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FFIV is a good game.. but I wouldn't claim its anywhere near the best (not that anyone has O'course ^_^)
My main problem is probably the characters. Much in the same way as in FF7, FF4 has some outstanding memorable characters (Kain, Kain and... Kain ^_^ lift this story way above the mediocre), and some that seem to be mere space fillers. (Edward especially)
This problem is confounded by the party change system. Because the party change system is in fact non-exsistent.
This has a horrid effect on the story, and you can pratically imagine the story-writer randomly bashing his typewriter to come up with ways to get rid of surplus characters. Put simply, killing off every out of party character is about as lame as Final Fantasy Storywriting gets. Bringing back every single dead character takes lameness one step futher.
There are a load of story elements that are never really taken anywhere either. The love story was never really dwelt on at all, even though the love-triangle (Cecil, Rosa, Kain) showed excellent potential.
As its an older game, It also suffers a particuarly bad interface, but thats to be expected...
Just one futher word of warning : The PSX's save feature sucks very badly. Save only when you wish to watch grass growing.
On the plus side, It has the majority of the things Mourdor said (except the ones i *****ed about ^_^) and it also has Kain. The only non at least partially-sweet character I've ever really liked ^_^
In relation to the over FFs i'd rate the whole lot a little like this :
FF6, FF7, FF9, FF8, FF4, FF5, FF1, FF2.
Though i'd say its very close with FF5, but Europeans are lucky to get them in one package at the mo ^_^
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