Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the latest addition to the growing RPG Reload family, the RPG Reload Play-Along. Each month, we'll be playing an iOS RPG together, sharing laughs and tears in equal measures. The post on the front page (like this one!) is basically here to announce the game in question and give a few tips on getting started. The real action will be happening in the Touch Arcade forums, where you'll find a thread dedicated to each month's featured game. Sign up if you haven't already, post your screenshots, ask for advice, or just chat about your misadventures with others. We've got a great community of RPG fans here at TouchArcade, so let's make the most of it! As a little incentive, at the end of each month, I will randomly pick one of the participants and send them something small and silly from here in Japan. All you have to do to be eligible is, well, play along with the Play-Along!
I figured to get things started, we'd pick something on the short and relatively easy side, but with plenty of customization to make for a variety of potential stories to share. Final Fantasy [$3.99] is one of my more frequently replayed RPGs for those very reasons, so that's how we're kicking things off. First off, you'll obviously need the game. You can grab the stand-alone, the version available through the Final Fantasy Portal [Free], or whatever other means you have available. Just make sure you can take screenshots! After you've got the game, either log in or sign...