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Two great games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: June 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The two first Final Fantasy's are fun to play. The graphics are all old-style, because it is an old game, but they have their simplistic charm. The gameplay is simple: fight the bad guys, help the good guys, and get the treasure. But there are many puzzles in both 1 and 2, which aren't hard enough to totally stump you but still difficult enough to make you think. This game is a great buy for long trips.

A Classic RPG Reborn!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Recently, alot of Old school games have been remade for the GBA, but to my personal dismay, almost all of them have returned unchanged. This Game however, has been beautifully restored with updated Graphics! Old-School fans BEWARE! Although the classic FF1 has been Restored, the FF2 That Old-School fans know & love is not present, WHY? Well, that requires a back-story, the game that was know as FF2 is actually FF4! Back in 1985 Japan, SQUARE made the game Final Fantasy for the Famicom system or as it is know in the US, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Although SQUARE believed that this would be their failing company's last title before they went bankrupt due to the sucsess of larger corporations such as CAPCOM. But to SQUARES surprise Final fantasy was a huge hit in Japan! Years & many sequils later, Nintendo of America decided to bring this popular game to the states, but by that time (1990) Five Final fantasy titles already existed in Japan. So instead of bringing all five titles to the US at once they only brought FF1 to the states, needless to say it was a huge sucsess! Nintendo wanted a sequil,but by that time they were all set to launch the Super Ninteno (SNES) so instead of bringing the old NES version of FF2,they decided to bring the latest Final Fantasy game FF4 for the SNES to the US. But if they called it FF4 this would confuse all of the gamers waiting for a sequil, so they called FF4 Final fantasy 2. So I warn all lovers of FF2 that FF1&2 dawn of souls does not contain the version that they're used to playing!

Good Points: Upgraded Graphics, Updated sound, New Baddies & Weapons, and All New Bonus Dungeons, and an all new FF title!

Bad Points: Although Final Fantasy 2 is good, it is not as entertaining as Final Fantasy 4.

Update: A remake of Final Fantasy 4, (Final Fantasy IV Advance) was released in US stores on 12/12/05 for the GBA & GBM!

Written by,
Shadowmage (the game maniac)

The Classics Reborn!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Are you a hardcore Final Fantasy fan? Then grab a copy of Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls for a quick time travel to the 1980s! A remake of the two original classic fantasies, you'll find there is new crisp graphics as well as a new exclusive dungeon to explore filled with bosses from later Final Fantasies.
Both games contain monsters, magic swords, spells, wizards, warriors, knights, monks, thieves, mages, dungeons and plenty of butt-kicking boss monsters to beat! Final Fantasy I is a game where you choose four characters out of a selection of six to take with you on your journey and go out and save the world from an unimaginable evil force. Final Fantasy II features Firion and his step-brothers and step-sisters as they go on a journey to stop the evil Empire from ruling the world whilst looking for their lost step-brother, Leon. They are good games, each with their own 'Easy mode' exclusive to the modern versions, to slowly but surely guide ameteur players into the world of Final Fantasy. An excellent addition to any gameboy owner's collection!

Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls........

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm happy to finally have been able to locate a copy of Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls. Getting to play these two games in the series is quite a joy just to see how the series has evolved through the years. In Final Fantasy I, you pick a team of four to set off on a journey to battle the forces of Chaos. Picking the right jobs are key in this game to beat Chaos' forces. In my opinion, the story was a little lean in the first game but it's a good game nonetheless. In Final Fantasy II, four orphans unite and fight to undo an evil empire. They key to making it through this game is to pick the right weapons and use them alot to do battle with as you don't level up through experience...the more you use your weapons & abilities- the stronger you get. I have to admit, it was fun to finally get to play FFII as it was previously unavailable in america on a handheld.

Thankfully, Square Enix improved the graphics and sound somewhat from the originals(although not a great deal). It would've been nice to see a little more animation used on the enemies but, then again, I guess we wouldn't have seen how far the game has come through the years.

If you like old-school roleplaying, you can't go wrong with Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls. You get alot of bang for your buck with this collection. Even moreso than the Phantasy Star Collection on the Gameboy Advance and that's one of my favorites.

A pretty good game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: February 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This Final Fantasy game is a 2 for 1 deal. Final Fantasy II was never relished in the U.S.A, so I was glad to get it. Final Fantasy I's plot is you pick 4 warrioers, and you use them to restore light to these cristils, wicth are the elaments of the world. Final Fantasy II's plot is you play as 3 characters named Firon, Maria, and Guy, to defeat the Empirer. NOTE: SPOILERS AHEAD! You'll get new characters, but most will die. You levil up in Final Fantasy I by gaining Exp. by winning battils. If you like actoin games, this isn't for you. But, if you like RPG'S, you'll love this. With a ton of unlockabls, and a good storyline for both, this, my friend, is a worthy Final Fantasy game.

Great games. I love them.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My first ever Final Fantasy was actually FF4, but the version I have is for Super NES and it used to be called FF2. But these are the REAL first two Final Fantasies. Like all the others, these games are spectacular. I wouldn't expect anything less than perfection from a Final Fantasy game, and I definately get nothing less. Final Fantasy I sort of goes back to Final Fantasy Tactics in that there's really no main character (There is actually one in Tactics.) but instead different classes of warrior to choose from. Honestly I like it because it gives me the chance to sort of make up my own characters. I'm an author of books that are similar to FF games so I used the names of four of my characters for the four warriors I chose. The only problem with it is that there comes a point where you're basically on your own, and nobody really tells you where to go except 'out'. It's good that I downloaded the world map so I could see all the different places I can go. The other problem is your boat can't dock on dry land but only on a port. That's ok, but it makes it hard 'cause you need to do some serious walking.

Then in FF2, you are playing Firion, Maria, Guy, and Leon. They're the main characters. What I like about this game is the new way they give you characters. You've got three who are always there, and then several others who join as the fourth one until Leon comes in and joins you. Plus they also make you have to learn 'key terms', which took me ridiculously long to figure out, because I spent 5 hours trying to figure out where to go until I started the game over again and realized that words in red are key terms, so I felt pretty stupid, but then I figured it all out. The other main characters are Gordon, Scott, Minwu, Leila, Josef, and Ricard. All of them come into your party through certain events that occur and it's a lot like FF4 in many ways. Truthfully, I got this game because I thought that FF2 was the version of FF$ that was on Super NES, but when I saw it wasn't, I was still thrilled because it's Final Fantasy. You can't expect it to be anything but a complete thrill. Now all I need is Final Fantasy III, V, and VI and my collection of FF games will be complete. Oh, and also Chronicles, Crystal Chronicles, Anthology, Origins, Tactics Advance, and XII. There. That'll complete my collection. If anyone has a suggestion for which of those is best, please feel free to add a review that will tell me. I'd love to hear from anyone who knows which one is the best. I know everyone loved FF3 and still do, but there's all those others...

Chaos lives to die again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Final Fantasy 1 was the first RPG I ever played and I loved it. The new GBA release is the same game, but SQUARE ENIX have expanded it to about three times its original size by adding extra caves. There have been many improvments since the NES release. I always hated how the game forced you to buy potions one at a time. I remember leaving an ash tray or something on my NES controllers 'A' button while I made myself a cheese sandwich and waited for my potion supply to top up. There is now an option to buy as many as you like! The cheesy old dialog has been replaced with new cheesy dialog (you gotta love it), and there are new cinimatics at key points in the game. Names of almost everything have been updated (monsters, spells, weapons, armour, items), the magic points system has improved, and the graphics are AMAZING! I played this game for a week straight before I ran out of things to do! I am now half way through FF2, which is just as awesome. FF2 was never released in America until now, and I'm glad they finally did because I couldn't find the rom anywhere. This game would have been worth the money even if they had not included FF2.

Final Fantasy Dawns with its first two games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Final Fantasy is a legendary series. It seems that with "Dawn of Souls" Final Fantasy I and II have finally been perfected. If you have "Final Fantasy Origins" you might as well toss it and pick up this title before it becomes a relic!

Both Final Fantasy games are basically ports of "Final Fantasy Origins" but they look a bit better on the GBA. For starters, the graphics look more crisp and clear than they did in Final Fantasy Origins. There's more to see and the enviroments look more decorative.

Final Fantasy I, the earliest in the series, is about four warriors who come forth with the crystals to save the world. Light warriors, they're called. But being the first in the series it suffers from age. The main characters don't talk much at all and the characters remained undeveloped throughout the entire game.

Final Fantasy II however, is about three orphans escaping the Emperor. They later join a rebellion against the Emperor and set out to take him down once and for all. Final Fantasy II has a twist when raising characters. Rather than raising character based on level-ups, they're raised based on their actions in battle. This is both good and bad. It's good because its "different" than what we usually see. It's bad because when stats go up, others go down. It's impossible to have a perfectly balanced character. That and magic will almost never amount to anything.

Both games sound beautiful from the GBA. Many gamers will recognize their favorite tunes. The sound effects are a little changed up from the original NES titles. But I'm sure that's nothing to go crying home to mom about.

Also, both games have a set of extras. In Final Fantasy I after you defeat the four fiends of chaos, four optional dungeons open up. These dungeons are brutally hard. You'll also run into enemies seen in later Final Fantasy games. You'll even run into a few bosses that'll look familiar. Final Fantasy II, presents an extended epilogue. Unfortunately FFII doesn't present much more than that.

However, the problem is... both games still suffer from their drawbacks. Final Fantasy I paces much too slowly and you'll often times feel bored or robbed of your money. Final Fantasy DOES pick up the pace and you'll be glad you did spend you cash on it. Final Fantasy has also been toned down in its aspects of difficulty.

Final Fantasy II's level up system still has bugs that just don't work out well. Unless you subject to attacking your own characters you won't benefit from their actions. Final Fantasy II also doesn't tell as good of a story, even with the new extended scenes to better explain it.

As a whole the games are excellent. But there's also the problem of whether or not you already own Final Fantasy Origins. Are the extras worthwhile just to spend more money to buy two games that are virtually the same as "Final Fantasy Origins"?

However, putting that last con aside, the GBA is where these two classics belong and is where they should've gone in the first place. So I say this: Dump your Final Fantasy Origins and pick up Final Fantasy Dawn of Souls. It's much more worthwhile and worth the money.

The Good
+Delicious graphics!
+Great sound
+Remake of two classics: They're PERFECT this time
+Extras... not many but extras!
+Most of the bugs from the NES and Origins packages are worked out

The Bad
-Final Fantasy I still paces too slow
-The level up system in Final Fantasy II still needs work
-If you have Final Fantasy Origins you'll ponder whether the extras alone make it worthwhile to buy virtually the same game.

This is excellence.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game has exceeded my expectations. It's certainly not just a remake. The music, graphics, items, battle system... Everything was upgraded to excellence. If you've never played or even SEEN what the originals looked like on the NES, search google.com. This is a great improvement.

My only problem was FF I easy difficulty. I can kill bosses in only a few hits. But for every boss you kill, it opens up another path and those paths are much more difficult... yet optional. If you want a true challenge in FFI, head for those new paths when they appear/when you find them. It's probably just easy for me because I've been playing these types of games for so long.

FF II however... Now that's fun!

I'm sure the others before me have said more than enough about this game. It is just freakin awesome. BUY IT!

A Classic Story Reborn on your Gameboy Advance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I have been a Final Fantasy fan for many, many years. I have played most of their incarnations from one system to the other, and have very little to say that's bad about the series. However, my first love (and still is my first) is Final Fantasy I, remembering the days when I played this classic on the NES. Besides having better graphics, the ease of play has increased over the difficulty, making the game that much more enjoyable for vets and entry-level beginners alike. Despite the lack of a background for your characters, the selection is moderate for an old RPG such as this (my favorite character is the Black Mage). I strongly suggest getting the strategy guide as well for this gem, because when you get to certain areas it's hard to ascertain where to go next. The villagers in a nearby town don't provide much in the way of clues. As far as Final Fantasy II goes, I haven't really started playing it yet, however, from trying it out I'm impressed with it. I did not play the Japanese version of this game, so this review is about Final Fantasy I. Since you get two great games for the price of one, I can't see where you would go wrong.

All in all, a great classic RPG that doesn't disappoint old-school fans, and gives beginning dungeon-delvers something to experience for the first time with enjoyment. Get this game.

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