Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls - Hard Mode is a difficulty modification for Final Fantasy I on the Game Boy Advance. Based on Ludmeister's Mod of Balance version 2.2, it enhances gameplay by increasing enemy stats, adjusting AI behavior, and tweaking loot mechanics. This hack offers a more challenging experience while maintaining the original job system, with various quality-of-life improvements to combat and item management.
Important: Please read the patching instructions before trying to play this hack.
This is a hard difficulty hack of Final Fantasy 1 - Dawn of Souls. No changes were made to FF2. It is based off of Ludmeister's "Mod of Balance" version 2.2 hack, so it is required that you download and apply that first. Please read the Set-up Instructions below, or check the readme document. You must follow the steps. :)
The reason for me basing this off his 2.2 version is because after his 3.0 update, he radically changed the "Job System" by allowing you to choose any of the 12 classes from the beginning of the game. For those that didn't like that, he recommended downloading version 2.2 which used the original Job change mechanic, but lacked some of the new updates. The goal for this hack was to combine all the updates from version 3.0 and up, and put them into version 2.2. (minus the 12 Job feature, of course) While not everything made the cut, there is plenty more that's been added to make the adventure fresh and challenging. (well, hopefully!)
One thing you'll notice right away is stats being listed in-game for each weapon and armor piece. You'll know exactly what it offers, without having to look them up in the readme document. :) You'll also notice that this version is much harder in difficulty - which is the most important part!
This project was originally intended for personal use only, but a lot of work ended up being done to make the experience new. Thanks goes to Ludmeister for his fantastic work on DoS, and his Mod of Balance! Thank you!
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