Dissidia Final Fantasy

"Basically an interactive FF7: Advent Children game."

Well, well... Final Fantasy is 20 years old now. A video game series that is known for its stories, graphics, memorable characters, CGI and what not. Final Fantasy has been through so much over the course of its history, including the bad. Square Enix decided to make a video game starring all the characters the past 20 years all into one game which consisted Final Fantasy I through X. In the end, they came up with a fighting game call: Dissidia: Final Fantasy. Finally, a real Final Fantasy game with all Final Fantasy characters, unlike Ehrgeiz. What better way to celebrate this long running series?

A mediocre fighting game.

Story:

The game uses the classic story of the forces of good and evil in an eternal conflict. The Goddess, Cosmos, summons the help of the heros to combat the God of evil, Chaos. Who also summons the help of the villains in order to take over. You learn that in order to achieve your goal, you'll be going around collecting crystals in order to put a stop to Chaos once and for all.

The story wasn't really thought out at all. It may have moments where characters learn about themselves and form friendships but it's all we've seen before. It's not good but it's not bad either.

Graphics/Sound:

The first thing you'll notice immediately is the graphics. This is one the best looking PSP games, which is nothing short of a surprise since this is Square Enix here. Characters stay true to the art style they've been drawn in, while some of them have a been a bit modified but retain the same look. Each stage is taken from each Final Fantasy game where memorable battles have taken place. The fighting is colorful and nice to look at, especially some of the EX attacks, however though, some of the animations could have been better.

The soundtrack consists a few pieces from each Final Fantasy game. Some which have been remixed for this game. Which are either are a hit or miss. For example, the remixes for the Final Fantasy V songs are great while remixes for Final Fantasy 8 could have been better. This game also have its own music though. The theme song for this game is a nice upbeat musical while the vocal song for this game is just awkward and isn't even suited for this type of game. Which I don't know why Square Enix would have a random band perform mediocre music for them when they can compose much better vocal songs.

Overall, this game looks and sounds good.