Final Fantasy - Dissidia

[Weasel Overlord]

IT'S FINALLY HERE!! Yes, I know, this is delayed for you lucky American buggers, but shut up, I only got my copy yesterday.

ANYWAY I was wondering, does anyone here have the game? If so, how have you found it? Which characters do you favour? How much have you done?

Me? I've finished the prologue (obviously), and both Cloud and Cecil's Story Modes. I'm moving on to Onion Knight next, with the aim to slowly unlock all the bad guys (starting with my beloved Jecht, who was the first to feel my unlocking powers, mwahaha).

So. Discuss! And if you aren't playing it, why not? I actually am curious.

One last note: if you're gonna post spoilers, PLEASE would you put them under spoiler tags (like so only minus the *s: [*spoiler] your text here [/*spoiler]. I really don't want the ending to be ruined for me. Thanks a bundle!

[Samchu]

After about a month of "um"ing and "ah"ing over this, I impulsively decided on the day of its release to cave in and treat my PSP to a long-overdue escape from my desk drawer, and I have to say that I'm glad I did. I've been casually playing it for a week now and in my bid to keep some kind of 'order' to the game have been playing through the heroes in order of Final Fantasy number and am currently on Cecil.

My verdict:

Storyline - For the most part it seems to be the classic good vs evil story which is hard to get wrong. The presence of crystals adds a classic Final Fantasy feel to the game which is always a comfort when you're facing a completely new battle system. I also like the fact that the plot actually seems to be three-dimensional. It's not so much, good guys get crystals, good guys win, there's something that we don't know and have to try and draw out through the course of the game. HOWEVER. I am annoyed at some of the inconsistencies within the storyline. As some of the heroes carry out part of their journey in groups you'd expect to see certain events replayed which aren't (e.g. Play as Warrior of light and then Firion and you'll see what I mean). It's also a little tedious to watch the same cutscene after the completion of every character (this may change as I've only completed 3 and can't say for definite).

Battle system - Instead of the classic two people enter, beat the **** out of each other until one person dies, using a variety of different moves, you have instead a bravery system. The amount of bravery dictates how much damage you do to the opponent. You increase your bravery by using bravery attacks to steal bravery from your opponent and deal damage through offensive attacks (O and X buttons respectively). It sounds a little complicated but it's really easy to get the hang of and it actually works pretty well so I'll give them credit there. Summons are awesome but I'd have loved to see some cutscenes for them. Once again there is an overdrive mode, which requires EX Points to activate and a successful hit with an offensive move to execute. Sounds complicated, I know, but it isn't and once you get the hang of it it's really fun.

Levelling - Slow in my experience which means it takes an eternity to learn some new moves but I didn't find my level that crucial to victory.

The stages - Interesting set-up with a map laid out so you can plan your ideal route from start to end. Can't say I'm fond of the Destiny Points (which you spend to move spaces), they honestly seem like a waste of time. Either you'll be bother to collect / kill everything on the map or you won't, the strategy element seems wasteful. The downside, however, is that it feels a bit repetitive after a while.

And those are just some of the basic aspects of the game. The rest is better left to discovery if you decide to buy this game. It can seem very overwhelming at first (they throw a lot of different things at you pretty quickly) but once you get the hang of it, it's a great game and a fun way to kill a few hours replaying as some of your favourite FF chars (good and bad) in a new environment.

Personally, I really enjoyed the game and would recommend it.

8/10!

[Drago]

I haven't played this game, and in all likelihood if I ever do play it it won't be very much for lack of a PSP, but I think that it's just so incredibly exciting all the same, that for about a whole day, I was scouring the website for content and videos. I even read through every character's profile, man.

To bring together FF's rich history in the one place like this just feels so right, and holy hell that intro video is epic, ain't it? I just love marking out for my boy Cloud.

So in essence, I don't really have anything of relevance to add to this game, other than, without having ever even played it, I approve.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

THAT'S IT! I'm buying PSP!

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Perhaps not, but I must consider that option after seeing this. The game looks awesome, and makes my Chocobo Tales for Nintendo DS seem outdated. While Chocobo tales concentrates on bringing as many Final Fantasy monsters as possible into one new kind of game, this seems to focus on characters, which is splendid!

I didn't find out about this game until now, and watched some trailers, including THIS. But they don't speak Japanese in the European version, do they? As a Japanese teacher, I'd like to have Japanese language option in every single Final Fantasy!!

[martinatycova]

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