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Thoughts from Crystal Chronicles, Tactics Advance 2, Revenant Wings creators.

 
Every good fairytale starts with heartless cruelty - a small child orphaned, a princess sent into the woods to be killed - and the Final Fantasy games follow much the same formula. But in the case of Final Fantasy IV Advance, the twist of the knife is even more brutal.

Starting out as the Dark Knight Cecil, you're sent by your King to forcibly take a magical water crystal from a nearby town. When, on your return, you question his increasingly violent tactics, you're stripped of the command of your prized Red Wing airship squadron and ordered on a mundane mission to deliver a ring to the village of Mist.

 

But you've been double-crossed. It's actually a bomb, and the resulting inferno kills all but one of the town's inhabitants. Turning over a new leaf in Mist, you hook up with that sole survivor, a young summoner called Rydia, and set out on your adventure. At rock bottom, your quest for redemption has begun.

 

Be warned, it's going take plenty of time and skill to get there. Final Fantasy IV Advance only offers up its charms over many hours of play, and you'll be doing well to complete it within 30.

 

You'll encounter many more companions though as you travel through this long, thoroughly engrossing tale, which packs plenty of twists and turns. From friends-turned-enemies to brave bards and precocious, mischievous novice wizard twins, they all have an important role to play. As well as being important for the story progression, each character also brings special attributes to the battles you'll face. For, as you travel through underground tunnels, mountain passes, deserts and forests, you'll constantly trigger random battles.