Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition

 PlayStation 4
User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 38
  3. Negative: 18 out of 38

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  1. GrumpyReviewer
    Sep 8, 2020
    7
    The game is great, the remaster is beautiful and offers tons of nostalgia to keep you going.

    Back in the day, I was never able to play this with other people, due to the peripherals/limitation. So the single player experience wasn't that great. Now, with the remaster, we can finally play this as was intended: with other people. But here is the catch (and the problem) in my opinion:    The game is great, the remaster is beautiful and offers tons of nostalgia to keep you going.

    Back in the day, I was never able to play this with other people, due to the peripherals/limitation. So the single player experience wasn't that great. Now, with the remaster, we can finally play this as was intended: with other people.

    But here is the catch (and the problem) in my opinion: Square-Enix decided to cut couch co-op, which would be perfect for so many people, who would love to sit down with their friends or SO to play this. But, in a move that I can only read as a cash-grab, they force people to buy many versions of the same game, since it'll only be online multiplayer.

    What will happen, in the future, when nobody is playing anymore? Or when they shut down the servers. The game will be single player only? LOTS of content are extremely unfriendly to a single player, and they know that.

    I think that was a pretty shady move and lots of people are unhappy - and rightfully so. Hope SE addresses this in future patches.

    On that note... THE HORRIBLE LOADING SCREENS, Jesus Christ. It makes no sense that a GC game takes this time to load on current generation consoles. Leave the town, load. Walk and activate a cutscene, load. Leave the cutscene, load. Load, load, load, load. 15 to 20 seconds per load makes it a CHORE to travel and play. This is unforgivable in my honest opinion.

    All that being said, the game is beautiful, heartwarming and should be played. Just hope SE treats their fans with a little more love.    … Expand
  2. smahlt
    Aug 23, 2021
    7
    It's disappointing that they used a guest system for multiplayer instead of allowing you to join your friends' actual caravans. If you do actually want to play through with your friends, you need to do 3*n dungeons to complete a year instead of just 3.

    That aside, it's still a pretty solid game. If you happen to not actually have friends who want to play this game, the multiplayer works    It's disappointing that they used a guest system for multiplayer instead of allowing you to join your friends' actual caravans. If you do actually want to play through with your friends, you need to do 3*n dungeons to complete a year instead of just 3.

    That aside, it's still a pretty solid game. If you happen to not actually have friends who want to play this game, the multiplayer works fine. You still don't get myrrh as a guest but you do get to pick an artifact still. Hopping in as a guest every now and then can speed up the process of grinding artifacts.    … Expand
  3. Prrgangsta
    Jan 12, 2021
    5
    Other user reviews have mentioned the cons of the game so I will keep this short and sweet. This is a half assed game that deserves a half assed score. This should have been 'remade', not remastered.

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59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 40
  3. Negative: 6 out of 40
  1. Cubed3
    Nov 9, 2020
    40
    It pains to criticise this remaster so harshly, because there was a great fondness for the original title that sprang to life if local multiplayer with friends was taken advantage of. Square Enix has shown little desire to give Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles the makeover it deserved, however, and its many dated issues only become more apparent next to the removal of local multiplayer and region-locked online play. There is still a case for chancing it with friends that enjoy dungeon crawlers and can deal with the limitations, but beware of the strange control schemes and tedious gameplay.
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  2. RPG Fan
    Oct 2, 2020
    75
    It’s too bad the journey can feel so aimless and disjointed at times with the mixed storytelling and the cumbersome mechanics that stick each component of gameplay together. It can be occasionally exhausting to navigate through the menus, swapping in different spells and items constantly as you beat on your foe for a good 30 minutes. I really wish Square Enix would give it the fair shake it deserves with modern conveniences, instead of dredging up dated gameplay mechanics that overshadow a wonderful, mystical little world. Still, getting to play a family-friendly tale with my daughter does make up for a lot of this, and if you can get some friends together, it could be the same for you.
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  3. DualShockers
    Sep 25, 2020
    60
    It’s a shame many quality-of-life improvements that could have been made to Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles aren’t present in this Remastered Edition.
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