christian nutt (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ferricide) wrote,@ 2008-07-25 15:57:00 |
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final?
so i started FF4 DS last night.
it's weird. FF4 is a candidate for my favorite game ever -- so playing a remake is just a bit bizarre to me. i don't know how to react.
also, though i've only played an hour, i think that in many ways it doesn't feel like an FF game; there's a definite flavor of the developer matrix there. it reminds me in small ways of the general state of the world for PS1 RPGs. things like the interface, visual design choices, and the difficulty level just seem not-quite-FF to me.
it's a shame that it's on the DS, in my mind, as that's hardly the best place for traditional games done in 3D, even amongst the portable options, but it's a good-looking game, of course, for what it is.
i can't decide if it's something i'll continue playing or not. i love FF4, and i suppose that the GBA version (which i played through) was sort of the ultimate version of FF4-as-it-was.
hrm.
i guess the fact that i care enough to think about these sorts of things implies a lot.
on that note, i read through the japan issue of EGM just now. really entertaining. it's like the first issue of a games mag in a while where i felt like more than two consecutive pages contained shit i cared about, and i'm not kidding. again, that implies a lot about me, i suppose.
so i started FF4 DS last night.
it's weird. FF4 is a candidate for my favorite game ever -- so playing a remake is just a bit bizarre to me. i don't know how to react.
also, though i've only played an hour, i think that in many ways it doesn't feel like an FF game; there's a definite flavor of the developer matrix there. it reminds me in small ways of the general state of the world for PS1 RPGs. things like the interface, visual design choices, and the difficulty level just seem not-quite-FF to me.
it's a shame that it's on the DS, in my mind, as that's hardly the best place for traditional games done in 3D, even amongst the portable options, but it's a good-looking game, of course, for what it is.
i can't decide if it's something i'll continue playing or not. i love FF4, and i suppose that the GBA version (which i played through) was sort of the ultimate version of FF4-as-it-was.
hrm.
i guess the fact that i care enough to think about these sorts of things implies a lot.
on that note, i read through the japan issue of EGM just now. really entertaining. it's like the first issue of a games mag in a while where i felt like more than two consecutive pages contained shit i cared about, and i'm not kidding. again, that implies a lot about me, i suppose.
