I Went Again to the Outdated Final Fantasy Video games—They’re Nonetheless Wonderful in 2025

I liked Final Fantasy rising up. And sure, my first FF sport was FF7. I performed 8 and 9. And whereas I liked them, I don’t keep in mind almost as a lot of these as a result of they got here in the midst of an insane run of video games I used to be taking part in on the time.

I’d ultimately return and play the older ones, too. But at a sure level, I’d simply fallen off the
collection. And I didn’t notice it till I used to be older.

WHAT WAS THE STOPPING POINT?

Well, it was not having pretty common entry to the system I wanted. My dad owned the
PS2 and I had a GameCube. So outdoors of our Madden battles, I didn’t actually go after an excessive amount of.

As a outcome, I missed Final Fantasy X and X-2. And then for some time, I didn’t play a sport within the collection. It wasn’t till Final Fantasy 15 that I performed a brand new one because it got here out.

And whereas I didn’t hate it, it didn’t really feel just like the collection that I liked rising up. And I do know that it’s modified a bit over time, in order that’s on me to make the psychological adjustment after I get round to taking part in FF16.

But in taking part in different RPGs over time that had turn-based techniques, I spotted how a lot I missed the collection.

RETURNING TO FINAL FANTASY

Oddly sufficient, what introduced me again to the collection was my Nintendo Switch. Because I’m a
sucker for enjoying my favourite video games on the go, I purchased Final Fantasy 7, 8, and 9 all on the
console. And then they sat on there for some time at totally different occasions.

I made a decision to fireplace up FF7 at some point, and all of it got here again. Every little bit of it. And then I acquired round to
taking part in a few of the older ones. And I remembered what I liked about them. They’re an
alternative simply to sluggish the heck down. Everything I play is fairly fast-paced. But I can take
my time with these video games.

I’ll most likely get round to grabbing the pixel remaster assortment so I can have all of them within the
identical place. But I’m glad I discovered my love for the collection once more. Next up for me is Final Fantasy
X.

Because there’s a small a part of me that feels a little bit of gamer disgrace for not knocking that one off the listing.