Ugh... another spin-off... again... why? Well that would normally be me when it comes to spin-offs since the first DS Final Fantasy. Believe it or not this Final Fantasy looks like a repellent but if you put the time in, it shows it's true colours. To be honest I came into this game as a sceptic but it's actually made me have a little more faith in the franchise. Well here's my review of Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes Of Light.
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes Of Light it a cutesy looking game. Everything about it seems to be a repellent to fans of the main numbered franchise(that's all but X-2 and XII Revenant Wings) but it grows on you. The story is about 4 unlikely heroes from the town of Horne. Brandt has just become a man and went to pay his respects to the king only to be given a quest to save his daughter from a witch. Along his quest he meets Jusqua who is on the same quest, Yunita who is the princesses bodyguard and caretaker and Aire, the princess of Horne. After Rescuing the princess and defeating the witch who kidnapped her, the town of Horne becomes cursed and the 4 of them are now on a quest to save Horne and get dragged into saving the world from the upcoming threat... you know like every Final Fantasy. Also during the first 15-20 hours of the story you're going to have the characters split up and re-unite over and over again.
The game uses the traditional JRPG game type of turn-based combat with an interesting method of doing it. The game uses an AP system where instead of MP from previous games each ability uses a set amount of AP, even the basic attack command and it can be restored in battle with ether's and using the boost command. You only get 5 AP but it makes combat strategies more strategic. The game also brings back the Job Class system, with it each job is a crown for the characters to equip and a lot the basic jobs from previous games make a return. You can power up the crowns using jewels you find in battle. These jewels can also be sold, especially since enemies don't drop Gil at all.
Spells are also handled differently too. The spells are in books that you give each character and equip them like the abilities. Unfortunately the game only has 1 save slot and each character only holds 15 items each and none are stackable which makes life difficult in the game but adds to the strategy, plus you can't select an attack target which makes life miserable in battle especially when back row enemies can do heavy damage or an enemy on the right is powerful and you're stuck attacking the left enemy. When you die in the game you will be transported back to the last town you visited or saved at lose half the amount of jewels of one type of jewels you earned. This is both a good thing and a bad thing because the game usually takes away the jewels you either have the least of or worse the rarest but on the plus side all of your levels and items you collected will be retained so it's not all bad.
Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes Of Light is a great addition to the Final Fantasy stable. Even though it has a whole bunch of things that make it unappealing to the average FF fan, the game has a good story and likable characters with a well designed battle system. It is a little slow in getting there but it's well worth the time of any JRPG fan and gives hope to fans waiting for the next numbered Final Fantasy.
Brandon Thompson writes: "Gamers have seen few franchises with histories as impressively deep and memorable as the Final Fantasy series. Besides being known for great story lines lovable heroes, Square/Enix's uber-popular franchise is also known for having some of the meanest and most evil baddies in the history of video games.
What does it take to make a successful bad guy who makes a real impact on gamers? The character's costume certainly plays a part. Maybe it's how dramatic of an introduction the character has? Maybe it's all about how insanely crazy, strong, and determined the antagonist is. We still think the costume plays some part. You be the judge."
Kefka been there before and surpassed him. As I love Sephiroth, he's my favourite villain, Kefka is much more than him. Makes Sephy look like a wannabe.
Sephiroth is more bad ass than Kefka, but no one will be crazier than Kefka. The guy is a definition of 'evil'. He should be tops in that list, not Sephiroth.
from the article - "While we’re not allowed to number our top five lists anymore, there’s little doubt that Sephiroth would top the list if it were titled "popular" bad guys. Even though he's not the most evil, his hatred puts him in the top five."
Why can't you number a top 5?
lol, Sephiroths a little mommas boy always crying for mother. Kefka actually destroyed the world unlike the rest of them.
Sephiroth is a big wet p(an)sy. I'd rate Kuja over him, and Kuja is basically a schoolgirl.
Hands down: Sephiroth. What other villian has a symphony orchestra perform his theme song to live audiences? huh huh? That's right, Sephiroth PWNS!!!
was that a chick dressed as him in the pic. I would have to say the one I hated the most was seymor from FFX. Turned his mom into a summons and kept her in the basement all chained up.
Sephiroth has more rich character development, and a more obvious motivation for destruction. While Kefka is insane, Sephiroth was once psychology (seemly) normal, and even a great hero at one point.
He also didn't think what he was doing was wrong at all. Sephiroth honestly thought he was saving the world by becoming it's God.
"Sephiroth is more bad ass than Kefka, but no one will be crazier than Kefka. The guy is a definition of 'evil'. He should be tops in that list, not Sephiroth."
I kinda agree with that, though they did say they aren't allowed to number them. :p
Granted Sephiroth is another likeable villian from the FF series, I'd have to give the Bat**** crazy overall title to Kefka. The amount of stuff Sephiroth did in FF7 is kinda pale in comparison to the amount of grief, death, and overall things Kefka did in FF6.
However Sephiroth did make it seem more personal to what he did, which still makes him on the top lists.
why would sefi top the list the list said most evil bad guys technically speaking compared to what some of the other FF have done and what some of them actually are like the embodiment of malice itself sefi isn't really all that evil just someone who went insane
its just a popularity thing in the end anyways
I define evil as someone for no remorse or compassion for no living being on this planet. A pure malicious conscious from beggining to end. Someone that not even his/her mother would love. For this, Kefka takes the specifications perfectly. A pathetic weakling from the start of the game, towards becoming something like the devil itself. But regardless of his power, he was always an evil twat.
Barthandelus in XIII was pretty lame, even if it wasn't hermaphrodite lame like almost all other FF villains, he was pretty lame.
Most evil had to be Kefka... sorry Sephiroth fans, he was just a lonely kid who missed mommy.
dear god, main villain of ff13 was probably the worst villian in any game since xenosaga 2....probably cuz they r both popes.....but UGhhh, i think ff13 wuda been better if guy cid, or guy with silver hair or even jihl (chick with huge rack) was the main villain.
i loved the whole cast except for main villain. uggh i hate him so boring
Heath Hindman boils down the most likely candidates for the much talked-about Square Enix announcement looming in the future. Taking note of the origins of the rumors, he says, "(Squar Enix USA is) the guys that translate and publicize stateside versions of games made by Square Enix Japan. Generally, if you follow RPG news on the internet, you have heard of whatever game Square Enix USA is going to announce." Analysis, cautions, and educated guesses within.
SE have shown NO loyalty this gen whatsoever. And they've been caught stretching the truth regarding the word "exclusive" on both sides of the HD console camps (360/ PS3) with games like Star Ocean and Final Fantasy XIII, respectively.
I wouldn't be entirely shocked if VS was cancelled on the PS3 and made into an Iphone game.
I'm not holding my breath on VS being exclusive (or very good after the offal that was XIII - still haven't gotten past Ch. 6 on account of the boredom).
I disagree! To an extent... I mean, they have been loyal to X360 by giving them an edge start but as soon as the game game flops they go and make a hasty port for the PS3. Only titles developed from their combined effort are the ones that stay exclusive. FFXIII Versus going for the X360 wouldn´t really surprise me. I mean, they "gave" FFXIII to X360 and released it at the same time on both platforms but they didn´t prevent it from being exclusive on PS3 in Japan where the X360 is trying really hard to catter. That was the catch! Original X360 "exclusives" gets a PS3 port after 6 months, and X360 gets a PS3 "exclusive" without a japanese release.
They gimped Nintendo for Final Fantasy VII and have done this all through their span as a developer. Are people that naive, nothing has changed throughout all generations bar console sales. Everything has been on par each gen, console sales are the only thing to have impacted whether a company is successful or not, hence why Sega, with an arguably great Dreamcast console, flunked the market. Whatever Square d, it will be similar to what they have done in the past, only Nintendo has gone out and done something different with the DS and Wii and its paid off, everyone else will jump on that bandwagon as they always do. That's life, the world and globalization!
I agree! To an extent :)
I would add that MS likes to have these "bombshell", hype-fest, "we won E3" announcements. And they have made it a point this gen of going after all of Sony's old 3rd party IPs (but they relatively ignore the glaring oversight of developing and nurturing their OWN exclusives via 1st/ 2nd party - maybe next gen?).
If there is enough hype for VS, MS will write a cheque. Mark my words. Sure the port might suck, but all they want is the "we have it too" mentality for their machine. This is all business, and I think that the more passionate enthusiasts (like the people here on N4G - myself included) forget that.
By the same token, I think that Sony needs to do away with that "we don't pay for 3rd party development" mantra that they came into this generation with.
If Sony want to really do some damage to the competition, they should start writing cheques to EA, Bungie and Epic.
"Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected."
- Sun Tzu's Art of War
I see more probable FFXIV on 360 than VS XIII I dont know why. My bet is on XIV
@blind-reaper
I agree. We already KNOW that SE want's XIV on 360 as well. The only reason it hasn't happened yet is because MS is being to greedy and won't come to a good deal with SE.
On the other hand VS is being made by Nomura who is known to be a die hard Sony loyalist. The fact that he is as big as he is inside of SE and in charge of VS makes me think that game will never see the light of day on 360.
All the indications we have seen so far point to VS looking WAY better then Final Fantasy XIII did and if that's the case a Xbox 360 port would be either more dumbed downed then XIII was or just not possible in the first place.
ps3 exclusive and will never come out on xbox nomura is like gabe but dosent go on like gabe vs will stay with ps3 and nomura would not like to go down the same route with final fantasy 13 no shops no npcs no huge world explores no space ships no towns so no vs will never be on 360 and final fantasy mmo is a ps3 exclusive as for now but unlike some xbox fans say mass effect 1,2 exclusive to there consoe its not because its on pc im a sony fan and i know final fantasy 14 mmo on pc and i didnt say its exclusive to the ps3 it may come out on xbox later on but vs is a ps3 only title and agito is for the psp only
I'm pretty sure if Nomura's boss came to him and said, you will make this game for xyz system, he would go, "sure thing boss. When do you need it by?". His preferences mean nothing to the company as a whole.
Valkyrie profile is a limited x360 exclusive?? It won't be versus going multiplat because he said he would quit if that happened, he want's it to be the best final fantasy created since FFX (no I'm not counting the latest edition because it was a joke of a game)
GFB writes: "Final Fantasy is one of the most famous franchises in gaming history and for good reason. The gameplay has evolved over the years and pleased gamers on everything from the original NES to the WonderSwan and still entrances gamers on the PS3 and 360. But there's another appeal factor about this series.
The women of Final Fantasy are considered among most gamers as some of the hottest around. Sure the fact that they're in an RPG series probably contributes. So with such a rich pool of talent in terms of hotness, who are the top babes in this category? We've compiled the list of what we think are the sexiest female characters in the history of the Final Fantasy franchise."
:( No Aerith? Not too bad of a list though.
MY top 5 are:
5. Celes Chere (VI)
4. Rinoa Heartilly (VIII)
3. Rosa Farrell (IV)
2. Oerba Yun Fang (XIII)
1. Aerith Gainsborough (VII)
DAYEM! Beatrix is a VERY close second to Tifa. I forgot all about her. The odd character proportions from IX worked on Beatrix, lol.
How is Fran not on there?
What are they smoking?!?!?!?
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What about Lulu? Am I the only one that thinks Lulu is smoking HOT!!!?
I agree Fran should be in there too i like her. (it's the ears) maybe I have a fetish :)
Lulu, was always my favorite, i never though yuna was hot for a second, same with rikku.
Actually, it was always Fran's accent that really got me, as far as attractiveness goes. Penelo, physically and socially, is more my type, though.
I find myself ashamed that I even commented on this thread. But... anything Final Fantasy grabs my interest!
-Arvis
I think Lulu should've been on there... :P
She's definitely my #2. (After Tifa of course :P)
