Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy II is the second installment in the Final Fantasy series, developed and published by Squaresoft. It was directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, with Yoshitaka Amano designing the characters and Nobuo…
Final Fantasy II is an adventure developed by Square, released 17 December 1988 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Family Computer. The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What Final Fantasy II is
Final Fantasy II is an adventure game developed by Square and released in 1988. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Family Computer.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game centers on a conflict by the Palamecian Empire, whose Emperor Mateus is using hellspawn to try to conquer the world. The protagonist, Firion, along with his allies Maria and Guy, join the Wild Rose Rebellion to fight them, and meet many allies along the way to try to stop the Emperor and save the world.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy II is the second of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. It arrived 12 months after Final Fantasy. The next entry was Final Fantasy in 1989. Its critic score of 40 is 37 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.
How it was received
Final Fantasy II holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1988 averaged 71, so it scored 31 points below the year average. Players rate it 55, 15 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 40 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Final Fantasy II launched on 17 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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