| weaveworld said: If you'd given this game to a person that had never before played a Final Fantasy and certainly hadn't read reviews and previews about this one, would the score be the same as yours? I very much doubt it. In my opinion you're being way to harsh on the scores, mind you, the game wasn't all that, but it certainly was somewhat entertaining to play and finish. I don't know if I am the only one but there is something about your writing that makes me skip a lot of text. No offense, I personally find it hard to stay focused on your review. (nothing to do with your scores ;p) |
If I'd never have played a Final Fantasy I would have never played it to completion I'm sure. I think I did a better job explaining this review than any other I've written though and went into detail explaining what was good, but what was so bad about the game. The battle system while it annoyed me because it feels like it lacks player input, I gave a six, which I consider six good, so I really overrated the score a little.
I gave design a one because of the 20 hour hallway. More than two thirds of the way through the game before Gran Pulse and more hallway after Gran Pulse. Not having played Final Fantasy doesn't matter so long as I've played almost any RPG. Presentation would have got a one if it wasn't for graphics and audio, which I gave it a three. The story was so bad that it made other bad storylines not quite as bad as I originally perceived them. It was one of the worst stories I've read in any game and there was so much of it.
Though the score may be low, I did write a post which I linked to the very beginning so you can see how I score. I use all the numbers, so I consider a six as being good and Iexplain why. That doesn't change that even if this score was inflated to how journalistic sites review it that it would have a good score, but it'd be higher. Just trying to give you better perspective on why I scored the game the way I did. It's kind of poorly written, but read the post.
Also. I'm not he best writer. Not very good at all honestly, but opinion aside, what didn't you like about the writing in the review. Some input my help me on later reviews.
