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#7 Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom, 1992)

This is probably news to nobody, but I took my online name from the main character of a Japanese RPG called Final Fantasy V. In English translations, that character is called "Bartz." I'm not sure why exactly I decided to do that, but I guess around 2000 I had the game on my mind. That's probably around when I first played it. Luckily for me, I still think it's an outstanding game and worthy of my name.



Other than my connection to it, the game is best known for its job system. Final Fantasy V bucks the trend of almost every other game in the series by having just four playable characters (Galuf = Krile as far as I'm concerned), all of which you get within the first couple hours of the game. The game gives you a choice of jobs to assign to them, and you can level up those jobs and unlock new spells, abilities, et cetera. You have the whole game with just these four people to train them as you see fit, and the combinations are practically endless.

The story is fine. It's minimal, really, but still good. It's not why you play this game, so if the job system is not for you, there is not much to like here. But I really really like the job system, and the characters, while mostly simple and straight-forward, are also charming and have a wonderful appeal. The soundtrack is solid and upbeat and fits the game perfectly.



Graphically, the game is not improved at all from Final Fantasy IV. In fact, it probably looks a little worse, a little less polished. The whole game feels kind of rough, kind of experimental. But it works and I have grown used to the way it plays and looks. Plus it stars a character named "Bartz" so it must be awesome.

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