▁described ▁the ▁original ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁many " ▁that ▁im itated ▁the ▁Dragon ▁Qu est ▁formula . ▁The ▁game ▁is ▁considered ▁by ▁some ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁weak est ▁and ▁most ▁difficult ▁install ment ▁of ▁the ▁series . ▁ ▁The ▁subsequent ▁versions ▁of ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁have ▁gar ner ed ▁mostly ▁favor able ▁reviews ▁from ▁the ▁media . ▁Pe er ▁Schne ider ▁of ▁I GN ▁enjoyed ▁the ▁Wonder Sw an ▁Color ▁version , ▁pra ising ▁its ▁graph ical ▁improvements , ▁especially ▁the ▁environments , ▁characters , ▁and ▁mon sters . ▁Fam its u ▁scored ▁this ▁version ▁a ▁ 3 0 ▁out ▁of ▁ 4 0 . ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁Orig ins ▁was ▁generally ▁well - rece ived ; ▁Game Pro ▁said ▁the ▁music ▁was ▁" f ant astic ", ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁graphics ▁had ▁a ▁" suit ably ▁retro ▁cut eness ▁to ▁them ." ▁Re views ▁for ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁I ▁& ▁II : ▁Da wn ▁of ▁Sou ls ▁were ▁generally ▁positive , ▁with ▁Jer emy ▁Dun ham ▁of ▁I GN ▁giving ▁particular ▁pra ise ▁to ▁the ▁improved ▁English ▁translation , ▁saying ▁it ▁was ▁better ▁than ▁any ▁previous ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁game . ▁The ▁Play Station ▁Port able ▁version ▁was ▁not ▁as ▁crit ically ▁successful ▁as ▁the ▁previous ▁releases ; ▁Game Sp ot ' s ▁Kevin ▁Van Ord ▁c ited ▁the ▁visual s ▁as ▁its ▁strong est ▁enh ancement ▁but ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁additional ▁random ▁enemy ▁enc oun ters ▁and ▁updated ▁graphics ▁did ▁not ▁add ▁much ▁value . ▁The ▁Da