This review contains spoilers
I didn't play the DLC, only the main game, but god it was fun and good.
The story is about a king that wants to conquer other nations to get 4 crystals and one his lieutenant, Cecil, starts to ask questions about the king motivations which cost him his grades in the army.
This is why the story is so good : It is not just a story of fights, battles, war like an action movie. It is a story about Cecil's journey to redemption. Of course, the Crystals are the McGuffins of the game, but not as much as in FF1.
Speaking of FF1, there's a major difference in the job system : You don't choose your characters nor their jobs. The only character that'll stay in the team is Cecil and the 4 others (yes 4, not 3) will vary in numbers. Sometimes you'll be alone, sometimes you'll be five, four, etc. It depends and you can choose their position in the fights so the mages take less damage. And you know what? Even if some characters appears and disapears, they are still balanced and in the end, you can choose either of them to make your dream team. Which is pretty good because in the original game, you finish the game with an imposed team.
And believe me, it won't be easy to choose because all the characters have a good development (the twins my god... the twins is one of the most heartbreaking part of the game).
It is also the first game to incorpores the Summons in America (we didn't get FF3 before the remake on Nintendo DS) and it is really good because the exploration of the map is rewarded with new summons! In FF1, you had the upgrade of your characters, but even without this mechanic in FF4, the summons compensate for this.
Why then it is not a Five Stars? Because of the end... the end sucks. SPOILERS UPCOMING, stop reading there if you don't want to know.
The main antagonist is Golbez during the whole game till the end... Golbez controlled Kain using is jealousy towards Cecil, he controlled the king using his ambitions and in the end, you discover that Cecil ancestors comes from the Moon and that the real enemy which didn't exist before the end... Zeromus controlled Golbez and that Golbez is Cecil brother... W T F ! Golbez was such a good antagonist, well developed... Zeromus is the Kaguya of this game. Those who saw Naruto's end know what I mean.
The story is about a king that wants to conquer other nations to get 4 crystals and one his lieutenant, Cecil, starts to ask questions about the king motivations which cost him his grades in the army.
This is why the story is so good : It is not just a story of fights, battles, war like an action movie. It is a story about Cecil's journey to redemption. Of course, the Crystals are the McGuffins of the game, but not as much as in FF1.
Speaking of FF1, there's a major difference in the job system : You don't choose your characters nor their jobs. The only character that'll stay in the team is Cecil and the 4 others (yes 4, not 3) will vary in numbers. Sometimes you'll be alone, sometimes you'll be five, four, etc. It depends and you can choose their position in the fights so the mages take less damage. And you know what? Even if some characters appears and disapears, they are still balanced and in the end, you can choose either of them to make your dream team. Which is pretty good because in the original game, you finish the game with an imposed team.
And believe me, it won't be easy to choose because all the characters have a good development (the twins my god... the twins is one of the most heartbreaking part of the game).
It is also the first game to incorpores the Summons in America (we didn't get FF3 before the remake on Nintendo DS) and it is really good because the exploration of the map is rewarded with new summons! In FF1, you had the upgrade of your characters, but even without this mechanic in FF4, the summons compensate for this.
Why then it is not a Five Stars? Because of the end... the end sucks. SPOILERS UPCOMING, stop reading there if you don't want to know.
The main antagonist is Golbez during the whole game till the end... Golbez controlled Kain using is jealousy towards Cecil, he controlled the king using his ambitions and in the end, you discover that Cecil ancestors comes from the Moon and that the real enemy which didn't exist before the end... Zeromus controlled Golbez and that Golbez is Cecil brother... W T F ! Golbez was such a good antagonist, well developed... Zeromus is the Kaguya of this game. Those who saw Naruto's end know what I mean.