Does Final Fantasy V Deserve Its Reputation? A Newcomer's Perspective

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  @olympusgolemoflight7198 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I think a big reason why people don&apos;t talk about this one, is that 4 and 6 not only came to the west when 5 did not, which causes there to be a lot of nostalgia for those two and 7 now that I think about it.<br>Go to almost any review for those three, and you will see a lost of comments about how people grew up with those games, yet with 5 you don&apos;t.<br>Five is the best for me, but I grew up on 3 for the DS, so I might be biased.<br>Edit: My younger brother played most of 5 a while back, and his general strategy for bosses was to see what level they were, calculate if he could make it a level of five, then cast Level 5 Death.<br>It was hilarious.

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• HA

  @Handles_be_dumb · 2 years ago

  Exdeath is my favourite antagonist in the whole series. When he turned into a splinter, it was the most explosive reaction I&apos;ve ever had in a video game.

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• RA

  @Ragitsu · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s the perfect example of a &quot;classic&quot; RPG.

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• NE

  @nemoisnobody · 3 years ago

  The last of the truest Final Fantasy games, as the purists will tell you. It really does need more love. It&apos;s the first one to introduce class-customization and show how fun it can be to break the game! Almost feels like you&apos;re cheating!

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• YO

  @yoseisovereign6728 · 3 years ago

  I was hoping to find a more thorough source, but you’re probably right about ExDeath’s treehood being a mythological, or at least cultural reference.<br><br>There are similar ideas in InuYasha. The main character is a demon who is sealed against a sacred tree (often a feature of Japanese shrines), and the villain is a self-hating conglomeration of demons that spends part of the time in a human shape, and part of the time as a chimeric mass. (Fittingly, the villain was named Naraku, which is the name for the Buddhist version of Hell.)<br><br>ExDeath would seem to be a combination of these ideas: sealing evil creatures in one spot that was supposed to safely contain them, until they merged with their prison and turned into a walking one-man Hell. This is further illustrated with his final boss form depicting a bunch of horrible creatures spilling free from a twisted trunk. Wouldn’t seem so random to a Japanese audience.

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• ST

  @studiodsr · 3 years ago (edited)

  I feel like nearly everyone who gives this game a chance ends up falling in love with it. I have no doubt that had square released it on snes in the west, it would be way higher on everyone’s list

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• AR

  @arkknight92 · 3 years ago

  FF5 is pretty underrated. I remember when they released it in the US on ps1. Loved it since I had played tactics just before this came out!

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• PE

  @peppercatx6470 · 3 years ago

  Lol, finally someone besides me who pronounces Galuf&apos;s name like that XD<br><br>One thing that people sleep on about this game is funnily enough its story. &nbsp;It has really nice themes about generational conflict, even how the Dawn Warriors leading to the Light Warriors. &nbsp;It is really concise but also doesn&apos;t get in the way of the gameplay. &nbsp;This game is like having your JRPG cake and eating it too.<br><br><br>This game has spoiled me when it comes to mechanics in JRPGs lol.

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• VA

  @valkrieknights · 2 years ago

  Despite it&apos;s vibrant colors, whimsical atmosphere, and comedy, FFV actually has quite a bit of tragedy. The world is decaying, kingdoms fall, &nbsp;friends are lost, etc. I&apos;ve started to look at the comedic portions as the characters joking around to keep some kind of motivation to push on.

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• DR

  @Dragon_Tempest_KP · 3 years ago

  FFV is my favorite Final Fantasy! I love the gameplay and the different combinations involving the job system. For example: equipping a magic user with the Dragoon&apos;s Lance ability to deal free magic-based damage that also syphons MP and HP. I also liked the story.

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• RE

  @RexCaelestis · 2 years ago

  FFV (Advance) was my first Final Fantasy game, so it holds a special place in my heart. Played IV and VI afterwards and can still recall how I disliked the fact that the job system was only in FFV.

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• SQ

  @squidlump · 3 years ago

  After playing most of the FFs. &nbsp;Five’s cast is my definite favorite.

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