Discussion Post - Recommendations and Reviews

[ishtar]

This is basically exactly what it says on the tin. A chance to review what you're currently playing, or what you last played.

What are you playing right now/have just finished playing? What platform is it on? What genre is it? Did you enjoy it? Would you recommend it? What's the fandom like? Anything you want to say about the game.

I'm currently playing Final Fantasy IV DS. I played the original, so the story isn't exactly new or surprising to me. I'm currently rather liking the new cutscenes though, that add a whole extra level of emotion to certain scenes for me. For those that have never played Final Fantasy IV, it was originally a SNES game that has been remastered for the DS. It is an RPG where you take the role of Cecil, a dark knight who is forced to abandon his Kingdom because of his principles. The plot seems to be about Cecil going around defeating bad guys and saving Crystals (similar to Final Fantasy III) but Final Fantasy IV also has a love story at the heart of it, and can be quite moving because of it. It's definitely one of the best of the pre-PS ones (just behind VI). It's recommended~

Comments

[lecari]

I'm playing FFX at the moment too :) It's my first time playing it, though an ex was *obsessed* with it so it's not 'new' to me (I ended up having to watch him play it a lot).

I didn't like the sphere grid at first, but it is growing on me. I'm getting a bit bored of the cut-scenes though, and I can't seem to ever beat the other summoner who asks to battle you for fun (I've not really found it too challenging so far to be honest, except for those, grr). I'm enjoying it though, despite that. Just wish I could skip the cut-scenes sometimes!

[insilhouette]

Yeah, the cut scenes are so close together. There's no time to actually play the game! At least there's no 3-hour cut scene like in Kingdom Hearts 2. I also love playing blitzball! I love when games have optional fun stuff like that to get away from the grind of cutscene, fight, cutscene, fight.

[lecari]

I agree - it's basically just a slightly interactive movie :(

I personally hate Blitzball though, I just don't get it. All my players are rubbish, how am I supposed to ever win anything? I always lose 4-0 or something ridiculous as I'm always against decent players (3 of mine are still level 1?!?). I never play it as it seems so pointless, to me it's just a waste of time :/