Once, long ago...
The broad JRPG template that the original Final Fantasy had a hand in shaping was 20 years old at the time of the PSP remake's release, and is now around 30, and boy does it feel like it. For as much of a milestone as this game will forever be, it is no longer much fun to play. Straightforward and repetitive, it's now difficult to appreciate whatever refinements or innovations Final Fantasy may have made in its time. The improvements in the PSP version are nice, updated graphics and whatnot, but the core game is so bland by today's standards that it's hard to care. It's just all a little flat. Certainly interesting as a historical piece, but a game that has not aged well.