Video & PC Game Discussion

Major reviewers have called Final Fantasy IV one of the greatest video games of all time, noting that it popularized many common console role-playing game features.^[71][72] Reviewers have praised the game for its graphics, gameplay and score.^[71][58] Reviewers have noted that Final Fantasy IV was one of the first role-playing games to feature a complex, involving plot.^[46][6][10] Nintendo Power proclaimed it set a "new standard of excellence" for role-playing games,^[54] It would later place ninth and twenty-eighth in the "100 Greatest Nintendo Games" lists of issues 100 and 200, respectively.^[73][74] In addition, the magazine GamePro rated it a perfect 5 out of 5 score in its March 1992 issue.^[75] IGN currently ranks it as twenty-sixth on its list of greatest games of all time; it is the highest rated Final Fantasy title on the list.^[76] Famitsu released a reader poll in 2006 ranking it as the sixth best game ever made.^[77] The game's original release was heavily criticized for the poor quality of its English language translation.^[46][58] Final Fantasy IV's Game Boy Advance remake was met with praise from reviewers,^[78] although a few noted the game's graphics do not hold up well to current games, especially when compared to Final Fantasy VI.^[79][58] Reviewers noted that some fans may still nitpick certain errors in the new translation.^[71]