The epic of Gilgamesh covers alot of things, but travelling is one of the themes, I think in the quest for immortality. Following Enkidu's death Gilgamesh see's what death is, hates the sound of it and travels across the world to find a cure for his own death and become immortal. Then the journey home and then realising that he was a fool and wasted the cure!

I've yet to read it myself, but will probably read my copy sometime soon, as I shall probably need to for my second year at Uni (I'm studying Ancient History, and one of the modules I have to take is the Near East).

This game is great! You plan strategies with Job Abilities, with spells and with summons! I don't encounter it as a bogus and dumb game.

Well the story was attempting to return to the crystal theme of the first game, which can explain the simpler story. But there was so much more going on at the same time. The villain Ex-Death was one of the most fearsome villains in games yet, not since I fought Sephiroth or Kefka have I wanted revenge on a villain so much.

Also, this game came up with a great mode of transport that we haven't seen in a Final Fantasy before or since. What other Final Fantasy's let you ride a dragon?!

Sure thing though, there were only 5 playable characters, the characters weren't that distinct apart from perhaps Faris (I think she was excellent, I love pirates!). But still, for me it seemed to work. I loved the Warriors of Dawn, and seeing them help at the end was great. This game also produced many memorable scenes. Sure it might not have the classic feel of FFIV and FFVI, with deep characters and a large cast, but FFV is often a Final Fantasy overlooked. I enjoyed it and did not rate it lower than FFIV, FFVI or FFVII, but for different reasons that I liked them.