Final Fantasy II

uh oh i can hear the FF VIII fans shouting at me right now.

anyway. again im looking at this from the GBA version so yeah

Story: one day the people of the kingdom of Fynn were having fish and chips for tea, when suddenly a bunch of soulless slow moving warriors burned down the whole city. 4 young adults escaped but were hunted down by the forces of evil and killed. they woke up to be healed by The White wizard of fynn but only 3 were there, Firion , Maria and Guy/Gus. the princess told us to see scott. scott died then the 3 warriors got to join the rebels and they had to go north and save a bunch of miners. after that the princess ordered them to get the stuff to go into the ancient castle, so they did and with the help of a bald guy they killed the evil turtle. ( i forgot to mention that the empire built an evil Airship called the dreadnought which is why they need to go to the castle to get sunfire to blow it up). upon their escape an evil traitor called borghen blocked their way. they killed him but not before he did his own kefka laugh and summoned a boulder. the bald guy decided he had to hold the boulder, so he did and the others got away but the bald guy died. they went to the castle and found this wimpy dude called gordon who is scotts brother. they kill the fire thing and get the fire and head up to the dreadnought. they fling the fire into the dreadnought and it starts EXPLODE!!!. but a "mysterious" black knight talks to them and runs away. ( in the GBA version he has a portrait that is blacked out but still has the outline. meaning you already know who he is if you have payed attention) when they get back to altair the princess amounts an assualt on Fynn. they win and gordon becomes king with the princess becoming queen. oh yeah and the old king died because of some reasons. after that they go to get some dragoons meet a pirate see all the dead dragoons and wyverns. the last wyvern gives them egg. they place egg in water go home. then they go to mysidia tower to get ultima. our friend The white wizard of fynn. dies sadly. the heroes get ultima and go home again. ( forgot to mention. outside of mysidia tower they get eaten by the leviathan and the pirate girl isnt with them. all the dragoons and other people are there and one joins you called ricardo or something and you get out.) when they go home, they are in fear as almost every town has been destroyed by the cyclone. the heroes go to a mirror and the wyvern who was in the egg comes out and brings you into the cyclone. you fight the emperor and kill him. you hear that the dark knight has taken over. and you decide to go to the castle. when there you are about to fight the dark knight when suddenly the emperor appears telling you he has become the ruler of HELL!. ricardo stays and fights him while the dark knight reveals he is leon ( maria's brother) the 4th person from the start. you escape and ricardo dies. now you go into the jade passage ( the passage to hell) and go to castle pandemonium. you fight the emperor and win.

wow that was longer than the FFVIII one ( but tbh i shortened the FF8 one)

ok well that was the main game but there is a add on version introduced in the gba port. called soul of rebirth or something. basically you go to pandemonium again but this time its in heaven. yes the emperor not only conquered hell but he also conquered heaven aswell. why are you going through here againanyway you may ask. well Scott , the white wizard of fynn, bald guy and ricardo are all dead. so you play as them as you go to heaven and fight. idk i never played this part of the game.

Gameplay. this game is the zelda 2 of the FF games. basiclly you raise stats not by leveling up. you get your stats up depending on what you use. so to get magic up you need to use spells. to get HP up you need to be hit. in the versions prior to the GBA your stats can go down which is bad. now you can manipulate these stats in some versions using glitches or just hitting yourself. which is stupid. however this different level up system isnt actually that bad to me i find it fun and allows me to max out my stats ( at that point of the game ) pretty easily.

verdict: This game has a pretty good story but the gameplay is a thing that people might be afraid of when playing this game. so if you play this game beware of it. i like the story and most of the characters cool. and of course. this villian has to be one of the most powerful ( not when you fight him) of the whole series and in dissidia he also tries to become the god of chaos himself ( i have not played dissidia).

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