FINAL FANTASY V

Longest installment of the OG series and i loved it also here again for every achievement and childhood memories, the track in trailer already let me shed a tear. dont forget to check out my profile to see how a true FF fan Looks!

I think people have too much nostalgia for this one. The class system at its time was probably amazing but as of 2026, its lacking heavily. You can't even use more then one ability in the class your playing as and you can only inherit one from any of the other classes you've mastered. The whole point is to be able to turn back into a freelancer where you can freely choose "two" of those abilities but even then thats pretty basic compared to FF4/FF6 where you just get the abilities outright. The story was terrible and the sprites some how were worse then ff4. I got to Ex Deaths world and didn't want to waste anymore time on it. Was worth the ten bucks for the first world atleast

an oft-overlooked classic, bursting at the seams with nostalgic SNES-era charm and providing a surprising level of depth in its combat system that puts a lot of modern RPGs to shame. sandwiched between two behemoth RPGs, FFV receives little recognition in the West for what it did in refining the JRPG job system formula. each character can take up two jobs at a time (from a total pool of 22 jobs) and transfer abilities and passive traits they learn from mastering one job to others. this freedom of job mix-and-matching encourages the player to experiment and discover fun synergies between jobs. want to have a white mage who can pummel enemies to death with their bare fists? or a dual wielding ninja/mystic knight that can imbue their weapons with elemental damage to exploit enemy vulnerabilities? all of these are possibilities that you can start exploring not long after you start the game, and the permutations only explode as you make further progress final fantasy games are well-regarded for their stories, though i would suggest reigning in expectations for this one. the characters are charming yet can come off as one-note and static. compared to IV or VI, there is a more lighthearted and comical tone to the story told here, but the otherworldly and epic scale characteristic of final fantasy games is still here. expect a plot that centers around magic, ancient world-threatening evils, and cross-dimensional hijinks. oh and the music is pure bliss. one of my favorites in a series that already has some heavy hitters. what are you waiting for? if you love JRPGs, do yourself a favor and buy this one!

I feel like the job system is both this game's biggest strength and biggest weakness. Biggest strength because creating your own party, figuring out how to get through fights, and ultimately becoming demigods of damage is a pretty fun experience; and biggest weakness because you get more jobs too quickly than you have the AP to really experiment with, and a lot of the true shenanigans are hidden behind experimentation that requires a lot of grinding or reading guides. Still, the game's reasonably well balanced, the plot keeps things breezing along, and ultimately it's a pretty good time. Not my favorite, but definitely worth playing.

FANTASTIC game. The job system is amazingly complex and flexible, the story is simple and humorous yet emotional. (I actually found myself more attached to this game's characters than FF4's, despite FF5's gameplay over story focus). Amazing music, amazing bosses (Gilgamesh is my new favorite character), and just overall a very fun game. My favorite so far.

Possibly the most underrated of the bunch, and the best for a busy person because the story bits never really last very long and respect your time. The setting and story are peak fantasy nonsense too, if you're into that. The character building is both more involved and more broken than say the Tactics games, and make the game a blast to play (except for the poor soul who wants all the blue magic). You can both play this very technically and do things like manipulate everyone's level numbers with Blue Magic/Mix for an instant kill, or you can just beat everything to a pulp with Dualcast or Spellblade Dual Wield Rapid Fire. Either way FFV is home to the first big intentional Superbosses so there's always something to tone down your seemingly OP build. I don't really miss the GBA exclusive content being lost in this one. Sure you had more superbosses and a few more jobs, but the latter weren't much to write home about.