I've been playing all the Final Fantasy games for the first time recently, and I've fallen in love with FFV in particular.

While I *liked* the previous four games, FFV did everything right for me. The job system is fantastic, the world is fun to explore, it's just a great game.

The story is great, and in my opinion doesn't get enough credit. Yeah, it's goofier than other FF games - but that's part of WHY it was so good! We get to see these knuckleheads pal around and just hang on, and that makes them feel like an actual group of friends - so that when the heavy emotional stuff DOES happen, we're already invested and we care about them. So to me, FFV has the *strongest* Final Fantasy story so far.

The characters themselves are great too. My favorite is Galuf, just an all-around awesome dude.

If you're on the fence about FFV, I say give it a shot. I had so much fun with this one, and spent over 30 hours on it. I'll definitely be replaying this one in the future (maybe I'll try the "Four Job Fiesta" challenge run next time).

This remake is super cute! I didnt get a chance to play the OG much and I was very little but I've put alot of hours into this one.

100% in 31 hours (28 on save) using a guide (for missables) and turning off encounters occasionally. Some very annoying achievements and a lot of missables so a guide is highly recommended. Had to grind for mastering all jobs, level 50 and 2,000 enemies killed. Would highly recommend using 4x AP the entire game since you only get 1 per fight and there are a lot of fun classes to use. Leveling jobs end game is simple it's not a matter of need it's just more fun.

FF5 further refines the job system from 3 but isn't fully perfected until Tactics. Unlike Tactics where you can pick from 5 categories to equip skills here you only are given your main and a secondary. But that secondary could just be a passive which limits your options. You can use your starter class which lets you pick any two things and you will have the innate passives of mastered jobs which is nice. But that is a very late game thing and I found myself not using what I really wanted just to learn/equip something.

The story isn't that deep but is enjoyable. The cast has some personalities and doesn't have a revolving party like the previous game.

I do find V much harder than the previous games. Although many enemies do have weaknesses that can be exploited if you fully take advantage of the job system. The final boss wiped the floor with me unless I used generic strategies but I was only level 39.

This is a great game and I would highly recommend it.