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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 79 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 79
  2. Negative: 3 out of 79
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  1. Oct 5, 2020
    6
    Classic game revamped, made more tolerable by a dial-down of difficulty for the main game. All the difficulty is in the new optional dungeons, as is most of the best in slot loot. I found it quite annoying to collect!
  2. Oct 31, 2018
    6
    FF 1
    Pros : Extra end game cotent with the Shrines
    Cons: Battle is unballanced and bad and elements are useless (Exept DIA).
    FF 2
    Pros: Great Story about rebeling against the Emperor and very cool progressing system
    Cons: It's very boring at the start and also most of the enemies are weak just like FF 1.
  3. AustinW.
    Jan 26, 2005
    7
    TOO many monsters.

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#10 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2004
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#19 Most Shared Game Boy Advance Game of 2004
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 40
  2. Negative: 1 out of 40
  1. Weekly Famitsu
    88
    9 / 9 / 9 / 8 - 35 platinum [Vol 814; 23 July 2004]
  2. It's refreshing to look back on the genesis of the world's most popular RPG.
  3. An essential RPG purchase on the GBA. Yes the games are dated by todays standards, however, the high quality updates to the music and visuals go a long way to remedying this, and even with relatively simplistic gameplay, Final Fantasy 1 and 2 are vintage turn based RPGs at their very best.