A great game, but with no Wi-Fi multiplayer and some flaws, it falls short of perfection.
FF:RoF starts out with your main character, Yuri, when he's a child. You learn the basics of combat and go through a simple dungeon. You do two other dungeons, and then suddenly, you're older. A lot older. I don't want to spoil anything so I'll leave it at that.
The single player story mode is great for the most part. You can explore 10 different dungeons which may not seem as a large amount, but you return to a few twice. There are many items in the game, and different scrolls which you can use to make new weapons, armour, accesories and materials. The story is well written for the most part, but can get confusing at times.
You are joined by three AI controlled partners in the game: Al, the magic-flinging Yuke, Gnash, your feral Selkie and Meeth, your Lilty friend. You can switch to any of them on the fly. This game does make your use each tribes abilities to solve puzzles, but when not controlling your companions, the AI is terrible. Monsters can attack them, and they will simply stand there, they can't jump, which makes you babysit them, meaning you have to
teleport them to your position each time you jump across a gap.
The multiplayer of FF:RoF is definetly the best part. You can connect with up to three other friends and tackle the different dungeons from single player, as any of the four tribes. You can also participate in different "quests" which range from classic monster-slaying quests, to extinguishing fires and collecting white and black cats. It can be fun, but can also grow old. You can play the same way by yourself, but some of the quests are unavailable with one person, and some can get terribly tough.
The Wi-Fi of FF; RoF is disappointing. There is no online multiplayer to speak of. All you do is send moogles to other people (which you can design in the single player). I was disappointed and was expecting something much better.
Overall, it's a great game, with great boss battles, and an innovative magic system, but with a useless Wi-Fi mode and A.I. problems, Final Fantasy: Rings of Fate falls short of being a perfect 10.