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mrstickball said:
Riachu said:
mrstickball said:
...Are we still basing the entire ToV experience based on a 10 minute demo? Last I checked, JRPG demos were (again) useless. The FFXII demo sucked. The Blue Dragon demo sucked. The Eternal Sonata demo was good (but only revealed the best parts of the game, IMO)

Shame!

FFXII demo wasn't bad but it was certainly lacking. FFXII turned out to be a great game though not quite as great as FFX IMO.

 

That's my point. The FFXII demo was not indicative of the final product. The context of the areas you were playing in didn't give you any idea about the rest of the game. No license board, monster hunts, story, character development, music, or anything "meaty" was in the demo. Just 2 random, pretty crappy areas of FFXII.

Likewise, ToV's demo is a random area lifted with a few battles, some cutscenes, randomly assigned skills, and a boss. Big whoop. You can't determine a JRPGs merit in 15 minutes of random playing...The battle system could be incredibly deep, but we don't know. The story could be the best Tales to date. The music could of been it's worst selection. The character interaction could be awesome. The other voices of characters could be much better. But we don't know, outside of 15 minutes of gametime.

So until August comes, I'd sugguest holding your breath on saying ToV is mediocre, or whatever.

ToV having the best story in the series isn't too far fetch.  It is suppose have the most mature story in the entire series.