Get Back to JRPG Basics with Physical Final Fantasy 1-6 Collection Anniversary Edition on PS4

My copy of this arrived early yesterday. My first FF was XV, so have never been anywhere near the 8bit and 16bit games. Planning on playing one Pixel Remaster and one post-VII FF game per year moving forwards until I’ve caught up… which will be around 2032 😅

Mine turned up on Saturday but with the Vampire survivors trophy hunt ongoing it is unlikely I will get to any of them just yet.

To anyone who has received this in the UK, is it all on disc or does it have a download code for part of it?

@Smash41 It has the full game but it is an older build.

After playing all six digital versions of these games here is my quick review: play them in reverse order.

1-3 are laughably basic with barebones mechanics, random battles every five steps and just plain uninteresting stories about gathering crystals. I can only imagine how bad the originals were. But 4-6 are definitely starting to get there, with 6 in particular being a gem.

Was going to hold out for this but just went for 6 and 5 in the end as i heard the rest were pretty basic.

@colonelkilgore worth playing the old ones are the best especially vi my fave 😎 just got the pixel remaster myself as came to Xbox finally 😂 7 to 10 are all top tier too😎

Got mine Saturday morning. Did that break street date?

Already got the FF1 plat.

@Angelus3K several decades old games and still they can't be bothered to release the patched version on the disc....

This is so dissapoiting.

I bought the digital versions on my switch lite some time ago, as I figured playing these in handheld mode would be a better experience.

Now that I have a Portal, I could double dip and get the PS digital versions, so having a bigger handheld screen as well, but I think that’s a bit overkill.

TLDR; I bought the digital ones, so not after the physical in this instance.

@Decimateh-xblz yeah I’ll play them for sure. Currently, I’ve played VII Remake, XIII, XV & XVI… but I’ll play the whole series now I’m hooked.

For the pretty reasonable ask of USD 74.99 (or your local equivalent),

What do you mean pounds sterling that this sites own local equivalent?

@LifeGirl what you mean games released in the 1980s early 90s have basic storytelling and mechanics? Well colour me shocked

@colonelkilgore I like your plan. Actually I might do the same xD

I only played FFVII Remake/ Rebirth and FFXVI

I got the physical Asian version with English language, is this identical to the US version?

There was no reason for the disc version to be limited to Squares store in the first place.

@Flaming_Kaiser it's this stuff that makes me feel like physical is just not worth the hassle anymore.

Yeah, new games are way more expensive but older titles are cheaper and the discs themselves are basically just your license key.

@Khwarezm89 nice, I’ll keep that in mind and be sure to tag you with my progress… would appreciate it if you didn’t mind doing the same as you make your way through them 👊

I've been playing Final Fantasy since its American release and I personally recommend playing them in order as it truly helps one who hasn't grown up with these titles to appreciate the evolution of the series. I bought the Digital Collection and will buy the Physical as well to keep in my Collections. I began replaying these 5 weeks ago (FFVI is my favorite Game of All Time and I played through it twice before starting VII) I'm currently 30% through Final Fantasy VII (Original) and will go all the way through until XVI, and follow up with the side stories, and of course continue with Final Fantasy XIV Online. Still waiting for the epic Final Fantasy Tactics (and hopefully a remaster or remake of Vagrant Story, which I own on disc)