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Final Fantasy IV now out on Steam and the Humble Store - 14.5/$16
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GoldandBlue
Member
FF4 DS had the way better gameplay changes which make it the best version.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Oh good the achievement list looks doable (i.e. no 'obtain the Adamant Armor' cheevo).
It plays pretty well for its age, but it's an old console JRPG to the core so expect a high random encounter rate and some cheap deaths.
It plays pretty well for its age, but it's an old console JRPG to the core so expect a high random encounter rate and some cheap deaths.
The DS version. The only version with a decent level of difficulty and something resembling a character progression system.
KojiKnight
Member
Let's not pretend that ANY version of FF4 is particularly hard. Only a select few bosses require any sort of trial and error if you've never played the game before, and if you have played the game before you can breeze through just about every fight with a few well placed spells.
Aesthetics are an opinion, not a fact. I disagree with your opinion that the low-poly 3D models are superior to the well crafted 2D upgraded sprites. (edit) FAIL READ ON MY PART
throwawayname
Member
I forgot about the PSP version, saw it on sale a couple of weeks ago but didn't go for it 
I kinda like the 2D more than the 3D art so I'll wait for another sale of the PSP version.
I kinda like the 2D more than the 3D art so I'll wait for another sale of the PSP version.
This.
The correct answer. Playing it is informing my own nostalgia. It's not a challenging game.
Yeah. Graphically it's a "like it or hate it" thing, but I really would hope people wouldn't find the gameplay of the other versions superior. It's just a matter of what your tolerance for one over the other is to determine which version you like most.
But yeah, as someone else said, because you can have this discussion in the first place does show that there's no definitive version. Still, it's a version of a FF game on a platform that didn't have that one before(PC), so yay.
DylanTackoor
Member
Just yesterday I was adding in all the Final Fantasy games to Steam (using it as a front end for emulators) and now this happens. I'll probably stick with the original version for the nostalgia.
djSyndrome
Member
You should play the PSP version.
Really great art in these Steam Achievements Icons. Awesome artist work.
http://steamcommunity.com/stats/312750/achievements
http://steamcommunity.com/stats/312750/achievements
Tizoc
Member
IV is fairly easy and the story is a little bit more...all over the place? It's a tough comparison to one of the heavy-hitters like VI.
I think it's worth playing if you're a fan of the series in general rather than just one particular entry of the series.
The DS version isn't brutally difficult, but it does at least encourage using your entire arsenal of abilities to get through, including your buffs. There's no reason to really use that stuff on PSP. The DS version of FF4 was the first version I ever really appreciated because it felt like I had decisions to make. Not just with what to use in battle, but how to build my characters with augments as well.
KojiKnight
Member
It's a solid old school RPG. It's a lot more linear than FF6 was (especially after the WoR) but that means the story is just a bit tighter, if a bit more contrived
there are a lot of false deaths and repeated betrayals that get a bit 'written by a 10 year old' feeling, but the overarching plot is enjoyable if cliche'
GoldandBlue
Member
Yeah, I mean honestly I like the style of the 3D game but I'm talking about the gameplay that puts it above the other versions of FF4. The Augment System gives you a HUGE reason to play through the game twice too.
This makes it the better version honestly, ignoring your preference when it comes to graphics.
This. This one is the best FF IV version hands down.
KojiKnight
Member
While harder, I think we had different experiences. Just like every other version, I never used a buff spell (besides Wall against the guys in Baron Castle and the sky fortress fights... we know the ones) and the bosses all died to the same strategies as they always have.... Maybe it's just because I played every iteration of FF4 and thus know all the fights inside and out I just didn't feel it to be THAT much more difficult.
FFII is the one with the guy who's always talking about his wild roses like it's that song from The Room.
I just bought this last week on iOS over FF6, damn.
I'm tempted to rebuy to play with a controller, but for the full price, so soon? Ahh decisions.
Well, at any rate, nice to see more FF on Steam, I wonder if they will release 6's iOS port too.
Edit: Damn, 58 achievements, I guess I need to buy it now.
I'm tempted to rebuy to play with a controller, but for the full price, so soon? Ahh decisions.
Well, at any rate, nice to see more FF on Steam, I wonder if they will release 6's iOS port too.
Edit: Damn, 58 achievements, I guess I need to buy it now.
That's fair. Referring to the games by their actual Japanese numbering is pretty much commonplace nowadays. It's a bit rare to see the American numbering brought up at all, similar to how Terra was originally Tina.
Hot Coldman
Banned
So that's III, IV, VII, VIII, XI, (soon) XIII and XIV now on Steam. Not bad Square.
Now do Dawn of Souls.
Now do Dawn of Souls.
KojiKnight
Member
Just a shame that 7 and 8 are just super hacked together corpses of the early PC games instead of a proper port... I imagine those original assets are all long gone though.
I'll say GBA
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I'm guessing ff7 and ff8 sold really well on Steam.
Some of the bosses have different mechanics, though. For instance, antlion has two states where he counters physical or magical, instead of just physical. Bahamut's megaflare can't be reflected, Cagnazzo's weaknesses change throughout the fight, Dr. Lugae uses reverse gas on the party instead of just himself, etc.
I've played every version of FF4, too.
It also introduces Super Bosses that sort of put your skills to the test. Especially Proto-Babil, who takes the concept of unfair Super Boss fights to its logical extreme.
PensivePen
Member
The way you go about getting new Augments in the remake of IV is terrible strategy guide bait in an era where there was no reason for such an obtuse system to exist. I loved the idea of the Augment system but it was handled very poorly and is a chore to experiment with because of it.
SerTapTap
Member
Which version is this?
2D>3D. Wish we got this version
shit, I'd buy the PSP version on PC. Not a fan of the DS games' look. I don't think the "big head" look translated well to 3D since it's not a cutesy game.
Absolutely. Consider that FF7 was an exclusive download on the Square Enix store before it came to Steam about a year later. After FF7 came to Steam though, FF8, 3 and now 4 have all just launched straight on steam. Evidently the sales were much better so they just skipped the SE store exclusive period.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Better than nothing, I guess.
I have to imagine a lot of the fans just emulated that shit all ready, so at least now they can give Square money for the pleasure :V
