BacklogCritic: "Masters of Anima mixes action and strategy in a way that dampens the strengths of both genres. Selecting and commanding units is just a bit too fussy, and your own character adds little to combat. Despite these flaws, I was mostly won over by its frantic, strategic battles. It ends abruptly just as it finds its footing, but I still found myself replaying my favorite levels after the credits rolled."
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"2018 has been packed full of incredible RPGs of many varieties so here are the best ones within 9 unique categories." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
I think he was making fun of a previous RPG of the year award given to Detroit from another site.
It almost made it but didn't quite outrank any of the games that we ended up choosing. Incredible game, though!
It is funny for me that pokemon won a prize and not octopath. Pokemon is a really bad jrpg....
Perhaps that's why it won "Casual RPG of the Year"?
Octopath isn't a casual RPG.
Because it's a generic JRPG that get's rather repetitive and boring really quick. I'm at 15 hours and SLOGGING through it. I know several people who quit around that mark too.
The complete lack of interaction between characters and their chapter settings is really unfortunate.
The combat and world are pretty nice though. For what that's worth.
Exactly. It's the most overrated RPG of the year. Maybe they should have had a category for that.
Odd that Dragon Quest 11 didn’t make the cut. Did the author not play it? It’s quite good.
The author of the article didn't decide which games would receive awards. The whole staff did. We reviewed DQXI and weren't blown away by it: https://videochums.com/revi...
That is the most anemic list one could possibly conjure. Many of those suck. DQXI and Octopath are well above. Not to mention Torna the Golden Country.
Dragon Quest 11 was easily the best RPG this year, and it's not even on the list.
Not only that, it didn't even have any real competition. Valkyria Chronicles 4 was the closest, but still a distant 2nd.
WTMG's Kyle Nicol: "Masters of Anima is a decent game that doesn’t get close to fulfilling its potential, as the dull story and repetitive fights bring down an otherwise good title."
