Originally Posted by
elevenism
I put down FF4 DS for a few months for some reason, but now I'm back at it, and, again, this is SO special to me.
Also, GOOD GOD: a lot of it is fucking HARD. They made it WAY harder than the original. It can be frustrating at times, but it's also kind of cool: you REALLY have to think about strategy to beat some of these bosses.
Spells like haste and shell and slow, that I don't remember needing back in the day, are, often, essential. It feels really cool to come up with a particular strategy for a boss, and refine it, losing a few times, and finally win.
The increased difficulty adds a new dimension to the game, along with the graphical overhaul and extra content. I can't help but feel like I was part of the target audience for this: people who were like 10-14 when the original was released, who remember it fondly, and would geek out over replaying a more challenging version, in 3D.
That era of RPGs, the 16 bit era, is probably my favorite time in the history of gaming.
As usual, I'm a whole bunch of years late to the party on this- I do that on purpose.
But, if you have anything that plays DS games, and loved FF2/4 and 3/6 when you were young, you've GOT to play this DS remake. It's got all the magic of the original, but, is also a new experience.