Final Fantasy IV 
Features: - Witness the dramatic and thrilling story of this mythical game world brought to life through astounding 3D graphics, gorgeous CG cutscenes and top-notch voice acting
- Create a versatile party using the all-new Augment System - a dynamic system that allows the player to assign special abilities to characters
- Dive into the first RPG to incorporate the innovative Active Time Battle system, now further enhanced and refined for the Nintendo DS
- Navigate effortlessly through the game with Nintendo DS Touch Screen functionality and stylus-driven controls while receiving vital assistance via the dual-screen presentation
- Train and customize Whytkin by playing a variety of mini-games and challenge another player to head-to-head battle via local wireless connection
Product Description: - The dark knight Cecil, stripped of his command of the Red Wings, set out for the distant Valley of Mist. Together with Kain, commander of the Dragoons, he would pursue a faceless quarry―and a chance for redemption. The advent of the airship had marked the realization of mankind s most ancient dream. But man is a creature seldom sated, and he was quick to dream anew. With the unparalleled might of the Red Wings, Baron s military soon reigned supreme. Why, then, does its king now seek the Crystals? And why have fearsome monsters suddenly begun to overrun the once calm land? If the Crystals know, they share no answers―only their pure and silent light.
Customer Ratings: - Final Fantasy 4 - good game. I got this game because I really liked Final Fantasy 3 for the DS. Unfortunately I don t like this one as much as part 3, perhaps because of the active time bar, but overall it s been a pretty fun game and the story seems better than the previous one. I m still going to play it til the end to see how I like it. :)
- Handled With Care. I recently had a little fun, loading my old GameBoy copy of Final Fantasy IV onto my GameBoy and comparing it to this rewrite for the Nintendo DS. Looking at both makes me impressed with the amount of effort that went into giving a pretty old RPG a DS-style upgrade. This isn t just a port to introduce people new to the Final Fantasy series: this one seems like it was also for the fans. It s not just that colors seem richer, the graphics are drastically different, and some of the cutscenes have been given a serious rework. The devil is in the details, and here the goodness shines through: dialogue contains speech, and the lines the characters speak have been reworked to give the characters more depth. The voice actors don t sound so bad, especially given that they re coming through to you on tinny little handheld speakers. What s more, this re-do makes good use of the graphics chip in the Nintendo DS, adding angular camera views (as opposed to the old top-down 2D look of the GameBoy version). It uses the dual screens to enhance the interface and also to grow the screen size during cutscenes. And to top it all off, the gameplay, while still rather typical of the early Final Fantasy Series, is just plain entertaining--you *want* to figure out the next piece of the puzzle, to get to the next part of the story.
All is not perfect here, however. If you re not used to this sort of game, this one isn t as easy to get into as Final Fantasy III DS. The difficulty can get pretty tough, and the Wandering Monster battles that pop up about every 10 seconds or so can get pretty overwhelming. The problem isn t easily ameliorated by spending extra time just wandering around grinding your experience and leveling the party, either: you d be at it a pretty long time to get up to speed. Instead you have to have enough experience with the Final Fantasy way of doing things to apply some smarts to your strategy. When you set off on your adventures, it s more important in this title that you have your party properly configured, your gear purchased, and a decent plan for your party members. Otherwise you ll quickly find your healer dead, your fighters incapacitated, and your wizards all out of energy.
If you re familiar with the Final Fantasy series, this should prove to be a fun and challenging next stop on your way up (or down) the scale. If you re new to the genre and want to play the old school style in which the series first entries were designed, you d probably be better off going back a little further to Final Fantasy III. If, however, you ve already played Final Fantasy IV in one of its older incarnations and you d like a bit of nostalgia, I think you ll be pleased with the quality of this rewrite: thank you Square, for handling with care. - A Worthy Remake of an Excellent Classic. I should preface this review by stating that I am a Final Fantasy nut, so I m probably a bit biased, but I am also a video game connoisseur. I hope that the latter shines through.
It s hard to say anything about Final Fantasy 4 that wasn t said when it was first released on the SNES. Most of that still holds true as, essentially, this is the same game that was released, oh, those many years ago. The biggest difference that you will see right off the bat is the face lift. Unlike its sprite-based predecessor, this version is fully and lovingly rendered in 3D.
Also, the translation has been revised. When the game was first released, parts of the game were a bit incomprehensible due to the translation being a mixed bag. Now, the whole game makes sense!
Other than that, the only reason to get this game if you already played it through the first time around is the slew of extras thrown in. You ll find some interesting side quests, some new items, and another extra or two that you can t even access unless you play through this game at least once. - FF IV & FF II (SNES version). I liked playing the original SNES FF II version of the game, and saw this one but with improved visual, and it was a very good buy. There is some differences between the original and this one besides the sequel (FF II and FF IV), but it is still fun to play. Do buy it if you liked the original. The characters do talk, unlike the original, they don t have voices and therefor cannot talk (literally).
- Good solid re-make. I enjoyed the new FF III DS version but was a bit disappointed that the only cinematic shot was at the beginning. Even if it s in-game level of quality, there s plenty here in the DS version of FF IV. The voices in the major cutscenes really adds some life to it (though there were a few times when I expected a cutscene to be major and did a double-take when it was only doing the blue text bubbles...). A lot more facial/body expression in the characters, but FF IV has a lot more characterization and plot and assortment of characters in it than any of the earlier Final Fantasy titles. Some complain that this version is a too much on the hard side for them, but I kinda like it. Sometimes original games or their re-makes are a tad on the easy side for my taste, so getting something a bit more of a challenge is refreshing to me.
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Final Fantasy IV (ID: B00184219U)
