Discount Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers

Having played several games in the Final Fantasy series, I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this game. What I got was an adventure-type story game, with a great fighting aspect in it, as well.

Setting-The Lilty kingdom holds dominion over all over tribes, but they aren't evil. However, the Selkie tribe bears a grudge against them, and refuses to live with them by living on land apart from the Lilty tribe. The Clavats are a peace-loving tribe that tries to get along with everyone. The last tribe, the Yuke tribe, vanished years ago, never to be found. You play as Layle, a Clavat crystal-bearer. A crystal bearer has a crystal embedded in them, giving them powers for them to use for good or evil.

Story-While you are escorting an airship, it is attacked by a Yuke, who steals the crystal power from the airship then takes off. You chase after the Yuke, using your powers to try to find out why it stole the crystal's power and what it plans to do with the crystal's power.

Gameplay-The gameplay is a little hard to learn, but once you do learn it, it's quite easy. You use the attached nunchuk to move around, and you use the wiimote to pick up items/people/monsters using your mind. This is your "special ability" because of being a crystal bearer. You can then throw the item you picked up at anything you would like to by using a flick of your wrist, allowing you to break open things and attack monsters. In fact, throwing monsters and throwing things at monsters are the only ways to fight in this game. However, you are not required to fight in this game (except for special, main battles); that is not how you level up. You level up by finding items and money and having moogles (white, flying creatures) make things such as amulets for you, in order to raise attack, defense, luck, and more. However, the majority of the game is to go from town to town defeating "main" enemies, following the Yuke, and basically keeping the story going.

Graphics-The graphics are very well done in this game. From the backgrounds to the tiniest details, these pictures are beautiful.

Sound-The music is nicely done in this game, overall, but it does get a bit boring, as the same songs are repeated over and over. The voice acting is very nicely done, as well.

Fun-This game is really fun. Whether you enjoy fighting or following an adventure story, this game will be great fun. It isn't boring like the gamecube version; instead, it has a very interesting story and nice combat.

Length-The one reason I took off a star is because of the length. Although, some people have said it lasted longer for them, it only took me about 15 hours to complete this game. That was really short, in my opinion, and unfortunately, I don't feel a strong need to replay the game. There are some extra goals that will keep some gamers playing after the final battle, such as finding the hidden item here, or using this monster to defeat this monster, but as for the main story, it is over rather quickly.

All in all, I recommend this game to most gamers. It isn't hardcore fighting like some of the games in the Final Fantasy series, but it has a great story with some really fun combat options.Get more detail about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers.