World of Final Fantasy Reviews

World of Final Fantasy is ranked in the 75th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
No Recommendation / Blank
Oct 26, 2016

Billed as a grand, lavish piece of fan service, this is as much a tribute to Pok'mon's charms as those of the series whose name it bears.

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IGN
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2016

World of Final Fantasy is a humorous adventure that is just too cute for words, but its combat and exploration aren’t diverse enough to support a campaign nearly as long as this one. However, I did enjoy it for a long time - more than 30 hours - before it wore out its welcome.

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Oct 26, 2016

World of Final Fantasy might not be the Final Fantasy game everyone is talking about this year, but its addictive gameplay and entertaining callbacks make it a must-play.

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63 / 100
Dec 1, 2017

Cute, with a battle system that has more depth than it lets on, but the game's tone gets rather irritating.

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Oct 25, 2016

World of Final Fantasy's opening hours show a lot of promise for fans and newcomers alike, but the longer you spend with it, the more its lack of depth becomes apparent.

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8.3 / 10.0
Oct 24, 2016

The story is awful, but the fun of collecting monsters – along with a flood of fan service makes the narrative worth enduring

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GameSpot
Top Critic
6 / 10
Oct 25, 2016

World of Final Fantasy’s cute character moments can only offset its various frustrations for so long.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2016

World of Final Fantasy brings originality to the franchise when it can get past all the nostalgia

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Kotaku
Top Critic
Unscored
Oct 25, 2016

A trip back to Final Fantasy's roots with many of the friends and enemies we've made along the way

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Unscored
Oct 25, 2016

If you're a younger player, or a die-hard Final Fantasy fan that longs for the turn-based days of old, this is well worth picking up.

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3.5 / 5.0
Nov 2, 2016

In a fall where the Final Fantasy related news on everyone’s mind is how the ten-year-in-development Final Fantasy XV will turn out, World of Final Fantasy is comfort food for any traditional JRPG fans.

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Oct 25, 2016

World of Final Fantasy is a colorful role-playing game with inventive battle mechanics, but you've probably heard the story before.

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Oct 29, 2016
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85 / 100
Oct 24, 2016

World of Final Fantasy will please fans of one of gaming’s longest-running series. But I think it’ll also help find new players, who’ll get a taste of what we old fogeys have loved about Square Enix’s flagship for decades. With combat that’s simple but has some depth and a story that fits in the franchise’s lineage, this ramp up to next month’s Final Fantasy XV is a great way to enjoy a story you love while also sharing it with others who are experiencing it for the first time.

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5.5 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2016

World of Final Fantasy tries to give you the nostalgia feels, but is unable to recapture the magic of previous 'hyper-deformed' games.

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7.5 / 10.0
Oct 29, 2016

World of Final Fantasy is a charming turn-based RPG filled with familiar characters, settings, and music to make any fan of the series happy. While it's adorable setting, interesting story, and new combat mechanics provide hours of fun, it eventually becomes tediously repetitive and the fights become monotonous. Even creating and customizing stacks loses its luster when you start resorting to familiar "tried and tested" combinations. The game could have definitely benefited from a much shorter campaign.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2016

Overall, World of Final Fantasy is one of the few PlayStation 4 JRPG’s I can recommend across the board. The game is light-playing, but incredibly enjoyable for Final Fantasy buffs while also being a perfect entry into the series. Beyond a few small annoyances – Tama more than anything – the game is easy enough to play for hours on end or in small, nightly sessions. More importantly, World of Final Fantasy is perfectly suited for both PlayStation 4 and Vita – if you need a light JRPG fix before FFXV, I couldn’t recommend this game more highly.

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8.1 / 10.0
Oct 25, 2016

An homage to a franchise that now it's 30 years old disguised as a brand new game with a lot of new ideas and concepts.

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7 / 10.0
Nov 22, 2016

That's World of Final Fantasy in a nutshell. For those invested in the series up to this point, it's so worth playing. It'll mean a lot to the fans to go on an adventure, fight, and grow with the monsters that were only ever enemies in the past. Its weak story detracts from the experience a little, but the power of well-done nostalgia farming overshadows it easily.

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8 / 10
Oct 31, 2016

World of Final Fantasy is so much bigger than any other Final Fantasy spinoff I’ve experienced. Out of the gate, it’s an incredibly lengthy JRPG with full voice acting, cutscenes everywhere, hundreds of characters, and more. There’s a fair amount of fluff and filler spread throughout the lengthy RPG, but its tail end features some great nostalgia trips and fun character moments. It’s a great celebration of the legacy of Final Fantasy that’s a blast for fans old and new.

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