If you are a RPG fan, download Final Fantasy IV. The game has been out in awhile on all devices, I know, but it is still worth reviewing for the fun it brings.
I first played it on my mobile. At $10.99 it’s a little costly for a mobile app, I admit. I hesitated to tap on the buy button but I’m glad I did after all. The game is great and brought back the good old FF RPG memories. Here’s what I like:
Playing good and bad, neat storyline
You start off as Cecil Harvey, the dark knight, who is sort of an evil guy at first. As the game progresses, you realized that the king isn’t that a good person, and all the shit he is asking you to do is evil. So you decide to switch and turn to the light side. To become the good guy Paladin, you have to go through Mt. Ordeals. The bad guy in the game is Golbez who is an evil sorcerer looking to gather all the crystals around the world by controlling the King’s troops. Golbez came to power after taking over Cecil’s position (after he decided to become a good guy) as the Red Wings captain. The rest of the story sees Cecil and his party stopping Golbez from collecting the crystals.
As with any Final Fantasy RPG series, you pick up new members along the way to form your fighting party. The characters of Final Fantasy IV come with a lot of character and attitude. For example the bard, Edward Chris von Muir, is kind of a sissy but is definitely unique and is useful at times in battle. The twin kiddo white and black prodigy mages, Palom and Porom, are very playful although (spoiler alert!) they die in the end. For a mobile RPG game, the voiceover is excellent, and it helps you really relate to the characters and get into the storyline. And of course, Final Fantasy IV also includes some romance, with Rosa Farrell playing the “Tifa Lockhart” role in the game.
Auto-battle is sweet, map navigation is cool
Unlike the usual turn-based battles, Final Fantasy IV was the first title to introduce the Active Time Battle (ATB) system, which makes battles more realistic. The game also allows you to customize your battle options. For example, players with white mages can set “cura” or “raise” as spells in their first page options, which facilitates quick casting. If this option didn’t exist, the default settings require you to scroll down, tap on white spells, and scroll down again to cast “cura”, which would waste precious battle time. When a party’s options are properly customized, it can really help players to fight battles effectively without losing too much speed. The sweet thing is that it also comes with an “auto-battle” option which makes farming or fighting easy. You just sit back and watch your party whoop the opponents in auto mode.
Final Fantasy IV also saw a map upgrade from compared to previous titles. Now, you can roam around with a semi-transparent map in the background. It removes the hassle of having to walk a few steps and then having to go back to menu to hit the map options again. Perhaps trivial but cool. Unlike other Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy IV allows you to ride on chocobos pretty early in the game. But unfortunately, I don’t think Final Fantasy IV has that chocobo racing thing I love.
Great music and decent 3D graphics
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