When you first boot-up Final Fantasy Legend II, you might be quite alarmed...there aren't any set character names, which in my opinion sucks quite a bit, there are also no true personalties to the characters either...which again, sucks. But you, the player get to choose whom you want to be part of your posse. Which kind of adds some strategy the whole game, as depending on which type of beings your party will consist of is crucial if you want to finish the game as easily as possible. You have to choose a total of four characters to make up your team, the choices are; Humans; Mutants; Robots; and Monsters. The humans and mutants level up in a similar way to all RPGs, but this isn't the case with the robots and monsters. You need to buy new parts for the robot to get higher stats, and you need to feed the monsters the meat of the enemies you kill for them to evolve into a different monster. But eat the meat of some weedy enemy, and you'll be turned into an equally crappy monster...so watch out!

Another thing that is different to the Final Fantasy games most of us are used to, are the battles. Nope, them sometimes annoying random battles are still here. But the actual weapons you use can only be used a certain number of times. Meaning you'll need to carry extra weapons on long journeys. But you have to limit the amount you carry along with you as well, as you can only hold 20 items, which are normally filled up with cure potions and the like. The good point about this is that players don't have to have one type of weapon that them and them only can use. There is also an ultimate weapon hidden in the game, but unlike Cloud's Ultima Weapon sword, you can only use this sword once, then it shatters...which I found out the hard way, d'oh!

What do all the Final Fantasy games have in common? No matter what the graphics are like, the story lines are ALWAYS so gripping that you don't even want to stop to sleep. While FF Legend II isn't that gripping, the story still has some good points. The basic story sees you're dad leaving when you are a child, he tells you he's after these things known as MAGI. As he leaves, he gives you one piece of 77 pieces of the magi-cal stuff. Then the years pass, and you decide to find and help your dad collect MAGI. On your journey you learn more and more about MAGI, and you learn that if all 77 pieces are collected, the person holding them will turn into a god! Meaning that if it were to fall into the wrong hands, the whole world could be destroyed! Not just your own though, there are nine different worlds in FFL2 that can be travelled to via different portals. And you must save them all.

Although this is a Final Fantasy game, it doesn't really live up to what you would expect. There is better GameBoy RPGs out there, such as the hugely popular Pokémon games. Which in my opinion is a better choice, as it has battles, a fun story, and a loooooong lifespan. Final Fantasy Legend II on the other hand, does have battles, a better story-line, not that long lifespan, (the only thing that takes ages is the final boss) and it isn't that much fun to play...the thing is, I don't why...

Overall: 5/10