kupomogli said:
I agree with this. Even when it was new the game wasn't amazing. It was worse than your average RPG and the only thing that was standout about the game was the games world and a few quirks here and there. Calling up the pizza place your sister worked at and receiving a delivery regardless of your location, holding the For Sale sign up in an area that people were in had someone run up to and try to purchase one of your items, taking the bus from one place to another as a sort of quick travel system. The games mechanics were really unique and that was part of its charm. Once Ness was found to be a secret character, then on Melee where he was one of the original fighters, the game started to get extremely overrated(one of the best RPGs ever status from a lot of gamers that have played it.) People praised the game all around, including the gameplay. Then when next gen consoles released, more so after the release of Brawl. The only people who could possibly think the gameplay was "amazing" are those that have never played another decent RPG in their lives. Depending on how old the person is, they might not have. It's a decent game, but one of the weaker games in the JRPG library. - The review doesn't seem biased, so why is it listed as "A biased review." |
I don't know man, I might be in the minority but I actually own the cart and bought it when it was new, and I think it's amazing. The story and mechanics of the game where very unique for their time, and it has a charm that very few games can match. It's definetly in my top 3 or 4 JRPGS of the 16-bit era, and I played quite a few on both my SNES and Genesis. Honestly, I don't think it caught on in the West because it was too different (and the graphics were crap compared to other RPGs on the market), and also because (in the USA atleast) people seemed really averse to first person battles in JRPGs back in the day... it's why I feel Phantasy Star and Dragon's Quest never picked up like Final Fantasy did.
Edit: I can agree that the gameplay was merely "ok" though. Some of the battles were fun and I believe this was the first game I played where you saw enemies and had no random encounters (Chrono Trigger came out a year later I think), but it wasn't anything memorable.
