What would happen if you started off Final Fantasy 4 with the airship? And if every boss and item in the game were made completely random? It'd turn into one big, sprawling treasure hunt, that's what would happen.

The fastest way to beat the iconic role-playing game Final Fantasy 4 isn't to dash through the final dungeon or grind for all the best spells. It's to walk up and down the same staircase 63 times.

There's a scene in Final Fantasy IV that's always stood out to me. It centres around the elderly wizard Tellah, who starts off with a puny library of magic but eventually, thanks to divine intervention and a magical house of mirrors, remembers that he's actually a talented badass with access to every spell in the game.