Final Fantasy III Length and Gameplay

Hello,

1. How long does it take to complete the game with some grinding?
2. What is the best job combination?
3. Any jobs I should avoid?
4. Does game mechanics/side quests/spells vary enough throughout the game?
5. Does it worth my precious time?

Thank you.

With grinding? 56 hours.

I've always preferred the Monk job but you should mix and match since different jobs are better for different dungeons and bosses.

As for whether or not it's worth it? Well... if you play this game, then afterwards play Final Fantasy 4... you'll immediately appreciate just how much more awesome FF 4 is.

1. I'm not sure how long it would take with some grinding, what I did was fight lalmost every single battle I came across, and by then I end I had almost no problem with the final boss.

2. I'm not sure what the "best" would be, but I know some the two best jobs for attacking would be a dragoon or a ninja. For Dragoons, later on you can get a type of blood lance that heals you every time you attack...and by the end when you can do the maximum damage (9999), it's quite useful.

Ninja's on the other hand have a throw attack lets you throw things from your inventory at the enemy. Aside from already being fairly strong, towards the very end of the game you come across a buyable shuriken that will deal 9999 damage no matter what. Dragoon's jump ability although helps you dodge annoying attacks that effect everyone, has the downside of not being able to deal 9999 damage due to the defence of your enemies.

You could use combination's of those jobs, but I prefer to keep a Black Mage (eventually switch into Magus) and a White Mage (eventually switch into a Sage).

3.I don't think there's a particular job you should avoid, I always had fun experimenting with them. The only one I can think of is the neutral starting job (freelancer). I personally always found theifs and bards to be useless, but you should still try them out.

4.The game mechanics are traditional. You pick a job, get into random battles, and take turns attacking each other. The variety of jobs do give you a lot of different spells and abilities to play around with though.

5. :P This is a tough one. The game is really traditional JRPG, and although the fantastic intro scene implies otherwise, you have almost no story in the game aside from "You are the 4 warriors of light, go kill the bad guy". The music in the game is also pretty lacking. The music also lacks variety, from what I can remember you have the town, fancy town, overworld, big overworld, and the dungeon.

I actually didn't mind it too much...the first time around. The Job system was probably what saved it for me, but when I went back to play it the second time, I got bored in the first half hour and didn't feel like playing it anymore.

I appreciate your valuable comments guys.

It wasn't awful, I mean I got some enjoyment out of it. The new characters they made for the remake were mostly pretty likeable. I found myself having to switch to magic-based classes to progress in the story pretty often I remember.

Personally, I just didn't care for this game because I didn't enjoy its design as much as I would have the original game. The same goes for the FF4 remake. If you play the new one, then go and play the older one, the older one just feels more fun to play. These games, felt pretty boring, and it felt like playing them was a chore sometimes. But it still is FF3 and FF4, so if you want to experience the stories of those games I guess it's an option.