Over the weekend my girlfriend and I beat New Super Mario Bros U with 4 stars (apparently there are a couple secret exits that'll give 5?) and it was a blast for us. I also beat Final Fantasy 3 on the PSP.
FF3 was super generic.... I was really surprised by it. FF2 had some character development and an interesting revenge story. That's why I'm surprised 3 was so basic. Weird!
Dash, did you end up enjoying FF1?
It had a few "hey that's cool" moments. I tried to play it in the context of when the nes original was released.
I can see how the size and non-linearity of the game would have blown people away back then.
The airship was fun to fly around. Random encounters every 3 seconds got kind of tedious after a while. Especially after I passed level 60. I beat it at level 89 and went up 29 levels just walking to the end boss.
I liked that you can pick your party members at the beginning and I can see how it might affect the difficulty of certain areas.
The story was quite basic.
For GBA the graphics, sound, and music were fantastic.
Overall I liked it.
I am starting FF2 now and I am a bit excited since you mentioned there is a deeper story. I'll probably skip FF3.
Should I play FF2 on SNES or GBA? I have both.