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FINAL FANTASY III
SQUARE ENIX · 137 ratings · ★ 3.8
3.8
★★★★★
137 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 23 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"game"
11 negative reviews mention this · 48% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not Optimized. Not optimized for iPhone 15. The island is in the way and is over text. Also, you cannot customize controls unlike in the switch version. The game itself is great, just missing features considering the price." - CatCollector1983
2
"controller"
9 negative reviews mention this · 39% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Missing controller support. Missing controller support" - AmpLid88
3
"support"
9 negative reviews mention this · 39% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Missing controller support. Missing controller support" - AmpLid88
4
"controller support"
9 negative reviews mention this · 39% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Missing controller support. Missing controller support" - AmpLid88
5
"ipad"
5 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Awesome Game - Needs to address bugs and optimization. I enjoyed the game - it was a lot of fun to play. Will change star rating once the following is addressed: 1) The game could be better optimized for iOS - it makes my iPad Pro 12.9 2020 run hot and run through its battery 2) Final achi…" - MikeHofstra
6
"final"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "How is less content an improvement?. Final Fantasy fans are really easy to please. Square slaps new pixelated graphics and a remixed score on an inferior version of the game and FF fans act like they did them a favor. Oh course Square is just setting them up to sell them the “…" - WJCK5
7
"pixel"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "How is less content an improvement?. Final Fantasy fans are really easy to please. Square slaps new pixelated graphics and a remixed score on an inferior version of the game and FF fans act like they did them a favor. Oh course Square is just setting them up to sell them the “…" - WJCK5
8
"playing"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It’s okay.. Freezes and can inadvertently lose progress if you receive an email and/or change apps while playing. Happened three seperate times now mid play." - nfjssixnakn
9
"version"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not Optimized. Not optimized for iPhone 15. The island is in the way and is over text. Also, you cannot customize controls unlike in the switch version. The game itself is great, just missing features considering the price." - CatCollector1983
10
"every"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Buggsssss. Every 5 mins or so it boots me out of the game . Infuriatingly frustrating." - spankandgank
11
"remaster"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "How is less content an improvement?. Final Fantasy fans are really easy to please. Square slaps new pixelated graphics and a remixed score on an inferior version of the game and FF fans act like they did them a favor. Oh course Square is just setting them up to sell them the “…" - WJCK5
12
"pixel remaster"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "How is less content an improvement?. Final Fantasy fans are really easy to please. Square slaps new pixelated graphics and a remixed score on an inferior version of the game and FF fans act like they did them a favor. Oh course Square is just setting them up to sell them the “…" - WJCK5
📋 All 23 negative reviews
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Missing controller support
Missing controller support
No controller support
See above
Buggsssss
Every 5 mins or so it boots me out of the game . Infuriatingly frustrating.
Keeps crashing
Every 5 minutes
How Does This Issue Exist in 2021?!
This game doesn’t let you listen to other music or podcasts while playing. How does an app releasing in 2021 still have this issue?! I can’t give any app with this issue more than 1 star.
No controller support??
No controller support was a total letdown for me.
Good game but crashes on iPad consistently
Title
Game Crashes
This is completely unacceptable. This game crashes before the opening scene finishes playing. I literally can’t even play the game I paid for. I’m on iPad and this is the exact issue I had with the FF1 pixel remaster. Only this time it’s substantially worse. This is absolutely ridiculous and I will not be supporting this company again. To release a product with such a glaring issue and to not even work to fix it is just deplorable.
风格不喜欢
还是比较喜欢时间之轮的美术风格
Has issues.
Main menu keeps bugging out also when I can get the game to load , it has no audio. Dissatisfied after almost 20 dollars.
No controller support
SE never gets this right. Please support MFI controllers. And please add it to FF8 as promised.
Perfunctory works, not recommended to buy. Boss has a single skill.
The final boss, Dark Cloud, will have one skill throughout. Rush out of the work, not recommended to buy.
No controller support in 2021
A brand new game that doesn’t have controller support. What a shame
Avoid.
They’re requiring me to buy it a second time on my iPad after buying it on my iPhone. Don’t give these vultures your money.
Not Optimized
Not optimized for iPhone 15. The island is in the way and is over text. Also, you cannot customize controls unlike in the switch version.
The game itself is great, just missing features considering the price.
The game itself is great, just missing features considering the price.
How is less content an improvement?
Final Fantasy fans are really easy to please. Square slaps new pixelated graphics and a remixed score on an inferior version of the game and FF fans act like they did them a favor. Oh course Square is just setting them up to sell them the “DEFINITIVE COMPLETE VERSIONS” in a few years with all the added content. Pixel remaster fans get mad at me for saying this now, then when the next versions come out they’ll claim those versions were always better. Just watch it happen.
Let’s be clear about the pixel remasters.
Only the first 2 FF games are improved. 3-6 have less content and less challenge. They are objectively inferior versions of the games because there isn’t as much to do. Whether you feel that the added content in previous releases was necessary or not is irrelevant. It’s *LESS CONTENT*. Not as much stuff to do and the game ends faster. This isn’t an improvement.
Pixel remasters aren’t the pure classic versions anyway, there are lots of changes from the original releases 30+ years ago. So if they’re gonna alter the original games, why wouldn’t they include all the extra content released over the years? How can you call something a “definitive version” when it’s a barebones release?
The 3D version is way better. More challenge, more content, more jobs, and an entirely new introduction.
Let’s be clear about the pixel remasters.
Only the first 2 FF games are improved. 3-6 have less content and less challenge. They are objectively inferior versions of the games because there isn’t as much to do. Whether you feel that the added content in previous releases was necessary or not is irrelevant. It’s *LESS CONTENT*. Not as much stuff to do and the game ends faster. This isn’t an improvement.
Pixel remasters aren’t the pure classic versions anyway, there are lots of changes from the original releases 30+ years ago. So if they’re gonna alter the original games, why wouldn’t they include all the extra content released over the years? How can you call something a “definitive version” when it’s a barebones release?
The 3D version is way better. More challenge, more content, more jobs, and an entirely new introduction.
CONTROLLER SUPPORT!!!!
copying my FF6 review because somebody needs to address this:
FF3 is obviously a great game but for the love of god would have putting controller support in a game already with controller in mind be so difficult its like you’re intentionally trying to upset your player base (plus the steam version already has it so there is absolutely no reason iOS should have launched without it. Keeping this 2 stars because its playable and its a great game but there is seriously no excuse for lacking controller support
FF3 is obviously a great game but for the love of god would have putting controller support in a game already with controller in mind be so difficult its like you’re intentionally trying to upset your player base (plus the steam version already has it so there is absolutely no reason iOS should have launched without it. Keeping this 2 stars because its playable and its a great game but there is seriously no excuse for lacking controller support
It’s okay.
Freezes and can inadvertently lose progress if you receive an email and/or change apps while playing. Happened three seperate times now mid play.
Awesome Game - Needs to address bugs and optimization
I enjoyed the game - it was a lot of fun to play.
Will change star rating once the following is addressed:
1) The game could be better optimized for iOS - it makes my iPad Pro 12.9 2020 run hot and run through its battery
2) Final achievement for earning all achievements does not get rewarded - I have tried to troubleshoot by logging in an out of Game Center, force closing the app, etc..nothing works
Suggestions:
1) Controller Support
2) Square Enix restore - I would like to be able to play the game on other platforms utilizing the Square Enix backup feature
3) Apple TV app
Will change star rating once the following is addressed:
1) The game could be better optimized for iOS - it makes my iPad Pro 12.9 2020 run hot and run through its battery
2) Final achievement for earning all achievements does not get rewarded - I have tried to troubleshoot by logging in an out of Game Center, force closing the app, etc..nothing works
Suggestions:
1) Controller Support
2) Square Enix restore - I would like to be able to play the game on other platforms utilizing the Square Enix backup feature
3) Apple TV app
Good Game, if You Can Through All the Crashes
Enjoying it thoroughly but it crashes on my 5th Gen iPad about once every 10-30 minutes, presumably due to out of memory (usually occurs when I switch scenes or open the menu). Similar to issue with the first two Pixel Remasters, but much worse for this one. Wait for a few patches for them to fix their memory leaks.
Controller Support
The pixel remaster is amazing and would be top notch if it weren’t destroyed by the fact that there is no controller support.
Horrible font
The font is tiny and unreadable. Until this is updated, I would not bother playing.
No controller support?!
I was so happy to have the original Final Fantasy III, instead of the remake, finally officially available in English, but there’s no controller support here! Hoping it gets patched in later 🙁
Sentiment summary
68%
Positive (4-5★)
10%
Neutral (3★)
22%
Negative (1-2★)