Lose Intelligence│ Final Fantasy 1 #8 │ ProJared Plays!

Going back to the original FINAL FANTASY for the NES! This is the game that started it all, and got me started with the whole series!
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[@bretthicksomega]

That high pitched squeal when your warrior eats it. We have all been there, its ok.

[@godlessandlovingit]

basically what i've learned from Jared is that the original final fantasy game was full of horrible glitches which everything does nothing. Thief does nothing. Were-sword does nothing, INT does nothing. multiple spells do nothing. . but it's fun as hell.

[@gurvmlk]

Fortunately, I imagine most people were like me back in the day and had no idea of those glitches. I still remember knowing that spells had a range of damage instead of growing stronger with intelligence, so I had it in my head that higher intelligence improved the odds of scoring a stronger hit. But that's why you either patch the game, or play the Playstation version for an almost original experience but fixed (although I personally hate how overpowered the improved inventory system feels).

[@catiseith]

"Now with FAST on, Peeb is gonna hit for a lo..." **RUB on Peeb** **Erased** **Slain..** "AIYEEEEE!!!!!!!"

[@kutaoizumi4189]

"Now with fast on, Peeb can hit for a lot--" *Astos casts rub on Peeb* Haven't laughed so much in a while, lol.

[@pielovinkyle]

The anti-rub spell is when your mom asks you to leave your bedroom door open.

[@KashKey-]

HA.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

So what would the Level 2 version consist of? As if the Level 1 didn't sound bad enough.

[@cobbleking7858]

What kind of evil mastermind would do that? and why?

[@TheBrutalSax]

counter that shit with the bathroom! Can't leave that door open

[@StaggerNight]

+edge neato who said you need a computer ;)

[@daemondan666]

"Have I always been this dumb?" ~Jared 2017

[@164starman]

well i mean he was hit by SLO2 not too long before, so not exactly

[@Soumein]

To be fair, he had to walk back down to Corneria after the Temple of Fiends anyway.

[@thatoneguy4452]

Daniel F It's because Astos lowered his intelligence.

[@redrov3r]

I love how vivid your imagination is when describing what the party does to the enemies! Please do more FF games or other RPG games you are great!

[@bradlus2403]

That's true, it's so entertaining!

[@Goomyx1492]

His experience as a DM really shines through in this series haha

[@Terashi]

I wish there were more RPGs that let you not only name your characters, but decide how they behave and interact with each other.

[@losslesswifi]

Yeah

[@losslesswifi]

Keep doing what you're doing!

[@Persoon56]

Jared, the snakes aren't assholes, they're Aspholes! I'll see myself out now

[@thomasjones7927]

He made that joke last vid.

[@Persoon56]

Oh, well then, nuts

[@eggchin9721]

@@Persoon56 he already said that.

[@Susilo_Sovan]

I was inspired by this series to attempt a low level playthrough. I got to Lich at level 5. It promptly wiped my party in 1 turn. I guess I'll switch to a normal playthrough.

[@Othaur]

The Thief cosplay fits you, and I would have recognized it as Final Fantasy 1 cosplay. My go to character in the original was the Red Mage, mainly because it was a mage that could use a sword. I loved LoTR, in it Gandalf uses a sword frequently but DnD systems typically forces magic users to using simple weapons.

[@SolarFlairIsBestPony]

Tabletop systems always go all wonky all over the place. In some it's definitely no wizards with swords and such. But in, say, current D&D there's definitely ways to give wizards different hitting tools. Like by being an elf or a dwarf (for hammers and axes).

[@Billaxle]

Othaur My go to class is Red Mage or whatever variation a game calls it. Highly skilled jack of all trades, master of none. To me, the versatility is worth the trade-off.

[@Terashi]

I don't know about other tabletops, but in DnD 3.5e, you can take feats to give yourself proficiency in weapons and armor that your class doesn't provide. It's not a good idea, considering how magic works, but the game doesn't outright say "No, you have to focus on spellcasting," either. Though to be honest, if you really want a sword-wielding spellcaster, the Elder Scrolls series has you covered.

[@Othaur]

TerashiOfSnagem Oh I love the Elder Scrolls, but back in the early 90s mages were restricted to not using swords. Yes, DnD has feats that allows for sword useage as a mage or wizard but it weakens the classes significantly if you aren't using it for say metamagic feata and what not. Later iterations of DnD have specialized classes like battlemage and what not that does allow for a combat spell casting class but during this era it didn't exist per se. There was the bard class, but a bard is not a mage.

[@SolarFlairIsBestPony]

There's plenty of ways to do a sword wielding spellcaster in D&D if you go about it the right ways, even from older editions. They even have a special term for it . A 'gish'.

[@samanthanicklin8130]

14:45 - I imagined PBG trying a bit of the herb and spitting it out and saying the in-game text. XD

[@xlSw1ftBlad3lx]

I never thought I would enjoy watching a playthrough of a final fantasy game, but this commentary is making me look forward to the next episode. It's nice to see Jared playing games he really wants to play and has so much nostalgia for.

[@DisgustedCheese]

"Now with fast on, peeb is gonna hit for allot... AAAAGH!!!!"

[@quickman2663]

... I might die...

[@N8Dawgg314]

OMG THAT WAS SO PERFECTLY TIMED "Now with fast on Peebs he can*dead*......"

[@badgermcwaffles4834]

4:54 best sound Jared has ever made rofl

[@templarmain4000]

Joof doesn't have a knife anymore. We can all sleep soundly tonight XD

[@mittens1509]

8:56 Funny giving her nothing but praise....and later after everything respect.....Good on you man.

[@johronok4067]

You look awesome in you FF Thief cosplay, the group too! Awesome idea!

[@tiggy0249]

I absolutely love this series, listening to you narrate what your characters do in battle and the emotion you have for this game is absolutely amazing. This made my day, please keep it up Jared!

[@OtterWarlock]

Jared makes this so great! I love the flavor he adds to the combat, it really brings the characters and world to life.

[@AngryAragami]

If Astos rubbed me with those creepy hands, I'd probably suffer spontaneous brain death as well.

[@williamweaver7854]

AngryAragami I looks like you all ready have suffered brain death

[@tonyhakston536]

+William Weaver I feel like I lost brain cells just from reading your comment.

[@williamweaver7854]

Tony Hakston your right it sounded like that was my fith language

[@RogueDragon05]

4:50 the manliest squeal on KZbin.

[@FuzzyKittenOfDoom]

I've said it before, but I love how genuinely excited Jared gets over games that he truly enjoys. Probably the main reason he's one of my favorite youtubers.

[@Raseclight]

I'm guessing that in this game you don't need intelligence to push any graves LOL Holy crap this game is way bigger than I expected, keep doing it, please :)

[@gurvmlk]

It is a doozy for an NES game, even if much of its time is typically spent grinding.

[@luxtenax9175]

I was waiting for this video to come out! I'm enjoying watching you play this game, so much that I decided to play the game again!

[@Barbabun5]

Watching someone so genuinely animated about the game they're playing is so refreshing, it's so fun to see you playing what you love! I don't think I would get so invested in a playthrough of this game by anyone else I watch. Can't wait to see more!

[@kennyrichardson3842]

23:23 Don't you remember Jared, just a little bit ago you lost intelligence! If not for Astos you certainly would have gone there first.

[@Zylo1111]

If I remember right, certain weapons/armor can be used as items and I think the power staff is one of those items. A low-mid damage AOE.

[@CinemaSeven]

The game's 30 years old and Jared's still finding amazing things to be surprised. This playthrough's great.

[@tangleshootburrfoot36]

I have the same party, but the names are Kyle, Rob (since he's a thief,) Lana (I always pictured the red mage as female) and Orko. (Ya know, He-Man?) I, too, picture a baseball cap as armor, lol.

[@LloydIrving84]

Jared's enthusiasm for this game is so infectious. I never thought I'd wanna play through the NES FF1 myself, but dangit he makes it look so much fun.

[@CaptainStupendous]

I used to replay this game annually. Thanks for bringing back the memories, Jared. Take it all the way to the end! Don't forget to take down AT LEAST ONE Warmech.

[@stewartsimons6920]

Instadeath is always fun. Jared's little shout at 4:50 sums it up pretty well

[@ddg9]

Watching my favorite youtuber (and by far) playing THE game that got me into RPGs and maybe gaming in general is freaking awesome. This is my new daily show and I was so hyped when i heard he intended to make it a full playthrough ! Keep it up Jared, I enjoy listening to your comments maybe more than I enjoy playing the actual game, this is like a christmas gift every day ;)

[@pixelpanic]

@4:50 - might be the funniest coincidence on youtube. I swear that could almost have been scripted this way. And the scream! Or Jared, you are my comedy gold for the day. Never change, my dude.

[@UdonBullets]

This has been my favourite episode so far. I don't know if it's because you know how much your viewers are enjoying but you seem even more into it.

[@DoffysGlasses]

It's been a while since I last watched a proper, long gaming series. Never thought about even looking at the original FF, but this is a load of fun

[@drunkengizmo7812]

look forward to these videos. see this through and defeat chaos!

[@ladykaiserin5003]

I love so many things about this series, it's nice to just sit back and watch Jared play a game he loves.

[@ramadc2094]

That pure and true sense of satisfaction for the double hit of Jerd made my day This series is awesome, keep it up Jared!!!

[@psycane8462]

This is my favorite series on this channel yet. You're awesome Jared! Don't ever forget that! Do what you love because we love it too.

[@markheuer6338]

It is was great to see you Jared playing a games that you like and get to share your love for them with all of us. I do hope to see you doing this a lot more because it turns out to be better series to watch. Enjoy your childhood memories and keep gaming fun.

[@Odragonkingo231]

Love this series Jared keep it up!

[@cooterheheh]

Ryung agreed

[@MisterWobbuffetmusic]

I hope he plays some other old rpgs like legacy of ys or breath of fire

[@laharlkent]

Maybe some Super mario rpg, or Secret of mana?

[@NihonNiv]

Seconded! :)

[@KaiserAfini]

Especially Breath of Fire 3

[@Bardivislak]

Watching and liking as many videos I can to support my boi: Video 8

[@chronodecker6920]

I love watching you playing old games. Pool of Radiance was a good time, and so is FF! Thank you Jared o/

[@PapaWolfGTG]

I hover around KZbin all day waiting for the next episode of this to post! Keep it going, Jared! Love it!

[@EizenMalak]

21:23 It's the double door glitch "if you go into the menu screen while standing on a door, when you come back the door will reappear on you. Sometimes if you walk down, the door will double." -fforigins

[@bongodoug]

Mr. Pro, I would like to thank you for a wonderfully entertaining series thus far. Please continue this no matter how long it takes. I just love it!

[@HybridAngelZero]

Dood, that FF 1 cosplay was flawless! Loving this series! And I have a confession: I've never finished FF 1, but your love of the game has inspired me to give it another go and shown me how deep and enjoyable it can really be

[@Neis999]

So when the iron hammer was sold, I just imagined Ian handing over his hammer covered in the remains of his slain enemies. And the store clerk just examines the bloodied crit hammer with a disturbed and perplexed look.

[@Mapleknight12]

Man, this takes be back when I played Final Fantasy 1 a couple years ago, there's a lot of charm in its simplicity.

[@coolmen7000]

Hey Jared. this is the first time I am ever commenting on any of your videos, dispite the fact that I'm a long time fan of you. as a big fan as a lover of all things final fantasy, thank you. from the real buttom of my hearts, thank you. for me this is a big chance to see the first OG game in action played by one of my favored youtubers. I'm also suprised by how well this game still holds today. it's basic, but all the trops are here, all the fundamentals of a-jrpg are here, right from the start. once again, thank you :)

[@steakatron]

Jared, for about the past week or so I have trying to make a custom D&D setting (with custom gods) and this series is such a pleasure to watch as I work

[@Frozenfaux]

There's something exciting about seeing a mage almost break the barrier into double digit damage number, you got this Joof I believe.

[@JimmyPancakes]

People say the thief is useless, but his success rate at running does seem to be a lot higher than the other characters in this play through so far. Is that just a statistical fluke?

[@Phantasiafan87]

I keep hearing people say that, but in my countless playthroughs of this game it’s always been true. I’m calling BS on people who say that. Plus, nobody cares about Thief. He becomes much more awesome as Ninja!

[@SMSGomez]

Jared's fight descriptions are so good it's almost like he's a huge D&D fan or something

[@LittleV179]

I'm so excited every time I see one of these pop up, its very nostalgic for me and fun to see someone else enjoying this game as much as I do, keep up the good work! :D

[@Maki_Moon]

I'm enjoying this series so much that I went back to play my favorite JRPG from my childhood, Golden Sun. Would be cool to see Jared review the series, since the games are kind of underappreciated.

[@killerfugu2659]

This episode made me google why Americans don;t pronounce the H in herb, i learned some stuff, so thanks for that.

[@jdprettynails]

ooh! Please share your knowledge. It honestly drives me crazy a little bit.

[@adopted996]

@@jdprettynails damn dude wont share the knowledge

[@scarffoxandfriends9401]

@@jdprettynails you may have looked this up a long time ago, but it's because American's don't speak pure English. Our language is influenced from cultures around the world and in the case of Herb it's influenced by the French pronunciation.

[@jdprettynails]

@@scarffoxandfriends9401 Interesting, any idea why?

[@scarffoxandfriends9401]

@@jdprettynails apparently with Herb specifically British used to pronounce it as erb as well, but after some conflict with France they purposefully went through and change the pronunciation of French derived words. This happened in the 1800's, so you can understand why Americans didn't change the words along England.

[@XavierGrim]

8-bit Theater was fantastic. I loved that comic series. Ran for almost a decade and still delivered, in my opinion.

[@CloydRoyal]

Woohoo!!! A new video! These make the day go by a little faster.

[@JesauV64]

YES perfect timing jared! i was lurking around youtube until i saw the recommended vids. More Final fantasy noice.

[@platomaker]

I always come back to this episode. Yeah I love this game.

[@Enclave.]

Ok, that's kinda funny. When that door glitch happened I wasn't even looking at Jared I just tilted my head and went "huh?", then noticed Jared doing basically the exact same expression.

[@MoombaTroopa]

On my first cosplay last year I dressed up as Croma the Black Mage from Chocobo's Dungeon. During the convention I ran into a guy dressed as a FF1 Black Mage and we took a picture together. It was funny cause we had the exact same wizard hat. I filmed it and compared myself to a picture of Croma and I've gotta say i'm quite proud of it since it looks really close to the real thing. That group cosplay of Final Fantasy characters looks awesome.

[@premiumicer]

Love this series and how much you love the game. I've decided to play the game again along side this playthrough as well and love to compare my stats with yours per episode lol.

[@DoomTone11]

I really love how Matoya's cave music showed up in FFXIV. Lots of nostalgia.

[@gwgux]

Another fun episode! I look forward to these at the end of the day. Also, those were awesome costumes! :)

[@Blueimpulsez]

I’ve watched this series like three times. I love it.

[@HorrorSquidCap]

"Yes! I did two hits! Yay, get fucked! *giggle*" You sound so happy

[@ericgilbert1087]

"And with that, Peeb will attack... OOHH!!!!!" Almost spat out chili that was so good.

[@lordham4191]

So happy this is a series and I'll get my closure!

[@MrLateXD]

Peeb is so powerful that he just casually breaks the door while trying to open it.

[@eggchin9721]

I grew up on this game used to play all the time, would grind for hours. I grew up on faxanadu, final fantasy's, dragon warriors. I loved seeing the new gear designs when I would get something new. I love these games

[@jeremiah1293]

Love the atmosphere you gave to this playthrough

[@templarmain4000]

I love the devotion and joy he has for this game😊

[@linen4922]

Love this game and love this series! Thanks to you, I've really been inspired to play this game again!

[@hugofontes5708]

Awesome you are sticking to the series :) and that was a cool cosplay

[@ShariMcConochie]

gotta say I really love these Jared! never knew this game was so much fun

[@regularsharp]

That rub spell had amazing comedic timing.

[@Grindfrank]

Damn I laughed so hard when Astos killed Peeb right after you cast Fast xD

[@niamaru2]

I am happy to see these videos every day ! thank you for your work :)

[@klop4228]

...Having read the entire 8-bit theater multiple times, I'm not convinced that Jared followed through until the end. Every page was brilliant (although a few were quite wall-of-texty).

[@klop4228]

Also, fair enough being annoyed that the comic overshadows the game. That can be quite saddening

[@TheDoctor35]

Well looking forward to these episodes. Loving it

[@01100101011100100111]

1:10 Both Spacehammy and Brutalmoose need to be alerted that Joof has finally eclipsed Ian as a physical POWERHOUSE!

[@EuclideanAl]

So Heidi is not only a cutie-pie but she also makes awesome cosplay FOR you?! What a catch! Never let go, Jared.

[@Zaylin999]

Woooo!!! More FF from Jared so excited!!! Loving this keep it up!!!!

[@ChristenSmith604]

This was my first RPG experience ever. So many feels!

[@Cactusman129]

i like to imagine as the whole party is running away Joof is just kinda like "But guuuuuuys i wanna use my magiiiiiiiiic" and they just yank him along by the collar like a stubborn kid.

[@gwerig3692]

Astos was where my first playthrough of Final Fantasy as a kid ended. I beat the Marsh Cave after hours of trying and dying horribly, and then I went to the king in the Northwest Castle to give him his crown back. Astos then ambushed me and I realized I was still beat up and bloody from the Marsh Cave. And totally did not save after beating the cave. Astos killed my party and I decided maybe I should play something else for a while.

[@Bongyes]

This is a really cool series, keep it up :D Like, im serious, you play many interesting old games. I think it helps that i like RPGs a lot, so now enjoy this let's play and channel in general.

[@doritosareawesome4765]

I was humming along to the song and then jared started singing as well and it caught me off guard, lol

[@Chiriko02]

I will flip out if you made a playthrough of Chrono Trigger. I will, wholeheartedly and fully, flip out.

[@dreadpiratedan4664]

Chiriko02 would you do a flip or do a flip inside that makes go outside

[@InstaTechGaming]

@@dreadpiratedan4664 ... DID YOU HAVE A STROKE?!

[@dreadpiratedan4664]

@@InstaTechGaming yes

[@Patrick-Phelan]

My first reaction to Matoya's crystal wasn't that it was a magic eye - but that it was her crystal ball, and she was blind, but scryed in place of using normal vision. Which would be ridiculously inefficient, but kind of cool.

[@yaoiotakuchan7]

JARED THAT SCREAM @ 5:00 I CAN'T EVEN

[@alkristopher]

Jared, where do you go once you get the Canoe? Do you go straight to the volcano, risk it all at the ice caves, or make the long voyage up to Ordeal Castle? And yes, you CAN get the Rat Tail immediately; the canoe actually provides a shortcut! Lately I've been taking Ordeal Castle first. You get Zeus Gauntlets and a Heal staff there!

[@damanicampbell8162]

Still got my old ass Nintendo and finalfantasy carchage stacked under my bed, Jared's tempting me to back that shit out right now lol the times man.

[@solblackguy]

I can't wait for a montage of Jared reacting to his party taking big damage.

[@jaredbush1866]

You've gotta beat this game. Don't stop your videos! (One Jared to another!)

[@kainhighwind2]

I started freaking out when I heard Matoya's music start up in her cave in FF14.