Final Fantasy Geekiness to the Max.

This post won’t make alot of sense if you don’t know much about the game/series, Final Fantasy.

So not sure what prompted it, but I decided to try and play through Final Fantasy 1, on the original NES, using party setups that are especially difficult.

The game is designed to be played with characters, of varying power and roles. The way to make the game most painful is to only use one character from the outset, and making that character be one of the most weak ones….

… so that’s what I did! First up, is a red mage. He’s a jack-of-all-trades kind of guy. He turned out to be fairly simple, as he can do everything just well enough to beat the game.

Below, a white mage. This was much more difficult. He has nearly 0 offensive power for the most difficult stages of the game, and ends up doing 1 damage per round on bosses than have 130 to 180 hp. In the end, I had to upgrade him to a white wizard for the spell FADE, as physical attacks were not enough to kill the last boss, Chaos, who heals himself to full life every 8 to 10 turns.

Screenshots show full info on both characters, as well as all theor compadres dead at level 1.