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Reach\u00ading a new audience<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Chances are, if you\u2019re think\u00ading about buy\u00ading this retro pack\u00adage of Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy, you\u2019ve already played at least one of the two games includ\u00aded. So, why buy this? Because the pack\u00adag\u00ading is the draw, and it\u2019s a must-own if you like the Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy series. Reach\u00ading a new audi\u00adence Chances are, if you\u2019re think\u00ading about buy\u00ading this retro pack\u00adage of Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy, you\u2019ve already played at least one of the two games includ\u00aded. So, why buy this? Because the pack\u00adag\u00ading is the draw, and it\u2019s \u2026 Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading ![](\"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lyndsey-EIC-2021-300x150.png\")
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\nLet\u2019s start with the obvi\u00adous: Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy Anthol\u00ado\u00adgy does not have a lot of Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy games includ\u00aded. Two clas\u00adsics with inter\u00adest\u00ading and sto\u00adried back\u00adgrounds are here: Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy V and Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy VI<\/span>. Until this release, Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy V had nev\u00ader been trans\u00adlat\u00aded and released in the U.S because it was deemed too hard for the mar\u00adket. Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy VI<\/span> was released in the U.S. as Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy III<\/span>. It was a crit\u00adi\u00adcal dar\u00adling in both mar\u00adkets and is wide\u00adly regard\u00aded as one of the best retro-era Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy games and role-play\u00ading games ever. So, Square Enix putting these two games togeth\u00ader in a pack\u00adage would kill two birds with one stone: Good sales \u2014 near\u00adly a mil\u00adlion copies sold \u2014 and intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of a \u201clost\u201d game to the bare\u00adly tapped mar\u00adket. Square Enix suc\u00adceed\u00aded on both fronts.<\/span>
\nReleased in the U.S. and PAL<\/span> regions, FF<\/span> Anthol\u00ado\u00adgy fea\u00adtures FFV<\/span> and FFVI<\/span> in full with ![](\"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FFAnthology-FFV-05-300x225.png\")
new CG<\/span> intro\u00adduc\u00adtion movies for both games. Although we have reviewed FFV<\/span> pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly (see 2Q2010<\/span> issue), we have nev\u00ader reviewed FFVI<\/span>. Just know, how\u00adev\u00ader, that both games are fan\u00adtas\u00adtic, with FFV<\/span> as our choice to play in the pack\u00adage. Both games have a deep sto\u00adry with mem\u00ado\u00adrable char\u00adac\u00adters that you come to know and love by the end of your adven\u00adture, and beau\u00adti\u00adful graph\u00adics and stun\u00adning sound\u00adtracks. It\u2019s a tes\u00adta\u00adment to the strong sto\u00adry\u00adtelling found in the retro FF<\/span> era, and the pack\u00adage is bet\u00adter for includ\u00ading these two games particularly.<\/span>
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Round\u00ading out the pack\u00adage is the oth\u00ader high\u00adlight: The includ\u00aded bonus sound\u00adtrack CD<\/span>. The sound\u00adtrack fea\u00adtures 22 of the best tracks from both games, with our favorites com\u00ading from the FFV<\/span> por\u00adtion. FFVI<\/span> does have some bangers, also, so the sound\u00adtrack is great addi\u00adtion all around. <\/span>
\nWhat you should care about \u2014 and why you should buy this pack\u00adage \u2014 is the fact that you\u2019re get\u00adting the best of the 2D<\/span> Final Fan\u00adta\u00adsy games. Add in that sound\u00adtrack CD<\/span>, which is like a gate\u00adway to FF<\/span> music, and you have a good deal with in-depth game\u00adplay to boot. This is Square Enix at its best before it embraced the 3D<\/span> era for its flag\u00adship role-play\u00ading series.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"