RPG Genre Discussion Thread

[Crystalchild]

Marteds said:

Crystalchild said:

DepthAlly said:

Just got into watching Game of Thrones and just remembered the Game of Thrones RPG releases next week. Man, does it ever look underwhelming. Oh well, If I happen to get my hands on it, I'll try it, but I don't plan on getting it. Looks just plain bad.

Yeah, Game of Thrones (the series) is cool, its like lord of the rings, minus magic and anything mythical, with lots and lots of Sex, Violence, Politics and Betrayal. (its brilliant)

As for the game, i still have hopes for that one. i'll wait for reviews first, but if it turns out to be solid, i might consider purchasing it. But for now i am totally fine with Monster Hunter Tri, with Dragons Dogma following in a couple of weeks. (Oh and of course i'll get Pandora's Tower after DD and MH have lost their appeal.)

 

edit: Dear americans, dont forget to give The Last Story some attention. its not perfect, and its a damn short RPG. But its a Sakaguchi title, meaning that there is some really nice attention to detail, plus a cool Story (IMHO it is quite similar to game of thrones, without evil Uberbeeings, but deeply rotten men instead. And Knights didnt get much attention in JRPGs for some time, so its a quite a refreshing experience)

Honestly, I found the Last Story to be one of the most dissappointing games I've played in 2012. 

owch. i can only speak for myself, and i actually wrote a review (in german) pointing out that there are a lot of little issues, capable of holding the game back, but i fell in love with it eventually. 

I take that you had high expectations for it beeing a Sakaguchi-made title? In regards of his former works, TLS cant hold up, but i didnt expect a Final Fantasy, neither did i expect a Lost Odyssey - and i was rewarded with a refreshing experience.  But again, i can only speak for myself, looking at your Avatar it reminds me of high utterly dissapointed i was with FFXIII. So yeah, tastes differ, but i still stand by my statement that people should give it a look. (i didnt want anyone to buy it outright! )

PS: i loved FFXIII-2 though.

Even if it was mainly for Caius. He's just awesome. Oh and the soup was sweetened by (major spoiler for FFXIII-2)  Serah's death, actually. up until the ending, i hated her eversame face-expression, which only (and then) in the CGI, showed what an believable and sympathic character she COULD have been.