Some of the gameplay elements are tweaked drastically, like now there is an MP system in place of the original 1-point-per-spell system, there's no "Ineffective." strikes option, and so on. The Dawn of Souls release, on the other hand, is only very loosely based on any prior version. and it's by far the best, most complete release of FFI to date. Coupled with the difficulty settings, the ability to toggle off those annoying missed strikes, the tech upgrades, the neat unlockables (like art galleries), the new translation, etc. Balancing-wise, putting Origins on "Normal" difficulty, and turning on the "Ineffective." strikes, it'll play rather closely to the NES original. The Origins release is by far the most faithful, to both the WSC version (from what I've read) and to the NES original, and it's also received the expected upgrades in the WSC -> PSOne transition (most notably of which being the soundtrack). It's not terribly in-depth, though, so I'll expand on things a bit here.īut first, I should mention that I've never played the Wonderswan Color release of FFI myself, and about all I do know about it is that both versions (Origins & Dawn of Souls) are "based" on it. Most of the changes are mentioned there, outside the very minute details which I've probably forgotten by now.
Overall I think the GBA nudges ahead as the best version overall.įor starters, I posted a comparison between the PSOne & GBA releases (of both FFI & FFII) awhile back, and you can find it here. Most written comparisons say the GBA's airpship grpahics are best, but I have been unable to find any screenshots of either the WS or PS airship mode. Of course none of these screenshots are directly representetive of what the game will look like on any given tv or other display device, so.Īlso, interesting is that the GBA inherits all of the grpahical improvements of the PS verson, aside for the afformentioned battle backgrouns and slightly larger enemy sprites, but it has better looking water than either the PS or WS.
It also has the best colour pallette, IMO. The playstation version has slightly higher resolution battle backgrounds, and very slightly more detailed sprites. Viewing these pages side by side I was able to to make a few judgements.
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