Final Fantasy IV DS Impressions

I’ve never played FFIV so this is the first time. Here are my thoughts on it so far.

The Good
- New head to body ratio for character designs gives good new level of detail.
- Great voice acting and use of 3D for key scenes. Voices can be turned off.
- Key scenes can be skipped by pressing start twice.
- Auto battle mode can be toggled and setup with one command for each character.
- Customisable battle menus for quick access to spells, skills and commands.
- Mini games are much better than FFIII Mognet feature.
- Customisable Pochika summon for wireless and in-game battles.
- A cutscene theatre.
- Character thought bubbles when accessing the menu adds more development.
- Exploring 100% of maps rewards you with general items such as potions.

The Bad
- Can’t seem to switch active character while in menu to view all thought bubbles.
- Would be great if you could skip the unvoiced scenes too.
- Have to find the fat chocobo to access the mini games, theatre and beastiary.
- Level grinding.

Nice mix of mini games so far.

Thanks XComp

I found this remake a huge disappointment. The difficulty is way out of wack. The loading kinda sucks. The music is kinda grating. The slowdown during battles is annoying. The cutscenes and stuff are pretty hot though. But like, the first town outside the main castle’s inn is fucking 50gil, and what’s her name dies every other battle unless you unload potions or just have her heal the whole time. That kind of unbalance is just frustrating and not fun at all.

Thanks sp0rsk