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[beema]

I'm about halfway through the DS remake and I found the whole damn thing to be bland and crappy. The characters are shallow and uninteresting, the quest is fairly homogeneous, the villain is just another random evil "just because" guy. The job system is pure crap. The soundtrack needs much more variation.

My girlfriend really likes it, but it's the first FF she's ever played... so nothing to compare it to!

[Crimson]

I love it for being the first FF to actually kick my ass.

[Raistlin]

I only recently played the DS remake, and I really liked it. Not a great game, but the gameplay was interesting enough to keep me engaged, and the job system was definitely ahead of its time (probably the best utilized until FFT).

[Elpizo]

Originally Posted by beema ^

the villain is just another random evil "just because" guy

How dare you insult one of the things that set FF III apart from I and II, storywise. Xande was the first developed villain in the series, and anybody who says that is not true is in denial. Or, if you mean Cloud of Darkness, that was not a villain, merely a neutral force of nature that did what it was supposed to do. Next time you play it, pay attention to what the bland and boring characters actually have to say.

[Crimson]

Originally Posted by Elpizo ^

Originally Posted by beema ^

the villain is just another random evil "just because" guy

How dare you insult one of the things that set FF III apart from I and II, storywise. Xande was the first developed villain in the series, and anybody who says that is not true is in denial. Or, if you mean Cloud of Darkness, that was not a villain, merely a neutral force of nature that did what it was supposed to do. Next time you play it, pay attention to what the bland and boring characters actually have to say. ;)

I gotta agree with this, while I think CoD was a good final boss and great choice for Dissidia, she's as much as a villian in FFIII as Necron was in FFIX.

Dont get me wrong, I thought Xande sucked for a villian, but regardless, he WAS the main antagonist of FFIII.

[Marky Tee]

i think that if they had somehow connected at least some of the bosses (goldar, hynne etc.) to each other and the Xande storyline it would have been a better story
jus seems like random stuff then the main story

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Medusa and Kraken both mention they're working for Zande (they're actually the first you hear of him, which is nice and ominous). But I kind of appreciate the fact that one guy isn't behind all the world's problems for once; each city or region has at least one local villain who just can't get along with others, and in the course of vanquishing them, the Four Valiant Youths gain strength and connections that become vital to their cause by the end of the game.

[Heath]

I've only played the DS remake of III, but I'd definitely consider it one of my least favourite entries in the series. I liked it, but as Raistlin said, it's not a great game. I didn't have any problems with the story, it had some pretty interesting twists that I quite enjoyed. No way in hell did I see that world within a world thing coming.