| Rainbird said: I don't really know how the general reviewing scene has handled the game, but I think our reviewer here made it clear what his likes and dislikes were, and made the score seem justified. A review only reflects the opinion of one person, and as such you can agree or disagree, as can every other reviewer out there. |
The review here started as a 10 cum laude and ended up as a 5.4. he wrote that the first 5 hours were even above his expectations. All positive elements that are constant in the game (like the gorgeous visuals, the pretty consistently good music) didn't degrade. How can a perfect 10 transmute into a 5.4? The technical and artistical execution as usual is perfect. Ony that deserves AT LEAST a 7/10. Did it get too easy? Maybe he enjoyed the fighting so much that he overlevelled. And then it doesn't matter, in all FF games fighting the common enemies are just a matter of holding X. Not even that in FF XII. There were, are and most likely will always be a waste of time. Just good for grinding. then we face the bosses and that's a whole different story. I'm playing FF VI right now, it's just the same.
I may accept the critics about the story. Even if I am a bit confused, since there seem to be 8 (+1 secret?) ending. I don't know yet. But I do not accept the complaining about "this is maybe a 5 hour game artificially inflated to 25 hours thanks to repetition". First because I hardly believe it is true, I suppose just the cut scenes are 5 hours long if not longer, secondly because part of the fun in the FF games is to maximize everything, get all weapons, monsters, etc. In other words grinding. Also exploration and enjoy the visuals. From that point of view it does deliver like all FF games do. Anything below a 7/10 is an insult to one of the best development teams in the world. Not to mention that 54/100 is 25 points below the Metacritic average (79). Sorry, but I don't buy the "out of the crowd" crap. That to me just shows the reviewer inability to judge a good game. Also because it doesn't fit with what he wrote.
