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 - Worst...game...ever.My bias is that from a Final Fantasy fan. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles is NOT a Final Fantasy game. It doesn't even come close to the Legend of Zelda in terms of action/adventure. It is a waste of time, space, energy, and money. All together. I made the regretful mistake of putting this product on my Amazon Wish List when it first came out. After testing it at stores and reading about it, I quickly realized the game was cheese. I forgot, however, to remove it from my Wish List. My brother and sister bought it for me for my birthday one year! Aye yie yie! So because of the $50 they scrounged together in my honor, I figured I'd give the game a thorough shot. I couldn't take it anymore by the time I got to the second level. It was atrocious. I felt sorry for the Final Fantasy name and for my relatives for dropping the cash. Enough of the emotional banter. Let me try to give an analytical review of this game. First of all, it does not meet the definition of a classic role-playing game. (Within the last couple of years, however, I have noticed "RPG" taking on a new meaning. Now it means simply playing as someone else. Grand Theft Auto, for example, is now classified as an RPG.) But with today's loose definition of "RPG," you can call it that, I guess. But I grew up with real RPGs, like Dragon Warrior, the Final Fantasy titles, Lufia, Breath of Fire, etc. (These were all turn-based RPGs.) Second, FF:CC does not develop your characters sanely. Sorry, but whoever programmed this atrocity embarrassed the genre of action/adventure. Third, I recommend you boycott any GameCube title that requires the use of the Game Boy Advance to play multiplayer. It is asinine to expect people/kids to pay money for such an inconvenient, expensive, and improper method to simply play with your friends. Lastly, this game is best suited for gamers who do not like real RPGs but prefer an action game with unique challenges in gameplay. Yes, FF:CC is an action/adventure, but unlike most others, the gamer will simply have to learn this somewhat different style (it is more hack & slash than anything - the multiplayer functionality should have saved this game from a bad review, but it was disappointing at best). But other than that, the game will offer essentially ZERO to true RPG gamers, especially those who love the Final Fantasy series. Stay away from this game if you love Final Fantasy titles. Rating:  - For those who love a GOOD rpgThis is what an RPG game should be... Beautiful, fun, and challenging. A game that actually makes you think. I was a fan of Final Fantasy I & II, but was disappointed to see the direction the game went in three, and was very turned off by all the games that followed. I trully dislike linear games, so I was happy to see how open-ended and rich this game was. I especially enjoyed the way Nintendo incorporated using the Gameboys with the game. If you are a fan of most of the Final Fantasy games, then you probably won't like this game... But if you enjoy a GOOD rpg game and have a hard time finding games that satisfy your longing to explore an amazing world with new challenges, then I recommend this game for you! Rating: - Save the money for something else!!!!This game is LAME!!! It should be called Final Fantasy: the Crystal Losers Chronicles. all the final fantasy fans, expected a big game, and because Square Enix begins again making games for Nintendo, got all of the Final Fantasy Fans excited. The game is totally lame, has a serious lack of story!!! Seriously!!!!! You get to pick the name of your town, your character, gender, etc, and then, your on your own, you meet other caravans(but nothing big) and you fight monsters, and when you fight the Final Boss, you discover that it's all based on memories, and the end is a big piece of crap! The multiplayer version, it's the same, but you can play with your friends, and it's almost impossible to play, cause every player needs a nintendo advance, to play, and to do the spells is very hard!! I just hope that the sequel isn't as lame as this one!! Rating: - Crystal Chronicles of BoredomI convinced three friends of mine to get GBAs and link cables when Nintendo was pushing the whole connectivity thing. We all thought that a whole flurry of these GBA/GC games would come out and it would be awesome. What we got was Four Swords, a good game, and Crystal Chronicles, one of the most mediocre games I've ever played. I'm an old school RPG player. I was playing them before they got popularized. I remember Final Fantasy 1 and the original Dragon Warrior with very fond memories. I must have beaten each at least a dozen times. RPGs have come a long way since then, especially with the incorporation of great interactive story lines. So I expect both a challenge and some involved storyline in an RPG. Maybe that's my problem. Crystal Chronicles is ridiculously easy. You run around and smash the A button. Sure you can do combos with people if you want, but they are completely unnecessary. There is no incentive to work together, which I feel defeats the point of having a 4 player cooperative game. Crystal Chronicles has a very basic theme. I wouldn't call it a storyline because there is no progression. Basically, you must collect Myrhh every season or so to prevent your town from being destroyed. That's it. Do that for a while and you can beat the game. There's no sense of accomplishment because you do the same thing over and over, and you never get anywhere. When this game was coming out I was expecting an epic storylined Final Fantasy game which incorporated a four player game system something like Secret of Mana with four people. What we got was a game with some pretty cut scenes and terrible gameplay, without any story at all. It reminds me a bit of the old CD-i Zelda games that Phillips released. Those were slightly worse than this game. Do not buy. If you have four GBAs, I recommend picking up Nintendo's Four Swords instead. Rating:  - i know why it's TEEN ratedThis game came with a Game Cube system my mom got from ebay, she said it didn't matter if it's TEEN rated (i'm only 9 1/2) so 2 days later I tried it out, it has an outstanding intro, you get to pick the name of your town and get to pick what sort of person you want, I started it and it was to hard, I didn't know what to do. THAT IS WHY IT'S TEEN RATED! So if you have a child that's under 12, don't get it, it's just to hard.
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