You should probably try describing the story more , as well as a more detailed description and thoughts on the gameplay.
Dissidia Final Fantasy game Review
Story & Playability
A war is being fought between the Godess of Harmony, Cosmos and the God of Discord, Chaos. In this war heroes and villians from across dimensions have been called on to fight this bloody war, that will decide the fate of all worlds the only thing that keeps our heroes is the common knowledge that if this war is won the side that is victorious will be returned to the worlds that they once knew, but this war cannot be won, it is an endless war where our heroes will fight until their dying breathe, after all of the warriors have fallen the cycle is repeated and the bloody fighting once again will attempt to tip the balance in the favor of harmony and Discord
In Dissidia Cosmos, the goddess of harmony will call upon the help of heroes and Chaos, the god of Chaos will do battle with both the villains of the series and Manikans, which are mysterious dopplegangers to the heroes and villians. As far as the Story mode goes, it is two games in one after beating the first chapter of the new story(4-5) hours you can replay the original dissidia story mode. There are a wealth of game modes that vary in objective, which keeps the game interesting
Dissidia play very differently then nearly every other Final Fantasy game, not just because it is on the PSP, but because it has more of a action game style. There are 2 play styles, the RPG style which uses a classic RPG combat menu, and a more streamlined action-oriented play style. But both use a system of Bravery and Health, Bravery is the amount of damage you do and you're vulnerability to damage all in one bar, Health is the amount of damage you can take before you lose the match, this really differentiates Dissidia from other action games, but honestly works really well and gives Dissidia that Final Fantasy feel.
There are at least two characters from each Final Fantasy game, and here's the list
Final Fantasy I: Warrior of Light and Garland
Final Fantasy II: Firion and The Emperor
Final Fantasy III: Onion Knight and Cloud of Darkness
Final Fantasy IV: Cecil, Golbez, and Kain Highwind
Final Fantasy V:Bartz Klauser, Ex-Death, and Gilgamesh
Final Fantast VI:Terra Branford, and Kefka Pallazo
Final Fantasy VII: Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, and Sepiroth
Final Fantasy VIII: Squall Leonhart, Ultimecia, and Laguna Loire
Final Fantasy IX:Zidane Tribal, and Kuja
Final Fantasy X: Tidus, Jecht, and Yuna
Final Fantasy XI: Shantotto, and Pirsche
Final Fantasy XII: Gabranth and Vaan
Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning
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Graphics
As it has become known, Square Enix has amazing CGI, just beautiful, wonderfull detailed scenes. The particles effects are outstanding, being able to see every little spark, but that's the CGI.
The in-game graphics are really amazing for the PSP, with my only issue being that characters don't move their mouths even during close-up shots, in game, but it is a PSP game
Most of the cutscenes use the in-game graphics with (thank god) mouth movement, and most of the time characters are constantly moving in cutscenes, which is as always a plus, overall it's what we have come to expect of Square Enix.
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Sound
The music in Dissidia is.....varied to say the least featuring the original FFI battle music all the way to new music just for dissidia, like "Cosmos".
The english voice actors are top notch, definitely fit their roles, actually featuring some anime voice talent like Johnny Bosch(Lelouch) as Firion. As far as I know the characters who originally had voice actors still have the same voice actors, so if you hated their original voices no luck here they don't get a second chance, but if you loved their original voice actors you're in luck.
The battle sound(sword slashing or magic casting) are average, it does sound reasonably realistic but you certainly wont feel as if you're there based on the sound, so overall it was mixed somethings were forgettable while others my leave you humming, or quoting lines.
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Fun
Breaking the classic Final Fantasy mold, Dissidia 012 makes its mark in the series as a succesful action-oriented Final Fantasy game. While if you don't like Final Fantasy then you might not like the premise, but you may find enjoyment in the original game play.
Despite being seen as a "Who Would Win" fan-boys dream come true, it's actually a good stand alone game, while using Final Fantasy characters to tell an intricate and interesting story, but again if you're not a fan of Final Fantasy you probably won't like Dissidia. But if you've never played a Final Fantasy game before, like me,you will most likely be drawn in by the compelling story, unique characters and amazing game play
Rating:
Final Verdict
7.5000 (good)
Reviewed by fallenkaze, Apr 04, 2011
Comments
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z827 Apr 05, 2011
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fallenkaze Apr 05, 2011
Will do and thanks for the criticism, as far as the story goes that's about as far as I can go without spoiling, but ill try...
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z827 Apr 05, 2011
Eh , try talking about the emotions.... thoughts... whether there are good plot twists.... whether it's well made... well reinforced... well structured... concept structure.. stuff like that.
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CyanideBlizzard Retired Moderator Apr 05, 2011
I agree with z827. While sometimes it can seem rather challenging, there are clever ways to flirt around discussing the story without exactly going into it full detail.
Although I can understand that, as with my review of To Aru, I couldn't exactly discuss the story without completely confusing those that have not watched the first season.
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fallenkaze Apr 05, 2011
I guess i'll update it later today then
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