Final Fantasy IV
You spoony Bard!
ok well i only played this game once and i kind of rushed through it so i may have forgotten a bit of the story. also this is the hardest FF i played and i played the US snes version so yeah. anyway.
Story: in the world of Earth ( yes it is earth in this game) our "hero", Cecil Harvey is seen returning from his daily pillage. today he stole a water crystal from the mysidians.
Cecil questions the king about his duties and is releived of command of the airship army. his task is to go with his old buddy,Kain Highwind, to deliver mail to the mist village. they leave for the mist village and defeat the mist dragon. the package opens itself and a bunch of Bombs are released. confused the pair see a young girl grieving over her mother. her mother died because cecil and kain killed the dragon. the young girl summons Titan and splits the town in half.
Cecil awakens and spots the girl on the floor. Kain was nowwhere to be found. Cecil goes to the desert town of Kaipo and lets her sleep in a bed. A bunch of junkies enter and want to get the girl too bad cecil aint having it and kills them. the girl awakes tells Cecil that she is Rydia.
Cecil so happens to find his GF rosa sleeping next door. but needs a sand ruby to... you know what i CBA summarizing the story. you want to know go find out yourself. this aint a review. lol ok.
Gameplay. this is the first FF to introduce the now famous ATB gauge. other than that it plays like every other FF gme. oh yeah and you get 5 party member instead of 4 or 3. the only FF to do this ( as much as i have played). but there is no switching between. for example. by the endgame you will have. Rydia, Rosa,Cecil,Edge and Kain. there are other characters such as Yang and Cid. but you cannot use them so you are stuck with the characters you have. removing some strategy.
Verdict: Good FF. Big challenge. Especially on DS version. the story is a little out there toward the end but its nothing like FF VIII. apart from that its your standard FF game.
the last 3 coming up. will FF VI take the crown as so much people would do. or will it be V or IX. find out next time on Dragon ball.... i mean. My top 9.