Game Debate #224: Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

[Reed Rothchild | 9,963]

[Webhead123 | 753]

This was a game I remember distinctly from the early SNES days (along with Lagoon) yet never got around to playing. A friend had rented it at one point and I watched him play a few minutes. I nearly rented it myself once but ended up choosing something else (I don't remember what). I recall seeing write ups for it in Nintendo Power. Still, it slipped me by.

I know it's generally regarded as "baby's first RPG" because localizers at the time thought Westerners were too dumb and wimpy to handle "real RPGs". Even so, I've heard that once you accept the fact that it is very basic and pretty easy by all standards, it isn't as bad a game as some made it out to be.

All that to say, I wouldn't be opposed to attempting a playthrough but I don't feel overly compelled to get to it any time soon.

Edited Thursday at 05:10 PM by Webhead123

[TDIRunner | 2,912]

Never played it.  Not likely that I ever will.  

[RH | 5,226]

I am really interested in playing this one 100% because of how it's panned and yet I don't think I've ever booted it up. I've seen reviews and I can see the basic nature of it, but sometimes a paired down but solid gaming experience is enjoyable.

I want to give it a try one day but, honestly, that's probably not going to happen.  Still, we'll see.

[fox | 1,772]

I played thru it a few years ago.  It’s not a bad game just a dull one.  It would be hard for me to play it again or recommend it when better options are everywhere.

Dull graphics, dull gameplay, dull story, dull characters 

If this is the gateway drug to rpgs, then it is a fail.  Nothing about any of the dullness is going to make you excited about the genre.  Not when Mario RPG, Pokemon, and Final Fantasy are right there too.

Soundtrack rocks though

[NostalgicMachine | 328]

7.5/10.

[CMR | 544]

I gave this a 9/10, and I freely admit its mostly nostalgia.  I don't care.  I still love this game.  The music is awesome too.

[Sumez | 3,165]

At this point it feels pretty safe to say that I'll never play this game. There was a time when I was curious, but there's just so much other stuff out there at this point, and this one doesn't really have the best reputation.

[Kguillemette | 1,622]

I watched some bits of playthrough and it looks every bit as boring and generic as it's reputation says it is. Never never.

[AstralSoul | 523]

So back in the 90s I remembered a friend of mine playing FF6 (3 on the SNES) and thinking it looked awesome. I didn't know/remember it was a numbered entry, all I knew it was called Final Fantasy. So I went to a used game store and saw FF Mystic Quest for like $10. I was so excited, I bought it and ran home. Then I started playing. I was so confused. I knew I was Final Fantasy but didn't realize there were multiple FFs on SNES. I ended up liking it but it wasn't until a few years later I found FF6 and realized that was the game I had remembered. So FFMQ has a certain charm to it, obviously it's braindead easy, but its supposed to be, has a great soundtrack and all in all I don't think it's terrible. I gave it 5/10 because it's not great either. But I enjoy it to a certain extent.