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Played and finished on Console (Playstation) loved it so much I bought it on Steam! You already know, just buy it!

How to make a good game but have simple gameplay. No Steam library is complete without this game in it.
I've since added the DLC. Still a great play through!

The updates have really improved this game, it's been a long road but this has turned into a pretty good game! Recent VR update is really fun to play as well!
Decent multiplayer aspect to it as well.
2021: Still amazing updates always making this game better!

It's a few years old but man is this game fun to play.
The music is fantastic
Challenge is great
What are you waiting for?! Get this game!

Final Fantasy IV (PC version) is a remixed version of the original Final Fantasy IV from 1991, which was released as Final Fantasy II in North America for the SNES because Final Fantasy 2 and 3 were never released in North America at that time. Confused? Don't worry about it, lets just focus on this game.
This version is a "enhanced" port of the DS port of this game. On a personal level I feel the PSP version is a better port overall but again, it's just my opinion.

Graphics

Gone is the 2D engine of the original game from over 25(!) years ago, and we welcome a 3d engine. The graphics overall aren't that great but they are servicable. I much prefer sprite based graphics especially the older Final Fantasy's. The move to the 3D engine is fine but it creates certain problems. When you are wandering around it creates an almost "zoomed in" feeling when navigating dungeons and towns. This issue may be the result of me playing the original version in my youth and it not feeling quite right. This most likely is not a problem at all if you are a younger gamer. The Other slight issue is the pixelization of the characters during close ups when there is cutscenes happening, the characters become quite ugly looking.

Sound/Music

They pretty much nailed this. Music is a very big deal in all the Final Fantasy's, and the music made a massive jump in quality and scope from part III to IV back in the day. They did a fanatastic job in maintaining the quality of the original score. The sound/music for this port is very good, and if you played the original you'll find yourself humming along as you remember the songs.

Story

The story is very linear but gives you the illusion of not being linear in certain parts of the game. The overall narrative is very good and it's mostly always clear on what you need to do. The Story itself is actually not that bad and holds up pretty good even by today's standards. The cast of characters are interesting and each have their own motivations and agendas which helps you actually care about the heroes. Also this port they added voice actors for certain parts of the story, when I first heard this I felt that sense of dread " oh man how corny is this going to be?". I'm actually very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the voice acting for the most part, I found Rydia's character to be weaker than the others but it's not that big of a deal.

Gameplay

This game assigns classes for your characters you will not change jobs (well except for ONE character!) and you do not make your own characters. Also characters come and go from your 5 man party as you work through the story. The battles take place in a side view using a "Active Time Battle" system. This basically means that while you are making a decision on what your characters do the monsters will attack you. There is a way to change the speed of the battles and even a choice to put it in a "wait" mode during battle. Meaning the monsters may still act while you decide but they will not get more than one turn while you decide.
Since i'm on battles I will bring up the fact that for some reason the game defaults to 15 Frames per second during battles. Its actually quite distracting and jarring especially as you are exploring a cave at 30fps when all of a sudden you find yourself looking at a choppy mess for a battle. The first time it happened I actually thought that something was wrong with my game, I turned it off and went online to find out what was wrong that's how I found out this was on purpose! I did find a fix that makes the battles run at 25fps which improved it quite a bit. I won't post it here but if you google "Final Fantasy 4 PC fps fix" you will find it. I will be honest I'm not sure if I would have finished this game if I didn't find this fix.

The other strange thing is the ability to use items (like 'rod') during battles. In the original game you just selected Item and scrolled to the weapon you wanted to use and it would cast a spell. This version you need to select the item under the abilities menu OUTSIDE of battle to put said item in your options list during battles. After about halfway through the game it really doesn't matter as you won't be using weapons as item commands anyway.

There is an Augment system they added as well where you get to customize the characters with different abilities and traits, i'm kind of mixed on this because I would feel pretty upset if I wasted a good Augment on a character that left your party never to go back in. It didnt effect me because I've played this game so many times over the years that I know the story pretty much by heart and incidently I know who the final 5 characters in your party are so I could place the Augments accordingly. As a new player I would have no idea which characters are in the final part. However, we live in the internet age and it's easy to mitigate this.

Overall I recommend this game it is a good JRPG but there are flaws.

7/10

This game is an excellent old school Rpg, emphasis on the old school. Remember this game was orginally released April 1990 ( in Japan only), to put that in perspective it, Final Fantasy 1 came out for the NES in America that year! This version is a direct port of the DS version, which updated the graphics to a 3D engine.

There is very little hand holding, often you will find yourself on the world map trying to remember a single line of dialogue from an NPC that will direct you. While the flow of the game is pretty good, there is a few times that you will need to grind out levels (and Job levels). Again, part of the old school feeling of this game.

The Job system works for the most part and is designed to suit individual playstyles. Unfortunately there is many bosses that die easier to certain group make-ups. This can be a frustrating thing. Also a few of the jobs are direct upgrades from other jobs (white mage / devout or Monk / Black belt) rendering the previous job basically obsolete.

Graphics
Well not the best looking game the graphics do a servicable job. This will not put your system to the test that is for sure!

Sound
The music and sound effects are pretty good and definitely have that "final fantasy" feel.

Story
As mentioned above the flow of the game is ok, but you do find yourself at certain points wondering where to go next (at least I did, anyway). Revisiting a couple of towns and talking to everyone may refresh the memory.

Gameplay
Old school! Grinding levels although arguably not required is recommended. The Job levels have a different leveling system, as in they don't level up using Experience points. There is a hidden job point system that sets your levels. To accumulate these job points you perform actions in battle (attack, guard, item, magic etc.) When JP is accumulated to 99, Job level goes up by 1. Each action (except: Front, Back, Escape, and Flee) will contribute a fixed amount of job points to the character.
My only real complaint is when entering a battle the camera system often scrolls through the enemies. Really it comes down to like 3 seconds but when you're grinding levels it makes each battle longer than maybe it should be, this adds up over time. Again, just a very small gripe.
There is very large portion of the game at the end where you are unable to save. Although I was lucky and got through it all unscathed, I can imagine the frustration of dieing and losing everything after sinking a couple of hours into the dungeon. Save and save often! Even if you don't think you need to!

Overall I recommend this game especially if you're into Jrpg, and specifically ones from the past! :)

8/10

I've learned curse words in...
-Portugese
-Russian
-Spanish

And this is only playing on the North American servers!

10/10 would play again.