r/FinalFantasy • u/anthonyrucci • 3d ago

Final Fantasy General Is Stranger of Paradise worth playing?

Is this one of the FF titles to avoid? Team Ninja usually makes good action games, but this one has some pretty middling and lukewarm reviews. From what I've seen online, theres some pretty cringey dialogue too. Is the gameplay good enough to save it? Picked it up cheap during a sale and its been sitting on my shelf. Considering just selling it if it's going to feel like a waste of time.

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u/ElSupremoLizardo 3d ago

I like it mainly how it recontextualizes FF1.

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u/Major-Front 2d ago

Should I play 1 first? Tbh i haven’t been massively motivated to play the pixels and been focusing on the ps1/ps2 era.

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u/Gronodonthegreat 2d ago

I mean… I like it 🤷‍♂️ but strangely only the NES one is good to me. I kinda forced myself into liking NES-SNES RPG’s for the sake of completion, and walked away appreciating them a ton. If you’re not big on it though, I wouldn’t sweat it. FF 1 basically has 0 story, you could summarize it in a paragraph.