I tried to like this, I honestly did... but there's just so much that should have been better.

The game starts out, and the first thing you notice is -- it looks awful. The colors are all too similar and the general look of the game is very very grainy. The color schemes of the characters are also very strange.

Looking past that, I visited the town (which I only discovered was a town on accident, as it looks like a black circle). The spells were very over-priced and had no descriptions... I bought weapons and armor and figured I'd grind a bit and buy the spells.

Right off the bat, the first battle out of town is against five enemies. Three of these, NONE of my characters could even hit (even after multiple rounds of attack). They, on the other hand, could hit me without issue. Who makes a game where you can't even hit the first enemy?

There is no description on weapons or stats while buying. There is no back story... but random people just some how "know" that a king you've never met expects great things. The writing is terrible... as if it's been put through Google-translate two or three times.

I could go on, but the bottom line is this: what started as a great concept ended as a train wreck. I loved the idea of a new FFI based on strategy. What I got was a hideous looking world with unacceptable flaws and nonsensical dialog.

It got a 7 for music because it's the same as the original, and 8 for depth because (though I hated it) the creator DID re-do the whole world, and a 10 for difficulty b/c it's frickin' impossible.

Well all Final Fantasy games are awesome.  I did enjoy this one, but I do agree that somethings in this game seemed impossible, but after a while you level up to a good level and can not lose.

Astynax27 : I think your review is very informative. I am a huge fan of the Final Fantasy series and I was going to try this game out. But after reading your review I don't think I would really enjoy it. I think you expressed your opinions very clearly and to the point. Excellent job on your review and I look forward to more future game reviews from you.