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FINAL FANTASY V
SQUARE ENIX · 116 ratings · ★ 3.5
3.5
★★★★★
116 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 28 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.
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"support"
17 negative reviews mention this · 61% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unable to download, unable to get support.. This game won’t download, I’ve confirmed that my software is supported and I’ve restarted my iPad and tried everything to troubleshoot loading the game. I’ve tried to find support but the website is just adds…At 15$ this is garbage square E…" - Schadownator
2
"controller"
15 negative reviews mention this · 54% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Missing controller support. Missing controller support" - AmpLid88
3
"controller support"
15 negative reviews mention this · 54% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Missing controller support. Missing controller support" - AmpLid88
4
"game"
13 negative reviews mention this · 46% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Choppy scrolling. An issue across all of these remasters. The choppy scrolling hurts my eyes and renders these version unplayable for me. It’s unfortunate, as these have the potential to be the best versions of these games" - clcarrow
5
"version"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Choppy scrolling. An issue across all of these remasters. The choppy scrolling hurts my eyes and renders these version unplayable for me. It’s unfortunate, as these have the potential to be the best versions of these games" - clcarrow
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"these"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Choppy scrolling. An issue across all of these remasters. The choppy scrolling hurts my eyes and renders these version unplayable for me. It’s unfortunate, as these have the potential to be the best versions of these games" - clcarrow
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"games"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Choppy scrolling. An issue across all of these remasters. The choppy scrolling hurts my eyes and renders these version unplayable for me. It’s unfortunate, as these have the potential to be the best versions of these games" - clcarrow
8
"square"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unable to download, unable to get support.. This game won’t download, I’ve confirmed that my software is supported and I’ve restarted my iPad and tried everything to troubleshoot loading the game. I’ve tried to find support but the website is just adds…At 15$ this is garbage square E…" - Schadownator
9
"needs"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "needs controller support. The decision to leave out controller support is baffling" - Brian4012
10
"needs controller"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "needs controller support. The decision to leave out controller support is baffling" - Brian4012
11
"final"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Controller support. Please add controller support. Final fantasy 4 has it, I figured this one would too." - Anna200717
12
"versions"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Choppy scrolling. An issue across all of these remasters. The choppy scrolling hurts my eyes and renders these version unplayable for me. It’s unfortunate, as these have the potential to be the best versions of these games" - clcarrow
📋 All 28 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Choppy scrolling
An issue across all of these remasters. The choppy scrolling hurts my eyes and renders these version unplayable for me. It’s unfortunate, as these have the potential to be the best versions of these games
Unable to download, unable to get support.
This game won’t download, I’ve confirmed that my software is supported and I’ve restarted my iPad and tried everything to troubleshoot loading the game. I’ve tried to find support but the website is just adds…At 15$ this is garbage square Enix.
Missing controller support
Missing controller support
Crashes
Do not spend $18 on this it crashes often.
Too easy, cut content
Super easy version with zero challenge. All added content over 30 years has been removed.
Of course this is just a scam so square enix can release the “ultimate edition” in a few years with the extra jobs, bonus dungeon, and hopefully a harder difficulty than SUPER EASY.
Of course this is just a scam so square enix can release the “ultimate edition” in a few years with the extra jobs, bonus dungeon, and hopefully a harder difficulty than SUPER EASY.
Controller support
Please add controller support. Final fantasy 4 has it, I figured this one would too.
Excellent game but… where is the controller support?!
Why do none of these have controller support? Unacceptable to charge this amount for 30 year old games and not provide controller support. Fix it!
Boost Menu?
I bought the game under the premise that there was some sort of a boost menu with adjustable Exp. ABP. Gil. I have not found anything about a “boost” menu. Kinda want my money back over this.
Pending Ticket 20993454 to add controller support
Literally just update the game and add in Mifi controller support. Plenty of the other mobile releases done by square has had full Mifi controller support. It should only take a developer maybe an hour to make this patch. Will update rating once done.
A Very Pretty, Buggy Port
This version um is one of the best looking of those currently available. It is also by far the worst programmed. Numerous things that never have been issues suddenly are. Whoever SE paid to do this was not up to the task. Go play one of the other versions, if you have the ability to do so.
Controller support
Please add!!!
Add GBA Content
1 star for failing to have ALL of the content that is available in the GBA version. There is no excuse for this.
Please add controller support!
I will update and post a full review once controller support is added.
Not for everyone.
Beautiful game, they even updated the songs, but it shuts off at random.
Bugged final fight
The final battle in the game is bugged and prevents you from being able to cast any sort of magic on the party. It’s incredibly frustrating to try and fight a final battle when most of the jobs you grinded for are useless because they can’t cast magic. Please fix.
Controller support required
This game is a pain to navigate with the touch screen. Especially because of how hidden pathways and such work. There is no substitute for a controller with a directional pad for this game. I can’t believe it was released without.
Controller support!!!
Please add controller support. Cannot believe that I bought this not knowing that there is no support. Please add. Definitely not buying any more until controller support is added. Should be standard by now. Add support for more stars.
No controller support
I really do hate to give a 1-star review for a single missing feature, but the lack of controller support is a huge problem and fundamentally alters how you play the game.
If you add controller support, I will gladly re-review.
If you add controller support, I will gladly re-review.
No controller support
This is a complete rip off. No controller support.
Terrible
Only game on the App Store where you can lose hours of progress because you accidentally clicked on a text message that popped up over gameplay. Complete trash that it doesn’t run in the background and immediately closes. Thanks for the garbage yet again Square, you really do know how to ruin everything
Please add controller support
No controller support
Final fantasy five pixel remaster
I just purchased the game and there is no in game volume adjuster and there’s ZERO sound coming out. Playing on an iphone 12 hoping it gets fixed shortly because this is kinda ridiculous.
needs controller support
The decision to leave out controller support is baffling
Please apply quality of life console updates here too
I just wish the red mage didn’t take forever (console version shortens this with ability points multiplier not updated here) to master for dualcast (999 ABP mastery) unless you use magic pots in the phoenix tower for 100 ABP. That boost options helps ff5 and ff6 (keeps old music too) to speed up ability/stat gains, rendering these mobile versions obsolete (and ff2 for turning off brutal random encounters). To sum up otherwise, I did enjoy the characters with their upbeat yet serious moments. The game does kinda force jobs (end game makes you use freelancer/mime for masteries/stats) and research (chemist mix phoenix down with a potion is amazing but no kept recipes option). Being able to steal useful genji gear from Gilgamesh in each encounter was a huge improvement over FF3’s thieves that generally got potions. The mystic knight using spellblade will not work with katanas (no silver samurai here) and you’re gambling to accidentally heal bosses with the wrong element until you get petrify or flare end game.
Needs controller support
We love these games but SE hates us. Add controller support for the love of god
Company greed
This is the same game it was before just with less content. A few pixels and backgrounds is not grounds for a new release. It’s a money grab plain and simple. The worst is that those of us who had previous purchased the Final Fantasy 6+1 bundle in the App Store can’t even access those games through the App Store any longer. Customer service is a joke as they punted back to Apple Support when this issue was brought up. I love the game but stop renaming the title, doing minor tweaks, and asking us to buy the game again.
Controller support…
This game is great but needs controller support
Needs Controller support
Good remaster, needs controller support ASAP
Sentiment summary
57%
Positive (4-5★)
16%
Neutral (3★)
28%
Negative (1-2★)