Review: Final Fantasy 3
There are two Final Fantasy games that bear the title Final Fantasy 3, one is the original Final Fantasy 3 that was released for the NES in Japan, the other Final Fantasy 3 is for the Super Nintendo, and is actually Final Fantasy 6 since it is the 6th game in the series released in Japan, but the name was changed since it was only the third Final Fantasy game released her in the United States. This is the First time the original Final Fantasy 3 has been released here in the USA; will it live up to the high Expectations of Final Fantasy Fans?
Story:
4 young heroes must visit the 4 crystals to help protect the world from darkness. Can all of them overcome the darkness, and work together to save the world, or will the darkness destroy the balance and consume the world?
Graphics:
The graphics are Amazing, this is easily one of the best looking DS games released, right up there with Metroid Prime Hunters, Final Fantasy III is one of the games that show what type of graphics the Nintendo DS is capable of.
Music:
Another good soundtrack from Nobuo Uematsu graces this game, but I would have liked to have seen the soundtrack re-mastered better that it was, still it was re-mastered fairly well, and still maintains the Final Fantasy Atmosphere well. The sounds are still great and any fan of the series will feel at home just listening to them, but for some reason I felt that the music was below what one expects for a game from the Final Fantasy series, even if they original soundtrack is over 10 years old.
Control:
If you have played a final fantasy game you have the general idea as to how you should play this game, the difference is that this game is based on it's NES original, so you will only use two buttons to play this game, but it would have been nice to have seen more touch screen usage in a game with such simple controls other than just menu options, but alas it was too much to ask for from Square this time
Design:
The Design is as solid as one would expect from a Final Fantasy game, but something is missing, and I don?????t know what it is, I mean that I keep trying to fall asleep every time I play this game. And that is a really bad sign. I don?????t know I guess it seems bland in comparison to the best in the series, but that shouldn't detract me from this game since it didn't with final fantasy 1 and 2 for the GBA, and those 2 games are far more primitive than this game, but this is me just trying to figure out why it is that I don?????t find my self as attracted to this game as I usually expect myself to be as a fan of the series. But what really pissed me off is that this game is not the cats meow, and Square saw fit to charge fans $40 for this game when most of the rest of the DS library sells for $30, I feel that it is not deserving of the extra $10 dollars out of your pocket.
Final Fantasy fans might like this, but if you are anything like me, you might find this game.... sub par.... for that reason I say rent it before you buy it. Especially since for some odd reason SquareEnix saw fit to charge and exorbitant $40 for this game making it the most expensive game available for the DS.
Graphics
10/10
Game play
8/10
Sound
8/10
Fun factor
6/10
Tilt
6/10
Average score
7.6
Final Fantasy 3:
Pros:
Classic Final Fantasy Game play
Classic Final Fantasy music
Amazing Graphics
Ok story
Cons:
The Classic NES Final Fantasy Game play seems really dated
Hey if you want to remake a Final Fantasy game with new graphics how about Final Fantasy 4,6, or 7?
I found myself bored with this game after a while.
Costs $10 more than other DS games? Why?