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app_name: "FF IV: THE AFTER YEARS"
bundle_id: "com.square-enix.FF4AY"
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license: CC-BY-NC-4.0
citation: "Marlvel.ai — FF IV: THE AFTER YEARS User Sentiment (section of intelligence report)"
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## 🟡 User Sentiment (High Confidence: 49 of 49 reviews analyzed) {#user-sentiment}
- **Overall Rating:** 4.29/5
- **Platform Split:** iOS 4.3/5 (195 ratings)
- **Overall Sentiment:** Mixed

### Top Praises
- **The core narrative and character-driven storytelling provide a deep experience for long-term franchise fans**

### Top Complaints (Impact Areas)
- **Lack of controller support creates significant friction for players accustomed to traditional console-style input methods**

### Top Requests (What Users Want)
- **Implementation of cloud saving functionality to allow progress synchronization across multiple mobile devices**

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