Final Fantasy III

Let me start off by saying I've played a ton of games on my DS over the past 3+ years and this is by far one of the best looking games on the system. You may hate the gameplay, but you'll agree this is one of the top 5 graphically impressive games you can get on a handheld. CONTROLS: You can use either the stylus or the buttons. Both schemes work well and I find myself using a combination of the two. GAMEPLAY: Like every other Final Fantasy adventure (especially the older ones), you'll be spending the vast majority of your time leveling up, searching for items, and talking. If you try to fly through the game without leveling up your characters or equipping them with better stuff, you're going to be at the start screen before you know what hit you. That's a core theme in every FF game. Love it or hate it. GRAPHICS: Like I said before, this is a very beautiful game. Colors are vibrant and look better then most N64 games did. Only complaint is most the time the top s... Read more

FF3 is one of three games telling how the crystals came into being and how they are threatened. IV is the first to move away from this direct storytelling, i say direct as in not "a joke" or "stupid" as some have pointed which bothers most real gamers who played in the 1980' 1990's and are not so spoiled as kids now. The main plots are strait foreward, but a good start to more grandiose stories later on, as in 4 or 6 and the sucessors to them. As with anything you -start- with a simple plot and work up to the big stuff. The "3D" graphics are spectaular for a gameboy anything but the characters are cutzy dolls and look girlish though i ignor this and play the game for it's dialogue and gameplay element. Even if animea is compelled to draw thier male leads as girlie, they could at least make them less so than these(particularly "Luneth" who I call "Lameth") In the case of these "paperdolls' I would have just kept the original way. The "Avatars' (portraits you never see) are good, ... Read more

The origional was awesome, this is not the origional. They should call these remakes Final Fantasy III (Remakes) or something different so people don't waste their money thinking they are buying their classic favorites.

I haven't played through every Final Fantasy game as of yet, so I really can't say which game is the best and worst in the series. However, out of all the FF titles I have played thus far, I can say that Final Fantasy III is probably my least favorite. To begin with, Final Fantasy III takes a step back from its predecessor, the infamous Final Fantasy II (for NES), and seems more closely related to the original than anything else: you will encounter enemies with similar names; 4 light warriors are recruited to set out and save the world; crystals are again in danger and need saving; the main enemy is not the last boss of the game, as a stronger enemy force is manipulating the scenes; at some point in the game you acquire a submarine type vehicle and can explore beneath the water; various types of Job Classes are included. To some extent, this could easily be viewed as a sequel to the very first game. There are some new editions, as well: the character interaction and plot building is... Read more

I have played the original Final Fantasy 3 for the NES and this is a nice improvement. The original FF3 did not have named characters as the player named them. Bringing actual characters in for the remake is a nice change and makes the story a little more enjoyable. Final Fantasy 3 story runs much the same as Final Fantasy 1 did. The player is doing more finding out why the world is the way it is then there is an actual plot. The idea of a developing story does not come about until FF4. Where this game really shines is in the game play. The player has four characters that can be changed into many different class types. Leaving a seeming limitless possibility for a team setup. In the original many of the classes became obsolete after a time. In this remake they did a nice job of changing that and making all the classes more playable through out the entirety of the game.