Omg when I found out this game was being remade, I was over the moon. I was so bloody excited to play it. I couldn't believe one of my favorite games was getting this attention.
What I got was so insultingly bad I think I may have actually cried myself to sleep.
Gone is the in-depth combat system of the OG, replaced by a mindless, easy, overly-simplistic hack-and-slash button-mash-fest.
The puzzles were, for the most part, super simple.
The story was neutered. The evil, intimidating gods were turned into sentient...towers? Iris went from being this mysterious deity to an annoying sidekick. All the other characters went from interesting to anime tropes. I will never forgive them for what they did to Dekar.
The Ancient Cave was crazy-dumbed-down and was crazy easy and forgettable, feeling more like a side quest in this one.
Overall, this game was more of a demake than a remake. I bet it's terribleness killed any hopes of a true Lufia 4, too.
If any developer wanting to remake the SNES Lufia 2 reads this, PLEASE just port it. Please. Unless you are going to take the time to not repeat this tragedy, please just port it.
What I got was so insultingly bad I think I may have actually cried myself to sleep.
Gone is the in-depth combat system of the OG, replaced by a mindless, easy, overly-simplistic hack-and-slash button-mash-fest.
The puzzles were, for the most part, super simple.
The story was neutered. The evil, intimidating gods were turned into sentient...towers? Iris went from being this mysterious deity to an annoying sidekick. All the other characters went from interesting to anime tropes. I will never forgive them for what they did to Dekar.
The Ancient Cave was crazy-dumbed-down and was crazy easy and forgettable, feeling more like a side quest in this one.
Overall, this game was more of a demake than a remake. I bet it's terribleness killed any hopes of a true Lufia 4, too.
If any developer wanting to remake the SNES Lufia 2 reads this, PLEASE just port it. Please. Unless you are going to take the time to not repeat this tragedy, please just port it.