Final Fantasy II - Impossible is exactly what it sounds like—a brutal, borderline unfair version of the SNES classic. I went in thinking I knew what to expect, but nope. Those first random battles? They wrecked you if you weren’t grinding like crazy from minute one. Even the rats outside the starting town hit like trucks.

The dungeons are meaner too—traps that actually matter, enemies that ambush you way more often, and bosses that feel like they’re cheating. I remember getting to the first major fight and just staring at the Game Over screen for a solid minute. But weirdly, that’s the appeal. When you finally scrape by a battle or solve some ridiculous puzzle, it feels like you actually outsmarted the game.

If you’ve played the original to death and want something that forces you to rethink every heal spell and turn order, this’ll do it. Just don’t throw your controller.