holds a special place in my heart. I never compared it to the bigger RPGs because it was not that. It was simple yet fun. I still jump on an SNES every so often and play RPG's from time to time. My stepfather loved RPGs.
This was my first Final Fantasy and it did its one job right because I loved this game so much I immediately bought (had my mom buy. I WAS A CHILD, ALL RIGHT?!!) Final Fantasy Legends 3 (SaGa 3) and Final Fantasy IV. So I have fond memories of Mystic Quest. It was also one of the 1st video games I ever beat. Consider that the games I had beaten back then were usually single-sitting platfomers and games you can finish in 2-3 hours while Mystic Quest was a longer length game for an RPG newbie, that means something.
I play it on a handheld emulator (miyoo mini) when I'm waiting for the doctor, or any other situation that i'm stuck waiting for something and can't pay too much attention to the game. It is more like a curiosity thing for me and a great time killer.
I think they made the right choice in the PAL regions to call it 'Mystic Quest Legend' just to keep it seperate from the mainline series, but it is not at all a bad game.
Very simple, entry level RPG for people not familiar with the genre.
Thanks for leaving your thoughts!
I love this game and the battle themes are still some of my favorite’s
Right on!
One of my first aside from the main line FF games. Got it when I was like 9 or 10 and freekin loved it! Still love it today and have an SNES copy that I'll pull out every now & then.
Glad you have such a good impression of it!
1st game I can remember healing the last boss to near death because it was faster then any other way to defeat him.
I've never heard a single person call this a bad game. RPG light? Yes. Just play it and give it a quick run through. It's certainly entertaining and my god the music is fucking incredible. I literally have random songs from this game enter my head at random times throughout any given year and it brings nothing short of a smile to my face. And then I'll hit up TH-cam to hear them for real and be on my way. This game to me is a lite merger of Link to the Past and Final Fantasy. It scratches all the itches with a week long casual run through.
Great video! Keep up the great work!
Thank you!
Well its better as ff7 remake and rebirth, thats for sure ❤ but as a classic final fantasy its just mediocre. Its not bad at all. You just need to be a classic final fantasy fan.
As a Final Fantasy fan, this has a place that no other really has, just in its own right. Even the end credits rolling by with the nice music is a whole little part in itself for those of us who grew up in this era. I remember completing this game and then my mom getting my Final Fantasy IV, which was miswritten as Final Fantasy II, so I though it was a direct sequel. Not only was I wrong, but I got a taste of ATB. While Final Fantasy I is turn-based, it was pretty hard, as many games were back then. I think that this coincidental segue from Mystic Quest to FF2 happened to be even better than what might have been FF1 to FF2; it all depends on the person.
Anyway, not only did my child self at the FF2 intro say "Wait, this doesn't look like Mystic Quest; is this beyond 'the world' we saved after Benjamin sailed in Captain Mac's ship?" Dumb-funny I know, but then I got into battle. I thought of what to try to do and suddenly an enemy hit me. I was like "What the heck? The enemy just went!" Another one hit me and I acquired a brand new aspect (ATB) that would add to the many that shaped my gaming throughout the years.
I'm pretty sure I asked for Final Fantasy 6, and that somehow got translated into Final Fantasy mystic quest By the time Christmas rolled around. While I would have loved to have FF6, missed a quest was okay in its own way. Absolute banger of a soundtrack, but the gameplay definitely left a lot to be desired.
I can imagine being bummed out if you expected FF6 and got this! But glad you still have fond memories of it anyway.
@@Xygor well, I think I got Chrono Trigger a year later, so the store is ended well
This was my 2nd RPG on the SNES, after FF2 I was jonesing for more and bought this on a whim. I will defend this game even today as being good for what it was trying to do. Also yeah, that soundtrack is a banger. It should be noted that this team also did SaGa 3 (the main team was working on Romancing SaGa already) and you can really see the influence. Also a fun juxtaposition between really easy and balls hard.
People complained it was too easy, but that was the point. xD The box literally says entry level game play. What were they expecting? A lot of the complaints were pretty stupid. xD Yes it is simplified and it is supposed to be. And it had one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard.
This was my first RPG and the first game I ever beat - I will always love it. I still replay it every 3-5 years.
Kind of condescending for the upper hierarchy at Square to assume Westerners don't get role-playing games. Final Fantasy was inspired by Dragon Quest, which was inspired by Wizardry and Ultima, western RPG games.
I remembered playing this and passed it back in the late 90s and thought that it was pretty good. It might be that I was so poor and don't have much games or that life and expectations were much simpler back then. I would still turn this game on to play. But I might not spend the 20 hours or so to fully pass the game again.
Will you ever do a Dark Cloud and Dark Cloud 2 review?
Maybe eventually
2:48 Wrong! They aren't replaced, the new ones are worn in addition to the old ones.
Content is always on point my friend
Thank you!
growing up had good memories of it. It was simple and I knew it was not quite a true sequel.
Glad you liked it!
My first jrpg and it was well ahead of its time. I started other jrpg's and was shocked at how much tedium and bloat they had.
I wish that this game would get a remake/port so that younger generations could experience this masterpiece for what it is. Sure the game is simple, but I’ll never forget how incredible it felt to beat this game as a 5-6 year old. That’s probably why an overwhelming amount of reviews for the game are negative tbh. We aren’t who the game was designed for. This was an entry level rpg with impressive music/visuals for its time before the internet was a thing. I vividly remember struggling against Pazuzu in the wind crystal dungeon until I found Excalibur. That was the moment I became hooked on rpgs
Growing up this is one of my all time favorite Super Nintendo games. I have actually still go back and play this game from time to time. Literally one of the best soundtracks of all time!!!!
It was my first RPG whose text I understood (the BoF2 cartridge had a broken memory at this time).
The problem for me was not the low difficulty, but rather the low complexity. For example, the Ice Golem defeats me to this day, but that is because even an optimal strategy will not suffice if the RNG isn't in my favor.
That said, the dungeon design, the excellent soundtrack and the cheese factor still make it enjoyable - just not on the same level than the consoles best.