Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

Oh, sweet sweet Final Fantasy VII. Most American's introduction to the famed FF series started in the late '90s with this landmark entry into the PSOne RPG library, and several years later, Crisis Core--a prequel that introduces protagonist Cloud and ubiquitous villain Sephiroth--arrives on the Playstation Portable.

Sadly, the PSP game falls far short of the grandeur of its namesake. There exists only one kind of gameplay in this game: button-mashing. Mash to interact with hollow NPCs, mash to perform attacks and magic, mash from beginning to end. The gameplay is monotonous and dull, hampered by unskippable summon and roulette wheel-style animations, and serves only to undermine the rather fantastic story (which culminates with a beautiful, tragic end-note).

If you absolutely MUST find out what events preceded FFVII, buy this one used and run through the brief core gameplay in a weekend. Be forewarned, however: It won't be pleasant.Buy Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII!

Final Fantasy IX

I'll try to keep this short by just saying things that stuck out to me:

1) The story is pretty good. A little familiar to the plots of FF's... oh, 1-5 maybe, but good. There are definitely enough differences.

2) Levelling up isn't that hard, but learning abilities can be a little annoying. You level up by the equipping armor/weapons that teach them. So if you come across, let's say, a more powerful magic wand for your black mage that teaches... let's say Flare but you haven't fully learned Osmose (and these are just examples), you need to keep the first one till you get enough AP to learn it without that weapon. Hopefully that makes sense; I know it's been somewhat of a hindrance to me when I play.

3) The music is definitely good... but I think 8's is better--though I like the regular-fight music more in 9 than in 8.

4) Summoning isn't possible until I think either the tail-end of Disc 1 or the beginning or so of Disc 2.

5) The ending is FANTASTIC. Kinda long though.

Overall, I love this game. It's well worth buying!Buy Final Fantasy IX!

Final Fantasy

What more could a 40 year old FF junkie ask for? Ahh, memories of a video game I LOVED nearly 20 years ago are wonderful! Being able to play it ... again and improved..? FANTASTIC!Buy Final Fantasy!

Final Fantasy III

Great old time turn base game and graphics. First rate when it came out! But still fun to play. But can be a little boring and slow.Buy Final Fantasy III!

Final Fantasy X

I buy a lot of stuff online, and never have I experienced this quick of a purchase/shipping turnover. Shipper didn't even have time to notify me it was on the way...I went home and it was in my Mailbox!Buy Final Fantasy X!