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[Blitz_Ace]

Prehaps people are just scared of FFV because its harder then some?

FFV may be weak in terms of story and char personality but its Job system, replayability and fun factor more then make up for it. Id say that FFV is the most underated of the FF series and is definetly one of my favourites. And until you fight Omega... you have not experienced the meaning of fear!

[aeris2001x2]

Originally Posted by Blitz_Ace

Prehaps people are just scared of FFV because its harder then some?

FFV may be weak in terms of story and char personality but its Job system, replayability and fun factor more then make up for it. Id say that FFV is the most underated of the FF series and is definetly one of my favourites. And until you fight Omega... you have not experienced the meaning of fear!

yeah Omega is a tough bastard. though he still cant hold a candle to the greater dark Aeons or Penance...

why do ppl think the story and characters r weak? i think there marvelous.

[Azar]

I'm about to start playing it myself...looking forward immensely to the Job System. I got addicted to Tactics Advance and played it so much that I got a sore neck and dreamed about the game... So I'll probably be addicted to this one. I kind of enjoy a challenge, too. X was way too easy. I've been somewhat spoiled by Star Ocean: The Second Story, which had the absolute most bitchin hard final bosses of any game I've ever played. It even gave you an option to take the 'Limiter' off the main boss by going to a secret dungeon, making him twice as hard...*shudders* So this should be a pleasant Old School romp.

[Deri]

Originally Posted by ShivaBlizzard8

SYSTEM:
It can be played either as a ROM on the computer or as part of FF Anthology for the PSX (I've heard Anthology doesn't always work on PS2, and its listed as one of the few games not backwards compatable by Sony).

I just bought FF Anthology yesterday and started a FFV game on the PS2 and it seems to be working just fine. I also checked out the FFVI disc but I haven't start a game of that yet, but both games seem to work fine on the PS2. If I start to experience problems during the game, I may have to go buy a used PSone for 20 or 30 bucks. But I'll keep playing it on the PS2 for now.

[Old Manus]

Nah, they work just fine on PS2. At least the PAL version. I haven't tried the NSTC version Anyway, FFV is a nice game. Job system is great, but the events are rather boring and overdone.

[nik0tine]

I didn't like it much at first because of the weak characters and the weak story. But after a while the story does get kind of cool. The main thing is the bad guy jsut sucks, and his name makes him totally retarted. However, even with all of this against it is still a great game. It's pretty damn fun. Ive played through it a few times and every time it's great. Not as great as FFVI or FFIV, but it's still a great game. Go buy FF Anthologies now!

[Azar]

I've been playing it on the PS2 (logged 7 hours now) and have indeed noticed a performance flaw. About half of the time I go to save, a bizarre screen comes up. It seems the game has trouble loading the save screen, and results in loading....well, whatever it is I see. But I can still save, I just can't see what I'm doing