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Playing Final Fantasy I with this hack applied, I was delighted by how much better the combat felt. Getting to choose each character's action when their turn to act actually comes around rather than all at once at the start of the turn makes a much bigger difference than it sounds like on paper. The much-hated "Ineffective" hits are gone, of course, but the difference goes even beyond that, I find. No longer do you have to just cross your fingers and hope your party's actions go off how you hope at the start of each turn. Now, you make each choice right in the moment it will happen, making it feel much more dynamic and strategic.

I suppose an argument could be made that it makes the game easier, but, as a massive fan of Final Fantasy I in all its myriad forms, I think it primarily just makes the combat less luck-based, and it just feels good that your failures and successes both feel more like results of your choices than just the RNG not going your way (although that can certainly still happen even with this patch). You still need to play well to win battles, it's simply that the weight your own play is afforded in determining your successes is heightened relative to sheer luck.

While I'd advise playing the game without this patch first, since it IS a pretty significant gameplay change, it's an easy thumbs up from me. Definitely check it out if you're interested in experiencing Final Fantasy I again with a fresh twist!

It's incredible how such a small change can make the game infinitely better.

No longer "INEFFECTIVE" attacks, it feels like playing a modern FF, and without doing the ton of changes other FF1 hacks does.