Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Easily the best RPG on the GenesisGenre: rpg - japanese
Publisher: Sega
Year: 1995
System: Genesis
Gameplay Score: 4
Gameplay Notes:
A number of welcome improvements: - target individual enemies in battle - predefined "macros" - shared inventory - improved menus I still hate that pressing C to inspect brings up a text box if you aren't next to someone or something. Every time you do this the main character ironically states "Stop wasting time, there's nothing here!" Umm, thanks for wasting my time to tell me that.
Level Design Score: 5
Level Design Notes:
Fast paced storyline takes you from town to town in rapid succession and within an hour you've got a party of four. Great pacing. Requires a lot of grinding but not as bad as PS2.
Theme Score: 5
Theme Notes:
Really cool manga style panels appear during cutscenes to tell the story. Love the storyline as well. It seems to pick up right where the previous games left off.
Art Style Score: 4
Art Style Notes:
The overworld sprites go back to the small, tall, lean artwork in PS2. Not my favorite, but they're ok. The battles are fully realized this time around. Finally! You can see your characters at the bottom of the screen and full animations play as you attack and are attacked. Good stuff. Enemy sprites are big and well designed and drawn, as usual.
Audio Score: 4
Audio Notes:
I was enjoying the music until I got into a boss battle. It sounded bored of itself, and I agreed with it. Besides that nitpick, the music is a vast improvement over PS2 and 3. The composition is good, although less up-beat than PS3, and this time around the composer used more sounds than the harsh organ pipe. Brilliant!
Overall Score: 86
Review ID: 1155
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