I feel like original KH1 was far better than Final Mix

[Judeo-communism]

I barely remember it, but I don't remember all these anti-fun Heartless I have to farm for far longer with way more annoying pre-setup to get the Ultima Weapon. I do vividly remember having the Ultima Weapon in original PS2 version and fighting Sephiroth for fun over and over again, but I don't remember all this new crap to do the same for this version.

[mdesaleah]

Lol no.

Final Mix adding new boss (go to the Princess chamber is Hollow Bastion again), skip cutscene option, new cutscenes, new weapons, and new abilities make it much more definitive.

That does give you more to do though, and it makes the 100% take longer.

[add]

It's new content that forces you to learn how to use every system in the game.

[Norton 360 for Gamers]

You don't remember because they were added in Final Mix, yeah. They're gimmicky but once you know what to do with them they're not all that annoying to deal with. What bothered me was one of them only spawning one room away from the final boss meaning you can't get the Ultima until you're 99% done with the game.

Not much to do with it by that point besides beating up the extra bosses or killing hundreds of those piece of ♥♥♥♥ wizards to get that one weapon for Donald you won't use anyway.

[Judeo-communism]

My main point is I don't care about Unknown, I just want to get my Ultima Weapon and kill Sephiroth as fast as I did before and now I can't because it takes needlessly longer

[Dewit]

So you like the original better because it has less content 🤨

[J.P.]

Not that fond of all the gimmick encounters, but I find it a better version overall

[JC]

Originally posted by Dewit:

So you like the original better because it has less content 🤨

It's probably less about the added content and more about the changes and restrictions to getting the Ultima Weapon that's hurting his experience.

[Judeo-communism]

Originally posted by Dewit:

So you like the original better because it has less content 🤨

If they just added new content without worsening the old content it would be fine, but they made getting Ultima Weapon worse than before which is the problem

[NickG]

Its more about the nostalgia. That's just how brain works.

[reorse]

The enemy recolours are the worst part of final mix. I do not understand what they were thinking.

[mdesaleah]

They did make the synthesis grind more difficult.

But now you have more to actually use it on once you get it.

[Judeo-communism]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

They did make the synthesis grind more difficult.

Explain

[Luna ~]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

Lol no.

Final Mix adding new boss (go to the Princess chamber is Hollow Bastion again), skip cutscene option, new cutscenes, new weapons, and new abilities make it much more definitive.

That does give you more to do though, and it makes the 100% take longer.

skip cutscene was not in the OG final mix for PS2 they only reason it was added tot he PS3 collection onward was it was a modern feature added when they had to rebuild the game from the ground up.

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Judeo-communism:

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

They did make the synthesis grind more difficult.

Explain

The new synthesis enemies that are more like puzzles than regular enemies.

They make you think about what you can do though, instead of just encouraging "Mash Attack" like the game can do on anything Normal or lower.

[add]

Originally posted by Luna:

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

Lol no.

Final Mix adding new boss (go to the Princess chamber is Hollow Bastion again), skip cutscene option, new cutscenes, new weapons, and new abilities make it much more definitive.

That does give you more to do though, and it makes the 100% take longer.

skip cutscene was not in the OG final mix for PS2 they only reason it was added tot he PS3 collection onward was it was a modern feature added when they had to rebuild the game from the ground up.

PS2 KHFM had cutscene skip lol. Cutscene skip is weird anyway because in 1.5HD, the black screen is a cloak over them fast forwarding the cutscenes for cutscene skip.