Final Fantasy Unlimited: Complete Collection

Review Date: 2008 August 17 09:59

Reviewed by: Azure

Released by: ADV Films UK

Age Rating: 12

Region: 2 - UK

Length: 625 minutes

Subtitles: English

Audio: English 5.1 Surround
Japanese 2.0 Stereo

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Summary

FF:U follows twins Ai and Yu as they journey through a strange world known as Wonderland, looking for their lost parents. In order to get to Wonderland they have catch a strange train that appears at thirteen minutes and thirteen seconds past midnight on the full moon. The twins are quickly joined by the mysterious Lisa, who effectively appoints herself their guardian.

Review

It quickly becomes apparent that Wonderland is not really a single place, but a series of worlds that have become entangled with each other. The twins frantically search these world fragments for their parents. Superficially this may sound like Kingdom Hearts, but other than nods to certain FF staples such as Chocobo, FF:U feels more like Kino's journey in tone as each place they visit is built around an idea or theme rather than an established Square title. For example one of the worlds is full of strange masked figures that spend their entire lives working without rest; putting together and then dismantling strange machines on repeat. Ai and Yu are horrified by that state of affairs, but when their work is disrupted it becomes even more horrifying as the workers loose their reason to live.