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Another reason why I value technology over magic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My brother owns this game, and he got me to play it through the GBA connectivity. This is the first (and only) Final Fantasy game I've ever played, and while he likes it, I think it's got several good ideas which are never fully used. As I have for my Amazon.com reviews of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Rayman DS, I shall now give this game a Multi-Category Review. For those of you unfamiliar with my review system, I rate a game on 7 separate categories, which I call Graphics, Sound, Plotline, Control, Glitches, Entertainment, and Replay value, and I rate on a scale of 1 (worst) to 10 (best), which I find works better than a five-star rating system (sorry, Amazon). Then I take an average of each rating to create a final Overall Rating.

Well, let's see how well this game does its magic tricks.

GRAPHICS: One word here: WOW. No, seriously, this almost looks like a game from the next console generation. Spell effects are astounding, water effects are even better than Pikmin's (and that game up until this point had the best water effects around), and character models are excellent. Even the Moogles (which I call flying hamsters) have fur effects rivaling those in StarFox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet. I can't see why I would give this category any less than a perfect rating. RATING: 10

SOUND: The music fits perfectly and sounds excellent, but boss battle and main menu music has no variety. RATING: 8

PLOTLINE: You live in some magical happy place that's not so happy now that the land is covered with a "miasma" which burns any who touch it to death. The people protect themselves with big crystals that generate force fields that keep out this airborne poison, which must be recharged with myrrh once a year. That's where you come in. Playing as either a Clavat (which I call a slowpoke), a Yuke (some bird thingie), a Selkie (who are thieves), or a Lilitie (an angry midget), you must go on a crystal caravan and fight the same bosses and enemies over and over to get your precious myrrh. If the concept doesn't already seem to be a coincidental rip-off of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes's Dark Aether, the action can get repetitive, and some stages are just way too long. The miasma stream areas are just annoying, and the game obviously tries but fails to create a deep and engaging storyline.
Sorry, Crystal Chronicles. Maybe in the upcoming sequel for the DS. RATING: 6

CONTROL: Single-player is near perfect, but multiplayer GBA smells like Moogle droppings. The D-pad is never a good substitute for a control stick, and accessing items is tedious, bogs down the rest of the group, and leaves you wide open to attack. Here, it's a mixed bag. RATING: 6.5

GLITCHES: Thankfully, this game has no glitches or bugs, except for the occasional collision issue. The miasma must have wiped them all out. RATING: 9

ENTERTAINMENT: There are other games that are more enjoyable, but there are also some which Crystal Chronicles beats. RATING: 7

REPLAY VALUE: Good for the first few years in the game, then you'll quit. RATING: 5

OVERALL RATING: 7.4

A FINAL WORD: This is just an average game. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go exterminate some more Ing for U-Mos in Metroid Prime 2.

not a bad game...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I persanaly have never played any other ff games but I liked it anyway here is the pros and cons

PROS!:
you can have 4 people playing at the same time and the camara zooms out so you can see everyone.

you can combine spells to make more powerfull spells

you can costomize you chariter and the race you pick has difrent strangths and wepons

you can actuctualy see the wepon you eqwipted (each one looks difrent)

you can level up your file by beating boses

it's a very long game (for thouse who hate 30min games)

cons....:

you don't have very meny cominations when it comes to costomizeing you chariter...

you level up realy slow...

It's not so fun to play by your self...

you need 4 gameboys and 4 conecter cables to play and you can't use gamecube controlers :'(...

it has very hard bosses...
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anyway thats it prity much
-Kamen

Final Fantasy: Crystal Cronicles

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 15
Date: October 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Final Fantasy series is well known for their RPG (Role Playing Game) fantasy games with unusual characters and settings. The series has set standards for many RPG elements, and has even inspired a feature-length movie. The next chapter in the series is now for the Nintendo Gamecube with Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles.

The uniqueness behind this game is the multiplayer aspect. This is the first time up to four people will be able to sit down at the same consol and participate in a real time Final Fantasy adventure. You can play alone with a GCN controller, or your GBA (a GCN~GBA cord is required). Though, to play with more than one person, each player is REQUIRED to have their own GBA (and cord). Yes, it is REQUIRED for multiplay, but it's not a bad thing.

You see, the game is played out in real time, not turn based as most RPGs are, so using their GBA, a player can access their map and menu without stopping play. The television shows the characters and enemies while the GBA will show maps and items. The characters being your choice, and choosing to use the same character oftenly will make him/her stronger. When making a character, players get the choice of gender, one of four races, and one of four classes.

I would recommend this product for anyone who enjoys team battles, RPGs, or fantasy games of any sort. I doubt anyone could be disappointed with this game.

Game informer says it all

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yep. The Game Informer review said everything about this game. I bought this piece of crap played it for the first 2 "years" and just stopped playing it. It was a good idea, but if it had had a plot, then it would have been awesome. There was absolutely NO plot in this game. Gameplay was pretty good, except that you had to regain spells after each level (= annoying).

When I say
"don't buy this game"
I'm ALSO saying
"Don't throw your money in the garbage"

Ahh, the joys of Multitasking.

Wow, what a horrible game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Though you might think this game it a fun, turn-based strategy, it's not. It would be fun if it was longer and you didn't replay levels on the main quest. Though you easily get bored in the first few levels and vow never to play again. And all the people who wanted to preorder it...

Great fun for playing with friends or yourself.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicals is the first FF game I have ever played, and I have to say that I enjoy it. It has stunning graphics and sounds, small, yet challenging levels, and has many interactions between your character and Non-Playable Characters (NPCs).

One reason that I like FF:CC is because you can play cooperatively with other players. Granted, the GBA is a liability, especially if you are low on batteries, but it helps to remove clutter from the TV screen.

Along with the coop play, I also like the speed of the game. For every game year, you have to collect three drops of Myrrh. When you first start a new game, you could potentially advance two or three years in about an hour if you get the hang of it. The story goes a bit slow, but that is to be expected when you consider that you might want to get your character's stats up as high as you can before taking on the final boss.

I also like the interactions that happen along the road. As you go about your adventure, you will meet the caravans from the other cities, who are also trying to collect Myrrh. Some encounters, such as with the caravaners from Leuda and the Striped Brigands, a trio of thieves, are humorous. Some encounters reveal more of the plot, and some can even help you on your quest.

Now to focus on some bad things. As you progress through the game, the levels you started at get more difficult, with the presence of stronger monsters. Even the bosses at the end of each level gain Hit Points (HP) and stronger spells to use. This can mean trouble if someone creates a character on the 5th year, for example, because, while the character that has been used most often has been strengthened, any characters that aren't used as often will be a hinderance in multiplayer mode.

Another problem is the limit of difficulty in levels. Each level has three cycles of enemies. Once you beat the third cycle, the difficulty never increases, leading to a level that isn't a challenge anymore.

Overall, I think that anyone who likes RPG's with real-time fighting will love FF:CC. The storyline seems simple and boring at first, but as you progress through the game, more mysteries are revealed.

My scores:

Concept: 4 out of 5

Graphics: 5 out of 5

Sound: 5 out of 5

Playability: 4 out of 5

Entertainment: 3 out of 5

Replay: 3 out of 5

Overall: 4 out of 5

Doesn't live up to the Final Fantasy Name

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Square Soft, now Square Enix, has been known for their great Final Fantasy titles. From the first ones on the Nintendo to the more recent ones on the PS and PS2 (and now PS3), we've seen great story lines combined with great graphics for the time period, as well as a great battle system.

Chrystal Chronicles lacks in most of these departments. The graphics are admitedly great compared to most games on the Nintendo system. They are more geared toward a child audience rather than a fantasy audience, however.

The battle system comes across very easy. If one is having difficulty, all s/he has to do is run away and come back after his/her life has filled up, giving the player no challenge during the gameplay. In addition, there isn't really anything new to the battle play, and is very similar to Kingdom Hearts on the PS2.

The story line lacks intensly. Here's what happens. You go out, collect something that looks like a drop of water, and return home after filing your jar. You do that enough times, and you've beaten the game. It really is pathetic, and doesn't deserve the Square Enix name.

If you're a young kid looking to get into the RPG Fantasy games, this game would appeal to you. It's a decent introduction to RPG's, but by no means is it the best. If you've ever played an RPG before and liked it, don't play this game.

not a well developed game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was looking forward to finally having a Final Fantasy game on my Gamecube, but I was very disappointed in this game. About the only good thing is the graphics. The game itself gets repetitive, all you do is carry a bucket around year after year through the same level. Soon it'll feel like your not getting anywhere in the game. I didn't even bother finishing the game, I gave up in the middle and moved on. Another thing is that the way the charecters move in the cutscenes are like the way the charecter in Zelda for the N64 move. I don't even understand why Nintendo even decided to have a Final Fantasy game like this. they should have compared this to all the other Final Fantasy. So I think you should save your money and buy something worth buying.

Don't buy it!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a bad game and when i say bad I mean It Sucks! This game has really bad graphics compared to all the other Final Fantasies and terrible gameplay. I was expecting something really big when I heard it was coming back to Nintendo but I was wrong! The best part about this game is creating your character at the begining. That is about all this game has to offer. You mine as well play the Super Nintendo FF! And if you have already bought it... I feel very sorry.. and for those of You who were thinking about buying it, I hope I have saved you.

WOW, WOW, I NEVER THOUGHT THERE COULD BE A BAD FINAL FANTASY

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Simply put, WOW. What I mean is WOW, this is a TERRIBLE game. The battle system in this game is like nothing I've ever seen before, it's comlete trash. And the story, that just does it. Well actually, there isn't really a story. The whole game (or at least what I've played of it, which isn't too much, because the game never got better) is just about a group of little kids collecting special material called myrrh from myrrh trees and bringing them back to their town so they don't die. I thought there might be some twists in the plot as the game progressed but noooo. There has been nothing more. If you consider that fun and amusing, I question your sanity. The badness (if that is a word) of this game is too much to take. If I could, I would give this game 0 stars, but unfortunatley that is not an option. I wonder what the creators of this game were thinking when they were making it. I really never thought there could be a bad final fantasy game until I played this. It is unlike any final fantasy game out there, it's bad. It should be disowned from the final fantasy series. If you want classic and good final fantasy action, get a PS2 (I regret not getting one myself, and now I am stuck with this childish Gamecube). Oh, and just to sum things up a bit, DON'T BUY THIS GAME. If you are looking for a good Gamecube RPG, Tales of Symphonia is where it's at! :)

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