I just beat Final Fantasy I. This marks only the second FF game that I’ve ever beaten in my life, though I’ve started just about all of them. After FF III or VI depending on your gaming system, the only other one I’ve beaten.

It was fun to play the very first game in a series. It was actually quite challenging. I don’t know if I like playing the stock characters, where you have to choose who you use. The challenge was good though. I did use cheats twice in this game. One to find the airship, because I was pulling my hair out trying to find the bit of desert it was buried in. One to navigate the top level of the Sky Fortress to get to the last Fiend.

As stories go, obviously this one is pretty basic in the FF strain and even in fantasy strains in general. Light warriors must defeat an enemy of darkness by gathering the strength of the four elements: Fire, Air, Earth, and Water. Not much more to it than that.

Now, it’s on to FFII, which is exciting, because I haven’t started that one yet.