FFIV is absolutely worth getting, and I would highly recommend the SNES version if at all possible. Despite being somewhat short compared to some of the other games in the series, it has the best story and many of the best characters. It's reasonably challenging, but certainly not impossible to beat, and extremely entertaining. There are no annoying characters, and there is a high level of interpersonal interactions/dynamics within the actual party of PCs, which is becoming more and more rare as the series goes along (compared with something like XII, where there are more cutscenes involving the NPC politicians than the PCs ) Anyway, despite FFIV being old, everyone who calls themself a fan of FF must absolutely, positively play this game. It is out of this world.