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[QUOTE="AfterBurnerZ"]Sad, but true. :P
NIS is one of the worst developers and publishers in Japan when it comes to RPGs. The majority of their games are absolute garbage, which is sad because they release so many. I did enjoy the first Disgaea and Grim Grimoire on the PS2 but that's it. If they're willing to publish something it's my indicator to avoid it all costs. And to think that I liked the first Ar Tonelico.
AfterBurnerZ
And what supposedly makes them "garbage"?
1. The gameplay is largely based off of power-leveling in their games and has 0 variety. Example: Disgaea
2. All have the same generic anime art-styIe. NIS needs to take some hints from Atlus on how to make good art.
3. They're all basically variations of the same story and same characters
4. Voice-acting and writing suck, but this more or less 99.5% of all JRPGs released in North America
5. Weak technical graphics.
6. Rely on fan-service and sex-appeal like Etna in Disgaea 1, and from the looks of it just about every character in Trinity Universe.
Should I keep going?
1. The main storyline in Disgaea is easily played through without powerleveling. I haven't played any other games by NIS that encourage grinding in any way.
2. This is 100% opinion. I happen to enjoy their art styIe. My only complaint is that I wish they'd splurge a little to make animated cutscenes, instead of doing the whole cardboard cutout thing.
3. Uh... what? I think you're thinking of a different company... maybe Bioware.
4. The writing is intentionally campy/cheesy. If you don't enjoy it, that's fine, but that doesn't make it suck by any means.
5. Gameplay > Graphics.
6. Admittedly, they need to stretch their legs and get outside of the same fan service universes they've been using for years. But it works for them, and even if it's repetitive, it still sells, and it's still entertaining. And I bet you also hate Bayonetta, because there was sex appeal, too, right?
What it boils down to is you hate JRPGs and anime. Since that's the case, your opinions on NIS are easily dismissed as invalid.
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