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blunty51 on 04 May 2010
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Gamerace said:
blunty51 said:
^^ Thanks for the detailed post.

I really didn't want a game for which the majority is reading/listening....which sounds kinda like this....but i still wanted to try something different. RFF was a refreshing change for me and clocked almost 300hrs on the wii, so i was wondering if this would have the same effect. It might, but it seems the other aspects of the game are in more of a minority than I would have liked...

I am going to purchase MH3 actually but wanted something else to go along with it. Might just stick with that.


Yeah, lots of reading with nothing but static drawings of characters with moving lips to look at.  Honestly, how does IGN justify giving this game a 9 and then bash every casual title for poor graphics?  It's absurd.    And skipping all the dialogue will cost you because you won't know how to anwser the questions to gain battle bonuses. 

Sakura Wars is definitely a love it or hate it type of game.  Fortunately for me, I love it, although I'm not even sure why.

You might want to check out Shiren the Wanderer or Fire Emblem instead.   The former is a 'rogue' game, meaning it's an RPG like RFF but all you do it walk around randomly created dungeons killing monsters to complete quests.   The latter is a Strategy RPG - turned based (like Sakura) which is not everyones cup of tea, more like chess or Risk than an action RPG, again theres a lot of dialogue in FE (not much compared to SW:SLML) but it's mostly skipable, just advancing the plot and setting up the next battle, but FE is a great SRPG and if you're into it will engross you for endless hours. 

Of course MH3 is also a huge time sink - you probably won't need anything else once it's claws are in you - including a life.

I hear ya. I wrote off Shiren and was looking at FE....but everyone seems to talk about how difficult it is. I have come to like SRPGs after playing King's Bounty so yea i'd say it's my thing. I usually purchase from Amazon but I see they have it for a whopping $73.....$25 used cheapest. Is it one of those games that might be harder to get these days?