Quote Originally Posted by Sea Merchant
Keep in mind the Advance version is the latest FF released and the story has undergone alot of changes to make it more like the newer FF's for example Kain now has a past and a father.
The story hasnt been changed at all. Its been more directly translated from the original FFIV hard type, but it hasnt changed. FFII was al altered, dumbed down version of FFIV because square thought the game was just too much for american audiances. I played the original version before, but its great to have it in handheld format.

Quote Originally Posted by Vyk
I don't consider the characters in FF4 to be all that deep. There's some underlying issues with the characters. But you never see them deal with it like in games today. You just have to "imagine" that it's going on. That's the big difference. Characters are more fleshed out and well defined these days. Cecil destroys Rydia's home, yet she never seems to care about that. Compare that to Wakka expressing his feelings and opinions every chance he gets. They both follow blindly. But only one really conveys true character.
Rydia's issues do get addressed, like her initial reluctance to use the fire spell, her initial mistrust of cecil, in certain conversations. which do contrast in interestng ways to the lady she grows up to be. It may not be as extensive as cecil, kains or rosa's background, but I do feel she was explored in sufficent detail.

But I do agree that FFX had more character development then in past games, and present. I miss sakaguchi working on FF