Finally finished Phantasy Star IV! All in all I thought the story wrapped up the series well so that was good.
Other positives were the graphics and some really nice areas close to the end. Minus the last dungeon, were they trying to deliberately give players epilepsy??
The battle system was nice too and I enjoyed some of the more powerful spells and skills.
There was also some things I absolutely didn’t enjoy which really lowered my score on this game. While intro song is a solid 10/10 and I could listen to it all day (it really gets me pumped for the adventure), a lot of the other songs were so unbearable to my ears I had to turn off sound, put on a podcast and play that way. That also means it had less impact as I was less immersed in those parts.
The selling and buying was cumbersome and it didn’t help that the shop music made me extremely stressed and wanting to get out. Again I had to turn of sound.
All in all those things definitely put a damper on the experience, but I also see why the game is well loved.
Other positives were the graphics and some really nice areas close to the end. Minus the last dungeon, were they trying to deliberately give players epilepsy??
The battle system was nice too and I enjoyed some of the more powerful spells and skills.
There was also some things I absolutely didn’t enjoy which really lowered my score on this game. While intro song is a solid 10/10 and I could listen to it all day (it really gets me pumped for the adventure), a lot of the other songs were so unbearable to my ears I had to turn off sound, put on a podcast and play that way. That also means it had less impact as I was less immersed in those parts.
The selling and buying was cumbersome and it didn’t help that the shop music made me extremely stressed and wanting to get out. Again I had to turn of sound.
All in all those things definitely put a damper on the experience, but I also see why the game is well loved.
Reviewed on Nov 16, 2022
LaLtheGaL
1 year ago