Another solid entry in the Final Fantasy series. Not the best, but its still an extraordinary game!

User Rating: 9 | Final Fantasy III DS
When I first tried playing Final Fantasy III I did not like it at all. This being my sixth game to play through in the series, it was very different. This is the oldest Final Fantasy game I've played (I've played FF 7,8,9,10,12, and just recently played 4). It sticks to its old-school RPG roots, which is a good and bad thing.

This game has a lot going for it. The job system in this game was very interesting. It takes awhile to get use to, but once you get the hang of it, it can be very fun. There are different times, when you must change your job in order to progress in the game. There are also certain jobs that work better on certain bosses. The gameplay is turn-based style. This works well with beginners, It gives you more time to plan what you want to do. Overall the gameplay aspect of the game is great.

The graphics and sound are top notch. The opening movie is amazing to watch. Its also great to finally see this game in 3D. Nobuo Uematsu also works his magic again and produces an astonishing soundtrack.

Now everything else about the game, was just average. The two main things that brought this game down in my opinion were the story and character development. The story is very ordinary. It tells the story of four orphans who must travel and find the 4 crystals in order to return light to the world. There are also small little plots through the game, but nothing that really stands out. It was almost kind of boring when it came to the story.

The characters were disappointing also. They had a good idea of introducing 4 very different characters, but you never really learn to much about them, or how they interact or feel. I mean most of the time you refer to the characters as their job class, not really by their names. The characters and stories in all the other Final Fantasy games have been better than this one.

But by no means is this a bad game. It has all the elements to make this a really great game. There were only two parts of the game that were kind of lacking. It still has that classic Final Fantasy gameplay and music. It also has the nice graphics you come to expect with the final fantasy games. If the story had been a little better and there had been some character development, this game would be top notch like the rest of the series.