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Innervate on 10 December 2009
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sc94597 said:
Innervate said:
sc94597 said:
Azelover said:
serves them right.

They need to make a proper established main game to create a market, and THEN come out with spinoffs.

I give up on trying to educate people on this matter. THIS GAME ISN"T A SPINOFF!!!!! A spinoff in essense is a side story of another game. In this case, this is a main title in a different series. For example, Final Fantasy X-2 is a spinoff. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles My Life as a King is a spinoff, this game is a main entry in its own series.

Very little is familiar in this game, it might as well had been a spin-off.  The art direction changed, the style of gameplay changed, nearly everything about the game is so foreign to what made Crystal Chronicles so great to its fans that its sales shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Square-Enix might think that a single player only CC game with no character customization and a bunch of mini games is a main part of the series, but I suspect the fans will vote otherwise with their wallets.

Especially when the "fans" don't even know what they are talking about.

 

 "no character customization" -  There is character customization, though not at the depth you might have wished.

" bunch of mini games" -  Some may want to believe that, but it isn't the truth, even if it were to be in the most exaggerated form.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had a lot typed up and lost it due to an accidental refresh, so I'll keep it brief.

As far as Customization goes, it seems to not do it as well as the previous games. You can't create your own character, his gender, his race or his class, but are defaulted a character. It no longer be your Avatar but a character. On the mini games part, it's still a sizable part of the experience, and the frequent previews and hype done by Square-Enix seems to only highlight them for the most part (with zany bits that involves tossing stuff). With the original games it was made clear what you were getting (dungeon crawlers), with this game it's anyone's guess unless you do major research yourself (which most gamers don't). If I have to say what the game's major weakness is, it would have to be its lack of focus.

I honestly don't expct the game to do that well at all, because it's yet another 3rd party title that doesn't appear to have a lot of appeal. They should have just stuck with a traditional Crystal Chronicles game before trying to experiment.