Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
by Square Enix
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Product Summary
Brand: Square EnixRelease Date: 2007-04-03
Platform: Nintendo DS
Model: 90701
Publisher: Square Enix
Product features:
- Combines role-playing and exploration with card-based battles
- Pop-Up Duels - a new kind of card battle - occur during random enemy encounters
- Dozens of minigames and microgames as they embark on a journey to rescue their lost friends and restore peace to the land
- Features innovative stylus and Touch Screen functionality
Video Game Reviews of Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
Customer Review: Fables you say? The only tall-tale here is this game being rated as good.
Summary: 3 Stars
First thing I'll say about this title is don't purchase it for more than $10. There is charm in the game, but overall it doesn't make up for the overall recycled gameplay and just pure repetitiveness.
I am a huge fan of RPGs, I've played almost all the main series, and ventured into the more underground ones (Like Atelier Iris, Etrian Odyssey, & Atelier Iris.) Therefore, I am one mildly educated on the subject of RPGs and the Final Fantasy World.
Receiving this game, I thought it'd be a typical RPG with mini-game elements here and there. My god I was wrong, more like a collection of repeating uncreative mini-games. Think of this game as WarioWare boss battles that you repeat over & over to receive the best medal.
Yup, all the game is basically is mini-games mixed in with a horribly unrewarding battle system that just seems forced. 50% through the game I had experienced 4 battles. The battles seemed like they were thrown into the game just so they could please Final Fantasy fanatics. First complaint about the battles is they take seemingly forever, and are very unbalanced. The card concept of battles is awesome, but the way it was executed is just poor in this game, especially because animations consume 75% of the time in battle.
If you want a good card-based battle game pick up Baten Kaitos, 100 times the fun, 100 times the content. Anyways, back on topic to the mini-games. Basically, they're all boring games uncreative games that you've played before without cute chocobos.
The most creative one is ironically the first mini-game, where you race up the mountain as a turtle. The rest are "collect small sprite, avoid boss." or other very common games used in RPGs.
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy this game. It's just not all that good. It's cliche mini-games mixed in with battles ruined by overanimation, the plot is good though, and the "I want to complete this mini-game and get the best medal on it so I get some battle card I'll never use" is also pretty fun.
Replayability? Zero in my opinion. I have yet to beat this game (or pick it up again to consider beating it.) but I am about 75% through. This counts for about 9 hours of gameplay, therefore if you pick this game up I'm guessing you'll get an easy 12-18 hours of gameplay depending on how much of a completionist you are.
Like I said, it's a good game, but there are many better others on the DS.
Plot 7/10: Seems pretty solid. Makes sense, typical "collect 4 crystals of various elements to save world and friends."
Gameplay 5/10: Mini-games are recycled from other games for sure, but they're not horrible, nor are they extremely boring. They'll entertain you. Receives a 5/10 because of the bad animations that make battles take FOREVER. No skip-animation in options either
Difficulty 7/10: Once again, it's extremely easy to progress the story. Literally anyone could do it. But why I give it a 7/10 is it does allow for "challanges" on mini-games. Silver which you can get after 3-4 playthroughs, and golds which have taken me 20-30 on some occasions.
Length 8/10: Pretty good length, doesn't seem overly long, and hasn't gotten boring really.
Graphics: 9/10 Another redeeming factor. Basically Final Fantasy III: DS graphics mixed with Paper Mario I graphics. 2D & 3D mix in battles is nice.
36/50 = 72%
Buy, but dont pay more than 10 bucks.
Description of Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
In Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales, you'll enter a fun and enchanting game world, from the Final Fantasy franchise. When a black magician brings a picture book onto the Chocobo farm, it unleashes the great devil Bebuzu. The farm gets sucked into its pages, where white & black magicians must stop Bebezu from reviving himself to full form.Adventure Games
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