Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Review

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers is a new live action role playing game on the Wii. Square Enix is also bringing the series to a new perspective with a single player only, story driven campaign. Taking a turn from the previous titles' roots while continuing the same story is an interesting twist for the series, but will having only one player chronicling this adventure be a rewarding experience?

The Crystal Bearers follows the story line of the Crystal Chronicles series and takes place a thousand years after the events of the original Gamecube title. The story follows the path of Layle, a Crystal Bearer who has the ability to move things at his will, kind of like the force. Layle is sent on a mission to recover crystal shards for the military of his race and discovers that there are others out to retrieve the same shards. There are other characters that help Layle in his quest, but also twist between good and evil. The story twists and turns throughout, but does eventually take a big dip into traditional territory with a group of rag-tag youths preventing the destruction of their world from an evil empire. Admittedly there isn't too much in the way of story to anyone picking up this title as a first in the series, but it does stick to a set story path from the original title that may hold more value for long time fans of the series.