History YMMV / FinalFantasyThe4HeroesOfLight

* IdiotPlot: Much of the reason that [[spoiler: the world falls into darkness in the first place]] is because the the four party members would much rather spend their time bickering amongst each other and acting like haughty [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniacs]] rather than listen to the crystal going on about how they must work together to save the world. It isn't until the second half the game do they finally get their acts together yet, by then, most of it is [[NiceJobBreakingItHero them trying to clean up their mess from not working together sooner]].

** The moment you hit Urbeth (at least after the Liberte arc), the merchant town, which sells [[DiscOneNuke very powerful magic very early in the game]]. It's expensive, but the same town hosts a shopkeeping minigame which can be easily exploited for massive cash, and even has several very short and easy sidequests to provide seed money. As if that weren't enough, there's a crown obtained in the same town that's powered by money. It's barely even an exploit. If you've been hanging onto all the curative items and low-powered gear you'll have acquired by this point, you can make a tidy profit just selling off your accumulated VendorTrash. Once you start buying things in order to sell them, though, you're essentially only limited by your patience.

* ThatOnePuzzle: The puzzle for the Lamp of Truth.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The localization changes a number of the crown names from their intended meaning, which may be an attempt to parallel how some of the Japanese name jobs are different from usual (like the Black Mage being named ''Kuromahōtsukai'' instead of the usual ''Kuromadōshi''). To wit:

** It's possible to get enough Ribbons, which block all status ailments, for all your party members and infinite Diamonds, the rarest of the jewels and the ones always required to fully unlock a Crown's abilities, just halfway through the game by stealing them from the [[BossinMookClothing Ogre Bear]]. The best and easiest way to go about it is maxing out the Bandit crown to get Pillage, a guaranteed steal ability, using the Merchant's level two ability Keeper, and using the Hermes Sandals plus the Scholar's ultimate ability Tame, which will let you make the Ogre Bear's normally one-hit-kill attacks much more survivable on the first term. While these things do make the process faster and less frustrating, maxing out the Crowns needed and getting the Hermes Sandals are time-consuming challenges on their own, and actually you can start racking up Diamonds and Ribbons as soon as you start the game's second half with just Keeper and the basic Steal ability.

** A simpler example is Magic Might, the ability learned by fully upgrading the Black Mage crown. Pretty much instant victory in any battle that isn't a boss fight, and makes boss fights MUCH shorter.

* GoddamnBoss: Lucifer. He's actually probably the easiest of the demon lords but has a really annoying attack called Judgement Bolt, which does no damage but resets everyone's AP to zero, typically wiping out several rounds of preparation.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The FinalBoss's form. [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:FFT4HoL-Chaos.jpg That appears to be the dark heart of the cosmos]] swirling around (and emanating from) its cape, and the camera pulls back from the party during this battle to give you a better sense of scale of the thing. It's quite impressive.

* ThatOneBoss: Given the games GenreThrowback to oldschool MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame, this was a given.

* ThatOneBoss: Given the games GenreThrowback to oldschool RPGs, this was a given.

** The moment you hit Urbeth (at least after the Liberte arc), the merchant town, which sells [[DiscOneNuke very powerful magic very early in the game]]. It's expensive, but the same town hosts a shopkeeping minigame which can be easily exploited [[ForMassiveDamage for massive cash]], and even has several very short and easy sidequests to provide seed money. As if that weren't enough, there's a crown obtained in the same town that's powered by money. It's barely even an exploit. If you've been hanging onto all the curative items and low-powered gear you'll have acquired by this point, you can make a tidy profit just selling off your accumulated VendorTrash. Once you start buying things in order to sell them, though, you're essentially only limited by your patience.

* ThatOneBoss:
** Trollud certainly has tripped up some players. Arbaroc is pretty difficult too, without the right equipment and crowns.
** Also, Beelzebub's "Fall of Angels" attack is a pretty swift Game Over until you're able to break its charge.

* BreatherBoss: Belphegor. Most of the other Archdemons have a repertoire of nasty tricks that can be difficult to manage. Belphegor, however, is a one-trick pony: he uses fire and that's it. As long as you have an Elementalist with Mysterio and four flame shields, you can reduce his maximum damage output to 1. Given that he guards Lux (a spell that makes all the other boss fights much easier), this may be intentional.

* BreatherBoss: Some bosses in the second half of the game, due to the world's WideOpenSandbox nature.

* GameBreaker: The moment you hit Urbeth (at least after the Liberte arc), the merchant town, which sells [[DiscOneNuke very powerful magic very early in the game]]. It's expensive, but the same town hosts a shopkeeping minigame which can be easily exploited [[ForMassiveDamage for massive cash]], and even has several very short and easy sidequests to provide seed money. As if that weren't enough, there's a crown obtained in the same town that's powered by money.
** It's barely even an exploit. If you've been hanging onto all the curative items and low-powered gear you'll have acquired by this point, you can make a tidy profit just selling off your accumulated VendorTrash. Once you start buying things in order to sell them, though, you're essentially only limited by your patience.

* IronWoobie: Yunita, a FailureKnight who tries to rescue Aire on her own then gets yanked by Brandt, who ditches her in a misguided attempt to look like a strong, independent hero after the Sand Devil is killed. Jusqua later finds her in Urbeth dressed in rags, wallowing in self-pity and initially turning down Jusqua's attempts to make her join him and lift a curse on Aire (or so he thinks). And after the pair save Urbeth from a monster outbreak, ''he'' ditches her too. Worse still, she's not gaining EXP during all this, meaning that when she does finally rejoin, she's vastly behind the rest of the party.
** The kicker would be when Aire and Brandt have a conversation where she asks him if he dumped her for getting in the way and then chides him because he should know she's useless on her own. Man, [[NoRespectGuy no respect]]!

* ThatOneBoss: Trollud certainly has tripped up some players. Arbaroc is pretty difficult too, without the right equipment and crowns.

* TheWoobie - Rolan. Well, [[spoiler:the representation of what good is left in his heart, anyway. The poor guy's been trapped, alone, in a realm of hatred and darkness for ''hundreds of years''. Then, when [[HopeSpot he finally believes that he's overcome his own evil and been set free of the hatred that's consumed him]], it breaks loose in an attempt to ''destroy the world''. Oh, and it forces him to make a hell of a murder attempt on the people who tried to save him in the first place]].