Monday, November 12, 2018

Final Fantasy Type-0 (PS4)

I've always been a huge Final Fantasy fan.  It was the RPG series, along with Chrono Cross and Secret of Mana that got me into RPGs.  This game was originally a PSP game but was ported to the PS4 when it finally came to the US.  I remember watching trailers for this game when it was first announced for PSP.

When I finally got to play this when the PS4 remake came out it was alright.  Nowhere near as much fun as it looked but still a solid title in the series.  It definitely felt like playing a PSP title though.  Very little was done with the port and to call it a remake is definitely a misuse of the term.

The story is key here.  It is about a class of military students that you grow to know and learn more about as they learn about the terrors of war and just what it means.  Each character feels unique and has their own personality, abilities, and skills.  It delves a bit into the crystal stuff that Final Fantasy XIII had and there is mention of several terms across both games.  Which makes sense since this game and Final Fantasy XIII were released as part of a set, kind of.

The combat is fun at times and learning how to dodge is really the best way to win.  Once you learn to trigger deathstrikes, that is all you go for because fighting normally quickly leads to death.  In fact, some enemies are only killable with these special strikes.  Luckily, it isn't super difficult to trigger them and the player learns very quickly how to perform them.

The biggest drawback is the heavy reliance on a special minigame that takes place on the world map.  I can't recall the name of them but they were so boring and I was very happy that you can in fact skip all of them past the first one.  They do add a lot to the experience but I found them to be so tedious it was sucking the fun out of the game.  They are a kind of RTS aspect that I just couldn't get into.

The wait for this game to be released in the US was definitely long.  It was worth it though for the story alone.  Learning more about your fellow classmates and the ending of the game make it worth playing.  Sure there were some aspects of the game that were rough and having to redo the whole ending section because of a non-clear choice at the end is a big slap to the face of the player but if you enjoy Final Fantasy.  Give this a go.  It is quite fun.

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