FINAL FANTASY IV

My only gripe with this one is the constant changing of the party, especially early on. There was one point at Mysidia where the "wondertwins" join my team and they're super weak so it's either grind for over an hour or attempt the next part which is also painful. This happens multiple times in the story but this is probably the worst case.

One of the best FF games. This is a solid port with minor updates and quality of life improvements.

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Everything it should be, short of the bonus content from previous re-releases... Good Stuff.

Worth playing to see how the series evolved over time. It's better than 1-3 but isn't quite in the golden 6-10 era. Story moves very quickly and party members cycle in and out just as fast though still make enough of an impression to be memorable (the recent FFs should really take a note of this).

This is the first game I have rated as I play through all the Final Fantasy games and it is by far my favourite of the Pixel Remasters so far. Whilst the previous entries had already used stories within their games 4 is the first one which I was thoroughly engaged with. Cecil’s narrative is iconic for a reason, and he is the first attempt at a multi-layered character within the Final Fantasy franchise (at least from my point of view). However, whilst not quite as strong the rest of the merry band of teammates are also likeable. Whilst this game does not feature the job system, this is substituted by the fact that the classes of the characters suit their story and narrative; if you changed the job of many of the characters they would be very different. I will also say so far this final fantasy has my favourite collection of locations, helped by its great variety. The Real time elements of the combat also provided a fun challenge and was used to create some interesting boss strategies such as against the CPU or final boss. Soundtrack as always is great and the game, compared especially to 2, requires much less grinding. If you always have random encounters turned on you should end up at the required level wherever you are. Anyway great FF, looking forward to moving onto 5 at some point.

Common Paladin W

Good game.

A notable step up for in terms of storytelling and it's "cutscenes". Gameplay is always hard to judge with these earlier Final Fantasy titles so I'm going to say that the combat is better in some ways and worse in others but overall probably moving in the right direction. Limited combat options for what felt like a large portion of the game but enemies were more engaging and required more specific strategies than just throwing your strongest combo at everything. Pretty decent cast of characters, just wish they didn't rotate out so quickly. Music is always strong in these games and this one is no exception. All in all, this Final Fantasy is notable for it's focus on a deeper story and deeper characters and I think it's a pretty solid first attempt for this series and it only, mostly, goes up from here. Easy recommendation.

Cecil too cold