{"id":133709,"date":"2023-05-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-149010"},"modified":"2023-05-14T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T13:00:00","slug":"soapbox-obstinate-and-addictive-playing-final-fantasy-for-the-first-time-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/14\/soapbox-obstinate-and-addictive-playing-final-fantasy-for-the-first-time-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Soapbox: Obstinate And Addictive – Playing Final Fantasy For The First Time In 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over.<\/em> Today<\/em>, Henry experiences his very first Fantasy…<\/em><\/p>\n

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I admit it \u2013 I\u2019ve never played Final Fantasy<\/a>. It wasn\u2019t on my radar as a kid, and by the time I was paying attention, it had jumped to Final Fantasy XIV<\/a>! Fourteen!<\/em> A number that high was intimidating, proof that I would never catch up on the many entries’ worth of lore in such a long-running franchise.<\/p>\n

So when the original Final Fantasy came to Switch in April, I very much paid attention. This revamped version is essentially the same game, but with a few quality-of-life improvements \u2013 cleaner designs, autosaves, improved graphics, fast-forward mechanics to speed up combat, helpful mini-maps, remixed music, and the like. (While you can<\/em> turn on a CRT TV effect, I wouldn\u2019t particularly recommend it, even for nostalgia\u2019s sake.) These versions were released first on mobile and Steam, but have only now come to the Nintendo Switch eShop, where I usually lie in wait for new games and remasters.<\/p>\n

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