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I picked this up on launch day and have a blast with it. Dissidia is a sort of 3rd person fighting game with rpg elements in it. You can level up and gain access to new attacks and abilities.

You have two types of attacks, the first is HP attacks which will obviously hurt the other characters HP. The amount of damage you do greatly depends on how high your bravery is. The second type of attack you can do gains you bravery while taking the other characters bravery down. Each set of attacks are different for every character (and there’s 21 of them) and every character has a few different attacks he/she can use. These attacks can also be swapped out as well as other skills like increased jumping or taking less critical damage.

Most of the time when you make an attack of any time the other character will shoot out a bit of ex “dust”. Once your purple bar on the left is filled and turns a yellowish orange you can then use your ex mode. In ex mode you will regen hp and once you land a hp attack on the other character you can do a “limit break” on them. The limit breaks are different for each character and require you to do different inputs, some are easier while others can be a tad annoying.

There’s a story in single player mode which makes a lot more sense than the usual square FF storyline (FFX I’m looking at you). It’s basically the good guys work for order while the bad guys work for chaos with elements of the good guys own FF storylines mixed in.

I think this game is probably only interest you if you are a fan of the FF games. I’ve played three of them and that was enough to get me into Dissidia. Though I can see non-ff fans enjoying this game as its fairly balanced fast paced and has a long life to it.

The only thing I don’t really like about the game is that it’s hard to work out how to get new/better items for your character etc. I’ve purchased a guide for the game because if I didn’t have that I’d be randomly grinding until the end of time hoping to get some components that might help me make a end game weapon.

I’m Giving Dissidia: Final Fantasy: 8.0/10 
for being fast, fun and pretty awesome for the PSP