Often one of the two most celebrated 2D entries, Final Fantasy IV comes in as the second shortest entry. While not the first one to have a more complicated narrative, it is often seen as the first one that did it right. Because of its strong story, the gameplay is relatively straightforward, and it is always easy to know where the next objective lies.
Unless one is stuck at a combat encounter, the game should be a breeze to whisk through in less than a day's worth of a gameplay. Final Fantasy IV is also followed up by a sequel , though it is less celebrated than the other sequels from the series. Final Fantasy IV: Interlude only comes in at about 2. However, the full sequel clocks in at about The second game in the series is often remembered as one of the worst. It pushed things forward with a more nuanced story, but the gameplay veered far from what fans are now accustomed to.
The idea of characters leveling up as abilities were used led to the stats easily being broken by players attacking their own party members. Still, it's not horrid or unplayable by any stretch of the word. People looking to play through all of the games won't find this one a slog. Plus, it's still on the relatively short side of things. This bodes well as it's probably the worst of the three games in terms of both gameplay mechanics and story. Fans of the original game will still have some fun with it, but everyone else might be better off watching the cutscenes on YouTube and skipping ahead to Lightning Returns instead.
A single playthrough typically takes just over 27 hours, while completing all of the game's tasks will require a little over 72 hours of playtime. Thanks in large to the omission of Lightning and the need to play as Serah though, this can feel like a lot of work for very little payoff. The Chocobo racing is a lot of fun, but everything else just feels like busywork. The most recent numbered entry was somewhat polarizing for fans.
It looked undeniably gorgeous, but it was too easy and the battle system was not engaging enough, despite the fights themselves being marvelous spectacles. Its length also wildly varies because of its structure. The first several chapters are brimming with side quests.
One can spend dozens of hours doing favors for town folk, greatly inflating the playtime. After a certain point, the story puts the players on rails and beelines towards a finish. The third entry sees silent protagonists come back for a more straightforward adventure than its predecessor.
Despite the simplicity of its narrative, it'll take longer than the prior two. Like the first game, however, its charm and whimsy keep players glued to the screen the whole time, making the hours fly by like an airship. Final Fantasy X-2 was a fairly groundbreaking game, in as much that it was the first time that Square Enix developed a sequel to a mainline Final Fantasy game. It continues the story of Tidus and Yuna while further expanding upon the lore of Spira. It's not quite as good as its predecessor, but it's certainly not without its charms.
While the PS2 release's main story took almost 40 hours to complete , quality of life updates implemented in modern ports has brought this time down considerably making it a much more palatable experience.
The 'True' ending still requires a second playthrough though, and players will need to tackle the incredibly frustrating tower alignment mini-game if they're attempting a completionist run. Final Fantasy V often gets left out of the conversation.
It's not quite an all-time great, but it's not as flawed or outdated as Final Fantasy II , so it kind of just sits there on its own.
Still, one will find just as engrossing a world as the others if they take the plunge. Really, it's hard to go wrong with any of the two-dimensional outings. Not many games this old can say they will occupy gamers' time for more than thirty hours.
Not too many people stuck with Lightning through to the end of her trilogy, but those who did likely spent at least hours across all three games. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII accounts for around 34 hours of that, although this time can increase dramatically if players opt to do more than just the main story.
Completing everything that the game has to offer will take players around 65 and a half hours, which actually makes it the shortest of the three games from a completionist's perspective. It provides a fitting conclusion to Lightning's journey and so is definitely worth doing for those who are fans of the character , although getting through XIII-2 first can be a bit of a slog. Despite only covering the Midgar section of the original game , a standard playthrough of Final Fantasy VII Remake clocks in at a whopping 34 hours.
That the original release doesn't take too much longer, should give a fairly good idea of just how much Tetsuya Nomura and his team changed and added to the release.
Those hoping to complete all of the game's side quests can expect to spend an additional 7 and half hours on top of their main playthrough, while a full completionist run will take a staggering 84 hours. This is largely down to players needing to complete the game again on hard mode, where there are also some additional challenges for players to take on. The PlayStation 5 Release, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, comes with a slew of upgrades to the visuals and performance along with a new story expansion starring Yuffie Kisaragi.
This DLC episode takes about five hours to complete. However, completionists can expect to spend about 17 hours in the new content, since it has to be beaten at least twice along with the side quests.
The second half of this game brought a new element to the series , giving players a then-unprecedented level of choice on how to approach tackling objectives. After the halfway point, one can even dart towards the finish without seeing everything on the newly transformed world map, cutting down game time significantly.
However, one is a fool if they don't take a look at everything one of the most celebrated 2D JRPGs of all time has to offer. Cloud and his friends' journey not only elevated the series to new heights, but the medium as a whole.
Maybe you rushed through the game more than you realized. But I can tell you for a fact that this is not one of the shorter FF games. User Info: Transformers Wish I could play this blind without any memory of playing the vanilla.
Would be one hell of an experience again. Familiarity was the biggest disappointment for me as I knew how to completely minimize my run time on this game.
I mean, it has nothing to do with rushing through the game. It simply comes down to the ability to skip scenes in this game, whereas other FFs you cant skip scenes or even make dialouge move quicker That alone makes a storyline go buy quickly. Most of this game is just traversing, and its a very easy game where you wont spend a lot of time losing or resetting. Don't bother projecting, as everyones experience is different. Me not bothering to fight Yiazmat on a first playthrough of five playthroughs or even know of his existence, as I went blind is not indicative of me rushing through the story.
Learning something new everyday. Wait I'm confused are you saying you skipped cut-scenes first playthough of the vanilla game and then say you weren't rushing? Not to say that always added more time but it could in certain situations. The Zodiac versions however are a cake walk unless you go out of your way to challenge yourself.
I'm not projecting anything the average playtime for most people is closer to 60 hours Also You didn't need to beat Yiazmat to make the vanilla game last 60 hours.
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User Info: Billysan Billysan 4 years ago 2 The speed up option makes this game way way way shorter now. User Info: Raarmoo Raarmoo 4 years ago 3 Oemenia posted User Info: Raarmoo Raarmoo 4 years ago 5 Oemenia posted User Info: bvillebro bvillebro 4 years ago 6 Billysan posted User Info: Billysan Billysan 4 years ago 7 bvillebro posted User Info: Transformers27 Transformers27 4 years ago 8 Wish I could play this blind without any memory of playing the vanilla. User Info: bvillebro bvillebro 4 years ago 9 Billysan posted User Info: Billysan Billysan 4 years ago 10 bvillebro posted Can someone explain how this game is easier?
Doing a one job game based on FF1 classes only. Nervous about completing Game. So I killed Carrot
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