I've just about given up on Final Fantasy III. I've accidentally found a game glitch described on
GameSpot and this
YouTube video as the "Dive into Saronia" glitch. Only, I never actually dove. I was just exploring the western side of the continent, close to the mountain range. Suddenly, I found myself flying over the mountains in the airship before obtaining "invincible". Being the good RPG player, I saved just outside the town. Unfortunately, I didn't know this was a game glitch and now I'm trapped forever a dark night outside of Falgabard. Lame.
The game wasn't all that great to begin with. It was a beautiful remake, but lacked depth in the dungeons. The job system was nice, but a gimmicky novelty. There were too many jobs, which meant there were too many weapons, made scarce across the item shops. The story line was only slightly better than FF-I and FF-II, but that was to be expected. I actually found the former two games better than FF-III. While the former two were riddled with dungeons that were TOO big at times and TOO many random encounters, they had a much better RPG flow and story.
After just over 24 hours of game play, I can't find my way back over the mountains, even though the video makes it look possible. I had a great party too, and I doubt I'll be able to recreate that job level 89 monk. He attacked with for over 200 with his two bare hands :( Now it's on to FF-IV!