Final Fantasy IV

I've never played a mainstream Final Fantasy game before. Yeah, let's get that out there straight away. I've never touched the older 2D ones and the 3D Playstation ones are just as foreign. The closest I've come are the spinoffs like Crystal Chronicles and Tactics Advance, but for all intents and purposes I had no idea what I was getting into when it came to Final Fantasy IV, other than it was a RPG from a series that has generated more love and hate than any other in the genre (except possibly Pokemon, but let's not go there). So I boldly charged into the fray with the hopes of a game that would sparkle among the other role playing games that I have played before it.

The first thing that struck me was the visuals, or rather the odd design choice made by the developers. The opening of the game before we hit the title screen is a...

THE GOOD:
- The graphics are a little choppy, but it's much better than sprites.

THE BAD:
- The fact that some many things were taken away from the game
- Characters only staying in your party for about 20 minutes of gameplay
- Too many random fights
- Overpowered moves cause the game to be a breeze
- Augment System
- Voices are crappy
- Not enough FMV's
- Lack of weapon choices (Rydia has around 3 whips, for example.)
- Glitches can cause your game to crash COMPLETELY
- Whyt
- Lack of stylus using
- Plot & Character Devolpment

SUMMARY:
This, like most other games of its type was killed by the hype. It seemed like once they had the graphics done they called it a day and threw some things together. Being a remake, I'd expected something that would draw me into buying it; this game offers nothing to do that with. There's two 'superbosses', into the game, which sounds great, right? Wrong....

THE GOOD:
> The original title has been completely remastered into 3D without anything being lost in transition
> A beautiful musical score to compliment the environments and really set the mood
> A colourful cast of lovable characters that you can connect with
> Added content from the original title that does not detract value at all from the storyline
> A more archaic translation of the game script to set the theme for the period that the game appears to be set in

THE BAD:
> The difficulty can sometimes change from being easy to really hard from one dungeon to the next

SUMMARY:
Final Fantasy IV is the story of a dark knight named Cecil who is beginning to question the nature of his actions; the very ones given by his sovereign king. Upon return from a mission to steal a Crystal from the settlement of Mysidia, Cecil questions his sire's motive only to be decommissioned from his post as commander of the...