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@zakirstocks95147 ай бұрын
You guys should try doing *The Complete History of Final Fantasy IV!*
@fernandozavaletabustos2057 ай бұрын
Thank you for another awesome retrospective!!
@WolfCyphr7 ай бұрын
Please keep this up. Most retrospectives of games from other creators are just elongated reviews. This is a proper history lesson. If I may, I would love this format for a FFV. I hear that was when FF finally exploded in Japan, and if true I'm curious of its impact in Japan in the 90s.
@fernandozavaletabustos2057 ай бұрын
MrHappy is also doing those for the previous games.
@captainhakob8146 ай бұрын
@@fernandozavaletabustos205liem triforce does really good old school retrospectives.
@JustAnotherGamerUS5 ай бұрын
THIS. SOO MUCH!
@robwaters88484 ай бұрын
@@captainhakob814 Also kingk!!! He does incredible Zelda retrospectives.
@LunarWingCloud7 ай бұрын
Final Fantasy III is far and away fhe most underrated game in the series to me. Barely anyone talks about it, and yet it's a solid game start to finish and some peak retro RPG goodness
@BB-te8tc7 ай бұрын
This documentary really gave a lot of context to the whimsy of the game's world. I remember playing it for the first time and being surprised how early you get the (first!) airship, how there's multiple world maps, etc. It's got a really charming, imaginative, almost childlike essence to it, and knowing the designers were like "let's push the NES to its limits and go nuts!" certainly explains a lot.
@OrphanOfDarkness7 ай бұрын
It didn't come out in the west for such a long time so most people totally missed it
@DapperFatCat7 ай бұрын
Where FF IV is my all-time favorite Final Fantasy, there is no way that wonderful game could exist without FF III doing what it did. This game was absolutely astounding at the time and it is still such a compelling story. So pumped to see the Complete History of FF IV when you're able to do it. You lot are amazing.
@twelfthknight7 ай бұрын
That they arrived so quickly on the Job System - which one way or another would define the franchise as a whole - is remarkable. You have AAA games today with years of development and millions sunk into them that don't have the same level of thought put to into their core mechanics.
@DonCactuar7 ай бұрын
Another wonderful video. Love this series. As someone said in the comments, I highly praise the historical context that is included in these retrospectives.
@Cloud9717 ай бұрын
What a good coincidence, i'm currently playing the Pixel Remaster version of this game for the first time. 🙂
@ZX-Gear7 ай бұрын
Can't wait to grind for the Sage and Ninja job classes. I am at FFII at the Pixel Remaster.
@purplecrab40497 ай бұрын
I cannot and will not understate my love for FF 3. It was my first and while 14 may hold the crown 3 brung me into the franchise with Luneth, Arc, Refia and Ingus who are characters I love
@matthagen677 ай бұрын
The original FFIII on Famicom is, to be honest, the first Final Fantasy that is still fun to play even now. Both games that came before it didn't age well... unless we're talking about their remakes/remasters. FFIII is the kind of game I wish I played as a kid. If I had nostalgia for it, it would probably be one of my favorite games of all time.
@andrewhudson71087 ай бұрын
That thumbnail with the FFRK avatars breaks my heart. Hopefully (though probably not) they’ll make a Final Fantasy Record Keeper Offline the same way there’s Mega Man X Dive Offline
@NotTheWheel7 ай бұрын
FF3 is definitely one of my favorites any FF that explores a job system generally are with exception for 4, 6, and 9 which I also like very much.
@isayasbashiri53717 ай бұрын
You already started with the best track from FFIII OST
@bobjoemac17 ай бұрын
Started with 4 (2 on the snes) when I was a child, played them all as they came out. Eventually getting around to playing through FF1 and trying 2 on the ps1 release. But 3 was always such a mystery that I tried a Rom and couldn't get into it then the DS version...which I couldn't get into... and now I'm about to try out the Pixel remaster. But it was super interesting to hear the history of the one final fantasy that has always been a mystery to me. Very excited for 4 as it was my first in the series and it still remains one of my favorites.
@Darkjedi10197 ай бұрын
Fantastic video. Your channel is one of my favorites. All of your videos are excellently made, and you can feel the passion that you have for this franchise. Can't wait for the history of Final Fantasy 4.
@Ashgar2257 ай бұрын
I thought Job Adjustment Phase was a remake only thing from the 3D version. The original required you to use a variable number of Capacity points, but still used the physical/magical and lawful/chaotic thing to determine how much you needed.
@FinalFantasyUnion7 ай бұрын
No, you're absolutely correct. Frustrating mistake on our part - thanks for highlighting. ~Darryl
@andrew_stamps7 ай бұрын
Yeah, i was thinking the same thing, i was wondering if maybe this was a planned mechanic that got scrapped as there no evidence for it in the mechanics of the original game.
@myopinions7 ай бұрын
I truly love your complete history series and can't wait to get to FFIX 😊
@austineaves7397 ай бұрын
I love your vids. Your voice is so soothing and your knowledge is impeccable and interesting ❤
@ThwipThwipBoom7 ай бұрын
Loved the documentary and I learned a lot. Thank you!
@Magging_KFP4 ай бұрын
Thank you for Making an in depth retrospective video of my favorite FF game of all time!
@FinalFantasyUnion4 ай бұрын
You're most welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
@vicenarian3407 ай бұрын
I love this series, please keep it going!
@groge5117 ай бұрын
Love these videos. Keep up the good work ❤
@plewlonehitknown48127 ай бұрын
And then the 4th entry hits... Damn... There was so much passion to realize a "final fantasy"! Thanx for your work. FF 4 was and will be forever my favourite game of the franchise. I truly realized what this is when I got my Playstation 1. FF 7 was great, but when I bought the remake of the 4th Piece(Anthology released in Europe) I knew that there was more backstory than I thought. What a great game the Final Fantasy 4 entry was. I even think I learned valuable lessons for life from this f****n' great piece of art.
@eliotwildermann7 ай бұрын
Fantastic video as usual ffunion team 👏 😊
@fernandozavaletabustos2057 ай бұрын
Thank you for another awesome retrospective!!
@ArcadeTheatre7 ай бұрын
Not sure if it was a joke or an error, but there is some footage and images from FF6 in this video. Either way, amazing documentary.
@Gregoroth_Durai7 ай бұрын
Amazing. Bravo y'all!
@calvinthurston14417 ай бұрын
Top notch content! Now I gotta play the game!
@graduator147 ай бұрын
Another fantastic video!
@BlueTurn7 ай бұрын
Really love these videos wonderful documentary love seeing video game history like this.
@bernardschaeffer80007 ай бұрын
Great job Daryl
@FarelForever7 ай бұрын
3:20 pardon me, but isn't this the boxart for the WESTERN FF3? Which is in reality FF6. It has SUPER NINTENDO written on it! 35:44 and that's the american add for FF6 as well
@aspieatheist60407 ай бұрын
I liked the pixel remastered version of this game. I always felt that this game and its general idea had potential, but I had yet to play a really good version of it. The original Famicom version was very grindy, and you were screwed if you grinded the wrong job class. The DS remake had a failed attempt of a story, and it really got in the way of gameplay more than anything else. The PR version took what was best from the two versions and made a great game.
@97ajg7 ай бұрын
I cant wait for the rest of the series to get this treatment! These videos are amazing cant wait for ff13
@u.s.m.c.contra44397 ай бұрын
Looking forward to FF4 video!
@shaolinshefgaming4007 ай бұрын
They didn't think a summoner could become a dragoon or a ninja, they must've never heard of Sung Jinwoo
@AerospaceCoot357 ай бұрын
I see that because Luneth still doesn't have a freelancer outfit in Record Keeper and as such has to use the Warrior outfit instead for the thumbnail lol.
@Stequal27 ай бұрын
My favorite game!
@iamaninsomniac7 ай бұрын
3:22 That box art is not the actual III, but is from the North American release of VI, which was retitled to III.
@Kevbotty7 ай бұрын
Ok, that outro song... kinda slaps in a certain way I can't explain. It's almost nostalgic
@JackWolf17 ай бұрын
…huh, so that’s where the design for Cloud of Darkness in the XIV Eden Raids comes from…
@KrusherMike7 ай бұрын
I just want to know where you found that Dreamcast for 75 bucks...
@jaykknight22487 ай бұрын
I need to know What all the unused jobs were!!!!
@gastonalcazar1307 ай бұрын
ah.... that history
@zakirstocks95147 ай бұрын
I Absolutely Love *Final Fantasy 3/III!* The Onion Knight traveling around the globe, with his Trusted Companions and Friends, to save the World, from the Destructive Force of the Cloud of Darkness!
@virtualbunksie51177 ай бұрын
Love these videos, but I do dislike the explanation of squares growth yada yada. I want a full timeline of the game now the directors cut.
@luckycharm-lgoАй бұрын
perfect
@soraniostaur38397 ай бұрын
really cashing in on everyone searching the Number 3 cause of Persona right now huh?
@RolandMIA717 ай бұрын
💪
@danielpratt2377 ай бұрын
In 5 years and 2 months, Square and Enix were able to release Final Fantasy’s 1-4 and Dragon Quests 1-4. 8 games of incredible storytelling, innovation, and influence. Now it’s taking 8 years to release a new entry in the Dragon Quest series.
@kingmalcolm96057 ай бұрын
Bro...256kb
@FinalFantasy8911debater7 ай бұрын
Please do the complete history of Final Fantasy VIII next.
@TheWonkster7 ай бұрын
Why on earth would they jump all the way to 8 from 3? Just be patient.
@FinalFantasy8911debater7 ай бұрын
@@TheWonkster I didn't know they were actually going in numerical order. I thought they were just making whatever videos they felt like doing.
@reinatycoon36447 ай бұрын
What did you guys delete my comment lol. It is a FACT that FFIII is imbalanced for the last 15% of the game in the magic vs physical department. If the game creators would have given an extra 'hit' to magic spells after every 8 job levels gained like they did for fighter classes or even every 16 or 24 then it would have solved the issue. Yet mage classes only get a damage boost from job level gains after every 32 job level increases. While fighters get a damage hit bonus after every 8 job levels. The best way to play this game is the former earlier Maeson Mix patches.
@georgehouliaras72397 ай бұрын
The Onion Knight is a real knight for protecting Terra in Dissidia. Also he helped in killing Chaos!
@ManaRawk7 ай бұрын
Onion Knight in Dissidia was one of my favorite characters in both the story and gameplay.
@ZoraTheExplora7 ай бұрын
Tbf the onion knight could solo the franchise.
@VanitasSentiment137 ай бұрын
@@ZoraTheExplora I would love for an FF spin off to feature the Onion Knight class again. Hell I'll even take another main line
@gspeedy6197 ай бұрын
@@ZoraTheExploraI'd say Bartz would instead
@xXRubyishereXx7 ай бұрын
Still my headcanon that luneth is onion knight but that's just me
@tronixchl20047 ай бұрын
My Final Fantasy journey started on 2009-2010 (i almost cant remember now) with a hacked PSP and Final Fantasy III, i swear on my life i'll finish every main line Final Fantasy someday
@Edowin-jz2sj7 ай бұрын
To this day, this is the only main line FF game that I still haven't played, though I intend to now that the Pixel Remaster has been released. I was extremely upset and frustrated when the Nintendo DS version released for two main reasons: 1. I have a very difficult time playing any video games on small screens including mobile and handheld due to eye strain. Past handheld games had been playable on full sized TVs through officially released accessories (Gameboy, GBA, PSP), but the DS never offered one. 2. The changes to the game. I loved the 16 bit conversion that had been done for FFI and FFII on the PS1 and GBA as the games were otherwise mostly the same, but it looked like FFIII had been much more drastically changed from the original and I didn't care for the 3D art style that was used for this or the DS version of FFIV. I'm very glad to see that this game finally got something of a faithful release for consoles and I'm looking forward to playing it once I get caught up on my gaming backlog.
@matthagen677 ай бұрын
The original FFIII on Famicom is, to be honest, the first Final Fantasy that is still fun to play even now. Both games that came before it didn't age well... unless we're talking about their remakes/remasters. FFIII is the kind of game I wish I played as a kid. If I had nostalgia for it, it would probably be one of my favorite games of all time.
@NetanyahooWarCriminal7 ай бұрын
I had to wait until emulation and then translations before I could play 2 and 3, I wish I could've played them when I was younger
@di_avo7 ай бұрын
Excellent! Thank you again for this! Only problem I have now is which version to check out.
@ethanleach12527 ай бұрын
Amazing job!! Loved watching this
@horizonkage7 ай бұрын
I feel like history started to get a bit screwy. Jumped right ahead and brought Spirits Within in to it out of time.
@epicDiggs7 ай бұрын
My favourite game in the series tied with FFIV. Best soundtrack
@BB-te8tc7 ай бұрын
Just felt like saying that I appreciate that you used RPGClassics for some of the job system screenshots. I recognize that blue webpage background anywhere. :D
@cronoesify7 ай бұрын
The 3D version sucks bros.
@abethecop13 ай бұрын
Looks like a mobile game kind of
@kaspauf067 ай бұрын
Another amazing video, thank you FFU!
@davidnakayama86717 ай бұрын
Fabulous documentary! It's astounding the level of detail you've been able to include here.
@mjbuffalo7167 ай бұрын
Maybe because it was locked away from the English market for so long, but III holds such a huge spot in my heart and still sits somewhere in my top 5 favorites. Easily my favorite game from the DS
@Stequal27 ай бұрын
Omg yeeeeees
@Beryllahawk7 ай бұрын
Absolutely loving this series, especially as it lets me learn even more about why FFXIV is so damn great. I hadn't a clue that the Crystal Tower was from FFIII. Yeah, I could have gone and read about that, perhaps but - this video is MUCH more fun!!
@SomniaCE7 ай бұрын
Wouldn't it make more sense to call these retrospectives?
@andrew_stamps7 ай бұрын
it just doesn't make sense that ff3 couldn't be made on GBA hardware because of storage limitations. The 16bit-style remakes still used tile-based graphics and sample-based music. Granted the assets would have to be re-created in a way that that couldn't be simply lifted from the original gfx data from the 16-bit titles, the issue of turn of the century ROM space being insufficient is incorrect as FF5 & 6 both would use more dedicated ROM space for assets than FF3 ever could, and both of those games shipped. As for a technical challenge again FF4 was ported and many of ff4's inner mechanics are recycled from FF3 NES and SNES hardware aren't too different. Tbh I think Square just didn't want to dedicate manpower to the recreation of the assets or some other issue. but lack of storage capacity or technical capability never sat well with me.
@PlatinumHaro7 ай бұрын
I bought this for the ds thinking it was the same as ff3 for snes. I was shocked by how wrong I was, but I fell in love with it. It wasn't until ff 16 did it get dethroned as my favorite FF
@f937r7 ай бұрын
Watching this on my Final Fantasy III Amano desk mat.