FF4 for PSP has even more stuff

[Zeus]

Apparently there's an interlude between FF4 and The After Years as well as additional dungeons and storyline within the games not in the original versions. FINE, I'll buy it yet again, for the 4th time. But no more, Squeenix!

From Magicbox

- Square Enix's producer Takashi Tokita revealed that Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection will have 10 - 12 hours of entirely new content, in a section of the game called The Interlude which bridge the gap between FFIV and The After Years. The Interlude begins in Damcyan where Edward has rebuilt his castle and the entire crew is back together to celebrate, and something is lingering in people's minds.

- In addition to The Interlude, The After Years portion of the game will also have additional challenge dungeons and stories not found in the WiiWare version. The original Final Fantasy IV is a remake of the original Super Famicom version, so the difficulty is harder than the US version of Final Fantasy IV (the US version has toned down difficulty).

[SineSwiper]

Don't care. We've been doing this damn FF4 rehash for generations. Just let it die and make new and decent games. FF14 was not your best effort, Square.

[Zeus]

Don't care. We've been doing this damn FF4 rehash for generations. Just let it die and make new and decent games. FF14 was not your best effort, Square.

That's 'cause they've been garbage since the SNES days save for 1 (maybe 2). All we have to look forward to is replaying the old ones with some added stuff and some content we've never gotten or only gotten in a very expensive form on a system no hardcore would come within 10 feet of 'cause their grandma MAY considering playing it one day

[SineSwiper]

That's a rather blanket statement, and incorrect by your own assessments. Square can and has made good games for other systems after their SNES days. In fact, I think that, to some degree, we are over glorifying the stories from their earlier games. For example, the story on FF4 is fucking terrible.

Yes, it's terrible. It should be renamed to "Final Fantasy: Everybody Dies (and Comes Back to Life)". And the final boss is on the fucking moon?!

[Zeus]

That's a rather blanket statement, and incorrect by your own assessments. Square can and has made good games for other systems after their SNES days. In fact, I think that, to some degree, we are over glorifying the stories from their earlier games. For example, the story on FF4 is fucking terrible.

Yes, it's terrible. It should be renamed to "Final Fantasy: Everybody Dies (and Comes Back to Life)". And the final boss is on the fucking moon?!

Yes, there is Final Fantasy 9. And I haven't played 12 but I have the other except for 11 (as an MMORPG, I won't play it). I've also played a ton of their stuff since then (I can start on FF13 again if you'd like) and only Xenogears (awesome) and Vagrant Story stand out as being any good. Parasite Eve? Meh, it was aight but I never even bothered finishing it. Any Mana-named game? Nope. Nothing on the PS2 or PS3/Xbox, only remakes on the PSP. In fact, the only thing I've really enjoyed of theirs other than those few PS1 RPGs have been the remakes. So yeah, some exception to the rule but for the most part, it holds true. Now when I look for RPGs, I don't even think about Square anymore. It's all about NIS and Atlus.

Over-glorifying? A little, yes. I've said that a bunch of times. But those were also different times. Story was done differently back then, there wasn't the tools available for narration. But the experience for the time was far, far superior than anything they've done in the last decade plus. FF4 when it came out was easily the best RPG around save for Phantasy Star 2 (which was better). The music was light-years ahead of its time and the gameplay was well-balanced and very well done. It was an awesome game in 1992.