I dont know who this Erik Brudvig individual is but his take on Magnacarta 2 is utterly disgusting.  It appears from this review he is the type of person whose only known exposure to a J(K in this instance)RPG is Final Fantasy USA (Mystic Quest). 

I am 5 hours into the game (got it yesterday) so far and off the top, coming off Star Ocean 4, the voice acting in this game is surpurb.  Docking for not having Japanese voice acting...that alone right there should tell you something.  What new ideas was he looking for, im curious?  I have played a many RPG that use snipits of previous games and then as the story progresses, makes it their own, this game is no different.  The gameplay mechanics is fluid and the battle system require thinking or youll consantly run out of stamania, the game ingame turtioral gives excellent explanation of the gameplay mechanics.  The quest system is the game as any W/J RPG, you have ones that required and others that are optional, no different than that of FF12, WOW or Fable 2.  Sometime quests help present a situation more fluidly than that of a cut scene or dialog.  Lasting appeal should be based on how the game effects you, not by how many times you play it.  Ive only breath of fire 3 once through and I believe its one of the best RPGs out, I dont need to play it again to justify it.

So in my conclusion, based on any future RPG whether be western or japanese or Korean, IGN should not score it higher than a 6.8.

If you are a fan of J(K) RPGs (as I am) and you want to add this game to your x360 collection, go ahead and do so, if you want to try it out first, it is a good rent, as I see the battle system not pleasing everyone. 

I am between this game and demon souls so ill add more but this is why I take leaps of faith when I purchase games and not trust reviews.

Why isn't this in the Microsoft section?

Its more about the reviewer of RPG than the game itself

you know it's just there opipion.

it is almost impossible for any other JRPG tahn Final Fantasy to get good scores (demon's souls has a VERY small j in JRPG :D - seems like a good game though)

there are some other major JRPGs that might get good scores, but smaller ones or even new IPs have a very hard time in the west

Nobody from IGN matters to me, except Jessica Chobot.

From what I hear, the first one on the PS2 wasn't too stellar. I didn't expect much from this one, either. I just want a little HD titty wiggle. If it delivers on that, I'll ignore its shortcomings when I buy it.......used.......for $30.

Wasn't there a thread similar to this around this morning?

Anyway, the problem here is that you have someone who is entirely bored with JRPGs reviewing a JRPG. Whereas he wants something new and fresh to the genre, I'd bet that quite a bit of the JRPG fanbase doesn't. I mean, they're not JRPG fans because they want it to change, they're JRPG fans because they enjoy the genre as it is right now.

^not many games have 40 million budget to be perfect.

originals magna carta were crap, CRAP almost one of the worse jrpg ever. few games i returned.

nobody expect from from the new version

magna carta 2 is a pretty bad game. I dont see how this review is flawed.