Fainaru fantajî V (Video Game 1992)

Batts, Lenna and friends go on their journey.....

Director:

Hironobu Sakaguchi

Storyline

Bartz, a nomad, rescues a woman and an old man from two creatures at the site of a meteoroid crash. Strangely enough, the crash of the meteor coincides with the sudden ceasing of all wind and breeze on Earth. Bartz soon learns that the old man is Galuf, a traveler from another world, and the woman is Reina, a princess whose father disappeared after going to check on the condition of the Wind Crystal, one of four crystaline objects that keeps the elements of Earth intact. Soon meeting up with Faris, a female pirate, the group goes on a journey through this world and the next to stop the resurrection of Exdeath, a black warlock that Galuf helped seal away decades ago, and Gilgamesh, his otherworldly henchman who has an agenda of his own.

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Plot Keywords:

wind | crystal | pirate | breeze | gender identity | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

T

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

6 December 1992 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Final Fantasy Anthology: Final Fantasy V

Company Credits

Production Co:

Square Company

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Not released in America until it was featured on the Final Fantasy Anthology collection for Playstation One, along with Final Fantasy VI.

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Quotes

Gilgamesh: Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men!

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Connections

Followed by Fainaru fantajî XIII-2 (2011)

User Reviews

My #1 Final Fantasy

Yes, I admit, there are some of the Final Fantasy games I like before FFVIII and the other latter titles came out. But Final Fantasy V sticks to me like bees stick to honey.

The story is in three parts: Butz's world (trying to save the crystals), Galuf's world (Galuf trying to stop the main evil himself) and Ex-Death's world (Destroy the Void and the evil mage himself). Without spoiling any of the plot or characters, you'll be pleased with the story and the likable cast of characters. Who says you need a big cast when you can have a few wonderfully developed cast. Not to mention the job system is very fun and addicting. You can even mix and match abilities.

The only flaw is the graphics and sound. The graphics look EXACTLY like FFIV's graphics. And even though the soundtrack was good in some spots, but a lot of the music sounded way too happy and perky. Sounds more like a kiddy game music than it does earth in distress music.

Just too bad this FF got overshadowed by FFIV and FFVI and was never released in America in trhe SNES days. It's far superior to FFVI in story, gameplay and characters. Play it and give it a chance.