for your own sanity read before you buy or rent
I wanted to like magna carta. i don't. now...granted it's pretty. but so is paris hilton and you wouldn't want to have a long term relationship with her. why? it's all superficial. and they both have scabies...-allegedly-
see magna carta's problem is it's ambition. it wanted to be the rpg that's different. well congrats. it's -so- different it's almost unplayable. let's examine shall we?
-the combat. combat has got to be my major pet peeve here. who on earth decided one character at a time in a fight was a good idea? seriously who? they need to be slapped. and then the next slapping goes to the good buddy who designed the inane -timing-button press- attack system. again the battles are pretty, but you can't really enjoy them since they prove to be waaay to static to be fun. and by static i mean painful and annoying.
-the voice acting. oh for the love of all that is holy, the voice acting. it is abhorrant. i didn't know how to spell abhorrant. i went to a dictionary and spent the time to look it up -it was that important to say. i almost would have preferred they issue it in korean and force me to read subtitles. at least then i wouldn't have been able to tell how awful the actors were. seriously people; dynasty warriors has better voice acting...Dynasty Warriors!
-the story. nothing new here.....at all. i wasn't impressed. in fact i was able to predict the story arc about halfway in. niiice.
-the characters...were actually kinda cool. once again vapid and pretty, but kinda cool.
-the score. oh my lord, this was the worst music i have have ever heard...anywhere, ever. i actually had psychotic impulses every time the opening song started in the boot up.
so please, i beg you. don't waste your money on this. did you play digital devil saga 1 and 2? it won awards for 2005. grandia 3 is great, and hey final fantasy 12 is right around the corner. play any rpg but this...it will only hurt you.
see magna carta's problem is it's ambition. it wanted to be the rpg that's different. well congrats. it's -so- different it's almost unplayable. let's examine shall we?
-the combat. combat has got to be my major pet peeve here. who on earth decided one character at a time in a fight was a good idea? seriously who? they need to be slapped. and then the next slapping goes to the good buddy who designed the inane -timing-button press- attack system. again the battles are pretty, but you can't really enjoy them since they prove to be waaay to static to be fun. and by static i mean painful and annoying.
-the voice acting. oh for the love of all that is holy, the voice acting. it is abhorrant. i didn't know how to spell abhorrant. i went to a dictionary and spent the time to look it up -it was that important to say. i almost would have preferred they issue it in korean and force me to read subtitles. at least then i wouldn't have been able to tell how awful the actors were. seriously people; dynasty warriors has better voice acting...Dynasty Warriors!
-the story. nothing new here.....at all. i wasn't impressed. in fact i was able to predict the story arc about halfway in. niiice.
-the characters...were actually kinda cool. once again vapid and pretty, but kinda cool.
-the score. oh my lord, this was the worst music i have have ever heard...anywhere, ever. i actually had psychotic impulses every time the opening song started in the boot up.
so please, i beg you. don't waste your money on this. did you play digital devil saga 1 and 2? it won awards for 2005. grandia 3 is great, and hey final fantasy 12 is right around the corner. play any rpg but this...it will only hurt you.
