| Kresnik said:
Having said that, I massively prefer Tales since it switched to 3D combat. So having 3D graphics to go with it, even terrible ones, is par for the course. My biggest problem with that thread so far is that there seems to be a hivemind of "they ruined Hearts with Hearts R", yet this echoed opinion is never expanded on. There's maybe one or two people in that thread who actually offer feedback on what the game does better/worse than the original game; everyone else just seems to be repeating this opinion rather than saying why. And besides, I didn't play the original. I'm willing to bet the majority of people in the west didn't!
(And I'm really growing to love Tales. Should this turn out to be true, it may dislodge Dangan Ronpa 2 as my most anticipated game!) |
If I recall, the whole fiasco started in Japan when a certain blogger posted a review questioning the removal of a couple scenes. The review got circulated around, but it drew so much ire from Tales fans that the blogger apologized for their review and quit. Major sites responsible for circulating and overblowing the review also apologized for concentrating on that aspect (articles basically consisted of TLDR scenes are missing). It was a really shameful moment, I doubt the original reviewer meant it to be a bashing review, as they also mentioned that the additional scenes and enhancements made it a great game. Maybe a few people obsessed with the original and/or mindlessly lean towards a certain brand of hardware would disagree, but this is internet mob mentality at its worst.
