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Videogirl said:
Majin-Tenshinhan said:

I personally think that this game was horribly overrated, simply due to the fact that the combat was downright atrocious. The atmosphere was awesome, voice acting was pretty good, story was good, graphics were fine. The gameplay, when not in combat (running on walls and all that) was very well done and felt exhilirating. But the combat was probably the worst I've ever experienced.

Partly why I believe the sequels to be superior - Their combat wasn't amazing, but atleast it didn't make me want to rip off my face.

 

I concur with each and every word.

I don't understand.  What is wrong with the combat?

Being able to set "slow mo" the wall jumping, freezing, etc.  The combat is flexible, fun, challenging...

Please elaborate on how the combat is poor.

To me, poor combat is what you find in Kingdom Hearts.

 



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I still haven't played this yet and I always wanted to, maybe I will go buy this later since it should be cheaper now.



Majin-Tenshinhan said:

I personally think that this game was horribly overrated, simply due to the fact that the combat was downright atrocious. The atmosphere was awesome, voice acting was pretty good, story was good, graphics were fine. The gameplay, when not in combat (running on walls and all that) was very well done and felt exhilirating. But the combat was probably the worst I've ever experienced.

Partly why I believe the sequels to be superior - Their combat wasn't amazing, but atleast it didn't make me want to rip off my face.


Don't forget about the observatory glitch (I got it on both playthroughs), buddy AI that insists upon sticking arrows in your back and the four hour completion time. @OP ICO is similar and I think that it destroys the Sands of Time.

Great game. I thought the battle system sucked though. Fortunately Warrior Within really improved on that aspect. In spite of some major flaws (OMG the opening music was just painful), Warrior Within was definitely my favorite of the PS2 version of PoP.



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Sands of Time is a masterpiece, pure and simply. The combat could have been better (in fact, it was improved in WW), but the puzzles and the atmosphere of SoT are brilliant. The sequels aren't bad (on the contrary, they're good), but they lost a lot of the charm of the first, particularily WW