IGN reviews Operation Darkness...

[Spankey]

smbu2000 said:

Spankey said:
I think I'm going to have to buy this game just to see how terrible it is for myself.

And I'm probably more than half serious too

I was actually pleasantly surprised the last time I tried a game that was supposed to be utter trash and that was Unlimited SaGa (yes i know, it was a while back). I actually quite enjoyed that although it took quite a pasting by a lot of people.

Was that game really that bad? I remember thinking about picking it up when I saw a used copy of Unlimited SaGa for 150 yen (under $1.50), but I remember that I really thought SaGa Frontier 2 was crap a long time ago. I bought that for the PS1 way back along with Final Fantasy Tactics(great game!), but I regretted purchasing SF2 for like $40 or $50 that I paid for it :(

 

 

Well i actually thought it was pretty good.

Being a SaGa game it was always going to be extremely not normal, but it all depends on how you like your games, I guess.

The graphics hardly moved, most were 2 or 3 frame sprite animations but it had awesome hand painted bits and fantastic music.

The combat and equipment was a little...well...shit but overall not bad. The game plays more like an advanced "tactics" game and less like an average JRPG style game.

Especially seeing that you can probably pick it up for a fiver if you can find it in a bargain bin I'd say maybe give it a try.

I just don't feel that it's everyones cup of tea.