Final Fantasy IV
FINAL FANTASY IV is the fourth main installment in the FINAL FANTASY series, developed and published by Squaresoft. It was released in July 1991 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan, and…
Final Fantasy IV is an adventure developed by Square, released 19 July 1991 on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Super Famicom. The main story takes about 30 hrs to finish.
What Final Fantasy IV is
Final Fantasy IV is an adventure game developed by Square and released in 1991. It is available on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Super Famicom.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Final Fantasy IV, titled Final Fantasy II in its initial North American release, is a 1991 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the fourth main installment of the Final Fantasy series. The game's story follows Cecil Harvey, a dark knight, as he tries to prevent the sorcerer Golbez from seizing powerful crystals and destroying the world. He is joined on this quest by a frequently changing group of allies. Final Fantasy IV introduced innovations that became staples of the Final Fantasy series and role-playing games in general. Its "Active Time Battle" system was used in five subsequent Final Fantasy games and, unlike…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy IV is the eighth of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy IV Easy Type in 1991. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.
How it was received
Final Fantasy IV holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1991 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 202 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 30 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 43 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Final Fantasy IV yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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