FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.)

This is the best version of Final Fantasy 5. Objectively. People hate Yoshitaka Amano's artwork and the sprites designed to resemble another Final Fantasy game on the phones this was released on and those people are afflicted by Terminal Nostalgia where they will tell you this game's rounded sprites look bad but filtering the old SNES sprites through a CRT TV that melts their eyes to round-out the sprites looks better. It is a sign of how bad the autism rate has gotten. This version of FF5 might not be available for purchase anymore, but if you know some place on the Internet that may have Archived this game, you can obtain it there. FF3 may have invented the Job System but FF5 was the first to solidify the idea of building characters by learning skills and equipping them with other jobs. This version also has the 4 GBA jobs of Gladiator, Cannoneer, Oracle, & Necromancer, as well as a post-game dungeon that is specifically tied into the story. do not buy those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Pixel Rescamsters - they are never getting the bonus content you used to get for supporting a company. The only real problem with this version is one minor bug - for some reason if you have a USB controller plugg…

The EULA is evil. It reserves the right to completely rewrite the EULA without even a guarantee that the player will be informed of the changes and given the opportunity to reject the changes.

the first ff game i played when i was 4 years old, loved it then, love it now 24 years later

Great old game without active combat!

Final Fantasy V is a genuinely great JRPG that doesn't get nearly enough love — the job system alone makes it worth playing, letting you mix and match abilities across classes in ways that keep combat fresh and strategic all the way through. The story is simple and charming rather than epic, but characters like Gilgamesh and the main cast have real personality, and the soundtrack (especially Battle on the Big Bridge) is legitimately some of the best in the series. That said, this Steam port is a disappointing way to experience the game: it's clearly a rushed mobile port with visible tile seams everywhere, a UI clearly designed for a phone screen, and jarring visual inconsistency between character sprites, backgrounds, and the Amano portrait art. If you've never played FFV before and this is your only option, the core game is still absolutely worth your time — but if you have access to the GBA version, play that instead.

It stunk. Just get the pixel remaster.