Where to begin with this review. Final Fantasy III (later known as Final Fantasy VI), is easily the most alluring RPG of its era. What makes this particular game stand out from the pack is its well thought out character development, and captivating story line. The game can be beaten in as little as 20 hours, but could easily spend an additional twenty hours uncovering all of its secrets.  This game sparked my interest in RPG's and inspired me to seek out other RPG's that would draw me in with their captivating stories and characters. It seems that everything just fits perfectly together with this game

I would say as someone who's played every version of this game released state-side, that this particular version still holds the dearest place in my heart. The Game Released in 1994, the backgrounds, battle engine, and overworld effects are gorgeous, considering it's birthdate. But the gameplay, the foundation of Final Fantasy III, is one of the two main elements that make it the gem of all the industry.

Graphics:
The graphics in all are a bit sketchy if you look at the game in 2 person view I guess you would say but most people who like older styled retro games never complain as much as they would as someone that only likes newer types of games. This game is quite beautiful in my opinion. I didn't expect such nice graphics. Traveling most of the world is very beautiful when it comes to it's graphics especially for it's generation.

Sound:
Final Fantasy continues to have interesting yet enjoyable music in this game. I love most of the music. There are several styles included in this game, and many are applied to the location in which you are in. Each hero gets their own theme music to suit them. The last bosses music is actually a series of suites, and to see it play out is nice and fitting for my style of gaming music. They also have The Opera!

Oh, the beautiful music! Again, none of the other titles can match up against this score, though VII and IX give it a good shot. You can't really beat this even if you tried. We have an opera. We have a well-thought theme designed for each character, made specifically to convey to you their love, fears, hopes and pain. We have music that compliments whatever environment you may venture through. You'll be hard-pressed to find any other game that attempts this, and you will NEVER find one that does it this well in my opinion.

Addictiveness:
I was quite surprised as most rpgs I play don't have much of a replay value and I found myself having no problem coming back and replaying this game. I would say it's one of the more addictive RPGS that is out there. If you pick up a hand full of rpgs and put them against this game .. this game would end up winning. At least against most of them. It's quite a creative game and it just keeps me coming back for more every month or two at least.

Depth:
This game is very in depth with over 2 worlds to explore and there are a ton of items, 255 to be exact, from swords to paint brushes, from plumed hats to paladin shields. You name it.. it has many of them. I was actually quite surprised because most FF games that I play don't seem to have as much depth as this version did which is always a good thing(Just my opinion). One of the best things about FFIII is that most characters are not limited to one type of weapon, as we see in FF VII, VIII, IX, etc.

Difficulty:
I found the difficulty not to hard at any given part. Possibly because I have played several different RPG's. Now I'm not saying you can just breeze through the game like it's nothing.. there are a couple of parts that most would find a bit challenging. I know I found a few parts that were challenging but overall they weren't hard to accomplish that part of the level. Anything I set my mind to, I pretty much always accomplish.

Final Score:
I enjoyed so much of this game. One of my all time favorite classic games. This was one of the peak games for Final Fantasy, A must have for your SNES collection. I would recommend it to all of my friends and even though the newer FF's are unique this one is still quite a catch. If you like Final Fantasy or SNES RPGs, this is definitely an above average game in both categories. I find it hard to find many RPG's that I really like but there is a few I can name and this is in the top few that I really enjoy.

This review took me a lot longer to create and edit. The last review I made I had quite a few mistakes but I tried my best at least. Let me know if this review is any improvement from my last one or if it's worse I hope not at least! :3 I plan on making a couple of reviews a month. It's just something I can do in my spare time and also something that can help me improve in my writing.. grammar.. and spelling as well.


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I summoned a couple of new people to this one because I figured you guys would be interested in checking it out. Let me know how I did or what your opinion is on the game. It would mean a lot thanks!

I think you did a very good job with this review. I think you did a great job with the ratings you gave to each category.  It definitely deserved a 9.7 overall. If there's one thing I felt this review lacked, it would have to be the fact that you didn't explain your score for the story category. Other than that though I think you did a good job with the other categories, especially the sound category.

It's a good attempt.. The problem I personally have and I'm sure others do too. Is that there are two major factors that can drastically change your review on a game.... Nostalgia and Comparison... Nostalgia as well we all prefer games that we played as a child and had good memories.. Mine for example is sonic 2... and Comparison because people compare the game to titles that are 5-6 years newer than them or more and it's not a fair comparison... it's like me saying look how rubbish FFVII looks compared to FFX etc.

I'm not sure if you did this on purpose but you also never wrote the scores for each individual area... Which I actually am a fan of... Mainly due to most of the reviewers on here giving way too generous scores constantly... 10 is perfect... 9 is near perfect for me... whilst most games I've seen reviews for get these easily.... and let's be honest how many perfect games can you list... for me it's less than 5

I'm not saying your review is bad at all either.. These are just my personal opinions on reviews in general.. Take or leave it..

But I digress, Your review was good. Maybe try to make it "your" review though.. Add your own personality to it... if that makes sense.. It makes the review a lot easier to relate to and for people to understand if it's got your own personal touch to it... Because even though FFIII has like 5 different versions... some people still have no idea about the game...

Either way I hope this rambling helps

I've learned doing reviews, that not putting the scores somewhere in the review tend to confuse people. They want to compare your rating and your words. I'm not saying that is the best way to go about it, but if you don't you always seem to have one person mention it, who in this case is sonicmcmuffin. I also rate this game high overall, but if I'm going to give it tens, I'm going to talk its validity to death. You did a pretty good job on the music part though, if there are shining examples of a game's finest music, clue people to it, so they can youtube and see if your music tastes matches theirs.


As a FF fan, to me, this had one of the most interesting stories for me, so I was waiting to see your words on it, but that section seems to be missing, as gamerforlifeforever2 pointed out.

First off Bin, I didn't notice any real grammatical errors or anything, so thumbs up there.
I do feel as though you didn't quite fully justify your given scores. If you didn't give it a ten, explain why that aspect of the game wasn't perfect to you. Maybe even provide an example or two within the review?
Whether or not you include the scores in your review is entirely your choice though. I've seen good ones that don't include the score.
I can't wait to see you improve more and more as you write Bintsy~

Bintsy : I am so proud of you! Your reviews just keep getting more awesome! *High Five!

My only complaint is that you could explain your thoughts about each category a little more clearly. Sometimes you get caught between comparing how the game stacked up in newer games and comparing it based on other games released in the same era.

With regards to the game. I love the Final Fantasy Series, and this is one of my favorite games in the franchise. I've played through it countless times.

Bintsy :

I thought this was a very well-written review.  

It struck me as a little overreaching to say it was "easily" the most alluring RPG of the era, and then to cite character development since most/all of its competitors also have well-thought out character development to some extent.  It is fine /great to have a favorite or to think this one does character development the best, but to go so far as to say it is easily the best is going a little further than I think you would want to, because to support such a claim you would probably need to discuss the story of the game and its competitors in a way that is too spoilery for a proper review... If that makes sense.