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#4. Final Fantasy V (SNES, 1992)

God I love the job system. I first played this in a very poorly translated rom. Then I played it on PS1 in a glitchy port that had save bug issues. Then I played it on GBA and I think I experienced it how I was meant to finally. Thing is I loved each experience. FFV is a game you can play so many ways. While having less characters, it has way more in the sense that you can customize them a great many ways. In fact there is an entire community based around this that raises money for charity in the Four Job Fiesta. I believe Nee mentioned this already, or someone did. Anyway for that you can play however you want or select some preset job sets, or go full random.

Also mentioned before is the 99 floor dungeon RNG hack which I spent an entire summer with. I just love how you can play this game so many ways. Every job is valid, short of Berserker which is just an lol gimmick.

I forgot to mention songs in FFXI's write up, as it is a top 5 all time video game OST for me with Chrono Cross, FF9 and two more games to come. FFXI has some killer tracks like Gustaberg, Zi Tah and Selbina. Now why I mention that here. FFV is not a top 5 OST for me, but it does feature the all time best video game song. Battle on the Big Bridge. Often called Clash on the Big Bridge. It alongside MM2 Wily Stage 1, top 2 songs all time for me.

Enjoy this remix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGDde40x7A

And this remix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZdFVr2gAC4

Also this remix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHbYIbleQP8

Oh and the original:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dghlAQDQneU

Now that I have jammed out to that for over an hour, perhaps I can finish this write up. Bartz is a great main character generic do gooder. Galuf is a fun old man type. Lenna is very forgettable other than Bartz wants some of that. Faris is a cool pirate and the gender stuff was pretty nifty for 1992. Krile exists. Boko is the Boko. Ride him. Enjoy Mambo De Chocobo when you meet his Black cousin who is purple for some reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gq-uEtyQ2U

Blue Mage > Summoner > Ninja (Dat Duel Wield) > Time Mage (METEO!) > Samurai (Gil Toss) > Ranger (Oh man 4x Shot) > Mystic Knight > Black Mage > Mime > Dancer > White Mage > Geomancer > Bard > Monk > Thief (fast run on map) > Dragoon > Red Mage > Beastmaster > Knight > Chemist > Berserker

GBA added Necromancer, Cannoneer, Gladiator and Oracle which I won't rank because I didn't spend nearly as much time with them.




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