Articles tagged final fantasy

Even though the only things they have in common are Moogles, Chocobos and characters called Cid dozens of games bear the Final Fantasy name. It is one of the biggest brands in videogames. The Crystal Chronicles games are a spin-off series in a more action-RPG style and Echos of Time is SquareEnix's response to the phenomenal success of the Monster Hunter games.

Seeing that Final Fantasy: VII is generally regarded as one of the greatest games of all time, it's not surprising that devlopers Square Enix can't stop themselves from relentlessly diving back into the story from every angle possible. But with a CGI movie, an anime and a whole set of prequels and sequels already out, you'd think the story is pretty much covered. Not so! The latest prequel, Crisis Core, is the release that tries hardest to be an accessible story to newcomers while also managing to fill in umpteen plot holes from the original game.