What are your impressions of 'Monado' (Monolith Soft RPG)

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e309-debut-monado-beginning/50332

Honestly I just heard about this game. I read a few years ago that Monolith was finally working on a Wii RPG but forgot about it. This game looks like Final Fantasy XII. I am now very intrigued after seeing this trailer. Finally, an RPG being published by Nintendo. Been awhile!

It has potential, certainly, and Im very interested. I just hope it has more polish than Disaster did.

From what I've seen a few months ago on this, it looks pretty interesting. Definitely worth looking into.

That looked real good.

I hope Monolith Soft still have what it takes to make a good game (remembers Disaster reviews) *shudders*Kenny789

[QUOTE="Kenny789"]I hope Monolith Soft still have what it takes to make a good game (remembers Disaster reviews) *shudders*eveileb-ekam

Meh, if you've seen one generic looking JRPG you've seen them all.. Unless it ends up having an outstanding story I doubt I'll rent it.

Its ugly character models turn me off. The foiliage looks good though.

looks pretty good gonna have to keep an eye on this one.

since its coming from the co-developer of one of the best (and most underrated) rpg's last generation (baten kaitos), i have high hopes for it. LoG-Sacrament

the game look pretty promising and had a shadow of the colossus feel (which is amazing) but the trailer itself was terrible

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]since its coming from the co-developer of one of the best (and most underrated) rpg's last generation (baten kaitos), i have high hopes for it. Nintendo_Ownes7

It looks great! Since it's being published by Nintendo, I know that it should be of high quality! I don't play a lot of RPGs, though I might buy this game! I really like the look of it. :D

It looks great! Since it's being published by Nintendo, I know that it should be of high quality! I don't play a lot of RPGs, though I might buy this game! I really like the look of it. :D

MayorJohnny

The fact the daveloper is related to Baten Kaitos really disappoints me as that game's story and characters were terrible. Still, since the Wii is lacking RPG's, it might do the console a little good. I'm gonna play it anyways, i just wish people would give it up with the "Looks like Final fantasy" stuff.CrimsonDream24

[QUOTE="CrimsonDream24"]The fact the daveloper is related to Baten Kaitos really disappoints me as that game's story and characters were terrible. Still, since the Wii is lacking RPG's, it might do the console a little good. I'm gonna play it anyways, i just wish people would give it up with the "Looks like Final fantasy" stuff.LoG-Sacrament

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"][QUOTE="CrimsonDream24"]The fact the daveloper is related to Baten Kaitos really disappoints me as that game's story and characters were terrible. Still, since the Wii is lacking RPG's, it might do the console a little good. I'm gonna play it anyways, i just wish people would give it up with the "Looks like Final fantasy" stuff.CrimsonDream24

[QUOTE="CrimsonDream24"][QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"] the story was well written. it had enough twists and turns to be engaging throughout and all of those twists were well earned. ill admit that the characters were poorly voice acted. but that presentation issue aside (and its being published by nintendo, so i doubt there will such presentation issues this time around), the characters were well written. the main character isnt simply a white knight. he has shades of gray and that alone puts him ahead of many other jrpg protagonists. the supporting casts all have personalities of their own rather than simply have one little tick that sets them apart from other party members. plus the player is incorporated seemlessly into the story and perspective perfectly. LoG-Sacrament

Since everyone is just throwing out names of mediocre games to compare this to, let me give it a shot.

First, the artwork is what Zelda:TP should have done. Fully developed enemies with segmented bodies and without needing to look like blatant ripoffs of regular animals found elsewhere in the game.

Walking, what TOS2 should have done.

Third person-view from behind and a big world to roam around, Arc Rise Fantasia could have profitted from this. Not sure if it would have benefitted from being real-time instead of the placement-real time the game employs. ARF does have that going for it, maybe it's good.

More than 20 monsters...thanks for not being Monster Hunter 3.

Not having creepy fat men or floating heads...thanks for not being Baroque.

Having a third dimension with activity inside of it....thanks for not being Super Paper Mario.

I would rather see Level 5's name somewhere on this product. I mean they made Dark Cloud and Rogue Galaxy! Those games were fantastic and I would love to see them playable on Nintendo consoles. Calling this game Dark Cloud 3 would simply put it in the "must buy a Wii for" category. And if you do already own one its like a door prize for loving rpg's.

I too wish this game were more western. Cowboy RPG's are so rarely done. I played one and I didn't like it very well. Maybe it was the cheesy anime look or the cheesy storyline, but it wasn't that great.

I think that covers all except Chocobo's Dungeon 3, Mystery Shiren: the Wanderer 3, and Pokemon Scramble, but those are dungeon crawlers and amazing games so they don't really have much to compare to Monado. So I'll leave them out of the discussion for now.

Since everyone is just throwing out names of mediocre games to compare this to, let me give it a shot.

First, the artwork is what Zelda:TP should have done. Fully developed enemies with segmented bodies and without needing to look like blatant ripoffs of regular animals found elsewhere in the game.

Walking, what TOS2 should have done.

Third person-view from behind and a big world to roam around, Arc Rise Fantasia could have profitted from this. Not sure if it would have benefitted from being real-time instead of the placement-real time the game employs. ARF does have that going for it, maybe it's good.

More than 20 monsters...thanks for not being Monster Hunter 3.

Not having creepy fat men or floating heads...thanks for not being Baroque.

Having a third dimension with activity inside of it....thanks for not being Super Paper Mario.

I would rather see Level 5's name somewhere on this product. I mean they made Dark Cloud and Rogue Galaxy! Those games were fantastic and I would love to see them playable on Nintendo consoles. Calling this game Dark Cloud 3 would simply put it in the "must buy a Wii for" category. And if you do already own one its like a door prize for loving rpg's.

I too wish this game were more western. Cowboy RPG's are so rarely done. I played one and I didn't like it very well. Maybe it was the cheesy anime look or the cheesy storyline, but it wasn't that great.

I think that covers all except Chocobo's Dungeon 3, Mystery Shiren: the Wanderer 3, and Pokemon Scramble, but those are dungeon crawlers and amazing games so they don't really have much to compare to Monado. So I'll leave them out of the discussion for now.

SirSpudly

Finally, a good looking RPG on the Wii! Better not become victim to pointless motion controls.

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"][QUOTE="CrimsonDream24"] Gonna have to disagree with you there. If you've only played RPG's on nintendo platforms then your opinion is understandable, but as a hardcore RPGamer myself, i've noticed how terribley cheesey and cliche the story was. It felt like torture to play through the game for me. Not to mention most of the "twists" could be seen long before they occured. The characters were no different, very little personality and almost everything was ripped directly from a better RPG.CrimsonDream24

I dunno...

The game itself looks great visually, and gameplay wise. But I'm not a fan of RPG's that play like that. If it was an open world and open combat like the Crystal Bearers, I would definitely pick it up.

It still doesn't look bad, but I'd have to play it myself. Can't judge it off of videos

the trailer looks promising but we need more info

Looks pretty good. I'll have to keep my eye on it.

giant lizards. giant swords. giant haircuts.

looks alot like our typical final fantasy ripoff. *looks at baten kaitos* monolith can do better >_>

OH, but they have a revolutionary "vine climbing" system! :P

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"][QUOTE="CrimsonDream24"] Gonna have to disagree with you there. If you've only played RPG's on nintendo platforms then your opinion is understandable, but as a hardcore RPGamer myself, i've noticed how terribley cheesey and cliche the story was. It felt like torture to play through the game for me. Not to mention most of the "twists" could be seen long before they occured. The characters were no different, very little personality and almost everything was ripped directly from a better RPG.CrimsonDream24

:lol:I just hope they don't plagiarise their story like they did with Disaster: DoC ...other than that looks good, nothing that makes you go WOW! ..but looks good nonetheless

I hope Monolith Soft still have what it takes to make a good game (remembers Disaster reviews) *shudders*Kenny789

Isn't the studio known for RPGs, though? It's understandable that Disaster doesn't live up to their other games since they were out of "their element."

That being said, I've never played a Monolith game and I'm not impressed with Monado so far. It looks really generic and it reminds me of a poor man's Final Fantasy XII. I guess it's still early though, I'll wait to see more.

Monolith(so far) has turned out to be a great purchase by Nintendo. They add a lot of the franchises that Nintendo lacks.

This game looks good so far, hope to see more (probably in October).

at first i wasn't thinking much about this, but now that i know nintendo is making it i know this'll probably be good

All the talk up there about Baten Kaitos and not ONE mention of its actual gameplay? I don't really remember the story or the characters at all, but the battle system was a ton of fun. I absolutely loved it.

An RPG with a great battle system can have generic EVERYTHING and still be all right. Grandia 2 is one of my favorite RPGs because it combines an awesome battle system with good characters and an interesting story, but the battle system alone is what makes it worth playing.

So hopefully Monado will have fun gameplay, especially considering the main character has a giant sword and it's a Wii game. Hopefully they lean more towards Baten Kaitos than Xenosaga when it comes to gameplay.... Xenosaga is just dull all around.

It's got my attention. I think i will get Monster Hunter tri instead however. Who knows? This game may be better.

I am certainly interested, can't wait to see more info on this game.

since its coming from the co-developer of one of the best (and most underrated) rpg's last generation (baten kaitos), i have high hopes for it. LoG-Sacrament

I'm pretty interested in Monado.

I heard about it a few months ago and it looked pretty cool!