Final FantasyThe influence is often very obvious. As one of the biggest names of the RPG genre for decades, the series has had an impact on countless competitors and key entries as Final Fantasy 7 Presented the indelible impressions in the history of the game. Not all Final Fantasy The title is however widely known Final Fantasy: the 4 heroes of light is the one that fell largely at the edge of the road.
4 Light heroes was released for the Nintendo DS on October 5, 2010, in North America, almost a year after making its debut in Japan. Unlike some spin-offs, 4 heroes of light Maintains many gender elements, with a long story filled with turn -based battles and classic random meetings. Despite the propensity of Square Enix for remakes and remasters, 4 heroes of light never reappeared Since its original version, but it has managed to make a brand of other ways.
Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light was a unique spin-off
Equal familiar and new parties
I am not really the target audience for 4 heroes of light. While I like some games with random dating in turn, especially Final Fantasy 7A high meeting rate or any feeling of grinding deactivates me fairly quickly. What attracts me 4 heroes of light Is it not the basic gameplay, but art, which is distinguished as among the best 3D design of the DS.
A big world show and a rolling curve from the horizon 4 heroes of light looks a bit like Animal crosspiece: Wild WorldWhich is not a bad thing. However, the superposition of his own ideas in addition to this foundation is what really distinguishes him. The soft and pictorial color palette competes in the world in soft shades, and the architecture that inclines irregularly gives a whole unbalanced and hand -made sensation.
Mechanically, It is an older seizure bag Final Fantasy Ideas and its own curiosities. Veterans should not have trouble collecting the nuances of a central work system, but random automatic targeting can get used to it. Some of these concepts have never made future games, but the next title of the same creators has ended up sharing a lot of the same DNA.
4 Heroes of Light paved the way for major RPGs
The Asano team has reached more heights
Final Fantasy: 4 heroes of lightThe spiritual successor is not a Final Fantasy game at all. Instead of direct follow -up, 4 heroes of lightThe producer and other key figures have gone to By default courageouslyA 3DS RPG which was quickly hailed as a modern classic. The games play differently, but with the handful of mechanical ideas that happen again, 4 heroes of light Fans could certainly recognize the similarity of art styles.
While 4 heroes of light fell from the card, By default courageously Certainly not. A direct suite called Second bravelly: end layer followed, as did Default courageously 2A switching entry with a new world and a new story. The original game has come to the store’s shelves with Default bravely: Flying Fairy HD Remasterwhich has arrived among the limited range of the launch titles of Switch 2.
It is not the only line that can be traced 4 heroes of lightHowever. In addition to starting a deductible, By default courageously prepare the ground Octopath travelerYet another game from the same producer, Tomoyo Asano. While the development of Asano games has undergone various studio changes, a basic team known as the Asano team persists.
Among all Asano Games, Octopath traveler had the most widespread influence. The HD-2D style of the game quickly spread as a modern touch to the classic Pixel Art formula, offering a new way of making large RPGs without development cycles or massive costs. It is an approach of love or hatred, but more than enough people seem to fall into the old camp.
Team Asano reused the style Poultry sequels, Triangle strategy,, Live And Dragon quest Remakes, and the next The adventures of Elliot. Despite the arrival of another team, Star Ocean: The Second Story R also takes a similar approach.
Bravelly by default and Octopath owes a lot to 4 heroes of light
A quietly unshakable heritage
The modern ASANO team games are no longer looking to Final Fantasy: 4 heroes of light for direct inspiration. Without this predecessor, however, they may not exist at all. Even if 4 heroes of light Never appear on modern systems, the games indebted to the curiosity will certainly continue.
This is not the only time Final Fantasy The spin-offs generated franchises that overshadowed them. Secret of Mana was a series of Final Fantasy adventureand the Mana The name remained for all subsequent follow -ups. The opposite has also occurred –Tactics Final FantasyWho has just received a new brilliant remaster, owes its existence to the previous Ogre Battle series of the Creator.
4 heroes of light obtained the least flowers, however, and the game deserves an appropriate tribute to its 15th anniversary. Is this the best game that ASANO has ever produced? Absolutely not. But all these years later, 4 heroes of light is one of the most important Final Fantasy Spin-offs, whether Square Enix cares to recognize it or not.
- Released
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October 5, 2010
- ESRB
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E10 + for everyone 10+ due to a reference to alcohol, light fantastic violence, a gentle language
- Engine
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unreal
- Multiplayer
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Local multiplayer
