Slightly off topic, but as it’s been mentioned, as someone who talks to myself when I’m alone I didn’t even notice Aloy doing it until people started whining about it on podcasts.
Star Ocean: The Second Story was one of my first JRPG experiences, and one of my favorite game experiences to date. I love that you have put your thoughts to digital pen and paper. I remember being so excited for Till the End of Time and being thoroughly vexed by the end. I didn’t play another JRPG until Ni No Kuni 2. It was the final nail in the coffin for that genre for me…or almost was.
I picked this up slightly discounted, decided to keep it despite people's reaction. I will say the gameplay is mostly enjoyable as someone who played a lot of the first two top spins, and a little of 4. The polish is definitely not there and it needed more time in the oven, but if you enjoy tennis it might be worth picking up when the price drops and they fix it. One major complaint has been aspects of gameplay that are bad, ignoring the fact that these improve as you level your player up and their skill increases. With all the defenses being stated, there are still infuriating moments where I feel the game fails spectacularly, but they are few and far between. Overall disappointing, but there have been worse tennis games.
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