Pixel Remaster 1 through 6 difficulty question

[Rex Vortex]

Having finished FF1 PR I found it far easier compared to the NES version (aside from the boss Chaos, as it seemed they rolled all the difficulty onto him) but I completed it before they added the boosts and 'anti boosts' if you will.

With that being said, before I get into the rest of them. Is there recommendations on if I should put the boosts to half for either Gil or exp for games 2 through 6? I'd like to play them closer to the original difficulty (as for IV that means the original Japanese version, not US).

This is assuming the rest are as easy as the first one. I read somewhere, as the PR games go on, they get closer and closer to their original difficulty with 6 being the closest and even some folks saying it was a tad harder on PR.

I know they were never difficult games perse but I also don't want to melt through the games.

[Shadowforce11]

I know for sure that exp needed for levels was halfed in ff4, so you could do 0.5x exp if you wanted the original experience.

[SC_Nikki]

1 and 4 are the easiest. In 2, you gain way too much HP, so it's also easier. 3 is pretty well-balanced. 5 and 6 are, as you said, slightly harder than the originals.

Hoping they add the boosts to PC soon. In that case, yes, play 1 and 4 with EXP halved.

[Zogtar]

Feel like 6 is the easiest. Few characters are overpowered after the train. Celes negates most magic, sabin's a mid-game powerhouse, then Terra/Edgar/Locke start out decent and just end up overpowered.

4 isn't as easy as the US original release, not as easy as the original JP release, but not as hard as the DS remake that was ported to steam.

[PhamTrinli]

Except for the final boss fight, I felt like ff1 was easier than 6

Not sure about 2, I couldn't even bring myself to finish it - it is, IMO, the worst of the first 6 ff's

[Arsene Lupin]

Are they planning on adding the extra options from the console versions later? I was really looking forward to turning off random encounters for a few parts, nevermind the new pixel font....

Originally posted by Shadowforce11:

I know for sure that exp needed for levels was halfed in ff4, so you could do 0.5x exp if you wanted the original experience.

Halved? Yikes. That must really mess up the early game.