Four crystals, an unlikely band of heroes, and a job system that left its mark on generations.

The profile stays measured. On art direction, this remaster lands ahead of more than three quarters of games, a nice signal even if it rests on a single vote, so one to confirm. The rest sits middling: the desert island pick is right at the median, the controller feel holds around the upper middle, but attachment and fun slip toward the bottom, around a third of the field. Again, two or three votes per line at most, so nothing settled. The picture that emerges, on so few duels, is a game respected for its style but struggling, for now, to spark real love or the session that runs off the rails until 3am.

Among the 16-bit Final Fantasy entries, the fifth was always the most playful, the most systems-driven, less the most loved for its story.

So who's it for? For you if you love building classes, experimenting, digging into a deep combat system. Much less so if you're after emotional attachment first or the grand narrative thrill that other entries deliver harder.