#14: Final Fantasy IV
After enjoying Final Fantasy I on NES despite its limitations. Final Fantasy IV (or II as I knew it back then) was a revelation. Instead of the blank class of the original, this time around you follow a cast of characters each with its hopes and aspirations. The story explores the ideas of redemption and sacrifice as our main hero Cecil starts out as a Dark Knight carrying out his king's orders diligently until his latest errand ends up killing a little girl's mother and burning her whole village. Throughout the game, Cecil makes up for his past sins and eventually becomes a Paladin but he's not the only one who faces his demons. The interactions between all characters are very well done and the story surprises you time and time again. On the gameplay side, I've always enjoyed how unique each playable character is with them sticking to their "class": Rosa is a white mage, Rydia a black mage/caller, Edward is useless.
Fun fact, the character limit for spells meant the spell Meteor was called Meteo which to a French speaking guy like me read like the French word for weather. It took me a very long time to realize it was just missing an R.
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