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9.5

Dtoid - Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom Review

Jim Sterling: "Despite a few issues with AI and animations, Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom is an absolutely superb effort from Game Republic. It remains charming and sweet without ever becoming cloying or twee, with a genuinely interesting story and a wonderful character in Teotl. The gameplay feels at once traditional and unique, and the overall experience is both remarkable and memorable. No other game released this year has quite so much heart as this."

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UNCyrus5283d ago

Impressive score... I loved Folklore, and looks like they revamped the formula and made a great game this time around!

nveenio5283d ago

I thought the demo of this game was hella lame. And, yes, I had to pull a word from 1997 just to describe it.

Bass_fisherman5283d ago (Edited 5283d ago )

Well for moi it was totally rad dude! And, yes, I had to pull some words from 1994/5 just to describe it. lol....

cowabunga dude! 1990 :)

UNCyrus5283d ago

Want to throw gnarly and tubular in there for the hell of it?

R_aVe_N5283d ago

That is totally bogus dude. It is not as righteous as you might think... 8)~

HolyOrangeCows5283d ago (Edited 5283d ago )

I thought the demo was the cow's meow.

I think Jim gives high scores to games that he knows should get more attention than they will. Like Deadly Premonition.....F K IN DA COFFEEEEEEEEEE

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vhero5283d ago

9.5? d-toid probably thought it was a 360 exclusive..

Rage_S905283d ago

no way is this a 9.5 game played the demo i bet if this was named the last guardian it would change to 6.5 :S

kancerkid5283d ago

@Rage

I didn't know you could review games and slap scores on them after playing a demo...

killer_tornado5283d ago

"9.5? d-toid probably thought it was a 360 exclusive.."

Dtoid gave fable 3 a 5.5
Crackdown 2 - 4.5

Rage_S905282d ago

i cant but i get a feel for it boy you should hear the voice acting in that game......seriously....

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zeddy5283d ago

this just a last guardian ripp-off. cant be done im afraid.

kancerkid5283d ago

Do you understand that you just said that Majin is a ripoff of a game that is not even out?

Are you really that stupid?

I would praise a developer who could rip-off a game that has only released a teaser trailer...

DigitalAnalog5283d ago

That he would give this a 7.0 or lower if this was a PS3 exclusive.

-End of Line

Ch1d0r15282d ago

Here is some advice for you, DON'T TRUST Jim Sterling. I would rather trust IGN or Gamespot than that jackass.

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jc485735283d ago (Edited 5283d ago )

I just ordered this today at Amazon just in case the price changes. It's 39.99 right now. I was planning to pick this up at kmart with 50 dollars worth of coupon I have in hand, but they totally screw me over when they've decided to carry Splatterhouse instead of this game.

T9X695283d ago (Edited 5283d ago )

Great score, but I personally didn't like the demo for this game at all. I got bored rather quick and that giant troll thing that follows you around reminded me of Sloth from the Goonies.

@Dipso - It's not, that's actually one thing I liked about the demo. Shit was funny as hell.

Dipso5283d ago

"and that giant troll thing that follows you around reminded me of Sloth from the Goonies."

you say that like its a negative?! :-)

NecrumSlavery5283d ago

The demo was weak. This game looked great until I played the demo. Jim's word is as good as dog crap, but I may rent it one day.

T9X695283d ago (Edited 5283d ago )

I agree with NecrumSlavery, I was actually interested in this game until I played the demo. What makes this great is I didn't even realize this was Jim's review, the way he scores games just amazes me, it's like he's bipolar or something. If he's in one mood, the games a 9, if he's in another mood, the games a 5. It's like there is no in-between.

NecrumSlavery5283d ago

I agree with you T9X69 on Jim's bipolar way of reviewing things.

There was an episode of QORE on Majin. The theme was cool, the trailer looked amazing. Hell even some people were comparing it to The Last Gaurdian.

The game is ugly. Everything looks like it's made out of shards of purple glass. Nothing is smooth, the gameplay is so mediocre, the Majin is a retard and talks like a tool like Sloth. He doesn't have that jolly beast sound like, I don't know, Ludo from The Labrynth. So I can't figure out how for the life of me Jim Sterling gave this game a 9.5/10. Sad to see his up and down reviews, the next game on the chopping block is GT5. Watch the toolbag give it a 6, or what ever number rolls out on his Dungeon and Dragons Die, he uses to figure out the scores.

Chris3995283d ago

Voices were so-so, the intro was a bit lacking. The controls were floaty. Visuals were average.

I'm not trolling, that was just my first impression. I'm going to download it again and see if there's something I missed. Maybe I was just in a pissy mood :)

Knushwood Butt5283d ago

I like Game Republic and was looking forward to checking this out.

Then I played the demo...

Thought the intro had nice presentation and decent VA. Then the 'gameplay' started proper.

First, that beast should not be able to talk. As soon as it talked it was a huge turn off. What made it worse was the voice acting was terrible: like a stereotype, 'I'm big and stupid', kind of thing. Ugh.

Then there was the gameplay, or total lack of it. Command a NPC to play an action game for you. Wow, that's interesting. It's no better than me sitting down with my wife, passing the controller to her, and telling her how to play a game. Sorry, but that's not what I look for in an action game. Strategy RPG? Fair enough. Action/adventure? Er, no.

It's a pass for me. Anyway, with GT5 out on Thursday it probably would have been a pass regardless of what I thought of it.

Dipso5283d ago

Jims been plugging away and hyping up this title for months now..I don't think he could have allowed himself to dislike it. ;-)

Great to see this little game getting such high profile praise, an 8 from Game Informer and a 7 from Edge, not bad at all. I expect to see some polarising low end reviews before the week is out, these type of games always have that love it or hate it effect on critics.

Its not out in Ireland until Friday so I've a full week of tiptoeing around the internet to avoid spoilers. Can't wait.

Forbidden_Darkness5283d ago

The troll thing gets a giant splinter at the end of the game and dies three weeks later in an animal hospital from an infection because the vets didn't have a clue how to deal with such a thing.

The End.

*Spoiler warning* ;)

TheHater5283d ago

"Jim Sterling".....Yeah, I stop reading right there. This guy is a moron and shouldn't be allowed to review any games.

lordgodalming5283d ago

Yeah, I clicked this before I saw who had reviewed it. Just about to click "Back" in 3...2...

Acquiescence5283d ago

then I saw the sky-high score alongside it and I was livid!

Then I saw "Jim Sterling" and realised it was all for nought :(

I'll wait on some other reviews I think.

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jznrpg197d ago

Loved Asuras Wrath. It’s my profile avatar for PS

cbuc1125197d ago

Hell Yeah, Asura is so bad ass!

Venoxn4g197d ago

Great game... wouldn't mind a remaster

Abnor_Mal197d ago

Loved Rain, funnily I was just thinking of it this week.

jznrpg197d ago

Definitely a good game and loved the art style. My daughter watched me play it when she was 4 years old. I’ll have to replay it with her someday now that she’s older. It’s crazy it’s been around 11 years.

Abnor_Mal197d ago

I was thinking of pulling out my PS3 super slim this winter to replay Rain, and try to tackle some of the backlog I acquired.

Knightofelemia196d ago

I love Enslaved such a sleeper hit, Asuras Wrath a very good game I still own, and I wish EA would put out a new Dante's Inferno another game I enjoyed. I never heard of the Rain game I might have to try it out might give Ebay a snoop or two.

gold_drake196d ago

enchanted arms and folklore most definitely.

theres also a game about a red haired guy and a girl who is a sword or something. good game

Knightofelemia196d ago

I think you are talking about Heavenly Blade

gold_drake196d ago

no.
its a anime game. the sword is a girl who speaks.

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Rangerman1208350d ago

Thought I was the only one who remembered Trinity lol very underrated

Yui_Suzumiya349d ago

WET and Quantum Theory were both phenomenal

P_Bomb349d ago

I remember Stranglehold! One of the first DLC packs of its time. A bit expensive, but cheap by today’s standards.

Chocoburger349d ago

Another PS3 hidden gems list, and yet again Time Crisis 4 and Time Crisis Razin' Storm get snubbed. Such fun games, that shouldn't be forgotten. If only we got a home port of Time Crisis 5: Mastermind Edition.

-Foxtrot349d ago

WET is something I wish they'd remake, they had so many great ideas but not all of them were executed properly

It had a lot of potential

Also Wanted Weapons of Fate is another game that had some new fun gameplay ideas.

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