How does this compare to the 20th Anniversary edition

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Anyone playing this that also played the 20th anniversary Edition on PSP? Curious as to your thoughts. Better? Worse? similar?

[McBomb]

The game balance is essentially the same as that edition except with spell charges instead of MP in FF1 and without the bonus dungeons. So it's up to you to decide how you feel about the rest of the package (graphics/music/etc.) I thought those dungeons were awful, but I am slightly disappointed how easy the leveling mechanics and such make the game now. Give and take.

Final Fantasy Origins (PSone) still exists though, so it's not like improved versions of the original formulas for I and II don't exist.

[HexGramarye]

It's better. The graphics have their own identity here and don't look like generic RPG Maker games, which is the direction the PSP version went in. Because of the Pixel Remaster's lo-fi visuals, it's less out of place that the sprites don't have mouths.
The music is leagues better now. I don't know how to feel about the balancing yet, but it feels more or less on par with the post Dawn of Souls ports, except with the spell charge system intact (which I hate).
Unpopular opinion, but I love the mini-maps and I like how it tells you how many treasure chests there are in each dungeon.
I'm a bit broken up over the lack of Soul of Chaos dungeons because I loved the boss battles, but I also drive myself a bit insane each playthrough navigating the long, tedious dungeons that led to those boss fights. Almost ruins the whole postgame for me. Here I don't have to worry about that stress, so I've made my peace with this version being incomplete.

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Publicado originalmente por McBomb:

The game balance is essentially the same as that edition except with spell charges instead of MP and without the bonus dungeons. So it's up to you to decide how you feel about the rest of the package (graphics/music/etc.) I thought those dungeons were awful, but I am slightly disappointed how easy the leveling mechanics and such make the game now. Give and take.

Final Fantasy Origins (PSone) still exists though, so it's not like improved versions of the original formulas for I and II don't exist.

Thanks. I've got Origins as well. I made a list a few months ago of the best version of each game for the day I finally have time to marathon them. Now that these remasters are here, I have to go over the first six again.