Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy is a PSP role-playing game released in 2007 developed by Square Enix. It centers on combat encounters, puzzle, maze, or device solving, and area and route exploration, with controls and information arranged around the directional pad, single analog nub, shoulder and face buttons, with a camera or another accessory only where required.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.7 / 10
About this game
Final Fantasy is a PSP role-playing game centered on combat encounters, puzzle, maze, or device solving, and area and route exploration. Story beats, exploration, and progression resources support a longer campaign, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Characters, world building, environments, and music carry most of the atmosphere, while the portable widescreen, UMD streaming, compressed audio, and handheld-scale interface need to preserve targets, text, and action readability. The genre-specific limitation is that dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, loading, or language dependence can slow progress. Platform conditions also include single-nub camera control, UMD loading and noise, Memory Stick saves, battery life, regional language, ad hoc requirements, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Final Fantasy is a role-playing series created by Square in 1987, built around fantastical journeys, memorable characters and growing stronger together. Most numbered entries introduce their own world and cast. From crystals and magic to cities where machinery meets fantasy, each adventure offers a different view.
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AI review
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A clear handheld remake whose frequent encounters still demand patience.
The PSP twentieth-anniversary Final Fantasy preserves the appeal of assembling four heroes, improving equipment and finding a route through a surprisingly open world. Basic attacks, spells and items are easy to learn, and this edition redirects attacks when their first target has fallen. Hidden turn order and a simple growth model still limit control. Boats, airships and an added dungeon extend the journey, but very frequent random encounters and the absence of a quest log can turn exploration into patient wandering. This particular release redraws characters, bosses and environments in clear high-resolution sprites and refreshes the synthesized score. The direct PSP review supports those version-specific presentation judgments; it does not establish every present-day store or compatibility condition. Players who enjoy early Japanese role-playing games may appreciate the handheld format, while those expecting a deep modern combat system or substantial new material after other remakes should approach it cautiously.
Strengths
- Open exploration, redrawn art and refreshed music.
Weaknesses
- Frequent encounters and simple progression.
Who it is for: Handheld players comfortable with early JRPG pacing.
Play notes: This is the 2007 PSP edition, not Origins or the original.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Exploration rewards patience while repeated encounters and direction finding slow progress. | Reviewed | 5.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Simple decisions remain pleasant, though hidden turn order and streamlined targeting reduce tactical control. | Reviewed | 6.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Clearer art and sound make the classic easier to appreciate on a handheld. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The original handheld edition is usable, though current storefront access is not certified. | Reviewed | 7.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Square Enix
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Release date
- 2007
- Platforms
- PlayStation Portable
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Level ProgressionReal-time CombatExplorationThird PersonSolo-friendlyStory-drivenMain Story 20–50 HoursFantasyTurn-based Combat3D GraphicsLong-term ProgressionPuzzle Solving
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
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- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation PortableWorldwide2007
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