Final Fantasy IV

 DS
User Score
8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 325 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 265 out of 325
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 325
  3. Negative: 33 out of 325
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  1. Jlk874
    Jun 11, 2012
    2
    I absolutely hate this game! What some may call "challenge" i call extremely poor enemy design. At no point in time was this game ever what i would call difficult. What it is, is cheap and tedious. After the two thirds mark, every area is packed with super cheap super enemies that can not only wipe out half your group in a single attack but it opens with said super attack and you face themI absolutely hate this game! What some may call "challenge" i call extremely poor enemy design. At no point in time was this game ever what i would call difficult. What it is, is cheap and tedious. After the two thirds mark, every area is packed with super cheap super enemies that can not only wipe out half your group in a single attack but it opens with said super attack and you face them in groups. As soon as i got to the moon i simply gave up because i had realized that the game was no longer fun. In order to progress you are forced to grind for HOURS upon HOURS ( i tend to grind a bit naturally playing RPGs and even i wasnt even close to where the game required me to be ). Then again from what ive seen even grinding does close to nothing to counter cheap mobs, for instance a cave in the underworld has some sort of chimera monster with an attack called "Blaze" that does average 1.7k damage to everybody in your group (and yes it opens with this attack before you can respond). At level 40 it was kicking my ass left and right to the point where i had to run from it every time or face death, at lv 57 i went back and STILL a single blaze killed 2 members and sent one other into yellow. If you love challenge then you are looking in the wrong place, if you want a game that is only challenging because enemies are so poorly designed then this is the game for you… Expand
  2. HarshCritic
    Feb 20, 2009
    1
    This has to be one of the crappiest games i've ever played, the start is incredibly boring and it gets extremely tedious f you keep running into monsters. pathetic attempt of an RPG
  3. DomMonadoBoi
    May 13, 2021
    0
    I think this might just be the worst game I've ever played. And it's a shame too, I like the characters, music, battle system, and story, for what it was. But this game was so absolutely sickeningly terrible in terms of dungeon design and difficulty that I dropped it on the final dungeon. I'm shocked at how poorly a game could age, and how terribly the developers did with this, being aI think this might just be the worst game I've ever played. And it's a shame too, I like the characters, music, battle system, and story, for what it was. But this game was so absolutely sickeningly terrible in terms of dungeon design and difficulty that I dropped it on the final dungeon. I'm shocked at how poorly a game could age, and how terribly the developers did with this, being a literal remake.… Expand
  4. DinoBeam
    Jul 24, 2020
    2
    Wayyy overly oppressively dark story [you start out coming back from a village full of innocent people you just slaughtered, and children sacrifice themselves later], and it seems to hold on gameplay wise until the grind wall comes. Really disappointing

    I highly highly recommend Dragon Quest 4 on the DS as an alternative

Awards & Rankings

5
#5 Best DS Game of 2008
9
#9 Most Discussed DS Game of 2008
6
#6 Most Shared DS Game of 2008

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 52 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 52
  3. Negative: 0 out of 52
  1. RPG Fan
    73
    If you are a big fan, then I can't see you being disappointed with the game unless you really hate the graphical style or the voices.
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  2. GamePro
    95
    Ultimately, Final Fantasy IV remains the same epic experience it was 17 years ago, and improvements on the DS are a welcome treat for fans of the series and newcomers to the franchise. [Aug 2008, p.80]
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  3. Nintendo Power
    90
    The developers have done everything they needed to do to win over a new generation of Final Fantasy IV fans, but they've done disappointingly little to appeal to the existing ones. [Aug 2008, p.86]
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