We really ought to be grateful. Square Enix could have rehashed the original Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, but instead they went back to the drawing board coming up with a new story, fresh characters, and a bunch of nifty features that take advantage of the Nintendo DS. A by-the-numbers re-release this is not. The game has voice acting for Pete's sake! And some of it isn't half bad. In a cynical, but fully knowing move, the game appeals to the loot scrounge in all of us. Dungeons are stuffed with treasures, material, and crafting patterns. Just as Diablo recreated the sheer joy of finding fifty bucks on the sidewalk, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates rinds and nails a perfect loot-rinse-repeat rhythm. If anything, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates raises the bar for the kind of experience handheld gamers can expect. This may not mean an end to quickie ports that take advantage of our adoration for the Final Fantasy franchise, but it is a sure sign that Square Enix is genuinely trying to make their second-tier games that much better.
Review by: Gus Mastrapa
Pros
• Heavy single player story
• Four-player dungeon crawls
• Lots of loot
Cons
• No online play
• Controls are a handful
• Thin multiplayer plot
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "The Final Fantasy series is one of gaming’s most revered franchises with many of its games finding themselves near the top of ‘best games of all time’ lists and simply uttering the words ‘Final Fantasy’ usually evokes images of epic quests and world class polish. But not all of the games to bear the name have been worthy of praise. Some, in fact are terrible, unplayable, ugly and obnoxious games that make you wonder how Square Enix ever approved them. So for this week’s Top 10 we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel and counting down the Top 10 Worst Final Fantasy Games."
Addition of FFXIII Lightning Returns and Crystal Bearers make your list redundant.
Though I appreciate the lack of FFX-2.
And I agree with the rest.
Wait on further thought, the inclusion FFVIII would be nice. Terrible writing, terrible story, terrible gameplay and terrible translation. And therefore a terrible game.
Since when is After Years or Lightning Returns bad?
This article is garbage, the absolute worst FF, Final Fantasy XIII is nowhere to be seen.
Also, why include a game that doesn't even exist anymore? FFXIV 1.0 is long gone...
Lightning avatar and mad about Lightning Returns being on the list!? https://www.youtube.com/wat...
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Graham Russell: "Generally, when you’re looking to play a game with friends, it’s much easier to do it on a home console. With portables, each player usually needs a system, and most need a copy of the game (and maybe some funky cables, if you go back enough). Generally, people haven’t bothered to take advantage of the technology. Of course, if you’re a crazy person like me, that’s more of an incentive than a barrier."
We recently featured an article about five unannounced 3DS games that we would like to see Nintendo reveal in 2012. Following up on that idea, here are six games that would fit well on the 3DS in 2012, each coming from a third-party developer that has already pledged support for the handheld. Let the speculation begin on GameRabies!
I would like something from Platinum games...maybe God Hand 2 3D or just God hand 3D :)
then new No more heroes 3DS
new Sin & Punishment 3DS
new Madworld 3DS
new Silent Hill 3DS
Kororinpa 3DS & Bomberman 3DS & Omega 5 (damn you Konami, for now)..
It is certainly a good game and good score. It's funny how some reviews say it's a shallow single story game mainly focusing on mulitplayer while others say it's a heavy single player story.
Weird isn't it? Are these reviewers playing the same game to say things so opposite?