darkgeekrocker

Story was ok, alot of it felt "chasing Sephiroth" with some, "lawl, twist ending leaving many questions" Then the other 80% of the game is Ubisoft-bs boring side quest/filler. Find this, do this 4 times, fight this reskinned enemy, etc etc Alot of handholding too by default. You literally get a short tutorial on how to use a character against the final boss. Best parts? - Characters: Barret, Barret saves this game alot of the times. Tifa and Clouds conversation feels well written. Yuffie adds energy to a boring drag ****. RedXII is good up to a point before a reveal (apparently a regional thing I was unaware off, so a pass, even if I don't agree with it) and Cait turned out better than expected (minus a horrible forced minigame.. f- that box throwing bs). Cloud exists. I do wish there was more dialogue/banter while you travel around the maps since that's like 80 hours of your first playthrough, alot of the time it's silence until battles or your near an icon point. -Maps are well made. only complaint i have is the hand holding "reveal the map" crap, so natural discovery and exploration doesn't apply here. very beautiful spots and traversal. -Dynamic Music SAVES this game so many times. if your ever going into game development, this feature is always a welcomed addition to making the game feel alive.

this is an awesome game if you have a final fantasy tactics itch like i do. for under $15, your looking at about 40 hours of game play with 2 story run throughs. the game isn't perfect. but, again, its $15 and from a small team. the story is sorta generic, but enjoyable, like anime has been lately. i hope to see this team go all out in the future with a $30 or $60 game with alot more content and branching skills.