Dissidia: Final Fantasy Comments by Matt Edwards

First! \o/

Very pleased this hasn't turned out to be awful, hoorah!

"Cosmos retaliates by summoning all the manically depressed protagonists from the same games in order to settle the score once and for all."

Hey, that's not fair! Zidane was depressed for about 5 minutes on the last disc and that was it!

Sounds suprisingly good.

Had a Jap version of this and its not surprisingly confusing to say the least!

Will be getting the Eng lang version of this definitely!!

It'd be awesome if you could play as Biggs or Wedge.

I just don't get the jokes in the captions in this review...

"Hands up anyone who thought Square Enix would ever release a fighting game made up completely of Final Fantasy characters? Okay, so maybe the DreamFactory-developed Ehrgeiz hinted at it, but I honestly didn't see this coming."

Considering how many times Square-Enix have released something which nobody wants instead of a high-def remake of FF7? No, this doesn't surprise me.

Having said that, I'm pleased the game is good. Maybe I'm missing something though; does the review even mention how well the game controls on the PSP's button layout? I'm going to assume it must do, since the point obviously isn't noticable enough for it even to be worth discussing.

Can't wait for this. First PSP game I'll have bought for ages.

The European release date was supposed to be announced in Feb.

Woohoo, assuming 2009 starts now for gaming, then the PSP may well have a fantastic year!

@Ghost:

It controls very well. Easy to pick up and play.

This review makes me want Power Stone 3. :-(

Having played the Japanese version... i was very impressed with this it reminded me ov Virtua-On.
Graphically its really good..
but can't wait for the english language version as i didn't have a clue about how to upgrade my character.
What i played of it it definately is a worthy 8.

Tina's take on EX is turning into her naked Esper form, complete with the ability to combo her magic attacks and glide.

Tina? Terra more like.

Anyway, looks really good and gives me even more reason to finally get a PSP.

In their defense, they ARE playing the Japanese version. Terra would be called Tina there.

@Laurenza

Fair enough, I never knew that so...my bad. Would also explain why Kefka was spelled with 'C' instead of a 'K'.

Beat me to it Laurenza :p

Might pick it up then when it goes for cheap on Ebay. The combat and levelling systems do intrigue me so.

I'm well up for this.

Import Review of Myrtan Wars as well please!

Great review of a surprisingly good game. Also been playing the Japanese version for a while now and while the action is really great (as in: I never expected it could work so well) I haven't got a clue how to upgrade my character. Can't wait for the English language version.

Yep. Terra was Tina in the Japanese version of FF6. Ted Woolsey changed it for the translation because Tina wasn't as exotic sounding in English.

Not really sure on Cefca actually. The direct romanisation of the Japanese text would be Kefuka but I've definitely seen his name spelled with a C on toy packaging before so I guess that's how Square-Enix decided to spell his name.

Even so... anyone who's knowledgeable about FF ought to know it's Terra/Kefka over here. Same with Golbez. You wouldn't expect the review to say Tida rather than Tidus, would you?

I just think it's funny given the review ends with "if you've only played Final Fantasy VII, just be sure to try a character other than Cloud and Sephiroth" because it sounds like whomever wrote it has themselves only played from VII onwards and looked everything else up on Wikipedia :p (I mean, the "desperation attacks" in FF6 were really nothing like Limit Breaks in FF7, they were just randomly-occurring, super-rare attacks...)

@ firefly

I actually had the Western names in when I first wrote the review. But upon reading it again I thought what the hell, as it's an import review keep the Japanese names in to see if anyone says anything :p

@ Daryoon

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Yeah so I've not played and completed every Final Fantasy. Just FFI, FFIV, FFVI, FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX, FFX and FFXII. I don't feel this has too much bearing on me writing a review for a Final Fantasy fighter as my FF trivia, although not going to win me Square Enix fan-boy of the year, is mostly pooled from first-hand experience :p

As for your quibble with the "desperation attacks" analogy, most RPG fans I've spoken to would generally considered them to be the precursor to FFVII's Limit Breaks. And I don't think your description of "randomly-occurring, super-rare attacks" is particularly accurate. You may not know/remember, but the desperation attack, for most characters, only occurred when their health was critical - so the conditions were only partly random. A quick internet search also seems to suggest that a character in critical status had a 1 in 16 chance of performing a desperation attack. I'd consider this to be unlikely rather than super-rare.

Actually, I don't think I ever saw a desperation attack in FFVI as none of my characters ever reached critical status or died. At least that's the official line... :s

Right, screw this Final Fantasy gibber jabber, time for some more Street Fighter IV :D

Well I've tried it in the japanese version and it looks damn fine. Pity I couldn't read a single word but looks nice and polished.

In my opinion you were quite right to keep the original names Matt. After all this is the Japanese version and should be reviewed as such.

I've always thought the desperation attacks in FF6 had more in common with the equivalent in FF8. What with the critical health factor and the fact that they were never certain to appear. Granted once you got the aura spell in FF8 they were pretty much certain to appear, and were more-or-less my main strategy in the latter parts of the game. FF7's Limit Breaks were more of a precursor to FF9's Trances and FF10's Overdrives.

Really looking forward to this. I've got Crisis Core to keep me going in the meantime. Should last a while as I keep losing my saved games :-(

damn, gotta buy this next month.
this game is really awesome and worth buying :D