Decent fun with some minor gripes

TLDR: Quality title. Fun job system with lots of customization.

Final Fantasy Vs story is lazy, campy, but still strangely enjoyable, like fan fiction done by a funny elementary school student. I liked it, despite its shortcomings.

The game is fun, also. It gives you the job system to customize your group, the bosses pose a fair challenge, theres a good amount of extra hidden stuff to find and some tough ultra-bosses for keeners to take down at games end. Therere also other smart little touches, like being able to just hit a save button that pops up @ save points which spares you the bother of having to go through menus every time you wanna save.

Square put a bit of work into the title, too. The controls work in 360 degrees rather than eight directions, and the maps have been changed to accommodate that. That can make for some frustrating areas, like getting caught on corners in narrow passages or having to fumble through poison bush patches that were easily traversed with a d-pad. The nuisances are few though, and the touch controls feel great after you play for a bit.

The auto battle is broken. It seems to follow FFXIIIs philosophy where they thought that players wanted a game that would play itself for them. If you pick auto-battle, your group will cast magic for you, depleting your MP, and/or just toss potions carelessly, even at group members with full HP.

Vheyj about FINAL FANTASY V, v1.1.3