Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (WII)

“I loved this game, it was traditional and proved that old graphics aren't extinct. I enjoyed it even though it wasn't much to look at. It was nice to see childhood characters grow as well. I had some problems with it though... Shelling out three...”

“I loved this game, it was traditional and proved that old graphics aren't extinct. I enjoyed it even though it wasn't much to look at. It was nice to see childhood characters grow as well. I had some problems with it though...

Shelling out three bucks for a chapter that was worth about 2-4 hours of game play each was irritating. It was worth it to see what it was all leading up to and it felt like I was unraveling a mystery. I enjoyed the new bits of music they put in and the game itself was more challenging then the past 5 entries into the main series.

You could tell this game was made for the fans though, which didn't mean it was bad, but they were really trying. They melded bosses from every single game and made you fight them with a loose story behind it. The ending was really neat though. Worth playing, but only if you liked FF IV.”

“GAH! THE PLOT IS _BAD_! IT IS EXCEEDINGLY _BAD_! I mean... this has actually ruined the _first_ game for me. THAT IS HOW BAD THE PLOT IS! Okay... lets go over this. We have some whiny brat kid... who happens to have his two parents as being the...”

“GAH! THE PLOT IS _BAD_! IT IS EXCEEDINGLY _BAD_! I mean... this has actually ruined the _first_ game for me. THAT IS HOW BAD THE PLOT IS!

Okay... lets go over this. We have some whiny brat kid... who happens to have his two parents as being the local equivalent to Deities on this planet. He is going to go through the training his dad did and can easily handle most of the issues presented at this point in the game. I mean, he is not just overpowered... he is exceedingly over powered. And yet... he seems to be feeling bad... a whiny. AN EMO. Clearly Cecil needed to smack him around a little more.

So... the first mission, being exceedingly easy is beaten... I am accompanied by Biggs and Wedge, and _even_ they were kicking ass here. For those of you unaware Biggs and Wedge are the Final Fantasy equivalent to Star Trek: Original's Red Shirts... or Johnson from Drew Carrey (whom gets fired _every_ single episode). These two alone could beat this mission to become Knights in Baron. Clearly this is _not_ Sparta and I am lost. It is like everybody softened up.

So then the second moon appears, and flying monsters start attacking the castle from the sky. I mean, I do not fly myself, and I am a monster (a Lamia)--but it is certainly union rules, that we must use the front gate, or any particular entrance that is more than likely going to get us killed. I mean, if you are a monster, and can simply fly over the wall, it is just _not_ done. So I can see how King Cecil was a little more than surprised that the flying monsters would come from the sky and not the land itself. So any ways this exceedingly powerful woman, who just happens to have tamed Bahamut (that slut, he will be summoned by _anybody_). I mean, normally you have to prove that your cause is worthy... which is clearly was _not_ even by the standards of the _other_ summoners. I mean, if they _do_ suggest that this woman, normally called "???", was acting in the right, it would be the biggest ass pull of.. well.. actually no... Final Fantasy does a _lot_ of ass pulls.

So the woman named ??? (what land does the name ??? come from? Sounds Germanic) then kills the King of Baron, and pretty much calls him a horrible half breed. Racist much? She also knocks the air ships out of the sky. Then she assumes the guise of King Cecil. She also does an exceedingly _bad_ job of it. I mean, what she _should_ have done... I mean what _I_ would have done anywys, I would have instructed the monsters pretended to be soldiers to.. well not fail horribly at it. I mean, they may as well just go around as monsters... it would have been just slightly less inconspicuous. I mean, we can work with this. The girl assumes the guise of King Cecil, and passes a decree, that for peace of the kingdom he will be working to make PEACE WITH THE MONSTERS. In fact, the monsters would be in the towns, and city, and not attack anybody. Yush, they would be attacked, but ??? would instruct that they are to run away, and not fight the people attacking them. I mean, boom! Here we go, _this_ works. It also makes _her_ look like the good guy, and anybody who faces her as the bad guy. I mean, at this point ???, disguised as King Cecil, would put King Cecil as being way more responsible than any others.

Anyways we go over to Prince Emo... he does not get another name. Being the only survivor of being dropped from the sky on a brick, he is more than a little shocked that Biggs and Wedge are dead.

No offence, but if I meet somebody in my life on this Earth, and they are named Biggs or Wedge, I would not be surprised if they died. I mean, I would see the corpse of somebody named Biggs and go, "meh, figures". I mean, I would not hold it against these people if they had a phobia of red clothing. I mean--I do not think it would be possible to hold it against these people.

Anyways, after dropping a few thousand feet from the sky on what effectively has the effect of a brick when dropping, Prince Emo is more than a little disturbed that Biggs and Wedge, and various other soldiers that parents did not even bother giving them names, are now dead. I mean, if one of these nameless soldiers were still alive, I would prolly be more than a little surprised. I mean HE DEFIED LOGIC AND LIVED! I would have given a kick ass name like Charles. "Hi, I earned the name Charles when I SURVIVED FALLING SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET TO MY DOOM!". Yeah, Charles would be awesome.

So anyways, I head off from the wreckage... which I must note... they did not include the cliche where it would explode rather violently FOR NO GOOD REASON. That is _one_ good point for this game. I mean, there is nothing really in the ship to explode. I am surprised the wreckage was not burning or smouldering though. I guess Cid designed his airships to shut down any sort of reactions that could cause fire, should the Airship be plummeting to its death. I mean, Cid has the people's safety in mind, making it so that after the --rant has been cu”