DISSIDIA: FINAL FANTASY for the Playstation Portable System

Everyone knows final fantasy. It was one of the first RPG's that was ever released and it is now one of the top gaming series in the gaming industry. Spanning over 14 original games and a lot of spinoffs, remakes and sequels, the final fantasy series has been a force to be reckoned with over the past 2 decades.

Dissidia Final Fantasy is the latest installment in the Final Fantasy Franchise. Its a fighting game with little RPG elements thrown in like equiping items and managing your move sets in a match. Its combat like gameplay is similar to that of the Kingdom Hearts series and Crisis Core FFVII. The gameplay may look simple. You fight one-on-one in an area and you beat the living hell out of your opponent. But if you look closely you'll see that it sometimes takes strategy to play the game.

In a battle you have these what you call "Bravery Points". These Points are used to damage an opponent. You gain bravery points by attacking an opponent with the O button. You can compile Bravery Points and use these to perform a damaging attack with the _(square) button, when you do this you spend your Bravery Points and it goes back to 0. You do this repeatedly till you win. This is basically a main point of how a battle is progressed but there are things like summons and Limit Breaks that make it more complicated.

The graphics look good and the characters look very much alike to their game counterparts in their indie games. The DUBBED voice is cool but some people say that JAP voices sound better. I don't really know, but I'll take the DUBBED version to understand the story.

Speaking of the story, its basically the conclusion of the battle between chaos and cosmos which lasted for eons. The Villians of the Final Fantasy series comprise the side of Chaos, while the Heroes of the series comprise the side of Cosmos. In story mode you take part in a chess-like board in which you move towards the goal at the same time beating enemy pieces in the board.

Longevity:

The Story Mode is not long and short. There is Ad-Hoc, to keep you playing the game after the story. There are a ton of things to unlock and you can level your characters up to lvl100 and customize them in any way you choose. They could've included other characters like Auron, Zack and Vincent. Ther is also no online mode though, which is the biggest downside of the game.

But Overall, its still a good game. There's alot of things to unlock. The combat system has minor flaws but its still great. The story and the setting is also great. If you're a final fantasy fan then this is a must-buy for you. If not, still, get it.

FINAL VERDICT:

4.5 /5