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Dissidia Final Fantasy - Special Edition (PSP) | 
| From: Square Enix
Category: Video Games
List Price: £39.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Format: Unknown format
Platform: Sony PSP
Genre: fighting-action-games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: Special Edition
Operating System: No Operating System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.6 x 1.4
EAN: 5060121825796
Release Date: September 4, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Collectors Edition Includes:
Dissidia Final Fantasy original Sound Mini-CD
Hardback, 48-page The Art of Dissidia Final Fantasy artwork book
Brady Games official Miniguide
2 Exclusive Lithograph prints
Dissidia Final Fantasy Game
Prepare for the fighting game on PSP that only the makers of the legendary Final Fantasy series could deliver, in a special celebration of the renowned series that has sold over 85 million units! Dissidia: Final Fantasy brings together the largest collection of Final Fantasy characters ever in a fighting-styled game where players can choose their allegiance between Cosmos, the goddess of harmony, and Chaos, the god of discord. Fighting gameplay and character customisation now moves to another level on PSP, presented with truly blockbuster quality visuals and audio. - Exhilarating 3D battles. An exciting system lets your character run up walls, fly across the sky and unleash hardware-defying attacks all with intuitive operation.
- Genre-defining customisation. As your character grows, a vast range of actions, abilities and equipment become more available. Customised characters can be taken online for a wide variety of play experiences.
- Dramatic story contents Why have the warriors been gathered? A sumptuous tale awaits, presented with stunning event scenes and voice acting.
- User community. Challenge other players via ad hoc or online play. Trade Friend Cards, create items and share AI characters with other players and even engage in virtual AI battles made possible by the PSP system Ad-Hoc Mode.
- New features not in the Japanese version. New features include an additional Arcade Mode, improved gameplay balancing, new play tutorials, additional event scenes and more.
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 Dissidia Reviewed October 14, 2009
Stulgur Duranak (Kernow)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
*I realise that my spelling and grammer isnt the best so PLEASE dont email with corrections or opinions in reply to my comparisons..*
Ive played almost all the FF's and i will say that this one does incorparate a very deep explantion about the relationship between the respective characters of good and evil/bad (whatever you prefer). The game has a complex if repetitive storyline which does let it down, its all select this character, move across the field, kill these ememies, destroy this, done. Graphics are excellent for a PSP format game. Battle system will be explianed below. Character insight is good and we get an insight into the views and relationships between character and god.
The battle system is as i feared it would become when i first played FFXII/12 and Crisis Core. The modern final fantasy's are starting to become more action based movement 1st person RPG's instead of what made final fantasy original, tactically thought out real-time turn based battles. I know i sound old fashioned but Final Fantasy will soon lose the market if FFXIII/13 turns out to have the same battle system as Dissidia, Crisis Core and XII/12. The designers even insulted us by putting in a form of turn-based battle system which allows you to select your attack and #attack# or you could just stand there and get beaten to a pulp, which in retrospect this insult is closer to Sonic the Hedgehog battling than the famous Final Fantasy battles of old.
So after my ranting, overall the game play is ok (repetitive) but the graffics are excellent (its only redeeming feature) even if you want to play as your favorate evil character (this can only be done in arcade mode to get a reasonably good battle with them).
Overall Rating: ***
'Even if the 'morro is barren of promises, nothing shall forstall, my return.'
- Genisis: Crisis Core
 Collectors Ed. for a brilliant game September 25, 2009
Mr. Martyn Poole (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a huge Final Fantasy fan this is a dream come true, taking characters from the early games right to FFX good and evil. Dissidia is so much more than a fighting game, you start the game buy choosing which day you want to earn double EXP on and also the game will decided another day which you earn more PP which can be used to unlock a vast amount of items and characters and bonus stuff. This game is a must for anyone who loves Final Fantasy.
The fighting is in a world of its own and battles can last from 5 seconds to 10 minutes, everything really is different from anything you have played before. You start with a prologue where you will learn different moves and some extras you can use within the battles. Once you have completed your training a vast amount of good characters will open up, each has his own story but all have the same objective and that is to acquire a crystal which will be used to defeat Chaos which is the big bad. Each character has his or her own fighting technique but the main buttons will be used for Jump, Attack and super attack which would be used to take out an opponent once you have broken their attacks. Whoever wins does not have to reduce their opponents HP down to 0 you can easily win the battle once you have taken a percent of their bravery down. The more you attack the higher your bravery and the lower your opponent and then once you see theirs break its time to go in for the kill. You also have a bar which builds up with each attack you make spreading something like shiny dust around the level which you can collect when passing through, there will also be a shiny bell which you can lock onto and will raise this bar quickly. Once filled your character can unleash their ultimate move which can finish off most enemies off in one hit.
Like other Final Fantasy games you can equip items to improve your character as s/he levels up, weapons and armor will improve attack and defense while equipping rings will improve HP and other extras. You can also collect and equip summons which will pop up during fights to help out, each summon has their own way of helping and once you collect enough you can choose which character owns which summons.
There really is a lot more to this then I can possibly put in one review, the fighting is really fun and you will find yourself flying through area's performing stunning moves, the most impressive fight I have seen is Cloud vs Sephiroth fighting in the North Cave. The graphics are stunning for a hand held machine and even past characters have come back to do the voice overs. Yes this does mean Tidus too.
When you have enough PP you can start to unlock all the evil character which will be the main characters opposite from the game, E.G. Tidus vs Jecht, Squall vs Ultimicia etc etc.
Each of the 5 levels are played on a board, each character has their own board and way of traveling through it. Every move will cost you points but can be gained if you complete certain fights; these will be displayed before you choose them and will be things like finish the battle without taking a hit! On your first play through I wouldn't worry about gaining the extra points and just level up as much as possible and collect all the chest you can, you will be scored at the end of each level and the points will gain your characters story level once you have completed that characters story.
The only bad thing about this game is you can be sailing through quite easy then you meet a character that can take you down within 10 seconds, it's all down to reading what the character is equipped with so you know just what to do with him.
There really is much more I can tell you but I will leave it there as I am confusing myself let alone anyone reading this. I will add that the music features music from every game of that character with some old remixed. Also you can unlock different looks for each character like Clouds uniform from Advent Children. This game can be played by anyone but a true Final Fantasy Fan will admire it so much more.
Just an extra bit about the collectors set, this is more for fans, the game comes in a very nice box filled with goodies for collectors rather than use. The CD is a nice touch but I wish it was the full album rather than a couple of songs. If you can get one I would advise it but chances are they have sold out and people will resell them for a higher price, which is a shame for any true fan who missed out.
Speacial Edition September 7, 2009
Liam O'Connor
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great game and if you can find the extras in English I would really recommend paying the extra for the special edition Dissidia-Final Fantasy as any fan of the series would love these. The guide with the game is only a mini-guide, so if you like your strategy guides then you'll have to buy that seperate.
Great extras for the dedicated fan September 4, 2009
Blue Raven (UK)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
You won't struggle to find reviews of the game itself (which happens to be excellent), so I'm just going to comment on the additional content that comes in the special edition (though the review score reflects the overall product).
Firstly you get the collector's edition packaging, which is a very smart boxset sporting a much cleaner design than the standard packaging. Open it up and you'll find a wealth of goodies.
The hardback artbook has a couple of pages for all the key characters and contains a nice selection of illustrated and computer generated images. Pretty standard fare, but the print quality is good and some of the illustrations are fantastic.
The two lithograph prints feature some nice images of the assembled forces, but are only going to be an important inclusion for the really dedicated fans of the series.
The Bradygames miniguide has a very useful section explaining the initial setup of the game, detailing the benefits of the data install feature (which I believe is a first on the PSP - keeping sections of game data on your memory stick for fast load times) and the various 'play plans'. There then follows a limited introduction to game mechanics and the main quest. This mini guide is quite obviously a 'teaser' to incite you into purchasing the full strategy guide. Given the mind-boggling depth of this game, I will be doing just that - and this guide gives you a nice preview of the level of detail to expect.
Finally, the mini-CD contains some rousing tracks from the game. The music is very good, and just one of the many areas where unusually high production values (for a handheld title) shine through. Whilst much of the music in the game is familiar, there are some great rearrangements and characterful additions. This is again, to a certain extent, a preview for the full soundtrack. There is also a brief message from the lead composer included with the disc that talks about the challenges of rearranging the score and adding new elements to such classic themes.
In conclusion: very smart collector's packaging, and a fair amount of well-judged extras to accompany the game.
 my brady guide is in german September 4, 2009
Ms. L. Hewison (uk)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
i brought the special edition, and now i wish i hadn't bothered! My brady guide is in German. I don't speak a word of german n clearly it doesn't say on this site that the guide iss in german. Whats the point of getting the special edition if you can't read the extra items?
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