2013-01-23, 12:46 PM
Polantaris Wrote:For me, it looks absolutely beautiful, and I've been a big fan of Level 5 RPGs. They have never disappointed. I even love White Knight Chronicles, and I use the word even because so many people hated it. Rogue Galaxy, Dark Cloud, all kinds of games they've released and they are all fantastic in my opinion. They are masters of JRPGs in my honest opinion.
I honestly don't have any knowledge about Studio Ghibli outside of the fact that they made some renown animes, animes which I've never watched, but they can certainly create some fantastic visuals. The music is great too. Story is superb so far with great characters as well. I love the battle system as well. I know there are people complaining about it, saying that it's just "mash until you win," but if you actually play it with some focus, you can see that the battle system is a hell of a lot more advanced than people make it seem. You can certainly win if you just mash Attack, but really that's true for just about every JRPG that exists. If you actually want to play it, though, you have such vast options in it that it's far more than people who bash it make it seem. Everything that makes a great JRPG the game has in my opinion.
At this point, really, if you don't have weird and funky looking creatures, regardless of if you can recruit them or not, you (as a developer) will get bashed for it. It's really impossible to win at this point. No matter what you do people complain. This is why I don't go to forums like GameFAQs, GameTrailers, IGN, etc. People are never happy, and no matter what there are complaints. A lot of them time it's just people trying to find stuff to complain about instead of valid reasons too. Whether it be because the game isn't on their console of choice, or just because they don't like the genre, it's ridiculous.
I absolutely loved what Level 5 did with Dragon Quest 8 too, which was nothing short of fantastic considering the transition from 2D and 3D. Sure, the battles in the trailer looked simple and rather much like button-mashing but not all JRPGs operate by the "Beat the hero until he cries" principle and the fact that Oliver is a kid and yet trains monsters to fight by the power of friendship is a bit more welcome than the more commonly used teen hero trope that gives the hero ridiculous amounts of power. In theory it's possible to button mash in almost every game anyway but that's why the onus is on you as the player to think if that's what you want.
Okay, assume it is pure button mashing. That does not detract from the graphics and the storyline, both of which may be good enough to redeem straightforward gameplay. I would also say that a lot of games these days make systems that just don't feel fluid to me so I wouldn't mind so long as the reasons why I'm playing the game are good enough. I do like the graphics and I'll be checking out the music as it appeals to me.