YOU NEED TO PLAY Final Fantasy Renaissance - My Review 

I'm always fascinated by fan made games where it's clear that the person/people behind it are very passionate about a series. Thanks for sharing, I'll have to check it out

Whoa! How is this even possible?? And how has this guy been working on this project for over 4 years and Square hasn't sued him?!?! Incredible.

This feels like one of those things you'd dream of as a kid, thinking about playing through the original FF with classes from later games. It's so cool to see that as a reality!

Just wanted to add it works great on the steam deck as well, so you can play this in bed or on the go if you have one.

This is an amazing game glad to see it get more recognition. I ran DRK/Trainer/Bard/Geomancer last year. :)

Just an FYI, while talking about the bard, your vid showed the red mage info. No biggie! My buddy has been playing this and he told me each character has special abilities if you make them your main avatar. For example, the thief can locate secret hidden treasure chests in towns and dungeons by walking over certain squares. I think the dark knight (batman) can eat special bats in certain dungeons to boost his power.

FF1 and Dragon Warrior 4 were my first RPGs ever (played both around the same time with my father), as in I learned to read playing these when I was about 5 or 6 with my Dad. FF1 is my favorite in the series for this, and I am stoked to give this a try as I love how they brought in most of the FF14 jobs into the game. (Come on Gunbreaker and Viper!)

Wow, this seems incredible for a fan-made RPG. Maybe Square & other big game companies should start hiring people like this.

David, do you remember in the mid 2000s, some fans worked on Chrono Resurrection and got a long ways into it before Square sent them a cease and desist letter?

I'm playing through this for the 3rd time and it's amazing. I'm in the same boat, I was turning 10 in 1990 and have played this since it came out andso many times with so many parties over the years. I played all the remakes and they were generally too easy due to the changes and I always just wanted a bug fixed version, but to get one with new jobs.......I'd have never dared to hope for something like that.

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Always good to see successful fan projects. Thanks for sharing, David

Summoner actually gets *two* summons per spell level, they're just kinda hard to find sometimes.

I have put so much time in this. I had to back up saves to make additional parties and the new jobs are excellent. I expected them to be half baked but they're really good. I'm looking forward to see what additional jobs he adds in future releases.

It’s definitely my favorite way to play the original final fantasy. It’s amazing how much effort went into this project and it shows. It’s a fantastic version.

This is interesting and it's my first time hearing about it, although I'm on the fence with including the Blue Mage in my party if I play this after seeing this video, as you pointed out that he basically only casts variations of fire and ice spells. I'm thinking I'll go Dark Knight, Thief (for his new abilities), one of the magi, and Bard if I end up playing this. Also, I was around the same age when FF came out. In 1990 I would have been turning 9 at some point that year. Dragon Warrior was my first RPG but I loved FF just as much.

First time in my life, I played FF 1 last week as the pixel remaster and loved it! Omg!

I found out about this over the summer. And I loved it. Now that I've seen some of these achievements and bestiary entries. I think I i should play it some more. Also there's two summons per spell level! The Evoker was in my first party and loved the class.

Thank you for sharing! Final Fantasy is a comfort game for me just like Dragon Quest, Super Mario RPG and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. I´ll try this, looks promising.

That looks sweet as hell! I especially like that, going by appearances, they kept the spell charge system. Every version of FF1 with an MP system is stupidly easy.

I wonder if anyone can revive aside from white wizard still. One of the most annoying things is getting hit with an instant death attack, then having to scramble out of the dungeon to get a revive in the nearest town, or having to finish the dungeon with 3 or 2 members. It would be nice to have more options for dealing with that without having to have a white mage only.

When I heard of it, it was what I was doing for the next week! First team was Dark Knight, Green Mage, Time Mage, and Caller, and the Time Mage was just ridiculously fun XD

I’ve only played the FF origins and Pixel Remaster version of I. This looks amazing for someone like myself who wants that classic NES charm with some modern changes

Great video David! I've heard a little but about this but after seeing this explained, it definitely looks like I'll be playing this! Will see if I can add it to my steam deck. I love the addition of new jobs here too. Looks great!

Bro came up on my recommended, has the sickest shirt, and makes a video thoroughly explaining a new way to play FF I didn't know about? Easiest sub of my life.

Man, crazy that I found this channel, we are like doppelgangers of each other, my name is also David, I am about the same age as you, I also love old school RPGs, especially of the final fantasy variety, I am definitely going to check this out, thanks!

Been hoping for a review on this game! tysm! Cant wait to try it now

Ok, this looks absolutely amazing. Being an almost life long fan of the FF franchise (I'm 40, played the original game on the NES), I need to play this. Thank you for bringing this to my attention 🙂

Ive been playing this for quite a bit already. My last party was warrior thief blue mage dancer

Thanks for covering this David! It looks like a lot of fun! You know what we need next though... Top 10 Job Classes in Final Fantasy Renaissance! :D

This is so cool! Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

This looks so cool, i love how they revamped job system. I will definitely have to check this out.

I've been working on all Mage party. Blue Mage, Red Mage, Summoner, and Time Mage. Been having a blast but it's expensive, everyone's pretty squishy, and my healing a bit limited / reliant on heal pots.

Found out about this just over a week ago and have been having a blast. It's amazing!

So cool. Thanks David!

This was completely off my radar. How cool! I’ll be giving this a go very soon

Wow!!! I'm super stoked to try this!!!

Thank you for sharing this! Would have never known this was around.

Super fun. Ive already beat it a few times. I think 3 total. With different classes for all each time. I still havenet done a new game plus though and I need to check that out. They really did a good job.

3:04 Apparently the bard also hid his profile from the screen as well. Typical bard.

This is absolutely aweaome. Cannot wait to dig into it. Thanks, Dave.

I love this! Thank you for letting us know about the game 👍🏽

The Evoker is able to get 2 summon spells per each line, besides that great review, I made 4 saves to try every configuration, when you beat the game, there is a New Game +

It remind me the recent fan remake of Dragon Quest 1+. It's really good. 😁

I love this game. Geomancer is my favourite class, such a refreshing concept for magic and all original spells.

Thanks David for bringing this awesome game to my attention!

Well damn, this is kinda insane. Thanks for sharing! Definitely trying this out.

Thanks for this David!

Just discovered your channel. Watched a few videos. Subbing. Good stuff. Looks like we are around the same age, so have the same history with FF games.

Grat video! Question. What edition is the sealed one on the left?

Me coming to watch fun Final Fantasy gameplay 🎉 Me staring at the biceps 😮

7:15 Dang, that sucks. White Wind is a blue magic staple too. Should have been in the game.

1:30 thanks for bringing this up- I tried downloading without going to discord and it just sat frozen on the loading screen for twenty minutes before I eventually gave up. I’ll try this!

You're welcome David! ♥️

It warms my heart to know the Bard isn't as spoony in this game.

Where did you get that shirt? It’s awesome!

This looks awesome! Also, I must add- Seeing bravely default 2 and star ocean 2 posters in the back side by side are a trip, I’m currently playing those two right now. Does anyone know if the dlc for tales of arise is good? I’m almost finished the base game now. This is the first time I’ve seen this channel so apologies if there’s already a video here talking about that one. I’ll check for it

There are actually two summons per level, except for the highest levels I think. Like you get the level 1 summons in Corneria and Temple of Fiends

so do you still pick and lock into the classes at the start of the game or can you change classes during the game?

2 summons per level ! Great video man ❤

Greets David! I just want to ask its not a window all the light is coming from right?

I'm currently playing with a Trainer, Monk, Dancer, and Summoner. 😊

This game looks great! I'll probably give it a go this weekend!

You should do a tour on all your games it really looks awesome

I like the idea of additional job classes for FF1, but I have no nostalgia for NES-level graphics. If I could get that in a version with graphics on par with the pixel remaster or better yet the PSP anniversary edition, I might try it.

What would be the best party to play for this game? Also, is this available for emulators on Android phones? I'd love to play this.

Dark Knight David??? I totally figured you'd be a monk in honor of muscle-daddy Sabin If I saw correctly there are even hidden items in town and it just seems like a passion project that really understands what made the OG game special.

Looks interesting. However before i play it I want to finish going through the Pixel Remasters and try out a few more parties in one or more of the official versions. (While I love FF1, I've only played through it a few times.)

I highly recommend it... even if I was softlocked while trying to use houses to save my game outside the Marsh Cave, and during my second/ Take 2 playthrough, I was unable to get Shiva, even though my playthrough clearly showed defeating her once, but had to start over because my party died. I think it was mostly because I kind of sequence-broke the game, though I think such a thing was meant to be exploited through a certain job. My second team consisted of a black mage (Vivi), lancer (Kain), evoker (Yuna), and time mage (Mog (/And yes, I know Mog is more of a dancer, but I didn't know of a character who had time mage powers when I started my second/Take 2 playthrough.)) I streamed most of my experience online. How evokers and time mages were implemented was interesting, since time mages were made during the ATB system, and well... FFR is a turn-based system. The devs had to restructure the class to make it viable in this game. And time mages are perhaps the most broken class, if a player chooses their cards right.

I’m gonna need to know where you got that Final Fantasy tank brother

Well, this is the coolest FF1 related thing since the Randomizer. Here's to hoping some of the features of the randomizer can be implemented in this.

This sounds amazing!

Omw to download now!

They should make it multi player and continually add to the story line. Now that would be awsome.

You should do more reviews of hacks and mods; it's great and an endless source of new content!

You mentioned there were some bugfixes, but didn't mention what kind of bugfixes in the video. I'd just like to know if the Intelligence stat and running away actually works like it was supposed to in this game now.

I didn't know about this game, thx David, time to replay this game

Bro where did you get your shirt!?!?!? I need one!

Good morning, Daddy. I hope you have an amazing 2024 ❤

lady gaga was right: a renaissance is coming !

My bro is all about those gains and NES games 💪

Is this able to be put on a NES cart, or is like other NES titles that only work on emulators?

It was interesting to see a new rendition of the game, but I think I just like the simplicity of the original, so the pixel version is better for me. Glad to check this video out though and see what people can do to progress the game 😅.

So the one thing you did not talk about that had me curious, the job advancement quest/bahamut's rat tail quest. How do the new jobs factor in there? do they all have advanced versions now? Lancer = drg? Blue mage = blue wizard?

An immunity to damage floors would be a massive boon in the Volcano for sure. 'The party has drowned', heh.

The person that made this is definitely a fan of FFXI. Very cool

That's pretty cool!

this is such a good remake, i still like ludmeister's remix the best but this is a close 2nd!

How did you add this to your Steam library?!!! I NEED IT!

fan mods of old games are in such a great place right now. FF 1-6, GBA pokemons, and way more.

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I feel like I could take on the entire game with a party consisting of 4 shredded Davids wearing Final Fantasy tanks.

I’ve already played it like 4 times with every new class. Big fan!!

Did the game really offer an achievement for drowning? That's kind of wild and amazing.

1:15 could you explain this, I cannot find it on steam and the official website has no info about steam. If your just talking about adding it to steam as a non-steam game that's different then adding it to your steam account as you suggest.

Do the new jobs have upgrades, via bahamut?

Wow! That is epic! This really looks like something I would say, "Shut up and take my money!" to. ❤

Awesome Shirt!

Wow this is pretty kool 😊

This sounds awesome