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Goddamnit people. For a full year I heard about this game like it was the second coming, an amazing revelation in RPGs, etc. Nobody told me that the actual gameplay mechanics don't actually work together! Nobody told me the characters (who I like in the books!) would be totally unlikable! Nobody told me the "rich, fully realized world" was actually the equivalent of about two areas in Dragon Age: Origins. Fuck this game, and fuck the reviewers for not telling me these flaws. I should have known when Vinny wasn't on board. I want my 20 hours and innocence back!
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I don't think I've gotten so little out of a $60 purchase, ever. I played 5 multiplayer matches and two single player missions before sending this one out. Uninspired is the best word I can use to describe it. There's just no hook.
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Hoo, what a kick in the balls. I actually kind of liked FFXIII. So when I heard this one addressed many of the issues in the first game, I was anxious to try it. Apparently the issues that needed addressing were cohesion and solid character work. The game lacks any focus and devolves into a fan-fictionesque garble of nonsense almost from the word go. Christ, I hope Lightning Returns is better, but I wonder.
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I've heard for years and years that this is the best baseball game on the market, but the PSP versions were kinda poopy and I didn't own a PS3 so I couldn't play them. I got a Vita recently though, so I got this with it. Man, terrible. Terrible! The batting and pitching mechanics just couldn't be worse. All this has going for it are its looks.
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I always try competitive shooters if I can, so I downloaded the trial on 360. Twice. Neither time did pressing start actually get me past the "press start" prompt. I hit that goddamned start button for three minutes straight. What the fuuuuck.
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So, I was hooked by the art style, the creators naming Final Fantasy Tactics as a major influence, the setting. I love the poster I got for pledging $50. I don't at all like what I've seen from the beta. Slow moving combat with no feeling of strategy or agency. Here's hoping the full single player release is better.
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This game isn't bad, actually, it's just not for me. I'm not good enough with M+K input to play it effectively and I don't have the required mentality for the kind of game this actually is, where you're supposed to play it over and over. The troublesome part of that design, IMO, is that games like this, Civ, and XCOM require too much buy-in to each playthrough. A rhythm game, if shit goes wrong for one track, that's only 3-4 minutes.
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