dannyusername
Great game, great visuals, great music, great cast. Overall I really enjoyed it.
The dialogue is great, it's very witty and can be funny when it wants to, but also covers some very serious moments quite well.
Only complaints about it, I'd say it sometimes felt a bit too horny. Lots of sexual innuendo here. It's definitely handled in a much better way than just for mere titillation, but sometimes felt a bit too heavy on it for my tastes.
And this is less of a complaint and more of an observation, but it feels like almost every other character is gay/bi. I have no problem with gay characters, but I always feel a bit cautious considering a lot of media seems to be going the "look, representation!!" route. If that makes sense. Again, I feel like it was handled maturely and not just to be titillating, and none of the characters felt like their main personality trait was just "gay".
There are some plot mysteries even after digging through the internet and all the dialogue I could. Anna in general is an anomaly and I'm definitely hoping to learn more about her in potential future projects from Sukeban games. Honestly after digging more about her and her epilogue online it just gets more confusing and even cryptic, which I really really like.
I loved a lot of it. Almost all of the characters I ended up loving. My favorites besides Jill were Anna, Stella, Virgilio and Dana, though I really can't stress enough how the rest of the cast just pulls everything together as well. It would be nice to see cameos from some of the cast in the sequel or other future games. I honestly just wish there was more. I got all of the endings in about 15 hours.
TL;DR: it has a dog in a fucking Hawaiian shirt and shades. buy it.
The dialogue is great, it's very witty and can be funny when it wants to, but also covers some very serious moments quite well.
Only complaints about it, I'd say it sometimes felt a bit too horny. Lots of sexual innuendo here. It's definitely handled in a much better way than just for mere titillation, but sometimes felt a bit too heavy on it for my tastes.
And this is less of a complaint and more of an observation, but it feels like almost every other character is gay/bi. I have no problem with gay characters, but I always feel a bit cautious considering a lot of media seems to be going the "look, representation!!" route. If that makes sense. Again, I feel like it was handled maturely and not just to be titillating, and none of the characters felt like their main personality trait was just "gay".
There are some plot mysteries even after digging through the internet and all the dialogue I could. Anna in general is an anomaly and I'm definitely hoping to learn more about her in potential future projects from Sukeban games. Honestly after digging more about her and her epilogue online it just gets more confusing and even cryptic, which I really really like.
I loved a lot of it. Almost all of the characters I ended up loving. My favorites besides Jill were Anna, Stella, Virgilio and Dana, though I really can't stress enough how the rest of the cast just pulls everything together as well. It would be nice to see cameos from some of the cast in the sequel or other future games. I honestly just wish there was more. I got all of the endings in about 15 hours.
TL;DR: it has a dog in a fucking Hawaiian shirt and shades. buy it.
Honestly just amazing. Some of the best voice acting and story in any game ever period.
I played the original release on the wii and on the 3ds, and while its still amazing that a game of this scale even worked at all on those consoles, I believe this is the best, not to mention most accessible, way to play the game.
FOR the new content: future connected was disappointing to say the least. It's fun to explore the scrapped beta area, the bionis' shoulder, but the story was very boring. On top of that, the party is bad - you have shulk and melia, so whoever you aren't playing is most likely going to be practically useless due to both of them having terrible AI, and 2 nopons who are copies of sharla (who was weak anyway) and reyn (who is arguably the strongest character in base game but istg the nopon was somehow just weaker). They are 2 of Riki's kids, but they weren't nearly as entertaining as their dad (my favorite character in the game fwiw).
Also, the voice direction was just meh... Adam Howden did fine coming back as Shulk, but Jenna Coleman either sounded like she didn't care or that she somehow aged 20 years (not to be rude, I'm being pretty literal here). It's been 10 years since the original release, so it's honestly understandable anyway. Props to monolithsoft for getting the original VA's though.
Only 4.5 stars because I feel like some characters got less attention in the story. Namely, sharla has arguably little importance after the events in colony 6. Melia also gets cucked which is sad.
Other than that, great game. Base game is still amazing but the new expansion is meh. Excited to get to 3 now that I've replayed 1 and 2.
I played the original release on the wii and on the 3ds, and while its still amazing that a game of this scale even worked at all on those consoles, I believe this is the best, not to mention most accessible, way to play the game.
FOR the new content: future connected was disappointing to say the least. It's fun to explore the scrapped beta area, the bionis' shoulder, but the story was very boring. On top of that, the party is bad - you have shulk and melia, so whoever you aren't playing is most likely going to be practically useless due to both of them having terrible AI, and 2 nopons who are copies of sharla (who was weak anyway) and reyn (who is arguably the strongest character in base game but istg the nopon was somehow just weaker). They are 2 of Riki's kids, but they weren't nearly as entertaining as their dad (my favorite character in the game fwiw).
Also, the voice direction was just meh... Adam Howden did fine coming back as Shulk, but Jenna Coleman either sounded like she didn't care or that she somehow aged 20 years (not to be rude, I'm being pretty literal here). It's been 10 years since the original release, so it's honestly understandable anyway. Props to monolithsoft for getting the original VA's though.
Only 4.5 stars because I feel like some characters got less attention in the story. Namely, sharla has arguably little importance after the events in colony 6. Melia also gets cucked which is sad.
Other than that, great game. Base game is still amazing but the new expansion is meh. Excited to get to 3 now that I've replayed 1 and 2.
2020
2007
FFX: Not gonna lie I have mixed feelings on this one. I liked the characters and story for the most part, the music was amazing, but the gameplay was kinda meh. Not a fan of how linear the exploration is. The trials were either tedious or annoying or both. The sphere grid was kinda cool but I prefer the job system or classic leveling to it. I gave up on Switch on the final Sin fight. I might go back for another playthrough on Steam so I can use fast forward to get rid of some of the tedium.
2021
1996