My 360 died a couple weeks ago. RROD.  Wasn't an overheating problem either.  My 360 had been running fine the day before in the dashboard as I downloaded a few demos and then shut it off.  The next day I went to try out those demos I had downloaded and found the RROD.

It just had to happen right at the three year mark.  Luckily, MS agreed to repair it.

I only got around to sending it in today... so hopefully in two or three weeks I'll have my console back or a new one.

I was waiting excitedly for Last Remnant, and then this happens right before its release... :/

I was surprised, I hadn't heard even a rumor about the forums getting an update... but I like it.

The only problem is, the forums haven't changed. Maybe they're just prepping it up to roll out a forum change later - I know things get dicy when it comes to modifying forums. We'll see.

I've dived head on into the remake of Final Fantasy IV for the DS, after extensively replaying the PSX version in order to have a better reference to all the changes that have been made to the game.

I now feel I have played a significant portion of this masterful remake in order to give it my initial score (as I usually make sure not to review a game until I complete it).

So what do I give Final Fantasy IV for the DS?

Perfect 10.0.

I have never rated a game with a perfect ten before. The whole idea of ever giving a video game a PERFECT rating boggled my mind. However, I now understand. You don't rate games in comparison to their general genre, you rate them as to what they fullfil in their class of game. There is nothing this game could have done to be any better than it is, it is the definitive version of one of the best RPG's of all time and it changes it around so much even those who have played the original a dozen times will find something new to love with this version.

A modern remake that is more difficult than its original? A game so bold as to cast aside the modern idea of casual gamers to create one of the most challenging RPG's on the DS system? That is what Final Fantasy IV is, and that is why it is so amazing.