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Worst...game...ever.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 13 / 20
Date: August 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My bias is that from a Final Fantasy fan. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles is NOT a Final Fantasy game. It doesn't even come close to the Legend of Zelda in terms of action/adventure. It is a waste of time, space, energy, and money. All together.

I made the regretful mistake of putting this product on my Amazon Wish List when it first came out. After testing it at stores and reading about it, I quickly realized the game was cheese. I forgot, however, to remove it from my Wish List. My brother and sister bought it for me for my birthday one year! Aye yie yie!

So because of the $50 they scrounged together in my honor, I figured I'd give the game a thorough shot.

I couldn't take it anymore by the time I got to the second level. It was atrocious. I felt sorry for the Final Fantasy name and for my relatives for dropping the cash.

Enough of the emotional banter. Let me try to give an analytical review of this game.

First of all, it does not meet the definition of a classic role-playing game. (Within the last couple of years, however, I have noticed "RPG" taking on a new meaning. Now it means simply playing as someone else. Grand Theft Auto, for example, is now classified as an RPG.) But with today's loose definition of "RPG," you can call it that, I guess. But I grew up with real RPGs, like Dragon Warrior, the Final Fantasy titles, Lufia, Breath of Fire, etc. (These were all turn-based RPGs.)

Second, FF:CC does not develop your characters sanely. Sorry, but whoever programmed this atrocity embarrassed the genre of action/adventure.

Third, I recommend you boycott any GameCube title that requires the use of the Game Boy Advance to play multiplayer. It is asinine to expect people/kids to pay money for such an inconvenient, expensive, and improper method to simply play with your friends.

Lastly, this game is best suited for gamers who do not like real RPGs but prefer an action game with unique challenges in gameplay. Yes, FF:CC is an action/adventure, but unlike most others, the gamer will simply have to learn this somewhat different style (it is more hack & slash than anything - the multiplayer functionality should have saved this game from a bad review, but it was disappointing at best). But other than that, the game will offer essentially ZERO to true RPG gamers, especially those who love the Final Fantasy series. Stay away from this game if you love Final Fantasy titles.

Crystal Chronicles of Boredom

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: May 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I convinced three friends of mine to get GBAs and link cables when Nintendo was pushing the whole connectivity thing. We all thought that a whole flurry of these GBA/GC games would come out and it would be awesome. What we got was Four Swords, a good game, and Crystal Chronicles, one of the most mediocre games I've ever played.

I'm an old school RPG player. I was playing them before they got popularized. I remember Final Fantasy 1 and the original Dragon Warrior with very fond memories. I must have beaten each at least a dozen times. RPGs have come a long way since then, especially with the incorporation of great interactive story lines. So I expect both a challenge and some involved storyline in an RPG. Maybe that's my problem.

Crystal Chronicles is ridiculously easy. You run around and smash the A button. Sure you can do combos with people if you want, but they are completely unnecessary. There is no incentive to work together, which I feel defeats the point of having a 4 player cooperative game.

Crystal Chronicles has a very basic theme. I wouldn't call it a storyline because there is no progression. Basically, you must collect Myrhh every season or so to prevent your town from being destroyed. That's it. Do that for a while and you can beat the game. There's no sense of accomplishment because you do the same thing over and over, and you never get anywhere.

When this game was coming out I was expecting an epic storylined Final Fantasy game which incorporated a four player game system something like Secret of Mana with four people. What we got was a game with some pretty cut scenes and terrible gameplay, without any story at all. It reminds me a bit of the old CD-i Zelda games that Phillips released. Those were slightly worse than this game.

Do not buy. If you have four GBAs, I recommend picking up Nintendo's Four Swords instead.

If only negative stars could be given!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: October 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

yeah, this game sucks various parts of a donkey's anatomy. I advise anyone with half a functioning brain cell to avoid it like the plague! You may ask why this game is bad well the main reason is this: THE BUCKET! Yes thats right a bucket, you must take this bucket with you since it protects you from a deadly fog. Oh my God its fog, run away (sarcasm)! I would advise the reader of my informative unbaised review to play a real game such as shenmue or skies of arcadia, you can even play superman 64 ,yes even that is better than this crystal suckacles (note my clever misspelling). ha ha ha I winnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!

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.

Boring.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I preordered this game and took it back a week after I got it. The story is contrived and the gameplay is unfriendly. My friends swore it was better when you played with others, but I found myself just as bored. I especially didn't like using the Gameboy Advance with it; the GameCube controller is much more comfortable. On the plus-side, the sound and graphics are decent, but that doesn't make a game, however.

i coulnt play

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: December 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

as another revier said ninteno felt the need to be different all i can say to that is WHY i have played every f.f. game aside from the online edtions with zero problems and this one i cant because you need both hands very disapointing i could do the reglar battles ok but i got to a boss instant death bah

WHY?!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: April 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is possibly the worst game I've ever witnessed. I have no idea why Nintendo is getting hooked on this dumb idea where you must have four players to beat the game. The idea has already ruined that Legend of Zelda game. Also, the controls are so confusing to where I want to break the disc in half, which I almost did. Getting back to that four player thing, WHAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE FOUR PEOPLE TO PLAY?! Nintendo never thought of that and probably won't. I just wish that Nintendo wouldn't make games like that.

it's bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is terrible. well, for one player, anyway. to be honest, if you don't have at least 3 people, it's not going to be good.

if you have one person, that moogle can carry your lamp for you. if you have 2 people, one the 2 people has to carry that stupid lamp around. in other words, you have one person fighting, and one person running away from enemies because they have that STUPID LAMP IN THEIR HANDS.

so with 3, at least only 1 out of the three has to carry the stupid lamp around.

but it doesn't help that the game isn't that fun. it has very bad play control (it takes your guy like a whole 2 seconds to attack after pressing the button).

the graphics are pretty, but not astounding.

replay? hahahaha! i didn't play it all the way though the first time! who would?

so yeah, get another game instead. suikoden IV and growlanser generations are out on ps2, and they are way better.

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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