Everytime I replay this game, the story gets worse. It's a 1991 game, so I won't go into detail about the plot.
Now, this is the 3rd version of FFIV I've played (Advance and PSP before this one), and it's definitely my least favorite, for one major reason: the difficulty feels overtuned and out-of-balance.
In the 2D remakes, later dungeons would give me a hard time, but a save point would show up just at the right time to restore my party. This 3D remake is about the same, except that they turned some enemies into the banes of my existence.
There are a couple of foes that throw party-wide elemental attacks at you - they deal a ton of damage, and are likely to kill your weaker characters (...Edge...). If you encounter a group of 2 or more, start praying to RNGesus that they won't spam these attacks on you.
Shout out to this asshole in the moon that self-destructs when close to dying, giving you zero exp and gil. Are you fucking kidding me.
I also wanna mention the final boss. He's mostly the same, only now they have buffed his Meteor for some God-forsaken reason: it now hits your entire party, and deals as much damage as Big Bang.
Here's the thing though, he shakes when he's about to cast Big Bang, so you can properly defend and tank the damage. For Meteor though, fuck you - once again, pray to the RNG. Why do this?
I do wanna praise the rest of the bosses though, they are almost always intense, satisfying battles, being given new strategies and skills that make the fights more interesting. It's just Zeromus that they decided to fuck with the player for some reason.
Another criticism I have are the Augments, which is a cool idea on paper, but the execution ends up feeling more like a bonus side-content, rather than a core mechanic. 90% of the Augments require a guide to acquire, and the passive abilities still require being equipped in your command list, which is a big "huh?" to me.
I also wanna point out that, since the game isn't 60fps, menus during battles feel somewhat clunky.
The rest of the game is still the same old FFIV I love, it's just that poorly balanced difficulty that makes this version only worth it for people who are already fans of the game. For your first playthrough, I recommend the PSP version, the definitive version to me.
Now, this is the 3rd version of FFIV I've played (Advance and PSP before this one), and it's definitely my least favorite, for one major reason: the difficulty feels overtuned and out-of-balance.
In the 2D remakes, later dungeons would give me a hard time, but a save point would show up just at the right time to restore my party. This 3D remake is about the same, except that they turned some enemies into the banes of my existence.
There are a couple of foes that throw party-wide elemental attacks at you - they deal a ton of damage, and are likely to kill your weaker characters (...Edge...). If you encounter a group of 2 or more, start praying to RNGesus that they won't spam these attacks on you.
Shout out to this asshole in the moon that self-destructs when close to dying, giving you zero exp and gil. Are you fucking kidding me.
I also wanna mention the final boss. He's mostly the same, only now they have buffed his Meteor for some God-forsaken reason: it now hits your entire party, and deals as much damage as Big Bang.
Here's the thing though, he shakes when he's about to cast Big Bang, so you can properly defend and tank the damage. For Meteor though, fuck you - once again, pray to the RNG. Why do this?
I do wanna praise the rest of the bosses though, they are almost always intense, satisfying battles, being given new strategies and skills that make the fights more interesting. It's just Zeromus that they decided to fuck with the player for some reason.
Another criticism I have are the Augments, which is a cool idea on paper, but the execution ends up feeling more like a bonus side-content, rather than a core mechanic. 90% of the Augments require a guide to acquire, and the passive abilities still require being equipped in your command list, which is a big "huh?" to me.
I also wanna point out that, since the game isn't 60fps, menus during battles feel somewhat clunky.
The rest of the game is still the same old FFIV I love, it's just that poorly balanced difficulty that makes this version only worth it for people who are already fans of the game. For your first playthrough, I recommend the PSP version, the definitive version to me.