Should I go for this, or a Rom?

[rmfranco]

My main hang up with this one is that it’s missing content.

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

It's not really missing content. The bonus content in the GBA version was non-canon.

[rmfranco]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Pack 4 Potatoes:

It's not really missing content. The bonus content in the GBA version was non-canon.

Ok, But non-canon stuff is still more stuff for the game. More game-play.

[Neggy]

Up to you with what you're looking for out of it. Personally I would take the PR soundtrack and mods like the Old Ver textbox portraits over extra content I probably wouldn't even touch. But if you value the extra content over the things PR has, then yeah go with a rom.

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

I have not really heard great things about the extra content from the GBA, honestly. From what I recall I saw people calling it pretty tedious, and the extra jobs are only available at the end where you don't get much use out of them.

This is two months late so you might have already beaten the game on whichever version you decided on, but if you haven't I would suggest this version, the Pixel Remaster.

[Silfie]

I'd play this + add the synthetic origins OST mod, the remastered version takes a lot of the charm of the tracks away, imo.

[CynicalDarin]

If you can find it, get the older version of ff5. use mods to change the art style (the psp style sprites look good) and PR music. The UI isnt perfect but it does have the extra content.

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Darinl1979:

If you can find it, get the older version of ff5. use mods to change the art style (the psp style sprites look good) and PR music. The UI isnt perfect but it does have the extra content.

FFV doesn't have a PSP release.

[ClyncyeRudje]

This is late, but for anyone else thinking about this: you only really need to care about other versions if you want specific glitches (like Quickleak, Thorn Crown Underflow, or !Calming Omega) or want to try the GBA jobs. The Sealed Temple is not very good (and was cordoned off from the main gameplay anyway) and the GBA jobs are busted in mostly boring ways rather than fun ones, so their exclusion doesn't impact anything.

[Neggy]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Pack 4 Potatoes:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Darinl1979:

If you can find it, get the older version of ff5. use mods to change the art style (the psp style sprites look good) and PR music. The UI isnt perfect but it does have the extra content.

FFV doesn't have a PSP release.

but there is a mod for the old steam release that emulates the look of the PSP games for FFV

[zanezonair]

go for the gba rom. more content the better.
when i bought this a long while ago (has it been years? feels like years) i assumed it had the gba content as i thought it would be a dumb move to remove content in a re release.
...but no no... they removed the gba content. and yeah. go for the gba rom. this version is not worth your money.

[Skoops]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από zanezonair:

go for the gba rom. more content the better.
when i bought this a long while ago (has it been years? feels like years) i assumed it had the gba content as i thought it would be a dumb move to remove content in a re release.
...but no no... they removed the gba content. and yeah. go for the gba rom. this version is not worth your money.

The store pages for all 6 games went out of their way to clarify that they were based on the original releases and would not include most, if any, of the content and features added in later releases. In fact, this was a huge point of discussions before any of the Pixel Remasters even came out.

That said, as someone who loves FFV to bits, and has spent the most time with the GBA version, the content added in the GBA version is awful and I'm glad it's gone. It was needlessly tedious, grindy, and is only accessible so late into the game that you don't even get any time to use any of the jobs you get out of it, save for the final dungeon, basically.

Just because one version of a game has more content in it than another does not make it superior. It might be preferable to some who happen to enjoy said content, but it doesn't inherently make versions without it not worth purchasing. For some, sure, and it is worth noting that this version of the game doesn't include the extra jobs, dungeon, and superbosses that were in Advance and the old Steam/mobile versions, but FFV was already a complete experience before that.

And, again, I think the extra content Advance added (Not counting the bestiary, new translation, or sound test, which are all in this version), was actively bad and I think the game is better for not having such annoying content in it, but that's just my opinion.

If the OP cares about the extra content regardless of its quality or functional application, then by all means, Advance and the old Steam version are the way to go. They're perfectly serviceable versions of the game to play. FFV is still FFV at the end of the day, regardless of which version you play. Even the Anthology version, as much I hate that one's load times, miserable English translation, and weirdly butchered audio.

tl;dr I'd recommend the Pixel Remaster over the other versions, unless you really, really want to see the bonus dungeon for yourself. The extra content from Advance and the old Steam version are not very good and abide by very different design philosophies from the rest of the game because a different team made them, but you're certainly not losing anything by playing those versions.

[Judeo-communism]

I much prefer this version over the GBA version. The extra content is not just "content," it's bad.

[Letobrick]

The GBA version is the one to get, if you really want the missing content. Otherwise the old mobile Steam version has it as well, if you are lucky enough to locate a key that is.

[stuntrock]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Letobrick:

The GBA version is the one to get, if you really want the missing content. Otherwise the old mobile Steam version has it as well, if you are lucky enough to locate a key that is.

Yeah, if you want to pay ~$200 for it.

[zanezonair]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από stuntrock:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Letobrick:

The GBA version is the one to get, if you really want the missing content. Otherwise the old mobile Steam version has it as well, if you are lucky enough to locate a key that is.

Yeah, if you want to pay ~$200 for it.

emulation. or a mod that will eventually come out that adds the gba content.