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I have played every FF title to date and have thoroughly enjoyed each one of them. I was therefore inclined to try out this ”compilation” style FF game. While the game has a lot of great FF element, the battle system is literally ground-breakingly difficult. I was able to manage getting through FFIV’s Cecil’s story, beating Golbez after only 10 tries. But then I went on to FFVII’s Cloud’s story and after about 20 fails I am still not able to beat him.

That said, if you buy this game hoping for another enjoyable FF experience, you may as well buy an additional PSP as well because you will most likely destroy at least one trying to progress through this game. My experience so far has been on the easy mode story modes. I cannot imagine how hard the more difficult rated stories such as FFVI’s Terra, my favorite Dissidia FF character, will be. FF fans, be prepared for a slap in the face. Unless you mastered Mortal Kombat back in the day, this game is guaranteed to give you a heart attack.

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i havent beaten the game yet, but the game play is unique! its a good game.

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Having spent a good part of my teen years with the Final Fantasy franchise, I was worried that throwing this kind of party together might not be such a hot thing to do. So I waited for the price to drop to the “just try me” price, and was very satisfied.

I would highly recommend the “install” function which will increase your play time, and avoid the 10-30 seconds you might have to wait between arena loads. (This works best if you have a high speed pro-duo stick intended for Video Cameras) But also note that the time it takes to “install” data will approach 45 minuets. [Dissidia Final Fantasy UMD is still required to play the game.]

As for the game it’s self, there is a great number of topics to get into. For starters, I will talk briefly about the differences from the demo version and the retail. Having played the demo more than a few times, I was happy to find the slight strategy element of the “board game” setup. In the demo you were just able to play area mode, but the main game takes place inside the stories of each of the different hero’s. (Be warned that each hero’s story has a varying level of difficulty, you might not be able to just jump into your favorite character’s story and expect to live.) Only the hero’s stories are available from the beginning, you must play the game to earn “PP” to unlock a number of extras. This was kind of a bummer, but it gave me a reason to stick with the game long enough to really get to enjoy the full scale of things it had to offer.

Equipment and summons are kind of a let down, but it’s rare for such things to work perfectly in a fighting game. So I don’t want anyone to come to this expecting “this will be the bomb” because it really is a fanboy game. I don’t think this game is for everyone, but IT IS for anyone who has been enchanted by the magic of the Final Fantasy series.

Graphics: 9 / 10 (Close to the best seen on the PSP)

Sound/Music: 10 /10 (Buying the full sound track has crossed my mind more than once.)

Content: 9 /10 (There is a lot to do in this game, but grinding is still a small issue)

Writing/story: 8 / 10 (You have to work at the game to put the full story together)

Final note: Recommended

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Very different from other FF games but very fun and addictive. Would recommend to all FF gamers (above age 8).

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For any final fantasy fan with dreams of all final fantasy main characters all in one game, this is your dream come true! This is a great and new refreshing take on the command turn based traditional rpg. Great action, great unique moves, tons of items and customization. Everything you love about final fantasy and more! Cutscenes are beautiful and the voice acting are superb. This is a must own for any final fantasy fan boys and even for those of you that arn’t a fan, but want a unique fighting game with characters you’ll fall in love with and a big roster, this is worth every penny getting from Amazon! Have this in your collection of great PSP games! You won’t regret the replay value of this game. Endless hours, weeks, months! This game is never ending!

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I recieved the game yesterday on the release day. The fighting of this game is flashy and exciting. There are so much constant stream of unlockable rewards. I am still surprised that this is only one of the few good games on the psp.

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Dissidia is blatant fan-service for the dedicated and faithful. But it is also blatant fun! Whether you are new to the Final Fantasy universe or a long time player, Dissidia has it for you! It takes an idea like Super Smash Brothers and widens it up. It isn’t a 2D fighter but has 3D fully realized worlds for you to battle it out in! Players can stick to the ground and launch attacks at wide ranges, or fly to the skies to attack in furious mid-air frenzies! It is huge too! The game just keeps widening up as more and more features are unlocked!

Each character can be upgraded at will to the umpteenth level. All of the normal RPG stats are here: Attack, Defense, Luck and so on… but all the characters can learn new moves all throughout the adventure! Dissidia is amazing! Hours and hours of fun! I’d recommend it hands down!

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If you like any Final Fantasy in the first ten games, you’ll enjoy seeing two of the characters appearing here. They all seem as faithful to their respective games as possible while fitting into the context of Dissidia’s plot.

I don’t really care for the gameplay, myself. I never seem to be able to block or dodge. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems I always win my fights by taking hits when they’re thrown and hitting the other guy harder. Not much strategy, and against opponents who actually use the moves that never seem to be useful when I need them, it’s damned frustrating. The rest of the game is passable, in regard to equipment and item creation.

Recommended, but don’t expect too much.

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I am going to give you the short and sweet low down for this game. Basically the gods Chaos and Cosmos are leadings the warriors of the light or the dark to recover their crystals and restore power. The pro’s of this game is it is redicuously time consuming, you can choose from a large number of FF heroes and villians to play with. Different options of gameplay, stoy mode, arcade, quick battle. Game measuem, mass quantities of unlockables and upgrades. differnet character styles for hp and bravery attacks. The con’s, not much room for a learning curve; certain aspects aren’t well explained and can be slightly confusing. gameplay can become repetative and character styles can be a nightmare, if you enjoy hack and slash characters like cloud playing some story lines might be rough. also the voice overs weren’t fantastic, acceptable but nothing to really brag about. lastly the story lines were for the most part very weak. i gave this game 4 stars because even with all the flaws it provides hours and hours, ect of entertainment for a low price. good luck gamers.

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a real masterpiece. especially when you battle Sephiroth. its truly amazing. buy this game. you wont regret it. graphics are amazing.

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I’m not a big fan of fighting games, or of the Final Fantasy series, for that matter (I like the series OK, I’m just not fanatical about it like some folks, and haven’t been a real long-term player of the series). But this game is very cool. LOADS of content and different stuff to do, collect, power up, etc. It’s just so engaging that I keep playing it over and over. However, it is difficult, even on the easier settings (which for a non-fan of fighting games is kind of a must). Very highly recommended, though!

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A great one for the fans of final fantasy. So much to do, a great game for the PSP!

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I used to enjoy the old school fighting games like tekken 2 and mortal kombat 1-3. I’m also a huge…HUGE final fantasy fan. So this game really caught my attention. I didn’t own a PSP yet so with the announcement of the Dissidia Bundle that came with a PSP 3000…I couldn’t pass it up.

First the bad:

Story 1.5/5

Man was I disappointed. There is very little story here and what story does exist is very…very shallow. Like I said, I’m a huge fan of almost all final fantasies and the reason for that is because they have amazing stories (well…except for 12…it was trash). When I first heard about this game, I tried to not expect a whole lot. But when gamespot and IGN gave it really good reviews, my expectations rose quite a bit. Well, as far as the story goes, I was let down. Now on the other hand, this game is a quasi-fighting game. There really isn’t any fighting games that have that much of a story. So in that aspect, this game has much more story than…say..soul calibur 4 did. However, the story is still very very shallow.

Now the not-so-bad not-so-good:

Characters 2.5/5

The characters were a wash. I thought they did a great job with the characters of FF 1-6. These characters haven’t had a voice or a emotable personality before and this game did really well with them I think. I was a bit disappointed that they kind of made the warrior of light from FF 1 the leader because when you have BAMF’s in your party like Cloud, Cecil, Terra, and Squall…it’s kind of hard for me to believe they would listen to the WOL. I understand why they did it though so it’s just a small complaint. Now the characters after FF VI, Cloud, Squall, and Tidus especially were poorly portrayed as far as I’m concerned. FF fans are much more familiar with these characters’ personalities and they basically just summarized their personalities and emphasized their more obvious traits with very little else added. Cloud was just a depressed, non-confident guy that couldn’t make up his mind…nothing special. Squall was just a jerk that didn’t really have a personality (yet in FFVIII he didn’t really have a personality there either so maybe they did a good job on him) and Tidus’ lines can be summed up as “I hate my dad” and “Let’s go have some fun.” The enemies were a wash too. Garland, the Emporer, Golbez, and Jecht were done very very well. Their stories really captured my interest. However, characters like Cloud of Darkness, Sephiroth, Kuja, and Exdeath were done very poorly. They could have done a lot with these characters but failed.

Now the good:

Graphics/Sound 4/5

These are some of the best graphics I’ve seen for the PSP. Granted, my PSP experience is rather limited but I haven’t seen anything come close to this. My only real complaint about the graphics is that a lot of the cutscenes are..well..down right amusing. Why amusing? Because a lot of the time the character is speaking and his/her mouth isn’t moving…or it is moving and nothing is coming out. So the english dubbing wasn’t really done very well. The sound? Amazing. The remixes of the final fantasy songs are just amazing. I loved hearing new renditions of some of the great old songs. The only thing that could have made it better was if they had made Chaos’ music the “Hell is Bad” song off of the southpark movie sung by James Hetfield. Kidding. Voice acting? For the most part amazing. Some characters I thought could have been done a bit better (cloud, warrior of light) but for the most part, the voice acting was spot on.

Gameplay 5/5

Playing this game was really great. I played this game in order of the original 10 games which probably wasn’t the best idea because the WOL from FF1 has one of the harder story lines. But this game has amazing replayability and the fighting is done really well. If I were to complain about something, I thought most of the summons were useless and the camera was really really bad at times. But these small flaws don’t take much away from playing the game. There was a good mix of easy matches as well as dang near impossible matches. The RPG elements were mixed in really well I thought. The gameplay of Dissidia really shines and can be very…very addictive.

All in all this game is worth a purchase. Definitely worth a rental if you are unsure. Some of the die-hard FF fans may not like it because IMO it does a bad job portraying some of the more beloved characters in the FF universe. You also need to go into this game realizing it’s a FIGHTER with some RPG elements thrown in…not the other way around. If you go in knowing the story is going to be a story in a fighting game, not an RPG, you probably won’t mind the story that much. (After all, it pretty much kills any tekken, soul calibur, street fighter story out there) As long as you play it for what it is, you won’t be dissappointed.

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My boys absoultely loves this game! Awesome gaming on PSP and you wont be sorry to get this game! =)

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This game is fun for a while and has some comical dialog in it. The downside of this game is that the fighting system can get stale after a while. I prefer action based command, then the regular command style of play. No WiFi support. Still this game is fun to play, just not for a very long period of time. Even if you are not an FF fan, you should try it, it is different then most FF games out there. I like how Terra says: “Get away!” and the enemy comes charging after her totally ignoring her request.

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This game is terribly made. The camera angles are difficult to follow and game play become repetitive. If you are looking for a Story Line, keep looking, you won’t find one with this game

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awesome. not that great when you get it but the enemy ai and replay feature makes up for that as well as the museum.

enemy difficulty is 9/10. you will curse to the top of your longs when you battle emperor in shade impulse chapter 2. the replay feature and museum are great. replay is to record battles, the museum is a replay editor, replay file to avi converter, sound library, and more! honestly, not worth $37.00 + tax and shipping = $45 unless you’re a hardcore gamer like me.. bad story but it rocks.

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I love it. While the storyline is a little lacking and less intensively tied in with each individual FF game, Square Enix did a great job of weaving all of these characters’ traits and destinies together.

The fighting system is top-notch, especially as you edge your characters towards the higher levels.

Also, the game just keeps on giving me things. There’s a ton to unlock and a whole bunch of character customization.

Aaaand….with the release of AdHoc Party on the PS3, online play is possible.

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I have owned this game since it came out, have played more than

100 hours already, and I must say, this game is H U G E,

believe it, ENORMOUS.

First the good things:

This is a Final Fantasy fan dream come true, the main characters

from the first 10 games vs the villains of the same games, and 2

bonus characters. That’s 22 chars, and everyone plays different to

each other. From Cloud’s crushing attacks to Kefka’s trickery magic,

to Exdeath’s counterstrike style to Zidane’s aerial play you’ll have

completely different experiences playing each character.

The presentation of the game is flawless, maybe the best graphics the

psp can show. The music is also gorgeous, with originals and

reinterpretations of classical final fantasy themes. The action is

silk smooth, there is no slowdown in single player, and some very

minor in multiplayer when the stage gets filled with debris, ex-force

sparks, and multiple magical effects, but it’s very minor and doesn’t

get in the way.

The play style is a lot of fun, at first you’ll find it odd, and

your characters will lack movement, speed, and maneuvers, but later

with good leveled characters, the battles will start to look a lot

like advent children’s battles, especially the last one (won’t spoil

the movie to you). Battles can be truly spectacular, with both

characters running, flying, jumping, clashing swords, destructing

the scenery in the process with missing blows and/or by crashing

the opponent in the stage.

You also can endlessly customize your characters, the quantity of

equipment, accessories, summons is well into the hundreds, maybe thousands

of items.(However, the equipment doesn’t change your characters look)

First you’ll want just a better sword for your Warrior of Ligth,

then you’ll want a Champion Belt accesory to deal 25% more damage,

later you’ll want the Adamant Chains armor set, then you’ll realize

that you can mix and match booster items for different effects in

different circumstances. Luckily you have 3 profiles per characters,

each with its own set of abilities, equipment, accesories and summons.

Also, the more you play, the more the game keeps giving. You get

rewards for playing in your special day, (that you preset at the

beginning), for playing several days straight, for accomplish several

small feats while playing ( ex: finish an opponent 30 times with Ex-Burst),

he, even get a reward for NOT playing several days. You get items, icons,

reward multipliers, etc.

Multiplayer is also a lot of fun, you create a card to represent you,

and exchange it thru wi-fi. When you get another player’s card, you

can battle online ad-hoc in a lobby, and after that, you get a ghost

of the other player’s character that you can battle in an offline lobby,

with the chance to get some of the ghost’s equipment and accesories.

Also in multiplayer you can get some of the most powerful equipment in

online battles,equipment that you canno’t get in any other place,

in the form of artifacts. This are pieces of equipment that you name,

and are travel from player to player, keeping tabs of the history of

the travels. Some of these artifacts are uber-powerful so if you want

the best for your characters you’ll want to play online.

The game have several modes, story mode, quick battle, duel coliseum,

(where you figth for items), arcade mode where you play with preset

characters, musem with theater, where you can see your battle replays,

edit them, (change camera angles, skip sections, remove bars)

and export them to video files for showing off., voice and music players,

icon library (to attach to your friend card in multiplayer), profiles

of the characters, summons, extra details of the story, view the in-game

cinematics, etc.

You’ll get a lot in this package, I cannot see how they fit all this stuff

in such a small package (the UMD is NOT full).

Now for the bad:

This game is awesome, but there are two main flaws that keep it from being

perfect.

First: The Story sucks, badly. The story is very simple, good vs bad, and

save the world. Very straightforward, no plot twists, no surprises, no

nothing. All the characters personalities reflect the one they had at

the beginning of their respective games, some are doubting, some scared,

some irresolute, and they show very little character development. Very

different of what you would expect from a Final Fantasy story. It get’s

a little better when you get close to the end, but it never really takes

off. And oh-god, some of the dialog is c-h-e-e-s-y, with take me to the

other flaw.

The voice acting.

Characters that have previously spoken in other games keep their original

voices from the english dub, but some of the character get AWFUL voice

acting, terrible, truly terrible voice acting. There are some nice

exceptions, but in general the voice acting is abysmal. You get used to

it after a while, but an option to switch to japanese audio track would

have been greatly welcomed. (Note: I think that in a next version of the

game, there will be an option for japanese audio track, but I cannot confirm

this).

This flaws may sound drastic, but they don’t demerit the great game that

Dissidia is, mainly because they both relate to the story mode, and this

game has far more than that, especially in multiplayer. It’s a great game,

it’s a lot of fun to play, and it will keep you hooked for a long time

with it’s stream of reward. I have already poured more thatn a hundred hours

on it, and just when I thougth that I had almost everything the game keeps

surprising me with more. I have friends that have also bought it,and with all

multiplayer stuff, I think I can easily get some other 50 hours more of the

game.

If you like fighting games, rpg games or collecting games, get this one,

you’ll be glad you did.

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Ok, so this game is indeed one of the finer games on the PSP, and with the slew of unlockables, story, different arcade modes, and multi-player, it’s a game that one could happily spend hours upon hours playing.

The battle system is a little odd, as it’s not a typical fighter. More of a action game, with fighting and RPG elements tied all together very nicely. It takes a few minutes to understand how everything works together in battle, but once you get the hang of it, you just keep getting better and better, and the battles become more and more enjoyable.

The story mode, admittedly, is actually kind of weak, for a Final Fantasy title (at least, every Final Fantasy before IX had a good story). I enjoy the story, personally, but it’s not full of surprises, or played out in the greatest fashion. It’s decent, but it could have been so much better. That, and the voice acting for some characters is a bit sad. It’s almost embarrassing to listen to sometimes. But there are quite a few characters whose American voice overs were done perfectly (Sephiroth and Kefka come to mind).

The customization of your characters is un-effing-believable. None of the equipment you use will change your character’s appearance, but the amount of weapons, accessories, equipment, summons and abilities you can learn, gain, create and buy are very nearly endless. Especially with the multi-player items you get just from battling. In that same field, there’s a calendar system in the game that will give you rewards based on what day you play. By unlocking more bonuses through the catalog in the game, you can make these days occur more often, and yield much greater rewards.

The multi-player is 50/50, in my opinion. Yes, it’s very, very nice, it works really well, and the rewards can be unique, but it’s only Ad-hoc. There’s no online multi-player, which is really disappointing. While my cousin and I played, we experienced a bit of lag, but it was hardly noticeable at all. Very slight, and it didn’t ruin the battle, or the experience. It’s quite a bit of fun, so if you have or get this game, find someone else who does too. The ability to handicap the level so it’s an even match makes it much nicer as well, so that you can fight someone brand new to the game, without them having to spend hours leveling up first.

Arcade mode was a unique addition to the American version, and while it’s a lot of fun, it’s straight forward, with pre-set characters. No customization here. So, it gets old pretty quickly. However, since you initially only have access to the heroes (you have to unlock the villains via the catalog), this is a good place to go to get some practice with all the characters, as all 20 of the main characters are available to play right off the bat in Arcade mode.

Unlockables in this game seem endless. When you unlock new characters or items, more appear to unlock. As you progress through the game, you get random items and rewards, and more items appear for you to unlock through the catalog. The museum allows you to see all sorts of Final Fantasy info on characters, and, once you unlock it, the replay editor is here, allowing you to go back over battles you’ve fought and saved the replay for, and allows you to edit them, save them to AVI, and import them to your computer.

Over all, this game is an amazing package, and the only things that really hold it back from perfection are a few poor choices, and poor voice acting. Now, I admit that I’m a Final Fantasy fan, and this game is definitely a present for all the die-hard fans of the series, but the way the game plays, anyone who’s a fan of action, fighting or RPG genre of gaming can enjoy this game for months to come. I cannot recommend this game enough. It’s worth every penny.

Overall: 9.5 out of 10

Positivies:

+Amazing cast of fan favorites

+Unbelievable customization

+Almost unending unlockables

+Fantastic battle system that just gets better as you play

+Really great Ad-hoc battles

+Easily able to sink 100+ hours into this game

+Accessable to almost any gamer

Negatives:

-No online multi-player

-Story is a bit weak, but playable

-Voice overs are, more often than not, disappointing

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Dissidia is a complex game with a seperate story mode(you play as each character through a long story), and a battle mode,(playing as your fav character against comps or other people). There are other applications like, arcade mode… etc.

GOOD:

- great graphics

- great controls

- thousands of accessories, materials and weapons

- amazing characters(personally love Onion Knight)

- battles get more fun each time

- classic FF system

- online battling

BAD:

- story is ecsessive

- difficult to play at first

- sometimes slow on online battles

overall, BUY THIS GAME!!!

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Then get this game! i would go into detail about what you do and how you play it. but everyone else has already done that. Get this game because if you have doubts, it’s only gonna blow you away as soon as you play it. its very addicting and very fun and fluent. so think up your matchups and head to where you get games to go get this because you won’t regret it!

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Believe it or not, I bought the Japanese version long time ago when it was released and I finished it. How could I wait this long for the English version. This game is absolutely the best game released from a long time. If you are an RPG/Action fan you will fall in love with this addictive game.

-Music: If you are familiar with the Final Fantasy games you will love the music and see the remix of your favorite songs.

-Gameplay: Easy once your hands know where to go, and the tutorial is very easy and well-done.

Characters: Well designed and the english voices are just great.

-Fun: Warning! This game is addictive, I had the Japanese version and I got the addiction, now I got the English version and my hands can’t leave it either.

-Overall: This game is worth every penny and more.

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Square Enix did a little experimenting with this game. Instead of having a roaming RPG adventure through a sprawling world, interacting with strange people, wondering around towns and exploring dungeons the developers created Dissidai as a tactical role-playing game on a hexigrid strategy with the action being presented as competitive fighting ala Street fighter with only two attack moves. One attack dries your opponents spirit and increases yours, thus increasing your physical attack

I never bother to see if I could play as classic Final Fantasy Characters or explored all the other game modes, after about twenty minutes(ten minutes for the opening cinematic, five minutes for the tutorial and five minutes of actually playing the game) I placed it back in the Gamefly envelop and mailed back I falsely believed that it was just another RPG and got something that I wasn’t expecting and didn’t want to play. And judging from all the used copies I’ve seen at GameStop and Game Crazy I’m not the only one who didn’t enjoy this game.

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I’m not exactly a huge fan for Final Fantasy, but this game changes that. I love the controls, which are easy to use for the first action gamer. The cutscences are nice, and there are a few that are outstanding(specifically, the first one). I bought this game in April of this year, and still haven’t finished it(but maybe that’s just me. I can be pretty slow). All the playable characters are good, with all their highs and lows. The Theater feature is awesome if you want to take a break from fighting and listen to audio collected from most of the previous games, watch cutscenes, and even play/edit recorded battles! Yep, the Battle Replay feature is pretty darn nifty. But you have play a bunch of battles to unlock that stuff. There’s also an online battle thing, but I’ve never used it, so I’m not sure how that works. If you’re a hardcore gamer, chances are you won’t like this game. But you’re just looking for a easy to learn game like me, then this is a good pick.

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Crossover fighting games are nothing new, and they always tend to have one thing in common: From Super Smash Bros. to Marvel vs Capcom 2, they’re less about exploring what happens when disparate universes come together, and more about seeing how hard those universes can wordlessly kick each other in the teeth. It’s almost always fun, but for fans invested in the stories and characters of the crossover properties, it often feels like something’s missing from the experience.

To say Dissidia Final Fantasy isn’t like that would be a gross understatement. Bringing together a cast of 20 heroes and villains from the first 10 Final Fantasy games (plus two secret ones from XI and XII), it blends RPG elements with deceptively simple one-on-one fighting to create a crossover fighter unlike any seen before. It also puts about as much emphasis on story and character interaction as it does on fighting, and the action is supported by dozens of lengthy, densely chatty cutscenes, most of them devoted to just showing how all these characters interact with one another.

There’s a fresh plot behind these meetings, revolving around the gods Cosmos and Chaos gathering champions for one last, end-of-the-universe battle. But ultimately, how much you care about it all will tie in directly to how big of a Final Fantasy fan you are. If the thought of FFVII’s Sephiroth having a conversation with FFVIII’s Squall gives you fanboy/girl chills, or if you’ve always wanted to see FFIV’s Cecil reconcile with his brother/nemesis Golbez, then the stories that unfold here are a huge treat.

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I carry my PSP around when I am going to be spending alot of time doing nothing such as doctors offices etc….this game has kept me busy for many hours I would highly recommend it to anyone who is a Final Fantasy fan.

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I bought this game from a gamestop when it first came out for the full $39.99 (plus tax) I didn’t play it right away for whatever reason, but I got back to it and just finished the game (at least through the regular Chaos fight, to say nothing of the additional extra stories that open after that)

I debated with myself for a few minutes how many stars to give this game, at it’s worst I felt like it deserved 2 stars, for most people maybe 3 stars. I put up 4 stars here because most people who buy this game are probably fans of the series and for them I say 4 stars, some people pointed out this game is straight fan service type stuff, which is not inaccurate. Afterall, there is one cutscene where a certain character is dual wielding a buster sword and a gunblade for a brief time.

On to the merits of the game itself. One of the first things people will notice when they turn this game on is that the graphics are quite nice for a psp game (as they should be) So it gets a plus there. Then when you start playing the story it does not take long to figure out that all the story scenes in the game (using the ingame engine with full voiceovers) are cringe worthy. The premise of the story itself is paper thin to begin with, but I’ll give the game makers a small pass on that one being that they pretty much had to come up with a rediculous story in order to get all the good guys and bad guys from all the games together in one place. What they don’t get a pass on is the terrible, terrible script, and cheesy voiceovers for many of the characters.

Anyway, this is, first and foremost, a fighting game. So how is the fighting? A bit of a mixed bag really. The mechanics are mostly solid (the “chase” parts are questionable) and all of the different characters have their own unique moves and fighting styles. One thing that gets in the way of all this action at times, as I’ve read in proffesional reviews of this game is that on certain levels (namely closed in levels) The camera is incapable of giving you a view of what the hell is going on. The worst example of this would be the Emperor’s level. The good news is that most of the levels are relatively wide open with a few minor exceptions.

My biggest complaint about the fighting itself is character levels. Despite this being a fighting game your character will level up through battles, which seems like a nice way to keep people playing. But the level of you in relation to your opponent has a huge impact on the fight. If you are a higher level you will stomp him like a bug. If you are signifigantly lower level then you might as well just flee the battle after you get stomped. Few things make me want to hurl my psp at a wall more than trying to beat a higher level opponent in this game.

So after the story and fighting, what else does this game have to offer? Quite a bit actually. This game features a ton of extras which, unfortunately have to be “unlocked” through playing the game for hours and hours on end. I have never been a big fan of have to unlock things in a single player game. I dropped $40 for this psp game and to me that should “earn” me all the extras up front.

Regardless of my opinion on unlockables, this game is chock full of them, from all the bosses to music from the orignal games to extra playable levels there is enough to keep you busy till rapture if you want to see it all.

This game also features and ad-hoc multiplayer versus mode that I have not had the opportunity to experience, being that both people need to own the game and I don’t know anyone who plays this stuff. I suspect it is just like the single player but against a real person lol.

A couple other things to touch on before I rap this review up. Like a regular rpg you get to equip your character with items. It’s a rather unsatisfying process though. The items don’t change you characters appearance and they have an impact on gameplay but there isn’t a lot to choose from, mediocre at best. The accessories often do not adequately explain what the hell it is that they do.

I just looked at the game manual and it is full color and well done, for what it’s worth.

Also, because of the nature of this game featuring the villains from the games and some minor (very minor actually) stories, there are some minor spoilers here and there if you haven’t played the game in question before you play this game.

In summary. The fun factor is much higher if you are a serious fan of this series, otherwise it may leave you feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

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I love Final Fantasy. When I first heard about Dissidia I was excited. But now I own it…. I’ve never gotten so pissed off at a game. I’ve literally gotten so angry at this game that I’ve thrown it across the room. The “fighting” is just hitting the square button, and the battles are disappointing and lack luster. I have a life, so I don’t have time to sit around and master these meaningless combos, and because of that I can’t progress far in the game. So unless you’re a loser with nothing better to do then play video games, don’t waste your money.

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I have been playing this game nonstop since I got it on the midnight launch, it’s HIGHLY addictive! The farther along you get in the game the more difficult it gets which get frustrating but the drive to max out your favorite fighters with unlockables that unlock with progression keeps you going back for more, more beatings from certain fighters!

The balance in fighters for me, I dont know about others, seem unfair at times, it seems no matter how much effort into getting new items im just never as strong as CPU controlled warrior type fighters, not to mention the long range sometimes coward type spellcaster type fighters, The Emperor will quickly become the most hated character in Final Fantasy history for some if he already isn’t with Kuja following in a close second! But it wouldn’t be a Final Fantasy title if getting the confidence sucked right out of you wasn’t there!

The controls are symple to learn but difficult to master as the opponents you fight get stronger, which leads to what feels like an interface issue that gets somewhat frustrating as you fight the higher level opponents, but maybe thats me trying to make myself feel better for the beatings I get sometimes!

Every fighter comes with a nice selection of Special Moves from their respected games, though there will be favorites moves that you will go to over and over again, while others collect dust, trying to master all the moves of your favorite fighter, mine being Cloud, may seem like an impossible task but it never feels that way, despite some saying it feels your forced to level your character up, there wouldn’t be an issue if you were really a fan of RPGs and Final Fantasy games because it gives the same feeling of control over your fighters developement, while the only way this would feel time constraining is if your true passion is traditional pick up and brawl fighters.

The music of the game combines the best and most recognizable music from the Final Fantasy series and goes perfect with the game. The strory can be dry and a little heavy with the pro friendship theme at times, but anyone who has enjoyed an Anime or RPGs before should be used to this by now, but it, in my opinion, has given it’s combatants the best reason to fight, for both Cosmos and Chaos warriors, any fighter I have ever played has provided before.

With a massive amount of unlockables and features, it’s clear that alot of time and dedication went into not only showing respect to the franchise and it’s 20 year legacy, but really letting the fans know how grateful of our support Square Enix is, and giving us something to love and enjoy, and not just cashing in on the Final Fantasy name. This game isn’t perfect but it’s so close to being so, it would be the biggest mistake you’ll ever make not buying it!

4.5 out of 5

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I bought the bundle since this is my very PSP ever owned but I do have the PS2 and other game systems. But from a Final Fantasy franchise game, I was kind of disappointed in what I’ve played so far.

Before the game got released I was watching the Japanese version on youtube which seemed really interesting but when I got the game, I was wondering where that awesome-ness went (and yes I know that awesome-ness is not a word.) that was in the Japanese version.

To me it feels like a Final Fantasy version of Kingdom Hearts. The sad thing is is that I’ve been saying that they should have made Kingdom Hearts with all of the FF characters plus Sora, Riku, and Kiari but after playing this I’m glad that they didn’t. What the biggest turn off is is the story. The plot is too obsessed with Light and Dark (Kingdom Hearts) and Chaos and Cosmos and finding their Crystals which yes I know that’s what the game was about but still.

I gave it 4 stars for the effort. Not a bad game but I don’t think it earns 5 stars.

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The game is really pretty and all, but if you don’t know the stories behind the characters, you really miss the main target of the game. the graphics are incredible and pretty amazing.

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This game is amazing! At first I thought it would be just a one on one fighter but I was wrong. It has a such a deep RPG structure to it its scary. You can do all of the same things you would expect in a FF title with managing equipment, abilities, and even summons. You would be surprised how critical it can be in a battle. It’s so addicting learning new moves and pummeling your friends with them.

Each fighter is very different and has a variety of playing styles which adds to the replay value a lot. I only knew the characters from FF6 and up, but I definitely grew to like a lot of the old school guys as well.

The levels are really fun to play on,some even having destructible terrain. The graphics of the levels and character models are one of the best on the PSP I have seen. The voices are really good and I thought it was cool how each story mixed into some of the others as well. Its nowhere as deep as the traditional FF game, but fans will enjoy a lot of the little references scattered throughout not just the story but the whole game itself.

I’ve only beat 4 of the storylines so far and still am25 hrs into it. Its that addicting! DEF 9/10

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After reading numerous reviews I’ve come to the conclusion that this game will only appeal to dedicated FF fans. Real fighting game fans will find the combat too simple and the leveling/gear grind repetitive. It’s not a bad game, but it’s definitely not as great as people are making it to be and it really annoys me that this game got such great reviews when it’s so mediocre.

I would not have bought it if I knew how underwhelming this game was. Hell, even the best reviews for this game complained about the story, and yes it is that bad. It’s a disgrace for a FF game to have so little effort put into its story when so many of everyone’s favorite FF heroes are teamed together in a supposedly epic conflict. The woeful dialogue and lousy, emotionless voice acting for pretty much all the characters adds to the insipid storyline campaign, which has the selected hero move across “chessboards”, fighting foes one at a time while unlocking and acquiring more gear.

If you don’t like fighting games and if you are not a diehard FF fan, avoid this game.

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I’ve played many RPGs and fighting games over the years, but putting them together? What an incredible turn-out. Although I’m only about a week into it (working on perfecting Cloud), I’m enjoying the many features that Dissidia has to offer. I am looking forward to battling the friend cards, hopefully I can find a nearby online player. I’m looking for some competition, and hopefully this game will never grow old.

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I come from Asian and I played the Japanese edition for about half year, I want to say that this is a must-play game on the PSP ever. This game, though needs you to spend sometime to get used to it, (because it got some special gaming system) when you know how to play it, you would also find the attraction of DIssidia. The game also contains a very interesting collecting system. You might want to collect all kind of materials to make your super weapons, armors and acessories. And if you are fond in fierce and fancy fighting games, this game is the one for you, I promise, or your money back (aha, joking, but believe me). The USA edition has some different parts from the Japanese one, but the main concept and game model aren’t changed. Actually, the revised USA edition should be greater than the Japanese one or at least more suitable for western players. You should at least try this game some times and if you keep playing it, it would grasp all your attention, and you won’t play any other games for a period of time.

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This is so not Final Fantasy! More like Mortal Combat or those other fighting games where you have to push allot of buttons just to do something simple. The characters you are trying to fight against move faster then the camera can keep up. More frustrating then it is worth. What ever happen to playing games to escape the frustrations of this world? There is no towns to explore or people to talk to just fighting. Endless, almost impossible to win, fighting.

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I actually pre-ordered the FF Dissidia pack (ie I bought a psp for this game) because as a big FF fan over the years I was very excited about it. I played it non-stop for two weekends but haven’t touched it since. It’s not that it’s a bad game, but the story sucks, there is no adventure in it and you have to play through the same story with different characters over and over again. The monotony drove me crazy! Long story short if you’re looking for a novel fighting game this is great. If you’re looking for a Final Fantasy style game don’t even look at this product.

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Dissidia: Final Fantasy is for the fans. That is obvious from the moment one places the disc in the PSP. From the characters to the worlds, the game was made for fans of the series, whether they be newcomers like me or longtime loyalists. Though RPG or action gamers may be able to pick up the game and learn it, it is easier to digest when one is familiar with the series.

The story is pretty awful, there’s no doubt about it. There are rumors that there are a number of canceled story arcs that nearly made it into this game, which is unfortunate, as this is really the only drawback. How did these characters all get here, and why do they not ever really question it? Apparently, it all has to do with some god of discord, Chaos, and the goddess of harmony, Cosmos, who have been at war for millennia. All the key villains and heroes of the series are here, from the infamous Cloud and Sephiroth to the not-as-well-known, but just as beloved Firion and the Emperor. Now, there is no doubt the game was crafted as though it were an old friend – pitting various villains and heroes against one another never gets old, and some of the exchanges they have with one another, dialogue-wise, is quite entertaining. The problem is, ninety-five percent of the cutscenes are horrendous to watch for one reason or another.

Story aside, however, the entertainment value is high enough to overshadow it. Leveling up characters, especially the villains, becomes addicting fast. Busting up the arenas and unleashing violent combos is quite amusing. Getting backed into corners and then railed on by the sometimes-too-intelligent AI is not so pleasant, though it does not happen too often. Sending an opponent flying into the wall with one well-aimed swing of Masamune is especially satisfying. The story mode is sufficiently challenging even for veteran players; what’s better is that characters being used in story mode can be leveled up outside of it using the Quick Battle function. Without a doubt, this game can easily waste your weekends, and there will be little to no guilt involved.

It is unfortunate that the idea of Yuna and Seymour being in the game rather than Tidus (tee-dus? I still call him tie-dus) and Jecht. After all, most of these storylines were sufficiently closed in their original games. Cloud still moping and fighting Sephiroth is… anguishing at best, though Sephiroth probably has a better reason for it than Cloud. Tidus and Jecht had zero emotional impact, as their story has already been wrapped up, and neatly so. There was no reason for them to be fighting again: Tidus had forgiven his father and moved on.

Still, the game is one of the best for the PSP, hands down, and at least worth borrowing or renting. Though the story drags and has very little impact, the sheer enjoyment one gets from playing this game for hours on end greatly overshadows any unpleasant feelings garnered from this insignificant aspect.

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As a giant FF fantard, this game was on the top of my list – heck, I own both English and Japanese releases! But it fell short. As per usual, Square-Enix is mediocre with their English-language releases, not taking the time to give the player the option for Japanese vocals (which is why I bought the Japanese release even before the US one came out – my expectations were sadly met).

The story is average at best and for a fighting game, it’s not particularly boring but for an FF game? Snoozefest.

As usual, Square-Enix took extra care of characters after VII, not nearly giving enough screen-time (or merchandise!) for older characters. I do not want a Cloud action figure. I would like a proper, non-super-deformed/chibi version of Cecil. And Butz, please. Will V ever get its time in the limelight? How about Tactics? Frankly, the FF series is all but dead to me unless they remake V or have a Dissidia sequel with Kain, Faris and Galuf, and Ramza in it.

The art has the usual “sameface” style that Nomura’s decided on. The colors are nice, but beyond that I’d rather see Akira Oguro (FF4TA) doing S-E!FF art from herein. It’s the perfect medium between Amano and Nomura’s… well. Crap, quite frankly.

If you’re looking for a game to play when you’re bored (or to get and pretend you’re totally hip to RPGs and fandom), this is for you. If you’re looking for something deep, thought-provoking, or featuring the older characters? You’re out of luck.

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I will keep this review short and as painless as possible. There are only 2 attack buttons in this game. One function is to drain your opponent’s spirit and the other to cause physical damage. Not much going on here, Story is alright just like any other fighting game where the characters have to fight all the way through and see their own individual ending. However, I do like the dash feature where you can rush opponents just like in dragon ball z. The only plus in this game is that all the characters in the game are from the older ff games. However, too much repetition and lack of variety is what brings this game down (two attack buttons cmon!) In conclusion, This game gets old real fast. It is just overhyped game that lacks any real substance. Square Enix should just stick to what they do best which is rpgs. I am selling this game by the way, if anyone is interested.

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I have always loved the final fantasy games, they allways involve interesting characters and a story, with cool battles etc. Now we can play a game that throws the main charaters all togther into one game. You play a main story as one of 11 good guys trying to save the universe. YOu have a ton of unlockables in the game, you can have an arcade mode, or you can play with friends in ad-hoc mode. The game also has codes you can unlock things you cant normally unlock by normal means, but i dont think we will find out all of them until the guide comes out.

Also the art insert is reversible and you can switch it between chaos and cosmos. It also has a code you can use to register the game on the square enix website(which i think unlocks something on the site, but i haven’t tired it yet.)

Overall this is a great game for the psp and its a nice fighting game with rpg elements, and a TON of stuff to unlock. It is a definite buy.

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First off, let me ssy that I have only played the Demo of this game, sorry. Despite that small fact, if the Demo is anything to go off of, and the knowledge I have gained from it at various websites and magazines, then this game is a MUST for any FF fan. But, of course, you already knew that. ^_^

Alright, the fighting is great. From good sized roster of characters (Even if they don’t have Seymour from X…), you can select from the main characters and villains from each of the FF titles from 1-10 (with a few exceptions), with two unlockables: one from 11 and one from 12. Each of the characters remains exceptionally true to their fighting style from their respective games (and its kinda funny just how many villains were masters of “black magic”), and even those from the really early games are given fighting styles just as you would expect and love.

The Story sounds a bit cliche’, but even so, I find it enjoyable. Two great gods summoning heroe’s to fight on the side of good or evil. It would be a big *yawn* if not for the fact that, well, I for one never get tired of such a thing! lol So, all the best fighters from the worlds of Final Fantasy are gathering for a huge fight? …I’ll return after I’m done wetting myself…

Moving on. In game you are able to level up your character an all that jazz, just like you can on several of the games, and you are able to assign different moves to different controls, which are different for every character. And each stage has environmental objects that can be broken, ran up, and even slid on.

Lastly, let me just say that the graphics are top notch. From the CG scenes to just the normal battle graphics its all laid out exceptionally well. And the redone music that is played throughout the game is phenomenal, and really evokes the Final Fantasy mood in you.

It’a a great buy, and one that you’ll probably be constantly picking up and playing again for months and months to come.

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Dear lord……Ths Game is so addicitng i sill ahve trouble putting it down and i got it the day after it came out. Everything about this game is great, exept one thing.

This is a great game because it includes all of the main final fantasy character, and even throws in a new one. The story: The Goddess of Harmony Cosmos is in a conflict with the God of Discord, Chaos. (Fans will recognize him from FF1.) The deities battle again and again, and Summon 10 warriors apiece to do battle. In the end, the conflict keeps repeating itself (Spoiler) Due to Shinryu, the Wyrm that purifies the world, the Dragon Feared by even the Gods.

Play able Characters:

Warrior of Light: Final Fantasy 1. (he is not a real character, because in FF1, you had classes instead of characters.)

Garland: Final Fantasy 1. The Rouge Knight of Cornelia. (No, he does not say “I Garland, will KNOCK YOU ALL DOWN!” =()

Firion, the weapons master from FF2.

The Emporer : FF2

Onion Knight: FF3

Cloud Of Darkness: FF3 (Too scantily clad for my tastes.)

Cecil the Dark Knight/Paladin FF4

Golbez: FF4

Bartz (Buttz in the Japanese version) FF5

ExDeath: FF5

Terra: FF6

Kefka (some joker person.) FF6

Cloud: FF7 (alternate look = Advent children Clothes!)

Sephiroth: FF7 (How do you have a Bad @$$ game like this w/o Sephiroth?)

Squall FF8 (I started with him)

Ultimitia FF8

Zidane FF9

Kuja FF9

Tidus FF10

Jecht FF10

Shantotto THe Taru Taru Mage from FF11

Gabranth the Judge from FF12.

Non Playable characters:

Cosmos (Does not battle)

Chaos (TOO POWERFUL!!!!!!!!!!)

The only Gripes i have with this game is that there were no Exclusive characters, Warrior of Light isn’t real, and victory can be arbitrary. For example: Your level 1 fighting a level 100 boss. you get killed almost every thime, but sometimes you get lucky and your summon propells you to victory (or vice versa)

On top of awesome graphics, incredible gameplay, and a ton of character matchup battles, This game has an amazing soundtrack. The Messenger, Chaos’s Battle Theme and Cosmos’s theme (even though they’re the same set of lyrics…..0_o?) are my favorites, besides One Winged angel and Otherworld from FF 7 and 10 respectively. I perfer to play as some Chaos character over some cosmos, but most of Chaos’s people are all magic users, like the Emperor, Cloud of Darkness, and golbez. I like these three, but loathe ExDeath, Kuja is ok, but the ones who actually do some hand to hand Like Garland, Jecht, Gabranth, And Sephiroth are my besy ones. As far as Cosmos’s warriors go, i usually stick with Squall, Onion knight, cloud, Zidane and Warrior of Light, and occasionally Shantotto. Hate Bartz, indifferent about Terra, and think Cecil is kind of cool, but i perfer his Brother Golbez (cuz he fires lazers.) I Like Cloud of darkness for her beam attacks, and Emperor for his Undodgeable StarFall. But i think his alternate colored EX Mode SHould’ve been his Holy form from Soul of Rebirth, rather than his Hell form. I think they should’ve given you the option of haveing all of the original classes for the Warrior of light. (Fighter, Black Belt, Black Mage, White Mage, Red Mage, and Thief) Can’t wait for Dissidia 2!

An absolute MUST for all final fantasy fans.

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I’ve played this game a good bit since I received it as a Christmas present. I love the gameplay, it’s very accessible. I love the characters they chose (for the most part). I love the nostalgia I get from seeing some old friends (Cloud, Terra, Firrion, Cecil). It’s a fun game. I bought my PSP specifically to play it, and I don’t regret that decision.

Problems? Early model PSP owners will have to change the settings a little bid to accommodate hardware differences. Also, the plot is a very overdone GOOD GUYS vs. BAD GUYS one, and I think most of the games these characters came from weren’t that simple. About 2/10ths of the characters have to deal with family issues over the course of the game, which can get very tedious. Most importantly, I think I would have liked to see some of the supporting character NPCs that they use as menu Q and A guides in a cutscene. Also, there is absolutely no explanation as to what these characters think happened to their worlds or how they think they arrived at their location. I kind of wonder if this game might have started as a potential Kingdom Hearts title that they decided would be better kept within the Final Fantasies.

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this game is fantastic. absolutely THE best fighting game i’ve ever played. and to those who complain “this isnt final fantasy, this is a fighting game” well i have to say “DUH.” did you not watch any previews or reviews or gameplay videos or for that matter, ANYTHING??? it is supposed to be a fighting game. it wasnt an accident. and it works with the final fantasy universe perfectly and seamlessly. the best way i can describe this game to you is in the title. its like a 3D version of super smash bros, with final fantasy style levelign and costumization. to further tack on to the 5 star reasoning, this game is freakin endless. i thought i beat everything with my lvl 100 onion knight, until i unlocked a new story, then another new one. im finally to a point where my fights are getting difficult for my lvl 100. this game has an Accomplishment system that is very reminiscent of Xbox’s achievement system. these are such as “reach lvl 100 with one character” or “recieve 200000 gil,” and add a deper level of immersion as you play for hours on end trying to unlock everything, as these accomplishments dont go unrewarded. im writing this review early, as i have not yet played multiplayer, but i can guarantee that that aspect would only solidify the 5 star goodness. if you havent yeet, GO BUY THIS GAME!!!!! seriously, what are you waiting for? (btw onion knight is the best)

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Thrilling and daring, Dissidia: Final Fantasy offers a new way to experience and enjoy (some of) your favorite Final Fantasy characters! With a well-designed and balanced battle system, an exciting gameplay, and some astonishing difficulty levels (for the times you want it to be difficult), Dissidia is an elite when it comes to portable gaming. Here are my main points:

Concept: Bring together characters from Final Fantasy 1-10 (one from 11 and one from 12 are also unlockable), redesign their sprites into full 3D, and bring them to life with voices, character interaction, and fierce battles. For the Final Fantasy enthusiast, this is awesome! One complaint is that there are only 22 characters. When spread across twelve games… it might have been nice to have some more! It’s better than Ehrgeiz, though!

Battle system: The battle system is the shining star of Dissidia. Completely redone, the system focuses on a sort of tug-of-war system called Bravery. Attack and Defense statistics now refer to your Bravery attack and defense, instead of HP (which is still present). The game is played with two attack buttons: one for Bravery Point (or BP) attacks, and one for Health Point (of HP) attacks. HP attacks deal however much Bravery you have, so if you have 5 BP at the moment, you deal 5 HP. If you have 5000 BP, you deal 5000 HP. When your opponents bravery is completely drained passed zero, they go into Break mode, and you get a bravery bonus.

When you hit your opponent with an HP attack, it expends your Bravery — and you are vulnerable at 0 BP. Luckily, once this happens, you return to your base BP level after a moment (the BP you started with at the beginning of the battle). However, making a successful HP attack, while it won’t deal any damage, will return you to Base Bravery, so the game is constantly rewarding you and challenging you to be at risk to strike your opponent with an HP attack. This risk-reward system is prevalent throughout the game, and brings a lot of excitement to a genre that seems to have lost it recently.

Story Mode: The story mode is a high point and a low point. It is fun to see your favorite characters rendered in 3D, voiced, and interacting with each other. While it is enjoyable to see the characters, and remember the personalities of the characters, as many other reviewers have commented, the characters are not the ones we left at the end of their respective games. This may have been on purpose, but with a game completely centered on these twenty characters, it may have been nice for the characters to have made some of their developments from their respective games already, so that, for instance, we don’t have to rehash Squall’s rebel-rouge side for the second time.

Versus: As always, versus mode gives you a chance to really know how good of a player you are. Unfortunately, versus mode is only ad-hoc, so you must be in proximity to your opponent to play. However, if you are, this makes for a fun and enjoyable add-on to the game. You also can build your characters in some ways during Versus mode, giving you a reward for enjoying yourself with your friends. As with most games, this is sort of the end-game content, and with a battle system like Dissidia’s, it’s all fun. It would have been nice for infrastructure play, though.

Presentation: Graphically, Dissidia is a powerhouse. Probably the best looking game I have played on the PSP, well above several PS2 games, it brings the characters to life with true-to-vision designs. The battles are outstanding, with great magic effects, good character design, and exciting sequences. Audibly, the game fares great. While the initial offering of background tunes is somewhat poor, in that it simply plays the theme song of your opponent, it does add to some exciting sequences (like when fighting Sephiroth as Cloud for the first time). However, you can expand your set of songs as you continue through the game, and this fleshes out some of the problems. On the SFX end, some are poor, such as some of the losing sounds of the heroes (Onion Knight’s is especially annoying). When you’re fighting the same opponent over and over again because you’re being persistent and refuse to lose against a character that is ten levels stronger than you, these sounds get old. However, during battles, the sound effects are great, and they help bring a sense of immersion to the fights. I would suggest headphones or external speakers, either with nice bass, as the PSP speakers and headphones don’t have enough kick for some of the nice bass melodies and SFX (at all).

Camera/Playability: The camera is the WORST part about this game, and it isn’t even that bad. On several occasions, the camera can get stuck behind pieces of the level, which is annoying. However, in general, the camera doesn’t cause any problems, and it pretty much keeps a good lock on your character and your opponent. One problem I have noticed, and it may just be me or my PSP, is that sometimes I will hit a button, and it will not do anything. This seems to be especially prevalent when switching from a BP attack to an HP attack (which is, of course, the most important part!), and since this seems to be a software-oriented environment, I think it may be how the game registers and dolls out BP attacks. However, these are small problems, and in general don’t interfere with the overall playability of the game.

Overall: The risk-reward systems built into the battle system and story modes drive this game. It is fun to play for five minutes, and fun to play for hours on end. Buy this game — you won’t be disappointed!

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Fun game overall. Very different from the turn based strategy games. Fast action, lots of characters, and great multiplayer.

Only negative is the gameplay is very repetitive so after a few weeks you’ll be a master at it, but by then you’ll also start getting a bit bored. Also the “story” is incredibly terrible.

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(My son typed this)

This game was a lot of fun! I got it for christmas and it’s so much fun to create and play battles with any final fantasy character! Who’d of ever thought i’d see Squall and Cloud fight! This game is a great buy and I’m sure you’d enjoy hours of fun with it.

Pros:

Fun

Coustomizable

Plenty of gameplay

Cons:

The story is a little repetitive, but its still a great one.

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As someone who really enjoys the Final Fantasy series, I was so excited to play this game. In fact, I bought a PSP in the first place mainly to play Dissidia and Crisis Core. Now, I don’t play fighting games and am therefore not good at them. But I don’t play shooting games, either, and I made it through Dirge of Cerberus, so I was hoping I’d be okay on this one. But this game is just ridiculous. After two to three hours of playing/struggling not to punt my PSP, I have given up. The bosses I’ve seen have been twice my level, and I sometimes have to retry regular battles seven or eight times before I can win. So if you aren’t good at fighting games and don’t want to spend years leveling up right off the bat, my advice to you is to not even bother. The story so far is not looking promising enough to be worth the suffering. I did quite enjoy getting to kill Tidus a few times, but that doesn’t make this game worth purchasing.

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I played the game for like 3 hours and this game is honestly fun and it’s super fast paced.

The graphic is really good and watching/playing with FF characters is fun.

Btw there is a new version coming out in japan soon with extra stuff but english voices/text will be available so I’ll import that too!

I recommend the game for FF fans, watching Terra from FF6 or cecil from FF4 in PSP graphic made me happy somehow (lol what can i say I’m a FF fan!).

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Dissidia is basically like playing an anime version of chess. You have to make the right move or either you’ll set off a chain reaction(which isn’t bad, but it gets annoying from time to time.) or you’ll run out of DP’s(Destruction Points). Which in my case is bad when you get thru the stage and get your results. You also get to equip a lot of cool stuff that’ll help you in battle and exspecially when fighting Chaos.

Dissdia has all of your all time favorite characters starting from 1 all the way to 10. It’s a very exciting game and I was happy when I got this. You can do a lot of things in here like…hmmm…fighting against a ghost character, or playing in wifi mode with friends and trade in friend cards so that your friends can challenge you and you recieve Moogle mail from of course the Moogles. You can either fight in Casual or Hard mode. You also have the villians from in here. Like Golbez, Kelfka, Kuja and our all time favorite…Sephiroth! It’s a really neat game with lots of challenges and themes. Basically to put it short, you can either choose Cosmos; The Goddess of Harmoney, or Chaos; The God of Discord. Which team will you pick? Good or evil? Lol!

And once you play with your own character, they’ll have their own theme to the stage their in.

I don’t care what people think about this game. If you are a total FF nerd like me then it shouldn’t matter. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I like awesome grafics in games and wonderful fighting styles. I mean, c’mon, you’re talking to a girl who still plays Final Fantasy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. But you have totally got to get this. If you don’t like it, sorry. But for some, you’ll love it.

Rating

This game is not an RPG. If that is what you want go away. It is a fighting game geared toward Final Fantasy fans. That said…

After Dirge of Cerberus’s questionable diversion from RPG I was not sure how Square’s adventure into the Fighting genre would go. But hey, Crisis Core was good.

And so is Dissidia. The story is good. Not spectacular or typical FF, but this is a fighting game, so having a decent story is good enough. Perhaps the only thing lacking is a “story mode” for the villians.

The controls are easy to understand and use. Not as complex as they could be, but this game is for FF fans (RPGers who probably don’t play fighting games all the time). There’s two primary attack buttons, on for HP and one for Bravery, but each button can be programmed to six attacks (three on the ground, three in the air). Things can get pretty repetitive (like how Firion has only one HP attack), but wait, don’t regular RPGs get repetitive too? (And IMO nothing is as repetitive as turn-based combat.) Things can get pretty frustrating, but as RPGers know, that’s when you level up (oh and understanding abilities helps).

Graphics and sound are great as always.

Character interactions go as you’d expect, based on their personalities from the game. Each character’s quest is interesting, but again, if you played the games you know what to expect, however it does expand their personalities and habits/beliefs.

The characters’ abilities match their original game style, or just the general look and feel of their appearance. There are noticable differences between characters, and each requires a different approach to battle.

I’d say I’m halfway through and am still hooked. There’s plenty of stuff to unlock, and I didn’t get to play as the villians yet (waiting until I finish Story Mode).

Considering Square is milking the cash cow, we should be happy they didn’t half-*** anything. If you put personal prefrences aside, Dissidia is a quality game.

Rating

The game was very great for it contains alot of items, characters, modes, special features, and unlockables but there is 2 things I hate is that destiny point bonus and the story but it is a very good game and it feels like it merge both RPG and fighting-style together and I recommended for both Final Fastasy fans and non Final Fastasy and it is a pretty good idea to get a guide for this game.

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I have been playing this for last month, and surprisingly, still haven’t finish yet. For a big psp gamer, i played almost all the psp games. Most of game don’t last more than 2 weeks. This game have great replay value, each characters has their own story and cut scenes. Also it has great customization which will add to more playing time. So, i don’t see the reason that you are not buying this game, even you are not a big fan of FF.

Rating

I think most fellow FF fans can relate when I say that when this game was first announced, the anticipation was almost immediately unbearable. Well, fast-forward a year or so, and what do we get? More or less what most of us were expecting- a full fan-service action title with a negligible plot line.

True, there was that moment where I find myself saying “Hey! Awesome! I’m (insert favorite character here) in full 3-d with full-range movement in an ACTION game!”, but that feeling soon wore off, and gave way to some disappointment at how this truly monumental game could have been much better.

That being said, is it really all that bad? The game clearly does SOMETHING right, otherwise online sales of past FF titles would not have increased as they did in the two weeks following the US release, and the Gamefaqs message board for the game wouldn’t have as much activity as it does.

So, let’s take a point-by-point look at what was done well, or not so well, in each of the following categories:

Graphics: 7/10

A good-looking game, with some minor problems in this department.

+All 2-d characters are fully re-imagined in 3-d in a way that does service (for the most part. Exceptions being Cecil and Bartz) to the games they hail from

+Attack animations are fluid. You also won’t find yourself saying “Hey, that attack landed 2 feet from my character but STILL registered”, as in many fighting and action games (ahem, Soulcalibur)

-Sometimes the characters’ mouths don’t move when they talk, which completely ruins all suspension of disbelief.

-Some different animations for different types of weapons would have been nice (i.e. axes vs. swords. Whichever the Warrior of Light or Cecil or whomever is equipped with, it’s still a sword).

Audio: 10/10

The best-sounding game I’ve played on the PSP.

+Solid voice-acting of every single character in the game. It’s really a pity that the voice actors weren’t fed many good lines by the scriptwriters.

+There are remasters/remixes of themes from every Final Fantasy game 1-12. Just wait ’til you hear what they’ve done with “The Red Wings”, “Dancing Mad” and “Battle at the Big Bridge”. The unlockable songs from FFI-III are the classic NES tunes more or less untouched. My only real complaint would be the shoddy remix of the battle music from FFIV.

Gameplay: 7/10

This is really a mixed bag. If you enjoy ridiculous anime gymnastics like that seen in “FF7: Advent Children”, then you’ll probably love the combat in this game. I, personally, did not like the film, but that type of combat IS better suited to a video game than it is to cinema.

+Simple, straight-forward controls that are easy to learn but take some effort to master.

+The characters all handle very differently from one another, and each has a distinct “flavor”, if you will.

+Action-packed. In some of the tougher battles, your heart will pound and your palms will sweat before the final blow is struck, unless, of course…

-You figure out how to break the game. This is quite easy to do as…about 80% of the characters. It will take supreme self-discipline just for you to keep yourself from spamming the same attack until the other guy just croaks.

-Completely counter-intuitive camera angles. Prepare to go “Talking to a wall” as Squall puts it.

-Targeting system will sometimes cause you to be unable to reach parts of the stage that you want to reach. This only happens frequently on a couple stages.

-If you enjoy online play, prepare to be disappointed. You’re going to need a PS3 (which must be the ONLY reason someone would buy a PS3), or a computer program called XLink-something-or-other. The developers could have just as easily included online functionality, but they didn’t. Thanks a lot, Square Enix.

-Looooooong load times. Even if you use the “Data Install” feature to shorten load times, be prepared to wave bye-bye to hours of your life you could have spent doing something meaningful as you wait for the battles to begin, or end.

Story: 2/10

Ouch…I mean, ouch. But what were you expecting? Xenogears? There will be moments so sappy that you cringe. Especially when the deep-voiced guy recites verse for every story mode. Just don’t think about it and you’ll be okay.

Replayability: 8/10

When you get done maining one character, you’ll be sure to say, “Hey, that was fun. I wonder what it would’ve been like as one of the OTHER guys.” I would have enjoyed a story mode for the Evil characters, too, if only for ease of leveling, or for the hope that their stories would’ve been somehow more interesting than the Good-aligned characters.

So, there you have it. A game that keeps me coming back, and I don’t quite know why yet. Call me “Conflicted”. Or should I say, “Dissidia-ed”.

Rating

I bought the PSP system just for this game. As a final fantasy fan, this game is a must. All the major heroes and villains from FF!-10 are in this game. Also in the North american release we get an exclusive Arcade mode that plays like a standard fighter.

Rating

I purchased this game from Amazon on 12/22, and I got it on 12/24! The shipment is super fast, and I didn’t pay extra money for that. The game is fantastic, I love it!

Rating

I bought this game about a month after it came out and I am still playing it months after that. I got every character to level 100, learned the basics of each and every one of them, and unlocked just about everything that could be unlocked. I’m not trying to brag, I’m trying to impress upon you what a wonderful experience this game can be. I’m by no means a hardcore fighting game fan, and I can’t think of any other games where I’ve ever been able to achieve such heights. This one hooked me badly, and I had a great time with it.

The gameplay is super accessible, and after a few crazy afternoons of “what the…!” you’ll start to get the hang of it. After that, the intriguing gameplay, great character design, fun story, and tons of eye candy will keep you coming back for more.

Of course, if you’re a final fantasy fan, the allure is all that much sweeter. I think it delivers a huge helping of fan service, and you won’t be disappointing. You’ll be grinning, groaning, and grinning some more at all the right moments.

Just buy it. It’s like Cloud on a gold chocobo waving a buster sword as big as weapon X. That’s how awesome it is!

Rating

As an old gamer that has played both rpg and fighting games, I have to say that this game was kind of a dissapointment to me. I have played the Final Fantasy sagas up until X 2. For me, the rpg games were great (some more complicated than others)…..and I had no problem with that. When I heard that there was going to be a Final Fantasy fighting game, I was real excited because I wanted to see and control my favorites final fantasy characters. I bought it yesterday and played it right away. Let me go over a few points of this game:

Graphics:

The graphics here are top notch. There is a lot of attention to character design and their environments

Plot:

It is really lame actually. It is the classic light vs dark, good vs evil…blah blah blah

Audio:

The dialogue is stiff on some characters but it is good overall.

Controls:

This is where the game fails considerably. If you expect a Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter experience….look somewhere else. There is a delay sometimes between the button pressing and the characters. The camera is kind of slow when following the fight sometimes (which can be frustrating)

Conclusion:

I like fighting games just for the fights. I am not interested in accesorizing the characters to become better (that’s an rpg element). The balance of the characters is awful in some instances. In mortal kombat and street fighter you could get to the end of the game with any one of the characters just solely on their special attacks and abilities. Here, that can not be achieved unless you upgraded you characters armor and accessories. If you are a hardcore Final Fantasy fan, feel free to buy this game….if you are in the Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat crowd, the don’t waste your time. The reason I gave such a low score is because Square enix took away the fun in the fighting game by adding the rpg element (Perhaps you should follow the soul calibur – tekken – street fighter formula)

Rating

This game is a great addition to anyone’s collections. The fighting and graphics are the best yet

Rating

Dissidia is simply the best multiplayer VS game of all time, and this is coming from a fighting game addict; Street Fighter, Soul Calibur, King of Fighters,Tekken, BlazBlue, Guilty Gear…there are some of the multiplayer fighting games I competitively play, and I can safely tell you that Dissidia comes up on top. I had a friend buy his PSP for this game, and he surely didn’t regret it.

Before I begin, I am not a big Final Fantasy fan, so “Final Fantasy fanboyism” did not affect my review and warp my perceptions of reality Though I played a few Final Fantasy games, I didn’t finish any of them, mainly due to me hating “grinding levels and farming rare items”. But this is the one Final Fantasy game that I did complete, over and over again, while enjoying it.

The presentation of this game is beautiful, polished, well-laid out, easy to navigate…10/10. It is a breeze, and a pleasure, to navigate through the well-thought out and elegantly-coloured menus in any of the many modes the game has to offer. And when it comes to offering, the game offers more than I thought possible on a UMD; from many modes, to items, to cusomization, to a museum mode, to a music player, to a replay editor (yes! Not only can you save your battles’ replays against the CPU/your friends, but you can even edit them INGAME and convert them to AVI with the ingame converter!), to…the list is literally too long to write out. Get the game and surprise yourself!

The graphics of this game are really well designed, to the point that there are details in the character’s attacks that I only noticed and appreciated when I was viewing the frames of a replay I was editing in slow-motion! As for audio, it is unarguably a 10/10; professional voice acting for every aspect of the game (be it in-battle voices or cutscenes), or mindblowing battle music! As an added touch, you are unable to unlock all the music tracks in the game in Museum mode, and are able to listen to the looping unending tracks whenever you feel like it!

The fighting is flashy, fun, and balanced for the most part (No fighting game is perfectly balanced, and this game ranks second-place in terms of balance in my opinion, slightly shy of KOF 98). Ofcourse multiplayer is where this game really shines, and it’s a lot of fun to duel your friends, save your replays, edit them with Dissidia’s replay editor, convert them with Dissidia’s video converter (with many features, camera types and angles to work with), upload them to Youtube or send them to your friends…the possibilities are limitless. But what sets Dissidia apart from other fighting games is its customization; it’s much more than just about equipping weapons, armor or accessories that intelligently compliment your fighting style; you even choose the abilities you take with you into battle, effectively personalizing your character to your taste. The customization is so deep, that I was/will be unable to use my friend’s Cloud (I play many characters), nor was/will he able to use mine if we switch PSPs and try to fight. Your character is your own in every way. There are even alternate costumes for each character!

To be fair in my review, the game’s story wasn’t deep, nor absorbing, unlike the other Final Fantasy games in the series, but then again, not a single fighting game I know of has one! It won’t matter to you though, as you will be so looking forward to the next story battle, that you will probably skip the cutscenes!

So to sum up, this game is truly the greatest multiplayer game of all time, and the best game on the PSP. It is worth more than twice its price…I whole-heartedly recommend this game to you. 9.9/10 (not 10 for the lack of depth in the story and no game ever gets a 10!)

Rating

Just as the title of this review reads. If you’re a old school gamer that played at least Final Fantasy (FF), FFII or FFIII or a more recent gamer that’s played FFVII or FFVIII there are characters you are sure to recognize. Graphics are clearly some of the best on the PSP representing the characters and environments very well. Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core players will recognize the 3D engine used here. The soundtrack consists of remixes of popular songs from FF – FF10 as well as at least two tracks made solely for the game. In short, top notch presentation that Square is known for is well represented in this title. The intro only is an excellent example of superior production values.

Now to the meat of it all. The Gameplay. FF: Dissidia has a steep learning curve. It’s not for the timid and it’s not unreasonable to expect at least a few hours of hard (sometimes quick) battles with you on the receiving end before you to come to grips with the gameplay. Combat is best described as a game version of Final Fantasy: Advent Children. Meaning characters can fly, air dash, air combo, counter, air counter, run along the side of walls, smash through walls etc. with reckless abandon. To perform these feats is not difficult. Knowing WHEN to perform them is the tricky part. So if you’re fighting Golbez and just can’t seem to dodge his attacks, it’s not the game, you just need more practice. Dissidia has a Brave Meter and a HP (Hit Point) meter for each character. Attacking with the circle button depletes your opponents brave meter while increasing your own. Attacking with the X button depletes your opponents HP meter. The idea is to build your brave meter because whatever number your brave meter is on when you do a HP attack, that’s the amount of HP damage you will do. For instance, you do a combo and deplete 800 brave points from your opponent while you already have 300, your brave points will go up to 1100. If you do an HP attack after that an it connects, you’ll do 1100 points worth of HP damage. If your opponent has anything less than that, then you can kill them in one blow. 0 HP equals death but equal brave points cause a “break” which leaves you open to attack, granting additional attack bonuses to the aggressor.

There are other traditional role playing elements to the game such as leveling up characters (which makes them stronger), learning new techniques, buying new weapons, items and armor and there are even achievements in the game, called “accomplishments. There’s a lot of game in Dissidia so if you want a game that’s going to give you your money’s worth, this is it. There are other aspects to the game worth mentioning but this the review would be too long if I described them all in detail. But there is the standard Quick Match mode, Arcade Mode, Story Mode and the Wifi multiplayer mode. Special note, if you have a PS3 with adhoc party, you can play Dissidia online through your PS3 complete with lobbies, voice and text chat support.

Negatives, would be the steep learning curve and leveling up some characters can seem like a constant grind as well as trying to gain all of the accomplishments. Basic premise is good but the actual story mode’s story is absurd.

Pros – total fan service for Final Fantasy fans

Great presentation and sound work

In depth gameplay

Accomplishments

AdHoc Party Support

Voice work is good overall

Cons – Steep learning curve

Certain characters should have been included (Kain from Final Fantasy IV, Black Mage from Final Fantasy etc)

Ridiculous story

Leveling up and opening all Accomplishments can be a grinding tedious affair.

Rating

Dissidia is the best Final Fantasy fighting game because it’s the only FF dedicated fighting game. It can be played in Story Mode, Arcade or Online. I enjoy all three modes and I recommend it to all Final Fantasy fans and to those who love fighting games but not everything is perfect.

GAME MODES

It all starts with a movie that that goes through every main character from every Final Fantasy game individually. If you do the Story Mode you can be one of 10 ‘good’ characters and fight your way to the finish.

When you play Online you can be a good character or play as the villains if you can afford to buy them for Perk points in the Perk shop.

In the Arcade mode where you can earn Perc points and Gil if you fight well you can also be any of the 10 good characters or any of the 10 main villains.

Any battle can be replayed but that’s not it. Once the battle is over it can be saved and then edited and saved as a movie. This works in any mode: story, arcade or online.

GAMEPLAY

Is different form other fighting games in that you have to use a combination of melee and ranged attacks. This earns you Bravery points. The more Bravery you have the more life damage you do when you perform a primary attack. You can also collect EXO points on the battlefield to transform yourself into a stronger form and do an extremely powerful attack.

You earn Perc points and Gil in the Arcade mode or in the Story mode and you can use them to buy equipment, summoning gems, cool costumes or to summon any of the 10 main villains.

THE GOODS AND THE BADS

This is a fun and addictive game and I’ve been playing it every day for a few days already. I found the ‘Teen’ rating to be appropriate because anyone younger would find Dissidia hard to play.

In my view, there are a few problems too. For example, you cannot play as Zack Fair form ‘Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core’ because he is considered a secondary character. It also takes some practice to get used to the battle system. Online battles can be glitchy sometimes with the game freezing for a second or two but that could be because of the Wi-Fi network.

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Note: The above is mainly Bradd’s review with me responsible for some edits. Bradd is my son.