Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy, also known as FFI in re-releases, is the first role-playing game title in Square's flagship Final Fantasy series. The game puts players in control of four characters known as the Warriors of…
Final Fantasy is an adventure developed by Square, released 18 December 1987 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Family Computer. The main story takes about 11 hrs to finish.
What Final Fantasy is
Final Fantasy is an adventure game developed by Square and released in 1987. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story follows four youths called the Light Warriors, who each carry one of their world's four elemental orbs which have been darkened by the four Elemental Fiends. Together, they quest to defeat these evil forces, restore light to the orbs, and save their world.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy is the first of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy II in 1988. Its critic score of 70 is 7 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.
How it was received
Final Fantasy holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1987 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 265 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 15.3 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Final Fantasy launched on 18 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Nebulus, Head Over Heels and Wizball. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Nebulus, Head Over Heels, Wizball.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Final Fantasy yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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