Final Fantasy Ring of Fates

Let me start off by saying, I am a huge Final Fantasy fan. I've played a vast majority of the games that Square Enix has thrown my way. I am very happy to see some of the older games being re-released on the Nintendo DS. I thought the DS version of FF III was very well done. FF Ring of Fates had a very similar look to it, so I thought I was in for more fun...instead, I flushed 30 dollars down the toilet.

This game is an uninspired afterthought, like that girl at the bar you start talking to only because all the more interesting women left.



(alright, how many beers will it take to make this happen?)

Let's start with the combat system (fart sound), just keep smashing that attack button and you'll be fine. There is no challenge at all in this game. All bosses and random creatures will fall under your mighty blade even if you don't really try or pay attention.

The weapons and armour are easy to obtain, and all the enemies just take a dive in front of you anyway. The storyline is the most stereotypical, heard it before crap I have come across in years. I was actually embarrassed playing this game. The voice acting seemed like a good idea until I heard it. It so so bad, I had to turn down the volume if anyone was around so not to shame myself further.

I know the DS is generally geared toward younger audiences but, with games like Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Advance Wars, and World Ends With You, there are no excuses for putting mindless crap like this on the market....especially when it carries the FF name.

These days there are always high expectations from the big name games (Mario, Zelda, GTA, Resident Evil, etc), and I don't think they put out anything that isn't at least decent. What the hell Square Enix...why? This game gets a 0 from me and an invoice for 30 dollars!