GiN: "I can only wonder what is happening to Square Enix. This is yet another title of theirs that has a "rushed to the presses" feel. I understand the need to get a game out before the Christmas holiday, but do not sacrifice quality to do so.
The storyline, which I found rather weak, revolves around Rush Sykes. He witnesses his sister Irina being kidnapped by some mysterious soldiers. Now mind you that their parents are researchers, but does he run off to call Mommy and Daddy for help? Of course not! Rush the teenage protagonist runs off to battle evil and save his dear ol' sis.
They lived on the secluded island of Eulam so Rush was off to the mainland to sniff out the trial. The first battle dives you into a cluster of not only enemies but also a nice dose of slow frame rates, load times, bad camera angles, small font issues, and a plethora of pop up instructional windows chock full of definitions. Useless material that this reviewer was not going to take to memory in the heat of a battle."
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Game Rant - "From Star Ocean to Final Fantasy, there have been a number of JRPG's that have been unfairly undervalued by their Metascores. Here are 10 examples."
While I agree that the combat in Star Ocean 5's combat is pretty fun, saying that its story is more enjoyable than its predecessors is highly debatable. Also, it's not just the technical issues the game suffers from.
Completely disagree the games I played from the list all deserve their scores (Star Ocean, Nier, Tales of Zesteria, Type-0). While there are certainly people that love these games, they have flaws in many categories, that justify those scores.
Star Ocean especially bored the hell out of me. Lame story and face roll battle system (I finished the game anyway). These games are really niche and when rated by a broader public, fall short. In my opinion even in their own genre.
I personally have not played any game below 80 and thought wow this should have been 80-90 game. The only game I thought should have been 90 was Shadow Hearts II: Covenant. I am pretty sure there will be some games but average score usually is pretty good indication.
do you recommend any JRPG which you think were good/amazing but it didn't score well? I just purchased Tokyo xanadu but it seems way too slow like trails game but trail at least has good story. I will give it a shot
I think there were quite a few JRPG games that got hit with lower meta scores last gen when all these reviewers were on their anti-anime tropes kick. Not that they should get up there into the high 80s or 90s, but they weren't 60-70 games either.
That's mostly died off this gen, thankfully
I think Ni No Kuni 2 combat is pretty generic but if you add all DLCs then its combat is pretty awesome. I purchased the complete edition so I can say DLC changes the combat completely
Useless to argument troll, but e.g. Eat Lead is hilarious and extremely funny, yet mediocre on metastupids.... Lords of the Fallen, Strange brigade... I could name hundreds
In this episode, we explore The History of The Last Remnant. A game the recently received a remastered release and had an interesting development cycle.
It's a good game, but the story is only okay. The gameplay is where the game really shines, but the game itself does an atrocious job of explaining it's own systems. Basically, you need to read a "what I wish I knew before I started" somewhere online, and then the game becomes great.
As quoted from the review: "I now understand why this was released this year for the 360 and the release dates for the PS3 and PC are TBA.
We were the test subjects for the game and hopefully they fix the main issues before any other platform’s release."
Couldn't have said it better myself. The game was terribly rushed in time for the holidays just so that the "RPG" portion of MS' lineup had a bit more padding.
All the companies are sorta disappointing this gen (for me). Nintendo gave the middle-finger to "core" games - soccer moms and the elderly of the world are the preferred audience now. MS threw their money around and rushed their hardware, the cost of which is now evident in the games that are being produced. And Sony, well, they were terribly arrogant and stood there - whining and helpless - like a fat kid at the playground while someone (MS) took all their lunch money (exclusives and a decent chunk of customer base).
It can't get worse from here, so I'm looking towards 2009 with optimism! (And a playable version of Last Remnant.)
Cheers,
- C