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[Love Deterrence]

Protected by the crystals of light, the once peaceful land has forever been changed by the great tremor. Without warning, the earthquake pulled the crystals into the earth, upsetting the world's fragile balance. It seems as if all hope is lost—but as the Gulgan prophecy foretold, four souls blessed with the light shall once again restore balance to the world...

Near the small village of Ur, fate guides Luneth to a sentient crystal that changes his life forever. As the light of the crystal fades, Luneth embarks on a journey to seek three others who share his destiny to search for the remaining crystals, and fight the battle of light and darkness...

About the Game
FINAL FANTASY III has been optimised for PC gaming with new and improved 3D visuals and story sequences, and will include Steam Trading Cards and Achievements and new visual designs for the Job Mastery Cards.

New and improved 3D visuals and story sequences
Quicker browsing through the monster bestiary and other game record
New visual designs for the Job Mastery Cards
Upgraded graphics for PC
Includes Steam Trading Cards & Achievements

The Gulgan thus prophesied:
"The earthquake was only the beginning. The great tremors that swallowed the crystals, the light of our world, only to spawn monsters from the depths of the scarred land, are nothing but harbingers of what has yet to come. Something is coming...fathomless, ominous, and full of sorrow... But hope is not yet lost. Four souls will be blessed with light, and so it shall begin..."

Characters

An orphan raised by Nina and Elder Topapa in the village of Ur. Adventurous by nature, his curiousity gets the better of him as he tumbles into a whole created by the great earthquake.

Another orphan raised by Topapa and Luneth's best friend. Unlike Luneth, he prefers reading over gamboling in the wild. His studies endow him with great knowledge that more than makes up for his shyness.

A headstrong youth raised by the mythril smith Takka in the town of Kazus. The smith's rigorous training leads her to run away from home...not for the first time.

A loyal soldier of King Sasune's army, he narrowly escaped the Djinn's curse. His prime concern is finding the missing Princess Sara.

Job System

You can change your job at any time! Characters can assume 23 jobs, each with their own unique ability. This brings a nearly infinite number of party variations. Mix and match jobs to create your ultimate party!

Physical-Oriented Jobs

Onion Knight

Freelancer

Warrior

Monk

Ranger

Knight

Thief

Dragoon

Viking

Dark Knight

Black Belt

Ninja

Magic-Oriented Jobs

White Mage

Black Mage

Red Mage

Scholar

Geomancer

Evoker

Bard

Devout

Magus

Summoner

Sage

Buy FINAL FANTASY III - $15.99

Fantasy Violence
Mild Blood
Suggestive Themes

System Requirements
Minimum:
OS: Windows Vista, 7, 8
Processor: Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Drive: 800 MB available space

Screens

Includes 18 Steam Achievements

Gone Adventuring with the Wind
Defeat Djinn and obtain the Wind Crystal.

For a Rainy Day
Save up 50,000 gil.

Who Wants to Be a Gillionaire?
Save up 500,000 gil.

Some Like It Hot
Defeat Salamander and obtain the Fire Crystal.

Warriors of Light
Defeat the Cloud of Darkness.

Collecting is Half the Battle
Complete 50% of the Bestiary.

Release the Kraken
Defeat Kraken and obtain the Water Crystal.

When I Grow Up I Want to Be...
Attain level 99 with any job.

Nose for Treasure
Open 50% of all treasure chests.

One Sword to Slay Them All
Obtain the Ultima Weapon from the Legendary Smith.

My Little Esper
Obtain a summonable creature.

Quelling the Tremors
Defeat Titan and obtain the Earth Crystal.

Glutton for Arms
Obtain every weapon in Eureka, the Forbidden Land.

No Such Thing as Too Many
Obtain all the summonable creatures.

Steely Resolve
Defeat Iron Giant.

I, My, Me, Mine
Open every treasure chest.

Jack of All Trades
Attain level 99 with all jobs for all characters.

Filling Up the Grotesquerie
Complete the entire Bestiary.

 

[Faustek]

Hmm, on the surface this looks good. Anyone actually played it on pc?

Is it a worthy remaster or just forced texture filtering?

 

[ss-hikaru]

Wow this looks adorable! I remember trying the DS version many many years ago and getting wiped in my first battle though... Probably gonna give it another try now, I like FF job systems

 

[Thoraxes]

Hmm, on the surface this looks good. Anyone actually played it on pc?

Is it a worthy remaster or just forced texture filtering?

It's a port of the Mobile version, which was basically a port of the DS version.

For reference some mobile screens:

 

[braves01]

Wow this looks adorable! I remember trying the DS version many many years ago and getting wiped in my first battle though... Probably gonna give it another try now, I like FF job systems

I've heard the III remake is very difficult and requires lots of grinding. That's what's always scared me off. The IV remake was hard enough, lol.

 

[Faustek]

It's a port of the Mobile version, which was basically a port of the DS version.

Yeah saw a twitch stream now.
It looks OK. Probably pick it up later...for the fourth time....

I've heard the III remake is very difficult and requires lots of grinding. That's what's always scared me off. The IV remake was hard enough, lol.

Nah, not really.

 

[Card Boy]

A port of a port of a port.

 

[Seanspeed]

I've heard the III remake is very difficult and requires lots of grinding. That's what's always scared me off. The IV remake was hard enough, lol.

IV was harder.

This can be challenging at times, though.

I'm definitely gonna buy this..........just probably not at full price. Already own it on the DS.

 

[Shard]

Oh yea, this game get hard near the end, you will come to know pain, that is if they have kept the old save system.

 

[Boney]

Buyer's beware.
It's not that hard of a game except for that ridiculous last stretch. But the game is such a slog to go through, job system is very limited and without much synergy and the set pieces are incredible dull. It's not a bad game but it's not a particularly good one.

 

[SirNinja]

So far, graphically, this looks basically like the DS/Android version, just in much higher resolution. Some textures have been increased in quality slightly, at least from DS, but there's no filtering. It's like a PS1 brought clumsily back to life on PC. You'll probably want to remap the controls too.

Tip for completionist first-timers: your characters' base max HP increases depending on the job you are when you level up. If you level to 99 using only low-HP jobs, you won't ever be able to reach 9999 HP with the character. The Black Belt class is the best job in terms of max HP gain per level. (You shouldn't worry too much about this until your level is around the 30s-40s.)

For those looking to get the full bestiary achievement: there are unfortunately quite a few missable enemies in this game. If you don't mind some small/moderate spoilers (and you shouldn't; there's not much to the story at all), see here for a list of missable enemies.

Also, don't waste Phoenix Downs. You can't buy them anywhere, and you can only steal them from an enemy that spawns rarely in one location. You will get the vast majority of them from chests. If you think you can make it back to town to revive, you should absolutely do that. Other than that - good luck and save often!

 

[Dragon1893]

Never played III, will buy when on sale.
I heard that there's no save point in the final dungeon which could cause you to lose several hours of progress, is this true? Haven't they included a quick save option in this?

 

[ss-hikaru]

I've heard the III remake is very difficult and requires lots of grinding. That's what's always scared me off. The IV remake was hard enough, lol.

It seems that the remake has autobattle/battle speed up/one of those though? Would make it a bit more bearable.

Also, don't waste Phoenix Downs. You can't buy them anywhere, and you can only steal them from an enemy that spawns rarely in one location. You will get the vast majority of them from chests. If you think you can make it back to town to revive, you should absolutely do that. Other than that - good luck and save often!

Thank you so much. I used to be a item hoarder but come Bravely Default I've started using my items lavishly...will definitely keep this in mind when I decide to play FF3!

Buyer's beware.
It's not that hard of a game except for that ridiculous last stretch. But the game is such a slog to go through, job system is very limited and without much synergy and the set pieces are incredible dull. It's not a bad game but it's not a particularly good one.

Sorry if it's a stupid question, but what do you mean the job system doesn't have much synergy?

Oh yea, this game get hard near the end, you will come to know pain, that is if they have kept the old save system.

What's the old save system like? Since I didn't even make it past the first battle I have no clue ^^;

(After all those comments now I don't know if I wanna play it anymore!!)

 

[NotDreamcast]

What's the old save system like? Since I didn't even make it past the first battle I have no clue ^^;

(After all those comments now I don't know if I wanna play it anymore!!)

There are no save points at all in dungeons. I believe you can only save on the overworld map or at an inn.

 

[Earthpainting]

It's not a bad entry in the series, but its NES roots are apparent. Structure is pretty loose, the class system feels a bit limited and it has some difficulty spikes from time to time that probably should have been ironed out. That said, I had a decent time with it, and may be tempted to jump back if I have some time to spare.

I would have liked if they cleaned up the textures and maybe some of the models, but I guess this was just intended to be a quick port.

Also, don't waste Phoenix Downs. You can't buy them anywhere, and you can only steal them from an enemy that spawns rarely in one location. You will get the vast majority of them from chests. If you think you can make it back to town to revive, you should absolutely do that. Other than that - good luck and save often!

I'm going to quote this because it probably needs repeating.

 

[Spotty Ren]

As someone who already own the DS version, I'm guessing it's not worth buying it again on PC.

The game was decently fun to go through, but don't buy it for the plot, as it is very forgettable and basic. I still prefered FFV as a job class based Final Fantasy (or Bravely Default), because as far as customization goes, characters can only have skills from the class they currently are, which limits character construction quite a bit. I love searching for combinations with good synergy, and this game doesn't have much of this.

With that said, mechanics are still good and the game is challenging, so go for it if you want good old school adventure. Be aware that it is a little NES-ish though.

And yes, this time around, Phoenix Downs are part of the Too-Good-To-Use class, so save them.

 

[neotokyo360]

I played on NDS.
Is it same ?
Or new add on ?

 

[Starwolf_UK]

So still 3 enemies in battle? I know the game was somewhat re-balanced around that but it still does make some encounters less deadly (9 enemies is a lot of trouble) and a late game dungeon a lot easier.

For FFV fans it should be noted this Job system is nowhere near as good with no ability mixing and many jobs appearing to be upgrades of older ones. Also, there many sections which will force particular jobs on you. A couple of dungeons early on are

Spoiler

mandatory mini so mages are a must

.

It also has a brutal final save point being outside the start of the final dungeon...which has a point of no return halfway through. I kind of lost to the final boss (given how I was taking the other bosses down with ease I thought I had no problem, nope, complete destruction and much hard than the FC version as that one

Spoiler

only attacks once per turn and the boss is a single target

) which knowing it will be a couple of hours just to retry with the same party was where I threw the towel in.

 

[Falk]

For those looking to get the full bestiary achievement: there are unfortunately quite a few missable enemies in this game. If you don't mind some small/moderate spoilers (and you shouldn't; there's not much to the story at all), see here for a list of missable enemies.

AUGH

Restart #1 incoming.

 

[zbarron]

I just played it for a little bit but there were no graphical settings I could see, the game is locked at 30fps, and is not full 16x9 as you can see. I tried taking those shots at 4K but while 3840x2160@30hz was selectable it still showed up as 1080p. That might be me though. I just set that downsampling resolution and haven't tested it outside of that game.

Also I played this on my 120" screen so the textures in this game were quite jarring. I got used to it quickly and do find low polygon, unfiltered textures charming but it may turn some people off.

Wanted to give graphical impressions here but don't mean to turn anyone off. It's a quick loading smooth port and I wouldn't mind unwinding with this game sometime.

 

[Falk]

I'd argue that filtering the textures in this case would probably do more harm than good.

See: FFVIII Steam

 

[Dragon1893]

It also has a brutal final save point being outside the start of the final dungeon...which has a point of no return halfway through. I kind of lost to the final boss (given how I was taking the other bosses down with ease I thought I had no problem, nope, complete destruction and much hard than the FC version as that one

Spoiler

only attacks once per turn and is single target

) which knowing it will be a couple of hours just to retry with the same party was where I threw the towel in.

This is what I was talking about.
Unless someone makes a mod to allow for quick saves I'll pass. That sounds like a fucking nightmare.

 

[Falk]

Eh, it's on PC. The quicksave feature (you get one load out of it) is intact so I'm willing to bet you'd be able to figure out where it saves to and make a copy/backup of it before loading if you so wished to cheese.

edit:

For those looking to get the full bestiary achievement: there are unfortunately quite a few missable enemies in this game. If you don't mind some small/moderate spoilers (and you shouldn't; there's not much to the story at all), see here for a list of missable enemies.

Gah, similarly, there are many permanently missable chests when considering 100% chest achievement

 

[cube001]

A port of a port of a port.

Technically, it's a port (PC) of a port (Mobile) of a remake (DS)..

 

[ambientmystic]

Will just repost my impressions from the other thread vs the PSP version:-

I'm having mixed sentiments after a preliminary playthrough, having just got the game from Steam.

The opening CG has been uprendered to 720p29.90 using the reasonably high quality VP 8 video codec (WebM, anyone?) and Vorbis audio codec as compared to the 480x272 cinematic on the PSP. Looks pretty decent, and also playable in your favourite media player since its in the mkv container format.

Sound files are also encoded using the OGG Vorbis format, and is readily playable using any media player too. Pretty decent quality stuff.

As for ingame graphics options, the game starts using a launcher which lets you configure all of the options there. It's rather simplistic though, only offering a choice of full screen/windowed and rendering resolution. Full keyboard and controller rebinding is also offered in the launcher.

Now here comes the bad news.

Have a look at the screen below. Notice the black bars on the sides? Yep, the game doesn't fill up a 16:9 resolution properly, and there's no way around it:-

Funny thing is that the Opening CG itself is in proper 16:9, but the rest of the game isn't.

I consider this a downgrade to the emulated PSP version on PPSSPP which had native 16:9 resolution support:-

The game is also hard capped to 30 (!) FPS, which I noticed when using FRAPS, just like the PSP version emulated in PPSSPP.

The menu interface also looks like they cribbed it from the Android/IOS versions and not the PSP version of the game, which I preferred.

The PC version is also missing out on the Famicom music extras that the PSP version had.

In conclusion, if you already have the PSP version of the setup on PPSSPP, stick with it, it's still the superior version.

 

[Camisado]

I mean this in the best way possible but this thread has already convinced me not to buy this game!

Thanks guys, looks like I would of given up after about 20 minutes with all the caveats (missable monsters, phoenix downs etc)

Maybe I'll pick it up in a sale, hope you guys enjoy!

 

[MexiCag]

I'll probably wait for a sale. I really want to try it out.

 

[Myths]

PSP/PC version is where it's at. I'm glad FF3 is now more accessible than ever.

It's a shame they haven't gotten to FF5 in the same way as IV and III remakes.
I wonder if this release will light a path to mods...

 

[glaurung]

Pretty much everything I've read online about this game leads me to believe this was ported by someone's dog.

The incompetence of the technical aspect is almost uncanny.

But I think I will still get it at a suitably discounted price.

 

[ampere]

Buyer's beware.
It's not that hard of a game except for that ridiculous last stretch. But the game is such a slog to go through, job system is very limited and without much synergy and the set pieces are incredible dull. It's not a bad game but it's not a particularly good one.

Yea. Mostly you can beat the game just by grinding a lot when you get to a new boss area, but that end game area was brutal.

Worth playing if you want to experience an old Final Fantasy without playing it in Japanese on an NES.

 

[Ludist210]

IV was harder.

Disagree. III was more difficult by design because of the lack of save points. Maybe that was rectified in the mobile version (I played it on DS), but it made III much harder for me personally. One mistake, it's back to town with you.

 

[Rizzi]

It's not a bad game. It's a nice little slice of early jrpg nostalgia.
But that last dungeon can go fuck right off.

 

[yatesl]

Worth noting that it's currently on Playfire

 

[Ourobolus]

A pretty good FF. I've got the DS and iOS versions so I won't pick this up, but it's worth a play if you've not played it yet. Job system's always a good time.

I've heard the III remake is very difficult and requires lots of grinding. That's what's always scared me off. The IV remake was hard enough, lol.

Apart from the last dungeon, there's not much grinding (and an earlier boss or two, but only if you're stubborn and don't use the jobs you're supposed to). The last dungeon can be pretty rough though, and the final boss is lightyears harder than the Famicom version.

Jack of All Trades
Attain level 99 with all jobs for all characters.

WHAT

 

[family_guy]

That Square tax. "We charge that much because it has Final Fantasy in the title."

 

[Jarnet87]

I hope this sells well in the hopes that ports like Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics go up on steam. I never beat it on DS so during a steam sale I might pick this up for cheap.

 

[Fireblend]

I played through the DS version and graphics aside, it's pretty good.

 

[SirNinja]

Jack of All Trades
Attain level 99 with all jobs for all characters.

Oh hell. Didn't notice this one. Doesn't look like I'm 100%ing this game.

For reference: my DS save file has about 89 hours on it, and my characters have mastered only about three jobs each: Onion Knight, Black Belt (for 9999 max HP), and one other job they were good at. At this point, they had all done everything there is to do, including getting all the rare Onion equipment for everyone in the party.

 

[Haunted]

Wait what since when did the 4 protagonists have names and backstories?

 

[Bomber Bob]

Wait what since when did the 4 protagonists have names and backstories?

since DS

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Wait what since when did the 4 protagonists have names and backstories?

Since the FF3 remake came out on the DS

 

[Orin GA]

Well, Im getting curbed stomped by the end boss, and can't believe they didnt put a save point in the final dungeon. Luckily I am playing the pc version and can just close the game and start in the end room when I load it back up.

How did you DS players do it. That would have been 2 hours of progress (if you went past the point of no return) down the drain.

 

[Orin GA]

Finally beat it with this team.

 

[KittenMaster]

How did you DS players do it. That would have been 2 hours of progress (if you went past the point of no return) down the drain.

Spoiler

I remember I went in with a Dark Knight and Dragoon and quickly realized that the Blood Weapons they had equipped were being absorbed by the final boss, so I bailed myself out by just having them use my most damaging items. While the other two party members (I think one was a Ninja and I had some shurikens) did things normally.

 

[Orin GA]

Okay so apparently onion knights suck unless you raise them past lvl 92. Which I aint gonna do. New team: