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AgentOtaku · Jul 18, 2012

TurkishEmperor said:
Is this the 3D graphics one?

I wuved the art of the 3D one. Even bought the mini-figure Arts line.

DS hardware's representation of it though was a mixed bag.

How was the IOS port from a techinical perspective IE: framerate, resolution, etc.?

Aeana · Jul 18, 2012

AgentOtaku said:
I wuved the art of the 3D one. Even bought the mini-figure Arts line.

DS hardware's representation of it though was a mixed bag.

How was the IOS port from a techinical perspective IE: framerate, resolution, etc.?

Framerate is much better, resolution is higher. It's a great port for one that doesn't use any buttons.

sat0sh1 · Sep 21, 2012

it's out on the singapore store.

Chinese, Traditional / English / Japanese

it's $23 SGD which is quite decent. Final Fantasy IV is S$32.99.

I played the DS version back in 2oo6, which I still can't believe it was that long ago. I've just completed FF1 and FF2 and wondering which one to do next out of III or IV. I love the 2D graphics of the early ones, but going back to FFIII would be all lovely and flowery and maybe it won't drop frames like before.

Waldo Lydecker · Sep 21, 2012

But is it true that FFIII is at the core a very mediocre RPG, something I read on some places on the internet?

Mael · Sep 21, 2012

Waldo Lydecker said:
But is it true that FFIII is at the core a very mediocre RPG, something I read on some places on the internet?

In the same way that FFI and all the RPG on NES were...so not at all actually.
It's basically the step between FFI and FFV in term of battle system.
The music is legendary and the scale was unrivaled at the time.
Seriously it's great.

Waldo Lydecker · Sep 21, 2012

Mael said:
In the same way that FFI and all the RPG on NES were...so not at all actually.
It's basically the step between FFI and FFV in term of battle system.
The music is legendary and the scale was unrivaled at the time.
Seriously it's great.

Ah I already thought so. Thanks for the info. I think I will really like it, just as I really enjoyed FFII. And I really dig a job system, I even think I enjoyed FFV more than FFVI and FFVII.

FFV is such an underrated game imho.

sat0sh1 · Oct 23, 2012

So I bought it over the weekend, I've put a few hours in now so I thought I'd just post how I feel about it.

I've played this before on the DS, the PSP is slightly nicer, benefits:

o The 16:9 really makes a big difference. Although a little funny without the other screen (although I am damned if I remember if it did anything useful). The DS version now feels a little squished, where there's enough room for the battles - with a good distance between team and bad people.

o The chip music - although I love chip music (I also chip music myself) the DS music is lovely and the chip music is really a downgrade. It would have been good to have chipized remixes or something, the chip music versions sound a little flat.

o Framerate - it doesn't choke like it used to on DS, in fact, the resolution makes it looks very high rez, I think that some of the textures dont' look so muddy (or upgraded).

o Auto Battle - THIS, the reason to own this version. Although not as good as the "hold the button down and do what we did last time" on Final Fantasy I+II PSP, the auto battle is great, switch on/off with Select. Annoyingly, you still need to press circle when on the results screen (obtained 2 gill, received 2 EXP! Job increase etc).

So there you go. I played FFIII when it came out on DS so it's great to play this again.

hongcha · Oct 23, 2012

I'm really enjoying the psp version too. I have it on my ipad as well, and while it looks a lot nicer on the ipad, playing the game with real controls is so much better that I've decided to restart the game and play through on the psp (I played about 5 hours on the ipad version). I would have bought this digitally and played it on my Vita, but I refuse to pay $40+ for DD versions of games. It really should be the same price as on the apple store.

sat0sh1 · Oct 23, 2012

http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mi...hart-shows-final-fantasy-iii-conquering-japan

well at least I am not the only one. Yes I agree it's not worth spending lots of money on, it was S$23,59 on the singapore store. Compared with S$32.99 for Final Fantasy IV:CC, i think that's not bad at all.

Takao · Oct 23, 2012

hongcha said:
I'm really enjoying the psp version too. I have it on my ipad as well, and while it looks a lot nicer on the ipad, playing the game with real controls is so much better that I've decided to restart the game and play through on the psp (I played about 5 hours on the ipad version). I would have bought this digitally and played it on my Vita, but I refuse to pay $40+ for DD versions of games. It really should be the same price as on the apple store.

It's $20 on the North American PSN store.

Aeana · Oct 23, 2012

sat0sh1 said:
o The chip music - although I love chip music (I also chip music myself) the DS music is lovely and the chip music is really a downgrade. It would have been good to have chipized remixes or something, the chip music versions sound a little flat.

I definitely don't agree with this. Many of the arrangements in the DS version are way too brass-heavy. Strangely, by contrast, the arrangements of the final area songs are entirely too unassertive. I'll always prefer the original music.

MagiusNecros · Oct 23, 2012

Aeana said:
I definitely don't agree with this. Many of the arrangements in the DS version are way too brass-heavy. Strangely, by contrast, the arrangements of the final area songs are entirely too unassertive. I'll always prefer the original music.

NES music of FF3 is far superior then the DS version IMO.

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