What a perfectly fine way to spend some time! More and more I find myself thinking this with media that has little to say, but feels nice moment to moment. However, the lack of a strong hook keeps me from recommending this to anyone except for those curious of the origins of Final Fantasy. These game systems have been so iterated upon that I feel confident saying there are better ways to spend your time.

Oh, but the bones are so good! The classes are far too simplistic compared to modern fare, yet they are quite charming. It's easy to see why many of us have remained fans of the black mage, red mage, monk, etc. Battle feels snappy, though too much time is spent watching my party get blasted by nine separate, too long area of effect attacks that barely harm them. As such, much of the game will be spent with auto battle on fast forward. Meanwhile, I do enjoy the D&D based spell slot system and almost prefer it to a pool of MP. It's really too bad that the only challenge

Finally, there is the Pixel Remaster aspect, which I can only address as someone who has never played the original. This looks, feels, and plays like a middle era SNES RPG save for a few special effects. It's well done and I appreciated being able to turn off random encounters while trying to figure out where to go next. The remastered OST is wonderful.

That's it! Really, most should skip this. There are so many good games coming out every day, yet I enjoyed my time with this revamped relic.