pearljammer on 20 March 2010
I voted - Avoid at all cost.
Unless the targeting system was fixed with the PS3 version, I thought that the game had far too few saving graces and was actually quite terrible.
Likes:
- The battle system was fun overall.
- The zones are fairly expansive and, at first, fun to explore
- Lots of colour
- Experimenting with ideas was fun
Dislikes
- Though the battle system was fun, it was marred by a brutal targeting controls
- The exploration is fun at first, but wears thin due to sporadic save points
- The locations and the characters are inexplicably bright
- The story is pretty standard, though the dialogue and the voice overs rank among the worst in any game I've actually looked forward to playing
- The characters themselves are completely uninteresting and wholly shallow
- Difficulty spikes, ranging from button mashing random enemies to difficult (targeting!), yet sometimes fun, boss battles
- Animation in the characters is atrocious and takes away what little character they actually have
I'm sure there are several more likes and dislikes I could think of. Regardless, my dislikes far outweigh the likes with this game. I did, however, have more fun with this game than WKC (the other game you mention). I liked the battle system more - which is a shame, because I've always been a huge fan of Level-5's material up til now. WKC's story, characters, story and dialogue I thought were better, but still incredibly lacking. I'd recommend whatever you value you more, if you're dead set on getting either of the two, that is.
