My review is long so here's a tl;dr for those who don't like walls of text: If you like role-playing games and grinding levels, and you understand that this is an actual game that will take hours upon hours to beat and are willing to pay the price for that experience, you'll most likely enjoy this game.
To start off, let me say that I have never played a proper Final Fantasy game. After hearing a lot of good things about the various stories and listening to the music, I decided to take a chance and purchase one of the available titles on the Kindle store. I went with III for five primary reasons: 1) it was on sale for half-price, 2) it has the smallest download size of the four available games, 3) it has the job system, 4) it features the turn-based battle system and not the ATB (Active-Time Battle), and 5) I've enjoyed every piece of music I've heard out of it. Let me add that, after spending some time playing this game, I would gladly have paid the full price for it because make no mistake, this is a full-blown retail game.
You start out as Luneth (although you can rename him if you'd like!), a young boy who discovers he has been chosen as a Warrior of Light, one who will bring hope to the land. It's now his job to find the other Warriors of Light (who can also be renamed), and together, they must banish the darkness. The story itself isn't as impressive as the stories from other FFs, but what makes this game great for any RPG fan is the grind. You're going to spend the majority of your time grinding character and job levels, but it's satisfying when, after being KO'd in a new area, you can return and one-shot the enemies, using them to train for the next challenge.
In my opinion, the music is catchy; it's been remastered so it's not the 8-bit tracks I've grown accustomed to, but I can still recognize just about every track. The four main characters look cute on the Kindle's graphics, and are well-designed. Each job has its own unique outfit, along with specialized abilities. There's no lag on my device; the game itself runs very smoothly, with a quick start-up and a clean exit. Also, if you're worried about the story, don't be; FFIII isn't a prequel to FFIV. The stories of individual FFs are not linked; the only similarities are found in spell/attack names, summons, and crystals (and even then, summons feature differing designs and crystal mythologies are not always alike).
As others have pointed out, nothing is really explained to you at the beginning. If you look in the Config option, you can read through a mini-tutorial that tells you the basics. As for the rest, you'll have to read through NPC conversations to figure it all out. And again, as others have mentioned, moving your character around on the overworld is kind of wonky. Ten hours in, and I'm still crashing into walls! If you're not a fan of RPGs or grinding, you probably won't like this game. I haven't been a part of the Final Fantasy community for very long, but if there's one thing I've learned from my time it's that FF fans almost never agree on anything. This game is one of those rare exceptions; ask any longtime fan who's played every title which FF is the most challenging, and they will probably name this game!
When I started up my first game, I faced off against the boss of the first dungeon at level 2, with 3/4 health, which was really incredibly dumb on my part. I ended up KO'd and starting a completely new file because it's not possible to save your game inside dungeons, only on the overworld map. Thankfully, I learned my lesson and made sure Luneth was level 3 at full health when I challenged him again. That's pretty much how the rest of the game has progressed so far; if I reach a new area and get seriously beaten up, I return to the previous grind spot and train-train-train until I can hold my own.
To conclude, in my opinion (formed from what I've read), if you're new to the series and you want to try one of the titles on Kindle, I'd actually recommend VI. FFVI has a very touching story, and is supposedly easy to beat, making it more ideal for newcomers. This game, despite being a port of the DS version, still frequently shows its roots as a super-hard NES game. Yet, in spite of that (and my newcomer status), I enjoy the grind and plan on finishing this game to the end.
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What's new in version 2.0.4- Fixed a bug.
Product Details
Release Date: 2012
Date first listed on Amazon: November 1, 2012
Developed By: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
ASIN: B009YG2ND8
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Product features
- Aditionally, the smartphone version has been improved to include the following:
- High resolution graphics and retouched cutscenes.
- Smooth, intuitive touch-panel controls specifically tailored to improve the gaming experience.
- Gallery Mode, where players can view illustrations from the game or listen to the soundtrack, has been added.
- New visual designs for the Job Mastery Cards and the Mognet.
Product description
FINAL FANTASY III in 3D -- now on Android!When darkness falls and the land is robbed of light, four youths are chosen by the crystals to embark upon a journey to save the world.
FINAL FANTASY III was the first title in the FINAL FANTASY series to become a million-seller, establishing once and for all that Square Enix's classic RPG saga was here to stay.
A hallmark of innovation for the entire series, FINAL FANTASY III incorporates not only a job system that lets characters change classes at any time to the ability to summon powerful creatures such as Shiva and Bahamut.
The 3D remake of FINAL FANTASY III, with fully-rendered 3D graphics, duplicated the original's success.
- The four protagonists have been completely redesigned and new scenarios have been added.
- The 3D remake has really brought the cutscenes and battles to life.
- The Job system has been improved to bring out its best and most unique aspects, resulting in a more balanced game that is easy to enjoy.
- New save functions, including autosave, allow for players to quit the game at any time without fear of losing their progress.
User Data Privacy
Developer has indicated that this app does not collect or transfer user data to third parties.Technical details
Size: 412.6MB
Version: 2.0.4
Developed By: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
- Access information about networks
- Access information about Wi-Fi networks
- Access the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
- Get information about the currently or recently running tasks: a thumbnail representation of the tasks, what activities are running in it, etc
- Open network sockets
- Read from external storage
- Read only access to device state
- Request authtokens from the AccountManager
- PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
- Write to external storage
- Allows verification of Google app Entitlements
Minimum Operating System: Android 4.0
Approximate Download Time: More than 5 minutes
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