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Final Fantasy (2021)

Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV, Tose

Remaster of Final Fantasy

Android · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox Series X|S · iOS

3.58 from 33 ratings

162 members have it in their collection · 6 playing now · 41 backlogged · 5 wish listed

How long? Main story 18h · with extras 13h · 100% 21h (from 6 logged playthroughs)

The original Final Fantasy comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the first game in the world-renowned Final Fantasy series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
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Developers
Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV, Tose
Publishers
Square Enix
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Fantasy
Franchises
Final Fantasy
Series
Final Fantasy
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jul 28, 2021 (Worldwide) Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
  • Apr 19, 2023 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
  • Sep 26, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Xbox Series X|S

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Drbeatboxnik

Review Drbeatboxnik 4/5 · Jun 14, 2026

This isn’t a particularly deep or complicated game but it is pretty impressive how fun it still is all these years later. The formula works. I enjoy how the game makes you figure things out, although I wouldn’t want every game to make me remember some guy in a graveyard in some town might like to look at my Rosetta …

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This isn’t a particularly deep or complicated game but it is pretty impressive how fun it still is all these years later. The formula works. I enjoy how the game makes you figure things out, although I wouldn’t want every game to make me remember some guy in a graveyard in some town might like to look at my Rosetta Stone, and the simple combat is still enjoyable even if it’s not that challenging. This is a great game to play when you want to turn your brain off for a few hours and fight differently colored versions of the same ogre.

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thevioletcow

Review thevioletcow 3/5 · May 15, 2026

The Bones, The Bones!

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 …

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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.

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cwknight

Review cwknight 3/5 · Apr 12, 2026

Eleventh game finished in 2026: Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster

I've played a bunch of later Final Fantasies but never the early 2D ones. They put this one (and seem to be adding the rest of the pixel remasters over time as well) on Game Pass so I went through it to check it out and get perspective on the series' …

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Eleventh game finished in 2026: Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster

I've played a bunch of later Final Fantasies but never the early 2D ones. They put this one (and seem to be adding the rest of the pixel remasters over time as well) on Game Pass so I went through it to check it out and get perspective on the series' beginning.

I thought it was well done and it definitely set the tone for the rest of the series, introducing pretty much all of the baseline things that we recognize as being "Final Fantasy", like crystals, airships, and a real hodge-podge of seemingly random enemy types that you might not expect in a fantasy game (I thought the late-game dinosaurs were a pretty funny addition).

It's definitely a more simplistic game than later ones in the series, as you would expect for a game originally on the NES, especially with regards to the story, which was overall pretty thin. I think in comparison to something like Mother/Earthbound Zero, which I thought was absolutely astounding in its complexity and really blew my mind that it was accomplished as an NES game, Final Fantasy wasn't quite to that level of sophistication.

But the delta in commercial results between the two series definitely speaks for itself; apparently being just sophisticated enough to be interesting is plenty enough.

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