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This higher difficulty level made me want to snap the game in half on more occasions than I ever wanted. I really enjoyed this game back on the SNES. I loved the original, but because of the difficulty, I do not recommend this DS remake at all for anyone looking for something enjoyable. If you played this game on the SNES, keep it as a memory or wait for it on Virtual Console for Wii. But this version is far too difficult to enjoy. Despite the enhancement, I liked it much better when the game was, you know, playable.
Yes, you need these combats to level-up (see next complaint), but they make exploration a total drag, and are extremely repetitive (same monsters over and over again).- the boss battles are not "difficult" or "challenging". The designers think this is clever and will keep the interest level up, but it's not fun to have to search the internet for solutions to even the first couple of battles.
That's because it's part of the plot, and well, you just need to all die right now.I love/hate this game. In many of them, your entire party is killed almost immediately, no matter what level you are or what spells you cast.
There are a lot of good things about this game, as mentioned by many reviewers. unless you stumble upon the secret combo of characters/spells/weapons.
That's why I'm giving it 3 stars. But after putting in over 20 hours of game time I have found them to be offset by two sore points:- when wandering around the wilderness or in caves, you are attacked by hidden monsters about every 10 seconds of game time.
They are impossible, frankly.
It destroys both the fiction and the characters. I'm a huge fan of Final Fantasy games. Buy yourself the GBA version instead. It's amazing how much emotion a few little 2D sprites and some music could communicate, and how easily that can be ruined by attempting to make them 3D on a low fidelity system.Pass on this title. I've played them growing up, since the original Final Fantasy for the NES, and all their remakes along the way.If you haven't played FF IV before (aka FF II on the Super NES), then you'll probably be fine with this re-release. However, if you *have* played before, then you'll probably be turned off by the horribly cheesy, pitiful attempt at adding 3D cut scenes.
Yes, that geeky and that bad. I equate the changes they've made to George Lucas digitally adding Gungans to his original Star Wars movies. painfully Japanese with dozens of cobbled together game elements that are completely out of place).
The graphical updates and cutscenes are generally quite good and the gameplay itself is practically identical to the original (i.e. The addition of the constantly-name-changing rabbit character is a type of element more common to newer Final Fantasy games and horribly out of place. Having loved the original, I have to say this game was a disappointment.
If you prefer the atmosphere of the older games to the newer Final Fantasies, avoid this one, since it essentially transforms it into a modern FF game (i.e. Avoid this one if you're a fan of the original and not new FFs. very good), many of the additions and character interpretations are downright stupid.
Most of the male characters, including all the important ones, have become androgynous creeps and whiny punks.
Overall I feel that Square Enix has shown a great deal of respect in preserving this games greatness. Weapon models are visible during combat much like that of Final Fantasy 7. The game makes very good use of the 2 screens and does not rely at all on using the stylus.
I'm a long time fan of the series and have been playing this game for many years since it's release on the Super Nintendo back in the early 90s. All the music is very much the same if not a little bit improved from the original. If you loved the original Final Fantasy 4 (originally 2 in the US) and are considering buying this remake, I can assure you, it is definitely worth it.
All the character and npc models have been accurately upgraded into 3d form (no ridiculous graphical changes). If you do not own a DS yet I would say this game is a pretty strong reason to get one if you are a Final Fantasy lover or just love RPGs in general. If you're like me, though it is undeniably a legendary RPG, you may have put the game to rest.
But this remake definitaly is like a breath of fresh air.
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