FINAL FANTASY V

FINAL FANTASY V
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10 November 2021
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The original FINAL FANTASY V comes to life with completely new graphics and audio as a 2D pixel remaster! A remodeled take on the fifth game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.

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FINAL FANTASY V system requirements

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  • OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit (ver.1909 and above)
  • Processor: AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i3-2105
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics / Intel® HD Graphics 3000
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
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Cadence
Cadence

My FF superfan hot take that a lot of people will disagree with: this game is overrated and probably the weakest of the series (post-NES) until X-2 / XIII. Story is dull compared to its contemporaries, job system is decent but not actually all that deep, OST is the among the weakest of the series outside one or two songs, and the general feel seems somehow bland. Played through several times now in my series replays and would consider this a slump between the good ones.

I know a lot of people love it, and I don't actually hate replaying whenever I revisit all the FF mainlines, but this game has just never really done it for me despite my best efforts to enjoy it.

tkr89
tkr89

Excellent throwback to when the Final Fantasy franchise really developed its most beloved troupes. Happy to play it again and again.

BrynFHll
BrynFHll

Definitely my least favorite of the original six Final Fantasy.
But this version is the version to play if you want to give it a shot.

Scottjr123
Scottjr123

Here's my Final Fantasy V Review!

The story of FF5 is good I enjoyed it, the characters work great together, Exdeath is one of the best villains in the FF series.

The job system is back and even better than FF3's jobs, it's one of my favorites things about FF5 there are so many ways to play this game with the new job system it just makes the gameplay never get old.

The Gilgamesh fights are amazing and the music for them OMG!! So damn good!

Final dungeon is great and really long it has a lot of boss battles and super bosses, so many secrets to find, the final boss battle was so good, I really liked the ending of the game it ended nicely.

So do I recommend it? Yes I do! if you liked FF3's job system then your going to love FF5's job system.

erk0052
erk0052

One of my favorite Final Fantasy games! Definitely a bit more challenging if you don't plot out how your job mastery for each character will progress on your first play through. I also recommend maybe following along with a guide if you want to be sure you don't miss any of the many secrets this game has to offer.

Row
Row

This game and the new job systems and abilities it introduces is very fun, but just remember its an old school RPG and has some elements that i would consider outdated or dumb. Some or most trash mobs or bosses inflict status ailments that is just so tedious to try and counter using gear and items and spells and whatnot. At some points it can get very frustrating but just remember to take your time and grind if you need to. The quick-save and auto-save feature does indeed help out immensely and overall its a good final fantasy main title game.

Bollehopp
Bollehopp

FF5 shouldnt have been made in Unity what a bad engine ..
It cant even handle a small game without crashing XD
FF5 is totally frozen and im busy grinding my second job ..

Doc Funky
Doc Funky

FFV is one of the lesser-known Final Fantasy games, but it's just as awesome as its lineage would have you believe. Combining the tried and true JRPG formula with a completely overhauled job system, this game gives you the freedom to set up your party juuuuust the way you want them. For min-maxers or tinkerers, this game is a dream come true - and in some cases, you will definitely have to do some tinkering, as some bosses demand certain mechanics or playstyles. Then you add on the Pixel Remaster graphical, audio, and UI upgrades, and you have a stellar game on your hands.

The only negative thing I'll say about this game is that I'm not a big fan of the translation used here - there are a few too many in-jokes or pop culture references for my liking. They're not everywhere, but when they cropped up they really took me out of the moment.

But all in all it's still a fantastic RPG with an incredible job system and fun, engaging battles all the way through. Easy recommend.

ryarock2
ryarock2

It gets better.

Like every time you play it, it gets a little better.

So if you just keep playing it, eventually, it becomes your favorite FF game.

psalmist
psalmist

A good remaster of an old game that many have not played yet. My first time to play through FF V. Interesting job system. Enjoying it. :)

Shadowboy92
Shadowboy92

Just like the original brilliant in every way even better with the auto-play so i can leave it on while grinding for ABP, EXP and Gil

Rachel
Rachel

5 is the best Final Fantasy, and this is the least terrible port of it. It's also the only Pixel Remaster that feels authentic to the original version in difficulty and aesthetics. If for some reason you're not playing the Super Famicom version, then definitely play this.

Gab
Gab

This game refined the job system from FF3 and made it actually fun. The plot's sort of lacking, but the music is incredible and has a lot of bops, and the gameplay and replayability due to jobs MORE than make up for it.

Electric Cupcake
Electric Cupcake

Still waiting for the missing content.

Shortchimp
Shortchimp

8.5/10
Final Fantasy V was one of the games I did not expect to enjoy this much tbh, It has the least played of the pixel remasters, and it seems like nobody even talks about the game whenever talking about older ff games, especially since right after this game was Final Fantasy VI tbf. However, the class system, mechanics, and even characters were done really well to the point where I did all the extra content even though they were a bit grindy simply because I wanted to play more of the game before I finished it.

Story/Characters
When I praised the game, there is one aspect that I cannot overlook... while the characters are pretty good, the story itself is just mediocre. It is your typical 4 crystals and evil bad guy at the end, and while the story is still very interesting in terms of how it is told and the bad guy's motivation, it is still the weakest part of the game by far, and I can barely remember any noteworthy story moments apart from the bridge fight cause of the music. The characters were however actually very interesting, as they went thru many development, deaths, and overcoming hardships. I loved their arcs, with the main complaint being that other characters that weren't the main cast, even Krile were just not that interesting or fleshed out. Even so, while I loved their character, near the end they kinda stop being developed, as their arc is solved around the 3rd act till the end credits when we see what happens to them.

Gameplay
EASILY the best part of FF5, the class system is AMAZING. So much creativity as you are allowed to mix and match other classes, level them up and make basically your own team at the end. The game also has that classic old school balancing, so while the majority of the time, it had a pretty nice difficulty and apart from being pretty challenging from the previous games while also having really hard (albeit easily cheesable super bosses) bosses that had interesting mechanics, it also had those few mechanics that when you realize, really break the game in terms of balance, but in the fun way as you have to work for it before you get the power scaling to the point of whooping superbosses' asses. There were some downsides, as some classes were just straight up ass compared to other classes, also the dungeons were really fun, but this game's annoying mechanic were pits that made you fall down them and waste so much progress. I know that the Geomancer can avoid pits with his passive, but I never used him to those setbacks were really damn annoying.

Music
The music had its bangers in this game ngl. The Bridge fight especially, exdeath final boss theme, chocobo, the first time we see and hear the Moogle theme, and some other songs. However not as many songs that I LOVED compared to ff3 and the doga theme, or ff4 boss theme, but still pretty good overall, just not as memorable... but I did love that Lenna's theme and especially the desert pyramid theme were used in ff14 that was awesome to realize.

Nitpicks/Last Positives

-Some Enemy having insta kill moves were just damn annoying, but I didn't stumble across enemies that were game ruining annoying compared to previous entries
-Wish Gilgamesh had a better ending, I know about his arc and I did like it, but he just straight up sacrifices himself and is never mentioned again, not even in the wiki it just ends LOL.
- Lava tiles suck, but float fixes that
-I did not like how bosses gave like no EXP or AP sometimes, didn't feel satisfying to beat a boss, then see 0 Exp and 0 AP
-Loved Galuf's character, but his Daughter Krile kinda has wayyyy too little development by the time she is introduced, and his death's impact doesn't mean much gameplay wise cause Krile has 1 to 1 of his abilities anyways.
- Chemist's Mixing is such an old school mechanic, so much fun to use as many times it was just really broken, and it was obvious it came during an era when the internet wasn't a thing and you were supposed to discover them alongside, but still really fun.
-Kinda wish the super bosses were more interesting mechanically, they were just bosses that had like 50k hp and moves that dealt over 2k or even 8k hp, which were insta kills unless you had specific gear to counter, but all it comes down to is that unless you are high asf level, cheesing them is the best way to beat them instead of doing a long boss fight at the level stage you are in.
Conclusion
FF5 is the first time I can actually see myself replaying the older final fantasy games (from this point). While the story is meh, the class system was so much fun to explore and play with, that now thinking about it makes me giggle about how broken Ranger's rapid shot + Ninja's dual wield was, did SOOOO much damage it was crazy. I am still very excited to play FF6, but Final Fantasy V is a game that I do believe, is heavily overlooked whenever people look at past ff games.
8.5/10

brenty
brenty

It's the 5th installment of the series which means its 5 times as good as the first one... right!?... RIGHT!?

Admiral_Oreo
Admiral_Oreo

Story was much better than previous FF games but the game play was a lot less smooth. Was still enjoyable and would recommend playing if you havnt,

Tolain
Tolain

Very good remaster. I love the re-arranged tracks

RinKuresai
RinKuresai

Great version, definitely worth the price!

BacklogRob
BacklogRob

Simply the best of the classic Final Fantasy games.

Teddi'Bear
Teddi'Bear

I played this through years ago and vaguely remember it to be an average experience tbh, so after making the decision to play the Pixel Remasters through (im actually planning to play all the ff's again in order), I was'nt looking forward to this one initially.
Jeez how i was wrong! omg! It's been so fun! The job system is great, its simple to swap in/out abilities/jobs fight by fight if you want too... Fantastic story so far and whats making it even more of an adventure is i only ever played this through once, years ago, so Its almost like a completely new story to me. Happy Gamer! ;)

Bee
Bee

i was really enjoying the game until i got the north mountain and my sprint suddenly stopped working and the movement became laggy af. good thing i still have the other port to play on.

TehAtomizer
TehAtomizer

The job system from Final Fantasy III is improved upon in this entry allowing for a lot of customisation in terms of abilities and passive buffs. The first entry in this series that I found to be genuinely difficult to beat.

octav8arium
octav8arium

I played and platinumed all six Pixel Remasters, and wrote a review for each! Read them all for comparison and context, or skip to the one you came here for!

Final Fantasy: Balance Lmao

This is the most barebones of the series, no pesky characters or plot to get in the way. Kill some enemies, level up, next town, new gear, next dungeon. It is also probably the second easiest. Not going to complain! Short, sweet and to the point. Just over 18 hours for all achievements.

You start out with your four nameless, silent, little pixelated heroes and choose a class for each of them. I chose warrior, “thief,” white mage, and black mage. I did some research and as far as I can tell “thief” is Japanese for what roughly translates to “broke-ass warrior.” I would recommend new players to opt for two full warriors as to have a party of 4 instead of the 3.5 that I ended up with. Sure, his defense, damage, HP, and set of equipable weapons were all worse than my warrior, but his agility was slightly above average, so I had that working for me!

Level-ups come in the traditional way, classes are well defined, spells are bought at shops. Instead of having a global MP pool, each tier of spells has a limited number of casts (recharged by items or at an inn).

Music was good, but nothing remarkable.

Verdict: 3.5/5 “thieves”

Final Fantasy II: Learn, Ask, Exit

This is the weird one where you level-up a skill or weapon by using it repeatedly, Bethesda-style. There are no classes or jobs per-se but each character gets good at what they have been doing. It’s not my preferred way of doing business, but I didn’t mind too much.

For their second entry in the series, they actually bothered to have some sort of plot! There seem to be people in the world who have lives, roles in society and care about stuff. You have your war, an evil empire, and a magical tornado, oh my! Your “characters” however are just pixelated bundles of stats who barely speak. That’s fine, just swing those hunks of metal and wood at the things I tell you to swing them at. Uh, Maria… your bow is pointing the wrong way.

A pretty easy entry in the series, with a weird difficulty spike at the end, but even that wasn’t too bad. You can quick-save between fights. Buy your spells at town. Cast them with a global MP pool this time. Cost is based on how much you have leveled the spell. (Spells are are trash btw in this one, but a few enemies are highly resistant to physical.)

Again, music was par for the course.

Verdict: 3.5/5 evil empires

Final Fantasy III: The Legend Of Bahamur

Our third entry here seems to be the birthplace of jobs. A job is like a class but a bit more focused and you can swap in out of them at any time. Your job levels up independently of your character level, but character level has much more barring on your effectiveness, so you are encouraged to bounce around jobs from time to time.

This was definitely the easiest of the six games, and just barely the shortest, clocking in at about 18 hours for 100% achievements. Auto-battle, Hello. Much like the first, the story is bare-bones and player characters are just stat-sprites. Just bellybuttonless palette-swapped clones who occasionally grunt. The magic system is the same as the first game. It’s probably the weakest entry in the series, unless you're into the whole “brevity” thing… man.

I caught some of the music, but to be honest I was listening to the Cyberpunk 2077 score for much of this game. A little weird, I know… Moving on!

Verdict: 3/5 floating continents

Final Fantasy IV: They Took Our Jobs!

Oh sh*t, here we go! We have characters, they live, they love, they suffer, they grow. Romance, betrayal! Ok, sorry, let’s start over. The third entry takes a big leap forward in terms of characters and story, as in, it has them. You have your main main characters and then some guests that come and go. Jobs are gone, and the characters each have a set, permanent class. The classes are well defined with unique abilities and equipment sets. Spells, for those who can use them, are learned naturally through leveling.

This is probably the second best game in the series. Challenge and length are moderate. The story, characters, and destinations are all well above average. Some extremely unforgiving RNG from the original has been toned down significantly for those of you interested in treasure-hunting all the treasures huntable.

The music takes a big step up at this point in the series. The moon music is strange yet awesome. The “giant” music is epic and gorgeous. Could it be that this is just the nostalgia factor due to playing this game as a wonder-filled, wide-eyed child? Nope!

Verdict: 4.5/5 spoony bards

Final Fantasy V: They Gave Us Back Our Jobs!

Jobs: check
Acceptably life-like characters: check
High concentrations of chocobo: check
Verdict: Not yet? Ok.

This is the hardest game in the series, and second longest. We’ve jumped up to almost 57 hours for all achievements! *sigh* What am I doing with my life? Annoying status effects abound in the later dungeons (where are those damned ribbons?), and optional superbosses make their first appearance! Think Ruby and Emerald in FF7.

As mentioned above, jobs are back. And how. There’s a ton of them, and you’re going to master every bloody one if you want that final achievement. Yes, even the geomancer! Especially the geomancer!! One really great thing is that you can master certain abilities or passives unique to one job and then “equip” it on another job (one at a time only). Buy your spells at the local grocer. Standard MP pool is present. If you enjoy a grind and a challenge, this is the one for you.

The music quality remains high, especially on a certain larger-than-normal bridge, and when fighting one not-so-mysterious swordsman. \m/

Verdict: 4/5 cartoonish, one-dimensional villains

Final Fantasy VI: We AAA Now Dawg!

We made it. Here we are at what is definitely the crown jewel of the Pixel Remasters. Maybe even the best RPG of its era? I would still argue for Chrono Trigger, but elder millennials and gen-xers of good faith can disagree. Where to start? We have a massive cast of memorable characters (including the best villain of all time), romance, comedy, tragedy, and the best spectacle and story-telling in the series. The locations, the towns, dungeons, forests, and factories really come to life through excellent art direction and detail. And the music is stellar! “But this isn’t the end of the review...” Don’t care!

Note: Some reviews mention a strange rainy town filled with thieves and liars. Never heard of it. Not in this game.

My only gripe with VI is the class system. There really isn’t much of one. Every character has a unique ability, but equipment sets have huge overlap, and characters are frequently rotating in and out of the party. So you never feel like you have clear defined combat roles. Really, it’s nitpicking though. This is the longest of the games, though it ends up feeling appropriate. Difficulty is middling.

Now, I know you're dying for me to tell you how magic works in VI. Well, dear reader, for that you will have to subject yourself to a fairly minor spoiler. Later in the game anyone can access any spell. You find espers to equip throughout the game, each one of which teaches a handful of spells. After a learning period, you can rotate that esper to a different party member.

Well, that’s it! The music is amazing. The overworld theme, the blonde’s theme, the villains theme. And the town that doesn’t exist has terrible music!

Verdict: 5/5 16-bit laughs, 5/5 opera-loving octopi, 5/5 B-day suits. I can’t decide!

thurstonstock
thurstonstock

The game is fun and you can beat it relatively quickly. Allows for experimenting with classes and equipment

Lenny Chester
Lenny Chester

Probably one of the most enjoyable of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters. Its story is quite entertaining even in its simplicity, as at this point of the series the original developers were finding better ways of expressing themselves with the resources they had. You might grow attached to the characters, even if you don't go expecting much depth.

RagingPanic
RagingPanic

FF5 is the first game that really feels like it ticks all the boxes for what we've now come to expect for a Final Fantasy game.

The job system introduced in FF3 makes its return in a greatly improved form, it's not perfect, but it's good enough that it definitely justifies its existence as a feature, something FF3 didn't really manage. The 'ATB' real time battle system returns from FF4, and it works for this game given the various ways turn rate can be affected. Jobs feel hit or miss, there's some notable must haves: Monk, Ninja, Ranger, etc. Some jobs feel bad, Berserker, Geomancer, Beastmaster, and Dragoon come to mind (I like Jump as much as the next guy but it feels so limiting in this game and there should be more to a job than a single ability, okay?). The jobless/'Freelancer' class gains the intrinsic perks and highest stat bonus from all the jobs that have been mastered on that character. This does allow for some depth, but this is not explained well or really at all by the game. The aforementioned stat bonus inheritance will not be clear to you what that means or even that it exists unless you read about it online. The game would benefit greatly from being forward with what is implicit to jobs and furthermore what is transferred to freelancer and what is not, since not all abilities are. You will almost certainly spend a non-trivial amount of time grinding abilities for specific jobs, I don't really like how long this takes. By endgame, you're basically only using Freelancers since the power on offer there is way outclassing any specific job. This job/combat system is good, not great, but good. This is the highlight of the game to me so I spent the most time talking about it.

The plot is pretty forgettable, honestly. Evil bad guy is evil and wants to destroy the world because evil. The plot may be weak, but the world itself is probably the most interesting of these first 5 FF games. They do some cool stuff with the world that wasn't really done yet in FF, so that's neat. The characters are what I would call bare minimum to be actual characters. They have 1 or 2 personality traits but they largely don't matter and are mostly just trivia. Lenna probably has the most interesting and well-defined character trait. My biggest complaint with the characters isn't really that they're bad, but that the plot wouldn't meaningfully change if they were different people. There's one or two notable exceptions, but it's largely true. The game definitely acts like the plot is more dramatic and interesting than it normally is, but it's trying at least. There's a couple touching or sad moments that work but most of the time the scenes felt like window-dressing to pretend like these characters matter to the plot, which again I would argue they largely don't.

Music is alright, honestly I think I liked FF4 more. I don't think I'll remember most of the music in FF5. I still think about FF4's boss music because it's SO good. Nothing like that in this game.

This one is pretty long too, it took me twice as long to beat the game to my satisfaction (All optional bosses, most of the job abilities I wanted) compared to all 4 previous games, which were normally clocked in at 20 hours or so for the same general level of completion. The game is okay, and I'm glad I played it, but I don't ever want to play it again. FF4 had simpler gameplay but better plot and characters, and didn't feel like I was required to grind as much as this game wanted me to. That being said, this is probably the template. All the pieces are there, they just need to be 2X better, and this game is probably masterpiece tier. Speaking of, I look forward to playing FF6 and Chrono Trigger next.

Skunk
Skunk

this is probably the first final fantasy where they marry the class system with a decent not overly done story.

greatmafu
greatmafu

10/10 would fight Shinryu again

InfektorGadget
InfektorGadget

I am biased as this is this was my first introduction to the series on the gba, but reliving this game and actually beating it is fantastic. Battle on the Big Bridge still gives me tingles, and I'm not even into ASMR. The lack of extra content is kind of a bummer. That being said, the old steam version of this game is pretty unplayable, controls or otherwise, and it's ugly as shit imo.

T.TV/RustiSqueezebox
T.TV/RustiSqueezebox

I've really enjoyed playing through the Pixel Remastered Final Fantasy games, and Final Fantasy 5 has been my favorite one so far (haven't played FF6 Pixel Remaster yet). The soundtrack is absolutely incredible, the quality of life options within the game, such as the mini map, auto-battle, etc. are great, and in my opinion has one of the better plots to a Final Fantasy game.

However even with all the praise I have for this game, there are a few things that I wish were updated or fixed that would make this game 10/10 for me.

1. Move Bestiary into Configuration Menu: Having the Bestiary only accessible in the main menu of the game and not within it can be quite annoying if you are someone like me who likes achievement hunting and want to check that I've fought every enemy and have to save/quick save to go to the main menu to check what enemies have been recorded.

2. Game Play/Soft-Locking during Auto-Battle: I've had this happen a number of times while playing this game and repeatedly during an auto-battle with Unknown (Bestiary #168) in the Great Sea Trench. There are 3 enemies and when one of the three is defeated it will respawn. You can auto-battle here and grind for a lot of EXP and Gil (APB is only 4, so not good for grinding Job Levels). However, whenever trying to do this, the game will soft-lock in battle after about 15-20 minutes. The battle music will still be playing, you can turn auto-battle off and on but the attack bars will remain frozen, you can't input any commands, and if you try to flee from battle, it will just put the characters into a run animation. I've also had this happen on other battles while using auto-battle, but this is the one I've been able to repeat.

Overall I would still say this is a great game worth playing if you like JRPGs, Final Fantasy, etc.

Anonymous
Anonymous

I'm used to the SNES rom that was hacked to be in English, and overall it's a really nice remake. It does not include any of the special features from the GBA version (like the extra jobs). It's really a remake of the original.

The graphic improvements were nice, but the music quality improvement in particular is especially good. I also really appreciate the language selection feature (I played through in German).

My only complaints are pretty minor. Sometimes button presses do not go through, and I've made a few wrong actions in battle because of this.

During battles in the original version, you press right and select "defend", or press left and select "row". In the Pixel Remaster version, you press either left or right to get to a second menu, and then you select either "defend" or "row". It's disorienting coming from the original, and I sometimes select "row" when I meant "defend". It's a bit difficult to explain, but if you're used to the original, you'll notice this immediately.

staaaash
staaaash

FFV is a great game, so much replayability with all the different jobs!

John
John

Final Fantasy V holds up really well, and feels like a refinement of everything good about Final Fantasy I-IV. Unless you're just used to this game's SNES or GBA aesthetics (I am not) the Pixel Remaster is a fine way to enjoy this classic JRPG!

That said though, it *is* a Square Enix PC release, so technical issues are to be expected. The worst: when facing the gargoyles within the ocean rift in the merged world, the game froze up and had to be forced to quit multiple times. I fixed this issue by going to a different area, fighting a bunch of different enemies, and then coming back. After looking into it, I never saw anyone else with this issue, so who knows!
Other than that, the minor annoyances: sometimes the game takes a while to load after launch, sometimes battle scenes take time to shift (i.e. if you were fighting enemies in a forest area then enter the desert, the first desert enemies you encounter may briefly load with a forest background), and the ATB gauge doesn't seem to increase smoothly in some busier fights,

Overall, I think the work Square Enix has done with the Pixel Remasters to recreate these games for modern platforms is pretty cool, and this is a fine way to experience a very good game.

みそぎ
みそぎ

My personal favorite from the first 6 FF games.

Also, Gilgamesh best character.

Unknown10000
Unknown10000

The re-orchestrated soundtrack sounds great as usual. Although I don't know if I like the music as much as I did IV's. There are still some great tracks in there though.

Story wise it is pretty good. A lot of great character development throughout and great moments spread out nicely. Galuf being my personal favourite. The humour in this entry is a nice addition which does liven up the slower paced moments in the story. The whole adventure feels quite a bit longer than some of the other entries though I did start to feel like it was a bit too drawn out despite how well developed the story was.

The gameplay is another interesting take which lifts the job system elements from III. This game refines the job levels to be a little easier to max out jobs with ABP instead of regular experience and with lower job level caps. The addition of being able to equip abilities you've learnt from other jobs is pretty interesting and allows for many diverse builds that extend further beyond the jobs themselves. A nice refinement in my opinion.

This game due to the nature of the narrative makes it a lot easier to miss locations and chests so be wary that you've got everything before progressing too fast. All in all a great game.

Markie
Markie

Beautiful game, the ending itself is worth your time spent playing this game.

mynameisleeqo
mynameisleeqo

i casted reflect on all of my party members then casted firaga on my party members then saw my enemy gets destroyed by one of the most powerful spells in the game four times

JuniorVogre985
JuniorVogre985

Pretty good. Great amount of build variety for your characters.
story's not that great and there's too many gimmick bosses, but otherwise, a solid entry.

spencergilchrist9
spencergilchrist9

It is one of the games of all time. The fights were fought, the music was sound, the game was played. I liked the moment where John "Final" Fantasy, the protagonist, said "It's FIVIN' TIME" and fived all over them. I've played a ffillion times, 100033/10.

In all seriousness, it's a fun little RPG with a good story and solid gameplay.

Assukun
Assukun

Final Fantasy V has a lot of things going for it, like some of the best songs in the series yet, some of the best gameplay in the entire series, and one of the more satisfying ending sequences I can remember. You have a ton of autonomy in creating your perfect team, and there's some unique battle opportunities due to the introduction of blue magic in this game.
Having said that, I feel like some of the protagonists, and the antagonist in particular, were disappointingly one-dimensional and campy - which was especially jarring coming off the heels FFIV. Also if you're in the market to 100% this game, be ready to put in some work, there are a metric ton of missables and optional content - be prepared for frustrating timed-sequences and strategic saving to avoid regret later.

I put a ton of hours in FFV and had a blast playing. Frankly, I still wanted more when I finished off (the series' first) superbosses. This is an entry where I'd really like to see the GBA/PSP bonus added in one day, we'll see...

NieR
NieR

This game was pretty middle of the road for me. To start with the negatives.. the story is a small step down from FFIV. It's better than the first 3 games but falls a tad short of overcoming it's predecessor. The music is decent but not quite as good either. Where this game excels is the job system. Not only has it been expanded upon visually, with each class getting a different look, but also the amount of jobs and abilities has been increased as well. I can't stress enough how cool some of the job abilities and combinations in this game are!

This game is also very long compared to the first four games. I'm not sure how many hours was padded with grinding out the job levels, but it's still the longest in the series of the first five games. There were only a few annoying encounters/blue magic to acxquire but otherwise it was overall an enjoyable experience. If the theme of FFIV was "Redemption" then the theme of FFV is definitely "Sacrifice."

Macca
Macca

Usual good quality from Square Enix

Redmage1000
Redmage1000

I love FF5! The Job system makes this game so good!
My only issue with the game is the story and characters are just serviceable. The plot itself isn't bad, just the story beats and how it seems like a darker story is filled with too many silly moments to really take itself seriously. Which can be fine for some, but its just not my cup of tea. Otherwise the jobs and ability system is really robust and just a great time all around.
Also this game gets brutal if you don't spec your characters out. And there are a few bosses that are pretty difficult if you don't know what you are doing by that point in the game. Overall though its a good game. I didn't feel like grinding in this play through otherwise I would get all the achievements. And a bug kept me from a 100% treasure completion rate.(Found out this got patched after I had finished my last run.)
The pixel remaster makes everything look great and the soundtrack is really good too! Time to play through FF6!

lengthy
lengthy

This game is not my cup of tea. I'm a big fan of Final Fantasy with designated job classes or roles for each character rather than job switching. I also like when the characters evolve and change with the story. So, in the end, Final Fantasy V doesn't do it for me. Do I think it's a bad game? Absolutely Not. Everything that makes final fantasy great is here, and then some are just lacking the, in my opinion, great characters the others have. I still would recommend more to the crowd that would like games like FF3 or Bravely Default.

BaronVonFunk
BaronVonFunk

This is the Final Fantasy that I started when I was much younger but quickly abandoned after starting it up. To be fair, I had just finished FF IV which has probably the second greatest story in the pixel final fantasies, so the bar was already very high. I rode a wind drake and found a crystal and the characters just didn't grab my attention in the same way. I found the plot boring and I had no desire to see it to the end. Revisiting V after this long hiatus in the pixel remaster I can say the needle has moved slightly in the games favor but I do not think I'll ever run through this game again. Pros: They brought back the job system in full force as it was in FF III which was fun to an extent but so many of the jobs you're left looking at going what is the purpose of the "dancer" job or why put effort into leveling this up when it doesn't greatly benefit the final Freelancer stats? The final dungeon was not a kick in the balls to get through which was appreciated. There were some decent character interactions? Cons: The story, some will love it and not agree that it isn't strong but I just did not care about the adventure or the character development or the dumb quips from a recurring foil to the gang. The ever growing jobs list that could have been thinned significantly. That's about it. Final Fantasy III had a fun idea with the job system and Final Fantasy V really took it, and did not expand on it in a significant way. Final Fantasy IV and VI have much better stories with characters that you actually see develop and care about so I ask why bother when others in the series do it better. Is it a bad game? No. But would I recommend someone play IV or VI instead? Yes.

daddyk0113
daddyk0113

I like the subtle improvements to the graphics here and there. The remastered music is actually good too, usually it isn't.

larrymholder
larrymholder

Love FFV, this is the perfect classic version of the game! The remastered soundtrack is godly.

An Actual Gorilla
An Actual Gorilla

The Pixel Remasters rock. Best way to play these classic FF games (with the exception of the sublime FF4 PSP port)

"But the font!!"

SHUT UP! Yeah, they're too modern looking, but everything else is a hand of aces. Play them.

danthebk
danthebk

Why is there no way to soft reset this stupid game? There is nothing fun about having to alt+f4 and restart the entire game all because the whole party got silenced before you even had a turn in the fight.

Silent Fart Drifter
Silent Fart Drifter

T H A N K - Y O U - S Q U A R E

Thy Neo Exdeath is slain with Gil has death objects from Samurai .
Thy world's have combined, has thy music from the town of Lix play's.

Adventure continues ------> On to FFVI

Majestk
Majestk

FFV is better than the prior 4 games in the franchise. It masterfully pulls the job class system that worked well from FFI & FFIII while taking the more involved backstory and character building for the main cast of heroes from FFII & FFIV.

Cosmo
Cosmo

Least favorite of the original 6 games.
Job system and mechanics are good but it's story, characters and soundtrack are lackluster compared to the rest. I know a lot of people love this game but I cannot get behind it myself.

Aksolotli
Aksolotli

Great Remastered Port with Quality of Life Changes accessibility!

justindware
justindware

I was very satisfied with this game. Overall this game is in my top five for the entire series. As far as the pixel remaster was concerned it was about what I had expected. The music was perfect, the graphics looked great but still very comparable to the original, the difficulty was also about the same as the original as far as I can tell.

I do miss the extra content from the advance and mobile versions of this game, hopefully there will be DLC add ons for this in the future. My only complaints are the same that I have had with the other pixel remaster games. Why isn't there a build in font choice? Why are the backgrounds only blue with no customization? These two small things should be easy to implement and would go a long way to player satisfaction.

Overall my complaints are small compared to how great this game is. I enjoyed myself very much and will play it again in the future especially if there is DLC!!!

Puppy Czar
Puppy Czar

played and finished the original Steam port of Final Fantasy V a year or so ago, so I simply copied and updated my previous review. Hence why it might look similar for some people

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First, I gotta say, I first played Final Fantasy V at least 17 years ago on SNES, and yeah, this game really shows its time. It's by far one of my favorite Final Fantasy ever, one that made me love the whole franchise. This port just revived my love for it!

FFV featured a really great women representation: Faris being a great pirate leader, courageous and determined, just a bit selfish at first. (Her being a girl is kinda a spoiler, but the game makes it so obvious, even younger I was suprised they thought she was a man... oop)
There's also the reckless princess, Lenna. She's barely sexualised, has a lot of devotion towards her mission, despite her daddy issues.
Then, there's Krile, who's 14, and yet really smart and strong.

Final Fantasy V is the opus that actually mastered the job mechanics in the series, and for some reasons, the last one in the mainline games with it. It's just so fun to tinker around with it, so many many options are available... at the cost of grinding.
You can basically change all of your possible attacks so your character can suits to any playstyles. I spent hours and hours trying to make new combinations.

Being a game from the 90s, there's a lot of grinding involved; Job levels, character levels... It's honestly the worst part. Modern, and more popular Final Fantasy ports has boosters / in-game cheats to circumvent having to grind, making them more paletable. In this new remaster, it features auto-battles and you can set battle speed, making a good chunk of the grinding much better.

My only issue is the lack of boosters/cheats, I used a cheat sheet (yet again) to make the grinding much more simpler.

Compared to the previous port, the graphics are really gorgeous, it respects well the original style, and it feels and looks just like I remembered, except it's not and it's much better than the original.

The music does sounds a bit different, but I quickly got used to It, and it's so much better than before. So glad they remastered the whole soundtrack.

Lots of issues I had with the original port are nowhere to be found. No issue with the battle speed and text speed, no controller issue to be found too. The only thing that pissed me off a bit is having to quit the game every time I wanted to look at the bestiary, but that's such a small price to pay for such a great port. Especially compared to what they did before it.

The original additions of the GBA version are nowhere to be found here, which might be a bit of a problem for others; for me it's totally fine since it was the most boring content in the game. Except maybe the two new jobs, but you unlock them right at the end of the game, so I never really took the time to thinker with them. Supposedly it makes the whole game broken, which is more reason for me to not try them.

It's by far the best port of Final Fantasy 5, minus the font issue (that can be super easily fixed) and it feels like the definitive edition of it, finally. I'm so glad I got to enjoy it in this shape, for once. I definitely recommend it to anyone who never got to experience this classic JRPG, and all those who played it back then in any other shapes. I just love Final Fantasy 5 and I'm so happy it's available legally in a much better package than ever before.

ZΛPHΛΞŁ
ZΛPHΛΞŁ

I never understood why Squaresoft (Their old name in the 90s) never bothered westernizing this for the SNES back then. This game is pretty great. Yeah this is the FInal Fantasy that doesn't really take itself seriously, but give it a go.

And of course as usual, there's a mod on Nexus that fixes the font n such.

Anonymous
Anonymous

great remaster but needs to be on switch and other consoles

REEEE
REEEE

It's fun and I miss the older games

Hoofbites
Hoofbites

Q: Do you recommend Final Fantasy V?
A: YESSSS!

Setanta
Setanta

This was my first time playing FFV and mostly enjoyed it. That said, I'm down voting for the Famed Mimic Gogo bug, which prevents you from completing the bestiary and therefore locks you out of the final achievement, unless you defeat Gogo in a method different than the way intended. This bug was unintentionally introduced in a post-release patch and hasn't been fixed in almost three months, as the developers have moved on to supporting the FF6 Pixel Remaster. For me to fix this, I would have to go back 10 hours to my previous save (with several hours extra for grinding). I may complete this later, but for now, it's the first of the Pixel Remasters that I won't have 100% on. I will re-review the game if/when Square Enix fixes the bug and either automatically puts the entry in the bestiary or creates an easy method to re-fight the boss. For now, I'm disappointed.

mothmanjr
mothmanjr

It took me a long time to 100% this game but I enjoyed it very much. I always forget how underrated FFV is until I play it again. :)

Kafka
Kafka

Stutters.
Judders.
Lags.

Whatever you want to call it, it's bugged, and square didn't update it since january. Old versions were smoother.

Edit: one update in april, but still no fix for the stuttering.

Unhuggable
Unhuggable

An old favorite of mine. Got this version, played until I got my first jobs, had leveled for a bit to teach em all a bit of different skills lv 1. Game froze. Unable to do anything. Cannot and will not endorse a game that freezes like that. Totally not acceptable, and it's at the beginning? I dread to think of what happens further down the line, causing me to flip my computer table when it happens say right after a boss or an hr of grinding, or after getting a good/rare drop/steal.

CupCupBaconBox
CupCupBaconBox

This game asks a LOT of you compared to basically every other mainline Final Fantasy title. You really have to immerse yourself in the job system in order to succeed, and you'll run into several difficulty walls (i.e. bosses) that sometimes require teleporting out of the dungeon, looking up strategies online, and grinding up experience with certain jobs so that you can retry the boss with a specific-to-it strategy, or grinding up large amounts of gil to purchase rings that make a particular fight doable. If you're hoping to be able to just pick whichever roles you want for your characters and coast through the game--like you largely could in III--be advised that you will run into a lot of problems, especially at the last boss, which is almost impossible to defeat without a large number of mastered jobs and very clever uses of specific jobs and skills.

The game also continues some of the bad game design of the first four games, like too-frequent enemy encounters that constantly grind away at your resources in a frustrating way that feels overly punishing and frustrating. The best way of dealing with most combat encounters when you're in a dungeon is to simply run away from most fights, which is as easy to do as it is cheesy. As long as you grind a bit to make up for the lost experience, it's the most sound strategy for advancing through dungeons, especially the ones that are labyrinthine and full of annoying traps and confusing, branching paths.

The game really wants you to immerse yourself in its systems, to really sink into them and master them. Unfortunately, I only enjoy investing that kind of time when there are other hooks driving me, like a great story (this one's is so-so), great characters (this one's are cute but unremarkable), and various and fun systems of progression to keep the dopamine dripping (other than the job system, this game basically has none of these beyond filling out the bestiary). Now granted, I loved Final Fantasy I and III, which are pretty threadbare in terms of content, but they are brisk and move along at a rapid clip, easily doable in 10-15 hours each, so they don't overstay their welcome long enough to notice their lack of systems and progression models.

Only get this if the idea of the job system is really appealing to you. Some people absolutely adore this game for the job system, and great for them. But if you're like me and prefer your JRPGs with more story and character focus, then try IV or IX (my favorites, the latter of which is brimming with great content and fun things to collect and do), and if are looking for a more "classic" Final Fantasy experience but don't want to get bogged down by this game's sizable time-demands, then try I and III, which are adorable, nippy little games that come and go quickly, long before they overstay their welcome.

Despite all this, you might love this game. Some people consider it their favorite. People whose tastes fall more in line with my own should consider this review a note of caution.

Krelen
Krelen

Well worth the play through, especially for those who havent played before or old veterans.

Lots of reviews out already but all in all this is solid.

There are a few things that could be fixed, targeting, minor glitches, ect, but this is all around a good 9/10 for me.

Game: 8/10 - Fun to make the characters how you want and the mechanics are mostly solid. I only had 1 crash ever, no clue how some others have had problems, I never saw anything major at all.
Challenge: 8/10 Can go through the game, be strong, and still RIP on some bosses. This is good! Its not a walk in the park and bosses and challenges feel like challenges. Very well balanced.
Music: 10/10 - This could not be better. Its beautiful. Hands down top-notch quality.
Story: 8/10 - Good story, could be slightly better, but it was great back then and still holds up
Remaster: 9/10 - Very well done. They worked hard and it shows.

You can get a huge amount of hours out of this game and plenty to do. Give it a go if you have time!

Mikimao
Mikimao

One of the best FF games, not only highly recommended, but an essential. Does suffer at times from feeling like the middle child of FF4 and 6, battles aren't quite as fluid as 4, things aren't as beautiful as 6, and there is a mix of assets from the game shared by each that really shows the tweener aspect of this game.

Has it's own developed sense of humor that wasn't quite present in previous installments, epic soundtrack and strong cast of characters that have great developmental moments through out the game. Despite the battles at times feeling a bit clunky, the battles you fight are better designed than in previous FF games and it shows, and tends to be better balanced than 6.

The game does at times drag, and suffer from getting repetitive, you will see several scenes multiple times, but overall there is a lot of content in this game, and start to finish took me longer than FF15, so there is no shortage of content here. There are also plenty of extras after the game is over to keep you busy.

Overall this is one of the best entries of Final Fantasy, and any fan should pick this one up, it's top tier and pretty much any fan who gives it it's due will find it an instant classic. In regards to the Pixel Remaster specifically, the soundtrack is very nice and has some great renditions of the original soundtrack. Most of the upscaled tracks sound fantastic, with some even improved!

DiscoNemesis
DiscoNemesis

This is honestly more of a neutral than a dislike. Released two years after FFIV, FFV is a very different beast, where you follow around the same four characters on a quest to protect the crystals from evil. There were parts of this game I enjoyed, like the greater focus on tactical gameplay, the much lighter and less serious tone than the previous Final Fantasy, and, as always, the excellent remastered OST. But the amount of grinding I needed to do just to unlock the basic job skills, plus other things, really dragged down my enjoyment of the game. I might still finish it later, but for now, I'm moving on to FF6.

Doc Broxxi
Doc Broxxi

A great remaster. I had a genuine great time visiting a classic Final Fantasy like this. A bit more grindy than the other ones which I've beaten more than half of now, but I had a genuine good time as a Final Fantasy fan.

Agent Bazz
Agent Bazz

I love this entry in the franchise, easily in the top 5 and possibly in my top 3 behind 9 and 6. Not quite as serious as the entries its sandwiched between, but still serious enough with a wonderful villain. The job class system from 3 makes a return, with improvements to help you customise your abilities in combat. The jobs, whilst looking similar, also look different for every character, which is so much better than 4 characters in the same job class all looking like carbon copies of each other. 5 also has the first version of the blue mage (and possibly the most broken version, it can turn so many bosses into a joke if you know what you're doing)

The characters are fun, the soundtrack is as always, a masterpiece (clash on the big bridge is always an amazing track, regardless of whether its the original, the pixel remaster version, or the versions from 12, 13-2 and 15, and any other versions). Truly a charming fun game

Keltius
Keltius

Fantastic. Best one so far imo out of the first 5.

I love the changes to the job system from FF3, you level up jobs so you can use their skills on other jobs almost cross class style and lets you combine some really powerful abilities together and make other jobs stronger. You can swap to any job and not feel like the strength of that job is diminished because it is level 1 because your stats come from your character level instead. I loved looking at each ability I mastered every level up. There also wasn't the cheese you had from FF3 where you could just sit and defend to level up your job since the ABP was determined by the enemy. Also, having the option to play Mime and Freelancer at any point and be able to equip 2-3 things instead of just 1 was really nice too.

The story was the best so far, the villain was so much better then 1-4 games. There was also no annoying character swapping. It seems like each game has been an improvement in some way and they brought all of the good things from 1-4 into this game without any negatives that I can think of.

Off to play FF6 :) I wonder how it will compare!

gunshai
gunshai

Where to start? I originally played FFV on the PS1 maybe 15 years ago, and got stuck against Exdeath. But now I've got a PC, I've been replaying the series from start to finish, and I must say... I done him in this time. But there's a downside; even though I managed to finally complete it - after hours of almost chucking my PC out the second floor window - I didn't enjoy it as much as I did years ago.
I still recommend FFV to anyone, as I know it's a lot of people's favourites, and those people must also enjoy having high blood pressure, but to me, by the second half of the game, it felt like a chore. The difficulty is astronomical compared to the first 4 titles. In fact, probably compared to most in the series. In a nutshell: FFV is hard. Incredibly hard. And it takes the enjoyment out of it at times.
That being said, I commend yet another retelling of the Warriors of Light story from I and III, but this time with a well-balanced and strategic job system which gives credit to countless jobs and strategies you would never use in III.
It also saw the introduction of Gilgamesh and Moogles, and injected a lot more humour into its story than the others.
All I can say is play it. But remember: Spellblade-Dualwield-Rapid Fire.

Isalon
Isalon

No words. An absolute classic. Squaresoft was a fantastic game company - Squenix is garbage by comparison.
If you have never played this, or if it's been many years since you played the original, I cannot recommend this game enough. Better yet, buy the bundle, and enjoy all six of them!
If only the new Final Fantasy's were masterpieces like the old ones. Sigh....

Obama Chuckled
Obama Chuckled

I thought this was just gonna be a cashgrab steam port of a classic Final Fantasy, I was so wrong the revamped OST blows the SNES and GBA sound chip versions out of the water, sure the graphics are still pixel but the minute graphical changes bring a refreshing taste to such an iconic hexalogy of such a fantastic franchise incredible and splendid and if you've never played any of the classic Final Fantasies now is the greatest because of these wonderful remastered ports

Drumbas
Drumbas

Going into FF 5 blind I had very low expectations. I hadn't heard anything about it except about the more refined Job system and Gilgamesh existing. Not only that but a lot of reviews talk about bugs and crashes. The game also seems to be the least reviewed out of all the pixel remaster games as of this writing. I was expecting a relatively frustrating experience before getting to the highly praised FF 6.

Am I glad that I got proven wrong. Out of all the FF games I have played, FF 5 is easily one of my favorites at this point. And in chronological order it is a huge step up from anything that came before it. In a way it feels like a love child between FF 3 and 4, creating a mix of some of the best parts of both games.

The job system is not perfect but it is MUCH more refined compared to FF 3, you can mix and match jobs much easier. Swapping on the fly is much simpler and you are never truly forced into running a specific class (with very few exceptions). Jobs are expanded and have multiple new abilities and actions that they earn through leveling up, there are even proper text boxes providing explanations for all the different actions and classes. They even added different sprites for each main cast member for all of the different jobs! All of those QOL features and improvements make this a much more fun and open job system experience compared to FF 3.

The amount of content is huge in comparison to the last 4 games. This is the first time where I felt like my decisions mattered a ton for the fights. Exploration gets rewarded and there is a lot of really cool optional stuff that you can just completely miss if you don't take the time to take in the world. It is much less linear compared to its predecessors and expects you to put in effort to find your own way of playing through the game. Its easily the hardest out of all the pixel remaster games up until this point and I died many times trying to figure out how to beat some of the bosses, try slowing the game speed if you are also struggling like I did.

The game really expects you to immerse in its world, there are a lot of moments where I felt like I was completely lost until I just stumbled on the next story objective or started to finally figure out the combat. Most of the time this works out and it creates for some really engaging story moments where you really feel the desperation due to how unexpected some of the boss fights can be. The fights in this game in general feel like they try a lot of new and interesting ideas, sometimes that results in The general story isn't anything incredible but it has some incredibly emotional moments, and one of the most charismatic and fun side villains I have seen in any RPG. I love you Gilgamesh.

The one big negative I had while playing the game is that the dungeons can feel like mazes, and it feels very similar to FF 3 in how much it feels like a war of attrition. Your resources are worth a ton and it can feel really tedious to explore as much as I did and still sometimes have to waste a ton of resources to kill some relatively simple mobs. Some of these dungeons also use a lot of new gimmicks, and sometimes that just results in some really frustrating and tedious dungeons.

The music is also a bit of a let down compared to FF 4. A lot of it is still great but there are a lot less stand out tracks, the ones that do stand out REALLY stand out however, creating for some incredibly memorable moments.

The earlier mentioned bugs/crashes is something I only barely noticed. I had no crashes and the bugs I did see were some collectibles that didn't properly get shown off. For the rest I had an extremely smooth experience.

The last thing I wanna talk about is the main party, it is a much smaller scale party compared to FF 4. But there is a lot to be said about that size. This party felt so unique to me, and I think that is partially due to the story, but I think the biggest reason is because of the job system. Every party member ended up serving a super unique role that I made myself, and that ended up creating a big identity for all characters in my head, it was super fun to watch the story of these characters and see how they grew in game from a mechanics perspective.

FF 5 expects the most out of its players compared to any FF game before it. But in turn it rewards you with a really robust world, a very replayable experience, a fun combat and job system, and a simple but fun story. It might be one of the most overlooked/underrated games in the series, this is the easiest recommendation I can give out of all the pixel remasters up until this point, it still holds up really well and is a ton of fun. Lets hope that FF 6 is as fun as all the praise it gains.

FleshyBB
FleshyBB

In what's perhaps the most overlooked Final Fantasy, you'll find a charming story and incredible job system.

Anonymous
Anonymous

One of my all-time favorite FF games. I have not played the PR much, but from what I played of the original game, it has one of the best job systems in any RPG. The only FF games I like more than this one are FFVII and FFX.

Fyshra
Fyshra

Final Fantasy 5 is a really good game with some fun characters, Bartz is far from my favourite protagonist but I still love him, Faris on the other hand is absolutely one of my favourite Final Fantasy characters, she's great, Krile is... good, she's good, fine, not exactly a replacement for Galuf, but she's good, Galuf is also fantastic, I wish he was my grandpa, I love him, Lenna falls into a similar category as Rosa in 4 for me, she's just there but Lenna feels like she has a little more agency and she's a bit more proactive in the story so she's definitely above Rosa. Exdeath is a pretty decent villain, but no character stands up to the absolute chad that is Gilgamesh, he is my FAVOURITE character here, he's amazing in every way, hell I say buy the game for Gilgamesh alone, he's perfection and I love him.

SoftestPuffss
SoftestPuffss

He keeps killing everyone I love and that makes me (and Krile) very upset :(

Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman

Final Fantasy V is one of the strongest games in the series and the Pixel Remaster is the best way to play it. The music and visuals are better than ever and the auto-battle is very welcome. Aside from a couple of moments where it really feels like the game is pushing you into a couple of incredibly easy tricks to beat bosses that will otherwise wipe you in one turn, you have a lot of freedom to build your party in different ways which ultimately means you can play it again and again. There's a reason that when I bought the whole FFPR bundle I played V first.

arastede896
arastede896

Great game its final fantasy before they ruined it with the new fighting system starting in ff12 even tho ff12 is a great game it was the beginning of the end of classic final fantasy combat and it sucks. But the jobs are the BEST and WORST things about the game seems great at first mixing and matching but when u have only one slot to slot another ability it kinda isn't that great cause they give you like hp +30% but if u equip that to a white mage that's it cant also equip shields so there is a lot of ability's that only do one thing even tho they are useful it feels very wasteful to waste that ability spot for that ability to make this game more you know customize-able i think 3 or 4 empty ability slots for all classes would be great or at least make the +10% equip shields innate to all classes once you earn it in one class just disappointing the job system thing seems so great at first but then you realize you have like 77 ability's and most of them only do 1 thing. and sure freelancer becomes a good class but only after endless grinding. if you want any of your jobs anywhere near mastered or mastered YOU HAVE TO DO SOOO MANY BATTLES WITH ANNOYING ENEMY'S. Because most enemy's give 1 ability point i have been grinding so long in this dumb galuf castle basement i dont even remember the story and they dont even give good level xp so i just have to grind for that if i wanna get any good levels ik final fantasy games have grind but this job system grind is a bit wayyyyy to much either add more ability points to enemy's that you have to fight anyway or something but having to stop the game to grind for days on end honestly makes me never wanna play this game again and i love replaying final fantasy games but the grind in this one is just too much. SILVER LINING theres a enemy in the game that does give 199 ability points tho!!....... But you know its like 5 feet from final boss battle..... and its a rare spawn...................and they are hard to kill. So great game but not one ima be replaying much if at all the grind is just no fun after 24 hours of it. To be fair auto battle does make it tolerable because i think if i had to do each battle manually during my grinding i probably would of given up by now. Hope final fantasy 6 is not as grindy.

Aidski
Aidski

A really fun game we should have gotten in the first place back in the 90s (in North America). As all FF games, it has a ridiculous story but this one knows it and embraces it, not taking itself too seriously. FF3 may have brought the job system into the series but this one is the first one with enough customisation to make it worthwhile. Definitely worth playing.

Now Square-Enix, bring Final Fantasy Tactics (War of the Lions) to Steam so I can finish my collection!

Nein Strasse
Nein Strasse

Playing through the remasters starting at 1, up to 5 now and they have all been really good. Well worth the price of the package.

HOTSAUCE
HOTSAUCE

Love the soundtrack. A general warning to anyone trying this out, this game is hard. Much harder than 4 or 6, or any of the later entries. I would label this game as an acquired taste and not recommend it as anyone's first experience to the Final Fantasy franchise.

The Tankiest Train
The Tankiest Train

The music and visuals are marvelous, a perfect upgrade from the original. There are some minor gripes I have, and they seem to persist across the other Remasters as well, but they're just that: minor. This is a wonderful way to experience or re-experience my favorite Final Fantasy.

mahou shoujo hexed☆magica
mahou shoujo h…

FFV is still by far the best of all the pre PS-era FFs. Game be Good.

Skuzzy
Skuzzy

FFV felt like a big step back from FF4 in story telling. The gameplay is definitely better in some regards; you can't mindlessly get through every battle because many fights incorporate mechanics. Regular monsters can pose a much more significant threat and there's a lot of status-inflicting enemies in the later stages of the games. The job system is basically only useful to make Freelancers OP and most of the jobs are completely dog poop.

There are sections of the game where it just gets stupid, unfortunately and I found many of the dungeons reliance on dropping you to previous floors etc more annoying than anything else.

Rabidboxer
Rabidboxer

The job system is the highlight of this game. The story is uninspired but I would imagine it would have been good for the era that it came out in. Nothing amazing but a enjoyable Final Fantasy title.

Kenage
Kenage

The job system is very robust and allows for deep and fun customization.

It is probably the best version of the game available in the west and it is a significant improvement from the old steam version.

Rai
Rai

Not played this FF til I got it here and its genuinely one of my top 5 now! Its got that typical classic FF story but the characters have so much charm to them, I loved them all! The job system slaps and is absolutely an evolution from 3's that just made gameplay so engaging, I had 2 melee and 2 mages but all of them did different things by the end and I wasn't tunnelled into 1 winning strategy, the variety was great!

Excellent FF if you're wanting to explore the older ones of the bunch; also Gilgamesh is there, the most chad of chads.

Noodles
Noodles

This game has become my favorite JRPG. It's so intricate, challenging and charming that I'm just in love with it. I will cherish my time with this title, and I'll be sure to replay it every few years.

Jonathon
Jonathon

Really good like FF3, I love the job system a lot

jasonbb2
jasonbb2

Awesome remake well done music and graphics

casey.lyon10
casey.lyon10

The remaster did a great job in translating the game to modern standards. It runs fast, smoothly, and looks very similar to the original game unlike some of the other pixel remasters. Unfortunately, I found a bugs that weren't present in the original game, which has dampered my good feelings somewhat. Hopefully Square Enix will continue patching the game, I saw that they have patched it a few times before I wrote this review.

Ace Savage
Ace Savage

How about porting Dragon Quest 5 over while you're at it Square Enix

Beers And Games
Beers And Games

Everything I've heard of FFV being a great game has come through on the Pixel Remaster. If you get a chance play this game

Mikh
Mikh

It's a SNES Final Fantasy game about crystals and warriors of light. What more could anyone ask for?

03thotslayer
03thotslayer

Let me start off by saying I've played all the Final Fantasy games to date across multiple platforms. This is the best version of V, next to the PSX version. This game doesn't tie you down to 1 or 2 classes through the game.
Instead, it pushes you to learn different abilities from other classes to create characters with specified abilities for the players wants and needs. Final Fantasy V also has IMO the best imagining of the reoccurring character, Gilgamesh. Solid 10/10

Behemoth
Behemoth

A good port of a real classic.

The font is pretty bad, but that's easy to change, and otherwise it's a fantastic game. Very easy to play with a controller or keyboard, some nice quality of life features, it's just good. Still love the job system.

gdshoem
gdshoem

I'm getting a tattoo eventually for it. Says enough

Bishop
Bishop

Just all around great feels. The updated music score is amazing.. This is love.

Aesperus
Aesperus

It's bullshit casino in two words. This is not an RPG, it's a puzzle game disguised as an RPG. You don't fight monsters/bosses, you die to bullshit one-shot random mechanics until you luck out and cheese the fight in your favor by using specific jobs, items and spell combos - you just have to hope that you have them at the time. This is made infinitely worse by the fact that you have to do this in most every random encounter every few seconds.

Fights get progressively worse with mobs having thousands of HP making fights unnecessarily long considering, again, that random encounters happen every few seconds. Exdeath can die of old age for all I care...

Szechuan_Skunk
Szechuan_Skunk

This game feels like where the Final Fantasy series really starts in force. Final Fantasy V is probably one of the most well-balanced RPGs I've ever played. The game, which took me over twice as long as any other preceding entry in the series, but still manages to never get boring, is consistently challenging the entire way through and encourages you to try new strategies and keep switching up your approach. And the job system, as good as its been so far, really caters to this. Every single class seems viable and good in different situations, and the achievements pushed me to master them all. Figuring out different combinations of jobs and abilities was a lot of fun. The battle system is basically the same thing as in FFIV, but it works even better here because the fights are just so damn polished. There are two new types of magic joining white and black: time magic, which can effect the timing of your turns among other things, and blue magic, which you learn from enemies. Blue magic in particular was a really fun addition, acting as a unique sort of collectible that had a lot of impact in game, as blue spells are often pretty powerful, and some were difficult and fun to obtain. Some grinding is needed for 100% completion, but its not too much and it was generally pretty engaging. The story is great, characters are fun and you actually care about them. Thus far, this is probably the best one in the series hands down, though also the longest, so it's more of an investment than the four entries before it. If you liked the other games in the series, definitely don't skip on this one!

MozzDobberson
MozzDobberson

The gaming is top notch, typical for the FF series we all know and love - the "updated" graphics are fun and reminiscent of the olden days (a welcome movement away from the more recent watercolor-esque art of the previous edition, imho) - but truly my primary excitement toward these pixel remake editions are the music, and this music for FFV is phenomenal.
I will say that I still struggle with some of the graphical glitchiness that comes with quick panning when walking around maps/levels (tearing, if I'm using the correct term?), but no other noticeable concerns in my playthrough so far.
Definitely recommend to any FF lovers or to those who'd always meant to give V a try but have never been able to get around to it!

humphr3rioy
humphr3rioy

It's a great remaster it looks nice and plays nice but I have 3 issues with it starting from most to least damaging: 1. To access the bestiary you have to exit the game and then you can see it in the menu this is the most legitimate problem because the GBA version didn't have this issue and it makes it hard to want to keep playing because you can't get immersed in the game and of these issues this is by far the make or break part, next is none of the GBA extra content is in this version, it's not that big of an issue but I thought the extra content was good but you can manage without that and last is they don't have the original soundtrack in it this is the least big issue because it would have been nice if you had the ability to choose from the new and old soundtrack but I consider this to be the sugar on top it's not needed but would help

ETS05
ETS05

It's Final Fantasy 5. The best game in the pre-Playstation era. It's got it all, the job system where you can swap any character into whatever you want at any time, the 4 crystals, the soundtrack, the story, and the nostalgia.

BaronCappuccino
BaronCappuccino

FFV is one of my favorite FFs because it doesn't have an overly convoluted min-maxing scheme. If you put in the time and grind your jobs, you won't be punished for it with subpar final stats. I enjoy grinding in JRPGs. FFV gives me such in abundance, but it's broken up to offer tangible, regular improvements.

Locke
Locke

a few quirks aside, i'd say this is a version worth playing

memorialaddress
memorialaddress

One of the most underrated final fantasy games of all time, with time with updated graphics and enhanced soundtrack. While it's not likely to affect game play dramatically, I wished they added the bonus contents from the later editions. Still an easy recommendation. (Y)

Slimmy Da Kid
Slimmy Da Kid

great game made prettier with updated graphics but keeps classic look

Ciel Hunter-Norwood
Ciel Hunter-Norwood

tl;dr - If you're a fan of FF5, stay the heck away. If you're not, STILL STAY AWAY. STAY FAR A-BLOODY-WAY

While visually the game looks nice-ish as a "remaster", the game seems to have been un-broken and re-broken in comparison to the GBA version of FF5 (despite using the same but slightly-altered translation and re-positioned sprites that were in said version due to its tiny screen.) For those who love playing this game, especially for Four Job Fiesta, you'll find yourself even more frustrated than if you were playing the old Playstation version.

This is also not something I would recommend to someone new to FF5 because you'll become incredibly frustrated with how the game plays as it is, and to be fair the story of FF5 is really bare bones compared to previous and future installments. The remaster especially, though, is full of not simply nitpicks but actual mechanical issues. Even the "new" UI looks like an amateur flash game maker did it. The dissonance of quality is too jarring to be able to overlook it, which is a shame since the remade chipsets and sprites actually look pretty good/crisp.

If you're thinking of buying this because it's cheaper than looking for other versions, please don't. This remaster kick Squenix has been on is basically just half-arsed murderizing of old, beloved FF games. Please just go find an old copy somewhere at a store or website, or better yet [REDACTED] because this "remaster" is just insulting to people like me who have played FF5 so many times for Fiesta that the changes and mess-ups are just grating. It's better not to feed the monstrosity that thinks the only FF worth properly remaking is 7.

supersefie
supersefie

The soundtrack sounds sooooo good.

dpt17
dpt17

*** I can conditionally recommend this if you're into FF games but if you're looking for a stand alone game to play in the Pixel Remaster series, there are better choices. ***

I've been playing the Pixel Remaster series in order. FF5 is combo of FF3 and FF4: it has the flexible jobs system of the former and the characters + story of the latter. A winning combination right? Well ... hmm. I feel like the character and story elements of FF4 are better than FF5. And, part of me liked the simpler job and leveling systems of FF3... maybe there was a tad too much to do in FF5. There were points in the game where to achieve something, you had to have had a character master a particular job or skill, whether or not you were interested in it. The other thing was that FF5 added even more magic varieties beyond white, black, and summoning. Now we have Blue (monster magic) and Time (parts of white & black from other games). Still though ... summoning was king and even though it was fun to hunt down monsters to control and learn blue magic skills, with the exception of a couple of spells, it didn't feel worth it in the end.

All told it took me 60+ hours of play time to get through FF5 whereas it has been 15-30 hours each for FF1 through 4. The game did feel like it was dragging on a bit but maybe that had to do with blue magic hunting and job leveling. Also, the difficulty level of this game felt much greater than that of FF1-4.

Is the game worth playing if you are FF fan or want to, like me, run through the Pixel Remaster series .... sure. Is this game worth playing as a standalone? ... that's where it gets murky.

Moknicorra
Moknicorra

I'm tempted to call this the definitive version of the game.

TLDR; If casual, get this version of the game over any other version. If doing a lot of Four Job Fiestas, maybe stick to an emulated version so you can fast-forward through cutscenes and grinding sessions.

Pros:
Updated/Re-recorded OST
Fast-forward mode (still not as good as going 20x speed on an emulator, though)
Mini-maps all over the place + big map screen that tells you how many items you can get in any area
Menu screen and victory screen tell you how many points you need to level your character/job
Diagonal movement
Bestiary from the PS1 without the PS1's loading times.
Updated graphics (water looks kind of out of place in some areas, though)
Bubble pops over your head when you can interact with a thing (à la FFIX)
General QOL improvements (no more need to hunt for a single tiny square when you want to land you airship on the catapult! Close enough is good enough! Secret passages light up entirely once you enter them!)

Cons:
Most cons are minor things
The biggest con is that you're not longer told, when gaining an item in the victory screen, how many instances of that item you already have.
Cannot change the color of the panes, so you're stuck with blue (I usually have a different color for all my FJF runs)
The shortcut mode for commands (from the GBA version) is gone :(

Edit: The more you play, the more bugs you'll notice, especially if you have another version to compare too. Boss mechanics sometimes don't work as intended, virtual levels are lost and unrecoverable (we're talking dragon power levels, here), !mix as a whole is now considered magic (probably more of a design choice than a bug), if activating an ability/item while it is also being used by another character, the cursor disappears and won't actually use your ability/item, you may lose items without using them 'cause the fight ended between you issuing the command and the character using the item, a lot of small things that end up adding up to a lot, but I would still recommend this version ONLY for a casual playthrough.

SergeEXE
SergeEXE

All 3 of the SNES-era Final Fantasy games are masterpieces in their own right, and V is no exception. The Job System makes the game endlessly replayable, while the plot is light and fun (until it's not). Enjoy limiting yourself to only 4 jobs total for a challenge-playthrough, or Master ALL of them to make your characters absolutely busted!

The Pixel Remaster of this game retains all of the charm and feel of the SNES original. It doesn't have the bonus content of the GBA version, but that stuff either broke the game or was terribly boring. Breaking the game in new ways WAS fun for a bit, but ultimately added very little to the experience, so not having it here is no great loss.

Play it!

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<( ^_^ )>

Probably the most underrated games in the series. The story is more lighthearted but job system is really creative and a lot of fun to play around with. Also the soundtrack and graphics are gorgeous. The only downside is that it can be kinda grind-heavy.

I didn't encounter any bugs but I've heard that's been an issue for some.

LostfromtheStart
LostfromtheStart

One of the most challenging of the originals. Proposed name was to be 'Final Fantasy Extreme'. Excellent experience for any modern player that enjoys Final Fantasy, as all of the jobs and mechanics are here, which blossom into the amazing experience we observe today in Final Fantasy XIV. Well worth the experience, but be prepared for a challenge. I highly recommend using a guide!

K Breezelton
K Breezelton

I played Bravely Default 2 before this game, and boy did FF V serve as a foundation for the entirety of BD2. Do you want to break a game for it's exploitable class system? If your answer is yes, then FF V is likely your best bet. Don't ask me about the story, just strap in for the power trip.

ichijou (μ's fan)
ichijou (μ's fan)

read like 30 minutes of cutscenes and accidentally flew into the final dungeon

stylegamr
stylegamr

Pretty cool game. Once again, the character progression has a unique design, apart from other FF titles. I like that each one in the series has significant differences. In this game we have only 4(5) characters most of the game but they have different 'jobs' which effectively changes their class as you want. There is some things that aren't explained in the game about how this works, so expect to dig up some guides about this to get the most from your characters. Some of the bosses I found quite difficult, even with the strategies.

With the remake the sound and battle backgrounds are improved and worthwhile. However, I was disappointed at the game optimization and performance (I found this with other PM remasters as well). This game rocks my CPU on my laptop pretty hard, which is surprising for this old game. Loading times are slow, as well. I found this game to be the most buggy in the series, so I hope they will be patching things, I am sure they will get around to it.

Pros
character system (Jobs)
playability, easy to get into
fairly difficult in contrast, would take a very long time without any strategy guides.

Cons
crashes a lot for me (usually when running firefox + youtube in background, win10)
combat balance is pretty bad, Bows pretty much destroy. You can equip a magic class with bows with at low level often does more damage than a leveled up fighter class.
poor optimization (cpu and loading times)

AlphaBattl3r
AlphaBattl3r

Check out four job fiesta; it's a fun way to play ff5!

Okhu
Okhu

Definitely better than the other remaster of the game that was on Steam.

Snack Road
Snack Road

It is probably the top three best Final Fantasy games ever made. I don't know how to convince someone who has no interest in near thirty year old SNES JRPGs to play this if you aren't particularly interested in the genre, the time the games came out, or history of Final Fantasy as a series.

Its really good though. You should play it if you're into near thirty year old SNES JRPGs.

🔥MasterLord🔥
🔥MasterLord🔥

If you like final fantasy, you'll enjoy these games in order. Recommend this game to anyone.

Clayers
Clayers

Probably the "silliest" Final Fantasy mainstream title but very enjoyable. The job system is on point, decent challenge with the later superbosses, solid FF title.

Dret
Dret

Sin lugar a dudas, mi versión favorita de mi juego de la saga FF favorito. Un gustazo de jugar con todas esas mejoras de la vida que lleva, aunque no está falto de fallos de diseño -especialmente doloroso es tener que salir al menú principal para ver el bestiario- y que a veces los controles no me respondan bien. Pero esos dos fallos también los noté mucho en FF3PR y en ningún otro juego más, así que seguramente sea cosa del motor del juego.