Well the graphics and music are beautiful and its nice to have an RPG on my DS, but because its recreating an old game, it still doesn't have a very intriguing storyline. They added personality to the characters, but they couldn't change the fact that the general storyline for FF3 back in the day just isn't up to standards of general RPGs. The personalities of the characters is the best feature of the story, but it isn't enough to make you care or anything like that. Or at least that's why I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected to. I liked it a lot, and it was fun and I absolutely adored the graphics, but I think the lack of truly involving story brought the reviews down.
[QUOTE="Avatar_Taxidous"]Well the graphics and music are beautiful and its nice to have an RPG on my DS, but because its recreating an old game, it still doesn't have a very intriguing storyline. They added personality to the characters, but they couldn't change the fact that the general storyline for FF3 back in the day just isn't up to standards of general RPGs. The personalities of the characters is the best feature of the story, but it isn't enough to make you care or anything like that. Or at least that's why I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected to. I liked it a lot, and it was fun and I absolutely adored the graphics, but I think the lack of truly involving story brought the reviews down. What about the gameplay is it addicting or boring? well I never played any FF below 7 because they seem outdated graphically so I don't know about the story of this 1 or anything. Will it be interesting for a someone who hasn't played it before?
My guess is that it's still the same game it was 16 years ago, just with updated graphics. The story doesn't really have any depth to it and the gameplay is total old-school, but the old-school goodness is exactly what I love about it and why it's still my number one favorite DS game to date. It totally takes me back to when I was like 10 and the original Final Fantasy first came out.
7.9 isn't really THAT bad, but I guess I can understand why they would rate it at 7.9 even if I don't exactly agree. I guess it's mostly just a matter of taste though. *Shrugs*
It's most enjoyed with a faq just to remind you of where to go or about dungeons you wouldn't otherwise notice. It's one of my fav FFs, and I've logged 20 hours onto it so far :) I'm playing it every chance I get...The job system is great, the story is a bit lacking, but the graphics overhaul makes it look splendid. 7.9 is an almost great score (great 8-8.9). Don't think that a game is bad if it doesn't score a 9+. Anything over a 6 is almost always worth playing. Base your ultimate buying decisions on what YOU want to play. I bought Ninety-Nine Nights and I love it ;) Games are all in the eye of the beholder.
In a post FF VII world, old-school FF titles, even gussied-up, new ones don't fare well in comparison. Judged alone, for its own individual merits, FFIII for the DS is a great game. As a hand-held DS title, it's great. But when judged relatively by the standard that extra-DS FF titles have to offer, it can't measure up. Ultimately, it's what the individual player gets out of the game, not how many subjective points a game may receive by a reviewer, no matter how adept he or she is at the job.
In a post FF VII world, old-school FF titles, even gussied-up, new ones don't fare well in comparison. Judged alone, for its own individual merits, FFIII for the DS is a great game. As a hand-held DS title, it's great. But when judged relatively by the standard that extra-DS FF titles have to offer, it can't measure up. Ultimately, it's what the individual player gets out of the game, not how many subjective points a game may receive by a reviewer, no matter how adept he or she is at the job. TwoStirsPaco
Yeah it's hard to pick up rpgs these days, because I judge rpgs based on square standards. FF series 7-12 & also DQ8 so when I play rpgs I try it for a couple of minutes if it doesn't measure up I never pick it up again.
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