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Rob-Ot on 04 February 2012
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Runa216 said:
Crystalchild said:

@Runa:

i jumped straight down, but the number will lead to me reading the review. i'll come back after reading and kill your for it - if you didnt bring up valid points, that is. ;)

 

edit:

done with reading, your points sound reasonable for the most part, but its really shocking to see how much you liked certain aspects, but outright hated others. cant wait to play the game myself, but with those things that already existed in XIII (like the Datalogsyou mentioned), i'd blindly believe your words.

I always start my review process with every category at a 5, and I give it bonuses for doing things well and deduct points for doing things poorly.  a 5 is 'average' I guess, or precisely midrange.  a 5 indicates that I neither liked it or hated it, a 5.4 indicates that while I didn't enjoy it or think it was good, it still had enough redeeming factors to make it a positive review.  Sadly, the entire second half of the game was a monumental disappointment capped off by a horrible end boss and unbalanced difficulty.  I loved the first 5 hours and didn't mind the next 5 or so, the second half of the game literally put me to sleep, and as I was playing everything just seemed like a waste of time.  The animations were pointless patience excercises, the battles took too long and yeilded unsatisfactory rewards relative to the amount of time taken to get them, and the great plot setup was really disappointing. 

 

Even though I personally thought the game was much better than you did I'm very happy to see a reviewer who uses 5/10 as mediocre rather than 7/10 (which most reviewers use nowadays) as mediocre. Never change this honesty you have like other reviewers have.