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I first played FF4 on the SNES when it was known to me as Final Fantasy II. I absolutely loved it back then and I still see it as one of the better games in the series. The game has been ported a few times, though I can't say that they've milked it as much as Final Fantasy 7 (yet), but it is the first remake. I had purchased the PSX port in case I wanted to play through it since my SNES copy's battery kept wiping my saved games. In the end I never played through it since I found the loading times absolutely atrocious. So this DS version has been completely remade in 3d and it has been retranslated. It also has voice acting, in game cut scenes that use in game assets so it doesn't take you out of the game as much, tweaked fighting system (god... some of the boss fights are so freakin' hard now), and other assorted goodies like a skill system. I have to say I love the new fighting system. It's not really 'new' per se but they have made the encounters a lot more difficult so you have to use strategy and the support spells to win. Something that really bugged me about the original was that you never needed to use the support spells because they were either not needed (why use a physical|magic defense spell if they don't do that much damage in the first place) or they were just useless (spells like paralyze would just never work in the fights where you actually needed them). Anyways I finished it on my way to work this morning having clocked a little bit over 35 hours on it. Is anyone else playing it?
