Dissidia: Final Fantasy Review

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Dissidia: Final Fantasy Review by Denny

PSP Review: Does it fulfill your fantasies?

shinhawk · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:11 am�� Post subject:

I pretty much agree with your opinions on story mode. I did feel that it got very VERY tedious, even moreso when you have to replay them to get the summons on the board. I also disliked that there is no villain's story mode. I'm hoping Japan's "international" release of this game will have some more content aside from the English voice track.
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Azza · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:26 am�� Post subject:

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dloiscute · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:31 am�� Post subject:

The story mode made out every character to be too emotional.
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ZeroX03 · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:38 am�� Post subject:

Bravery Attacks are assigned to the Circle Button. Not Square.

As for 'combat boils down to button mashing, dodging and blocking, and only the hardcore...' I disagree. If you JUST button mash and hope for the best, no wonder you will die quickly. It's a lot deeper than Super Smash Bro's technicality wise, need to think more of what to do. There is plenty depth to it, when you block a move, your opponent is defenseless for a few moments which allows you to counter. There is a lot of technicality, but like you said, perhaps only the hardcore fighting enthusiasts will want to grasp the more complex mechanics, whereas the noobs will continue to button mash and get frustrated.

How come you didn't discuss Ad-hoc, that's excellent, as well as friend codes, mail box, save battle replays and export them as .avi files onto your PSP, edit the save replays, in-game calendar, unlockables, rewards, museum with character files, moves and music. The amount of content that comes crammed into the UMD is amazing, yet you seemed to miss all those points I've listed above and more. 6 is too harsh, 8 would have been fair.
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Frozencry · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:53 am�� Post subject:

Ah whoops, I've mapped my Bravery to Square hence the mix up, sorry about that.

Game's got enough depth to get fairly technical, but there's no point, as generally I blitz through this game and most high level chars with just dodges, timed blocks and pressing one or two buttons. No point in being any deeper than that, so I won't take the time

Features are nice, but if a game has inconsistent gameplay mechanics then those features don't really mean much. I review a game on its fun factor and accessibility, not its feature list.

Also a fun fact: if you read this review upside down it's a 9!
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Jahanzeb · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:08 am�� Post subject:

Frozencry · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:14 am�� Post subject:

That's not big:

That's big.

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Jahanzeb · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:17 am�� Post subject:

Point taken

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ZeroX03 · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:46 am�� Post subject:

Fair enough but shouldn't you review EVERYTHING about the title. Oh wells.
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Jeremy · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:20 pm�� Post subject:

^Two things I'd say to that:

1. Listing EVERYTHING about a game in a review too often (and I've been guilty of this myself in the past) can lead to reviews being crammed with too much. Stupid amounts of text can unnecessarily ensure as a result. Personally, I've tried to focus my reviews on telling readers why a game is good or bad, as opposed to listing features... to varying degrees of success

2. I feel that listing all the games features in a review can either come off as a market spiel or can rob the player of the opportunity to discover things for themselves.

You're entitled to believe what you want about reviews, but I'm just giving a different perspective

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ZeroX03 · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:50 pm�� Post subject:

But he left out all the good tidbits.

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b+2,1 mindgames

GooberMan · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:56 pm�� Post subject:

And yet, it'd still only appeal to the blubbering fanbois if he listed everything.

Justified review is justified.
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shinhawk · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:44 pm�� Post subject:

Azza · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:38 pm�� Post subject:

Quin · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:35 pm�� Post subject:

Probably the most fun I've had on my PSP alongside Disgaea 2.

Also, I totally don't use Tidus, nope, not at all >.>
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