How are they bad...? I have them.

You are not an RPG gamer until you have played FFIV.

Begone!

So, DS versions(remakes) of FF3 & FF4 also > GBA versions, right?
i mean, here too i won`t be missing anything, if i won`t play GBA ports, and will start from DS remakes?

They are practically identical? Story, gameplay? Only the graphics (3d vs 2d) and some additional dungeons/bosses in DS remakes?

I would say:

get FF I & II Dawn of souls (GBA)
and FF III DS
and FF IV DS

all 3 rocked..I have to say..FF I and II really got me into FF
III perfected the entire game mechanics from I and IV did the same for 2, only in the world of FF I and II

The DS remake of FFIV has a completely retranslated script and the key scenes are fully voice acted. It's excellent in English.

There's content in the GBA version that's not in the DS version, but it's not related to the plot. There's extra plot content in the DS version, so in that respect you're better off getting the DS version.

Don't worry, you're not missing out on anything worthwhile.

Yes, they are basically identical, but the DS version is longer, harder, and has more gameplay options.

The original FF1 was a really big pain in the ass, random encounters frequently killed you in dungeons and level grinding was extremely boring. FF2,3 were never released in the US till later so picking up the PSP and DS versions would probably be your best bet. For FF4 personally I'd choose the Snes version but a lot of people seem to like the new DS release.

So, DS remakes of FF3 & FF4 as i can see are clear winners.

So, then FF I & II Dawn of souls (GBA) or FF I & II Anniversary Edition (PSP) - which are practically identical?

@Khuutra, i assume, you played both GBA and DS versions of FF3 & FF4, right? Then DS remakes fot the best experience. =)

@flagship, why FF4 snes?

p.s. i have somewhere FF1 & FF2 PSone discs.

All the FF games will be around 40 to 60 hours, but a good 40 to 60 hours, and FFIV on the DS adds things to the story that wasn't in the other remakes. FFIV GBA has an extra dungeon but it's really no big deal.

The reason the PS1 versions were bad was because of VERY slow load times, some errors at times (at least with FFIV in my experience), and bad translations, the newer translations (GBA, PSP and DS) are much MUCH better, and are great cause they're on the go.

But there's no real order to play them in unless you want order of greatness then it would be FFIV, FFII, FFI, and then FFIII, IMHO.

Final Fantasy 1 and Final Fantasy 2 on PSP you have to buy separately while on GBA they come together on one game and you don't have to spend that much on it.

If I remember correctly they had terrible load times (though yeah, not as bad as the FF Anthlogies and FF Chronicles).