Cosmic Fantasy Collection

COSMIC FANTASY COLLECTION is one of those compilations that has more value for its proposal of bringing us works that are fairly unknown in the West than for the two games it contains, especially for its first installment that abuses grinding, has unjustified difficulty peaks and is quite flat . The second installment fixes all of that, that's true, but we would have liked some quality of life options such as saving at any point or an option to speed up combat. In any case, lovers of classic JRPGs and retro games have a golden opportunity to get to know this franchise that will be complete with the upcoming COSMIC FANTASY COLLECTION 2.

Either you’re a big old school JRPG fan who won’t mind the tedious parts, or you’ll be annoyed by one game having too much grinding and difficult fights, and the other having too many boring encounters.

If, like me, you have a curiosity and fondness for games from back in the day, then Cosmic Fantasy Collection is something that merits a bit more investigation, but I sadly can’t recommend it strongly. Besides the manual and the sound/movie viewers, the QOL improvements that other straight JRPG ports have received are nonexistent, and, without the ability to speed up encounters or exploration, the time takes its toll on your patience. Physical collectors would do well to grab their copies quickly, and, should the second Cosmic Fantasy Collection come calling, it definitely has my interest: it can only get better from here.