Final Fantasy III (DS)

Every once in a while a game comes along that lets us relive gaming as it was years ago (or experience it for the first time, for some people). Porting old games is nothing new for Nintendo owners. Some remakes are better than others, but Final Fantasy III stands out largely firstly because it is one of the earliest games in the highly popular 'Final Fantasy' series and secondly as it's a game that so few gamers played because it was released only in Japan. Final Fantasy III is one of the best-looking games on the DS, but don't let that fool you. Hidden beneath the cute, nose-less character models and impressively-designed and animated enemies is a seriously ...  Read the complete review

III on the DS is disappointing. It gives so much promise at the start, but after a couple of hours of playing the façade drops and the game shows its true colours. This game is plagued with problems. In every other Final Fantasy game, including the remakes, the game was spaced out nice and evenly with plenty of save points. Sure, if some boss creature at the end of the dungeon was too hard, there was nearly always a save point stuck handily in front of that big mean looking door that has a gigantic Behemoth waiting behind it. III does not possess this. The majority of your adventure is spent dungeon crawling and there are no save points hidden in any of the ...  Read the complete review

Final Fantasy III was the first game I purchased for the Nintendo DS. It was part of the package and I was also (I still am, by the way) a huge Final Fantasy fan so it seemed like a logical choice. I was aware it was a remake/updated version but this was no issue because I haven't played the original so can hardly make comparisons. However, I was fairly unimpressed upon completing the game. It's sometimes fun, there is a lot you can do but there are a few small flaws that make me mark it down. Plot--- Following an earthquake, a previously unexplored cavern is opened up and the main character happens to fall into this cavern. During his exploration of the cave, ...  Read the complete review

Final Fantasy is a long-running series of games that has been out for years on various different consoles. They are set in imaginary lands where you must fight monsters and complete tasks to advance. You play a party of adventurers (think a more socially acceptable version of Dungeons and Dragons) that you control. Starting off with one character (Luneth) and building up to four, by finding and buying treasure, equipment and spells and finding monsters (thus gaining experience and increased job ranks), you progress through the game. Like any console role-playing game, it's not linear and you end up having to solve logical puzzles and walk around and talk to ...  Read the complete review

As mentioned by a previous reviewer, this game is full of promise (being a remake of a previously well-accepted title), but fails to deliver. It's actually, disappointingly, a quite weak RPG for the DS, as the competition is stiff with the wide range of choice having sprung up over the last five years, for both the DS and GBA. The graphics are a bit of a letdown, which was always going to be an issue- the characters aren't rendered in a massively more sophisticated way than your average Animal Crossing character, so be warned if that'd put you off. The music is classic FF, though. The main problem with the game is the glitches that can ruin your whole 30 hours+ ...  Read the complete review