"Rings of Fates. Doesn't sound catchy enough."

Hello and welcome to another review from InsanityZero! Square Enix had make another side-game called the Crystal Chronicles. There was the GameCube CC and now the DS CC.

Storyline: 3/10
Square Enix is one of the best people to have to create an unique storyline. But why they make this an not-so unique storyline. It doesn't follow up from the Gamecube version which they did say it will be a squeal. I guess they didn't do something about it. Its about two kids saving the world from the darkness. This is an regular storyline, but they do grow up at one point. Nothing fancy but I dislike it so I just intend to hit the Start button.

Graphic: 8/10
Square Enix improve the graphic as they planned for each FF game they create. Each armor has its own interface which is cool. Most of the equipments like the Dragon sets, are mostly recolored or just looks the same. The weapon looks okay, so there isn't much to say. They look more like FFVII weapons IMO that is.

Controls: 7/10
God.. the controls are decent. SE uses the touch screen for status, items, equipments and magic. Oh come on, Square Enix forgot to do the pause button! Oh my god, so basically if you hit start button during battle, you want to make sure you destroy all the enemies! If you hit start during a boss phase, you are immovable so you are wide open for all attacks. Sad isn't it?

Gameplay: 7/10
I dislike the story so its 7 comes from the multiplayer section. Multiplayer is awesome that is what I am going to say. Its the same as the story but you have more free-range. And also no more AIs trouble eh? When you have a friend with the game, you can challenge him to PvP (Make sure you play Gladiator 2, its the most balanced map) or help out each other. Quest makes it easier, its an easy item-getter too.

Artificial Intelligence: 1/10
I need to make sure what you guys are buying so I had no choice but to put this. *Ahem*, as you can read the board section, most of us ripped on the AIs. This is more lenient on them. During combat, we are going to divide attack and defense to 100%s. Attacking is 95% from you and 5% from your teammates. Defense is 100% from you and 0% from your AIs. They are lost-tankers, so they will take any hits from anyone.

Insanity gives it an 7/10
Additional Notes: Final Fantasy is one of the most respectable franchises in the world! But they made this to seep pretty low, but don't worry guys! We have FFXIII to bring back its glory!

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 07/23/08, Updated 09/23/08

Game Release: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (US, 03/11/08)