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Weekly Famicom Tsūshin, no. 208 (1992-12-11): Final Fantasy V cross review

Famicom Tsūshin editors. 1992. “Weekly Famicom Tsūshin, no. 208 (1992-12-11): Final Fantasy V cross review.” Weekly Famicom Tsūshin (週刊ファミコン通信), no. 208, p. 40. ASCII Corporation.

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Famicom Tsūshin 208
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Famicom Tsūshin editorial staff. The four reviewers of the cross-review column are not named on p. 40. Scan in the Internet Archive item "WEEKLY ファミコン通信 0208".
Notes
The issue is dated 11 December 1992 (第7巻 通巻208号). Final Fantasy V's new-game cross review is on printed p. 40 (scan leaf n39), headed ファイナルファンタジーV. Each reviewer's score is printed large behind the start of that reviewer's text: 8, 9, 9 and 8, for 34 out of 40. The page note reads ※数字は10点満点の総合評価です. The archived copy is the page image for p. 40, which the quotes were read from; the item's OCR text does not carry the review.

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Square Enix calls Final Fantasy V the fifth game of the Final Fantasy series. Famicom Tsūshin's 1992 review summed it up as keeping the Active Time Battle that had been well received in Final Fantasy IV and bringing back Final Fantasy III's job change.p. 40, Final Fantasy V column, summary under the titlePublisher
Famicom Tsūshin's four cross reviewers scored Final Fantasy V 8, 9, 9, and 8 out of 10, a total of 34 out of 40, which Famitsu lists in its Gold Hall of Fame.p. 40, Final Fantasy V column, the four reviewer boxesMagazine
In Famicom Tsūshin's cross review, the first reviewer (8) was impressed that a system as complex as jobs and abilities goes down so smoothly with the general public, and called the linear but nicely worked-out scenario its greatest draw; players with weak tear ducts shouldn't play it in front of others. The second (9) found it easier to play than IV in the small details, but basically unchanged from IV, so the thrill of freshness was thin. The third (9) called the way the opening draws the player in excellent and wished other games would learn from staging that used the hardware to the fullest, and liked the job system. The fourth (8) said that where Dragon Quest V let the player overlap with the hero, Final Fantasy V watches its hero from outside, like a film.p. 40, Final Fantasy V column, first reviewer's boxp. 40, Final Fantasy V column, second reviewer's boxp. 40, Final Fantasy V column, third reviewer's boxp. 40, Final Fantasy V column, fourth reviewer's boxMagazine