Now, I am not used to going outside of my comfort zone in terms of gaming. i am usually tied (in a manner of speaking) to my 4 gaming series, Pokemon, Sonic, Kirby, and, on occasion, Metroid. In fact, until recently, I saw the Final Fantasy series as little more than a than an overblown, overrated mess. While I still believe that it is a tad overrated, I can now see why the series is as popular as it is through personal experience.

    Since there is the most to talk about in the game play department, I will go over that first. As in Pokemon, there are random encounters. However, unlike it, instead of learning new moves through leveling up, one must buy weapons and spells in order to attack enemies. Depending on the characters' attributes, both weapons and magic can be picked out that have an effect on the amount of damage done to enemies. I will not go in to much more here, but, I will mention that the controls are very concise and well-done.   

    Grinding can determine how difficult this game is. If you have many random encounters and level up a lot, this game could be a piece of cake. On the other hand, if you decide to try and push through this game in one big speed run, this game will get very difficult very fast.

   The sound is good because it has a lot of memorable tunes to go along with the standard Nintendo Entertainment System stock sound effects. I especially like the over world theme.

   The story is thus: 4 "Light Warriors" come out of nowhere, each holding an orb of which they must revitalize in order to save the world.

   Finally, the graphics are pretty good considering that Final fantasy is a  Nintendo Entertainment System
 game.

   In summary, whether you're a Final  Fantasy Fan or not, anyone can enjoy this game, and I would highly recommend it.