In the end, Cross Edge is a game that is plagued by too many ideas; too much content. It is almost as if every idea that anyone proposed was implemented in the game. There are some really awesome ideas in it. There are some terrible ideas that detract from the whole as well. With a bit of editing, Cross Edge could have been simply fantastic, but instead, it is a bit disappointing in that it doesn't live up to its own potential. If you make it to the end, the good outweighs the bad, but many people will give up along the way. This game is not for everyone. NISA games have always tended to go after a niche market, but this one takes it a step further. Most players will never be able to finish. Those that do will probably enjoy it, and those that get to the post-game content will find that it redeems some of the past frustration. There is a shining diamond buried within Cross Edge. It's just stuck in a lump of carbon. Deep in a cave. Behind a river of lava. Guarded by a dinosaur. And the dinosaur has laser eyes.
Ai-Phuong and Haven are back in 2013 with a stack of RPG goodness to discuss. Trinity Universe, Cross Edge, Hyperdimension Neptunia are just some of titles mentioned on this show.
- Trinity Universe
- Cross Edge
- Hyperdimension Neptunia
- Pokemon
- Final Fantasy
- Reckoning
- Skyrim
- …and more!
BT: "We’ve all been there. You’re playing a game, having a great time, and then all of a sudden you’re hit with that one thing that will absolutely kill your enthusiasm. You think to yourself, this particular quirk of the game won’t show up too often, and when it does, you’ll be able to power through it. But no! It turns out that particular quirk is one of the main gameplay mechanics!
I have so many games sitting on my shelf that I haven’t finished. Games that I was just unable to get through because there was something about the gameplay, some annoying hitch in the game’s design that just completely killed my will to go on and made me shelf the game. Of course, there is a scale to such annoyances and some of us are willing to endure one more than others. Even though tolerances may differ, I think most of us can agree there are some common threads that run through these games.
There won’t be any special rules for this list, but instead I’m going to include a brief list of some common offenders of the things that I list. Bear in mind, this does not mean these are bad games. Even the best games sometimes suffer from something that really causes your enthusiasm to take a hit. So let’s take a look at what we all love to hate!"
“Save the Princess” Syndrome, is in almost every game. It can be saving the world or a person.
I just hate things that don't fit. The planet scanning in Mass Effect 2 for example.
i don't understand how there can be bad AI in any game these days. surely, unlike graphics, it should have matured but instead seems to just be rewritten for every new game from the ground up. is there not a couple of AI middleware players out there waiting to clean up?
how can a game today have the same AI problems as a 10 year old game?
good article BTW
Devil May Cry's camera makes navigation more interesting...and not a chore like many other games. I love DMC!
TGT: Girls that look like Melissa Fahn never gave me the time of day in high school. They discovered I watched anime, played video games and practiced my own amateurish voice acting in my spare time and immediately turned their noses up at me. Nerd. Geek. Dweeb. Freak.
So to come across such a stone cold stunner sharing my exact interests and providing the voices behind some of my favorite anime and video game characters, I’m a little taken aback. Beautiful, funny, smart, nerdy. It’s a geekified grandslam. But sorry, Melissa. I’m married, you’re married. We’d be doomed to failure. It would never work out between us.
good review. I would of gave it about the same score.