So Im trying to add SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny to my collection and now playing list when all of a sudden I run into this message saying I cannot add a game to my collection if it snot released yet it doesnt make sense.
Well I got news for you Mr.Gamespot, I just so happen to pick up the game at my local gamestop just yesterday so YOU guys are the ones not making sense, not me. Get release dates straightened out. Im gonna go back and play SC on my PSP now ;)
So here's the deal, I know its a bit late for this but in all actuallity this is the perfect timing for this, as I have had time to play the game in and out to make a more reasonable, accurate judgement. I am going to disect as well as cover these untrue facts about the IGN review of Cross Edge as well as other general complaints being made about in different reviews. This game deserves justice and Im here to do just that.
This review is full of unneeded rants and untrue complaints that it can mislead many diehard RPG fans out there from getting the game. Here is a list of some of the things he said that really stood out in my head.
1)"..such awful, convoluted gameplay mechanics. First and foremost: Cross Edge has a ridiculous learning curve. There are more gauges, icons, button cues, timers and numbers on the interface than there are stars in the sky."
This one really got me. The 1st thing that popped into my head was "where does IGN find these guys. They are suppose to be the "professionals" and they are complaining about a learning curve that only really takes about 3-5 battles to get a grasp of?" This battle system is complex but in a very good way, the most technical turned based RPG Ive ever layed my hands on in all my 13 years of playing RPG's back when I was 7 playing final fantasy I on the NES to games like Persona and valkyrie profile. The battle system I like to describe it as valkyrie profile on steroids because its so much fun and satisfying when you link up some powerful and long combos once you get the jist of the game you'll be pulling double team, triple team, chain combos left and right like a pro. This man with that statement proved to me that he is just a simple minded @$$clown.
2) "The grids govern which enemies you can attack, as a character might only be able to reach three spaces ahead of them, or two spaces to the sides. Otherwise, the grids don't serve any other major purpose
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!! I cannot strees enough how wrong he was with that statement. Lets put it this way: proper grid placement of your characters will make or break you in a major battle as well as even some normal battles. You cant put ANY character where you please or you'll get your @$$ kicked.
3) "Even simple tasks like menu navigation suffer under a confusing series of button presses and nondescript item entries. For example, there are five seperate menus just for dealing with items. If you want to use an item, you go one menu. But if you want to sort your items, you go to another menu"
This was no where near as bad as he made it sound. The switching menus is not even that bad at all you actually get use to it or not even notice it. Whats the problem with just hitting circle ONCE, scroll down 1-3 columns, and hitting X to get in? Just a stupid rant this guy went on.
4) "When you're traversing the world map, you have to scan the surrounding environment (by pressing Square) in order to uncover event incidences. But this often amounts to just running back and forth on the map, trying to search for unrelated events that stumble towards forming the game's plot. And it's difficult to enjoy this plot because of the sheer number of characters in your party. Before I even hit the ten hour mark, I already had more than 14 characters that all attempted to talk during ridiculously cluttered dialogue scenes. It just doesn't work. The more people you introduce, the harder it is to get emotionally involved, which is supposed to be a huge part of the RPG experience"
This is another thing that he mention that is not as bad as he's exagerating it to be. With the issue of the world map is that you run around to much searching for souls and events. The thing is the map isnt even that huge in areas. Not only that but when you reach these buildings where you can synth your weapons and buy items, there is an option to do a search in there that covers a whole lot of ground taking care of a good chunk of the work for you. He doesn't mention that for whatever reason that maybe which further solidifies a bad review or rather should I call it "a rant"
The plot is a very simple plot nothing to complex. No FFVII extreme plot twists, its actually enjoyable especially the comedic things they say and do. Oh and the whole "too many characters effect the plot", which is what he's basically saying, uhh.. Chrono Cross would like to have a talk with you.
5) "The most baffling flaw in Cross Edge's design, however, is the financial ramifications of death. Yes, you read that correctly. When your characters die, you'll usually have to spend insane amounts of gold in order to revive them. This is especially problematic in the beginning of the game, as one of the first revival items you get (the Blessing Leaf) costs 1000 gold. You only win about 100 gold from your first few battles. Resting in safe houses isn't that much better, as your own characters charge you hundreds of gold just to revive a single downed fighter. Yes, your own characters mysteriously man the shops in Cross Edge, which doesn't make any sense. "Sure, I'll save the world with you, but I expect you to pay me when we all collectively run out of supplies."
Two things of what this guy said here, proved to me that he didnt play the game enough and that he just sucks as a gamer. The so called "professionals". One, He didnt mention that when you complete the titles (which are basically in-game acheivments) you earn a HUGE amount of gold and a great deal of items that really help you on your quest, as well as the game mentions how the enemies drop "silver ores" A LOT and you can sell it as loot and earn some extra cash. So since you'll have a good chunk of gold you can buy as many blessing leafs to your hearts desire. The titles you earn in the beginning are easy. To revive a character does cost gold but not by much, especially with all the titles you'll be earning and "silver ores" youll be selling in the beginning will be no problem at all. Two, whats wrong if they decided to make your own characters charge you? What if a different dude did it? would it matter? would it change the price of the items? or perhaps your review score? Substance over flash is what matters buddy.
As you can see I shot down pretty much every negative thing he's had to say. He doesn't give an explanation to the things that game can do and blames the well done mechanics of the battle system to his crappy gaming skills and unwillingness to put in the extra effort to learn the beautifully done, well executed, fast paced action of this turned based RPG. Failing to mention the benefits of proper grid placements is a huge NO NO as fom playing this game myself has taught me the importance of it. He also menions the words "imbalanced gameplay" in his conclusion. No sir, not imbalance, you just suck :|. QUIT BLAMING THE GAMEPLAY AS A SCAPEGOAT TO YOUR SUCKYNESS. This game has the difficulty Die hard RPG fans crave and it also has 3 difficulty levels. Im not saying this is a perfect game, Im just saying the game deserves a chance for anyone out there who's an RPG fan. Give it a shot, rent it from gamefly or whereever you do your rentals, and if you don't like it after putting in the time afterward than thats cool. ;) But if you end up liking it please spread the word, tell your friends about it, talk about it in a forum,:D because if this doesnt sell we wont see many more niche RPG's like this come to the states again :(
Im am here to right the wrongs from the man who wrote this review. The same man who called Soulcalibur IV a button masher. *shudders* Dont even get me started on that one. :evil:
Here read a more fair review:
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=rpg&thread.id=418582
and this is a good one as well
Yesterday I just finished Persona 3 FES and man the game was just simply amazing, really long, very memorable, very innovative, great story, lots of twists and turns, a great musical score, especially the final boss theme speaking of final bosses the battle was epic as well, and a great cast of lovable characters that will just grow on you that you will feel as if you know them personally.
This game is the epidemy of the RPG genre just the spark this gen needs in JRPG's, even though I beat it I still need to play the second part which is "The Answer" now since Im done with "The Journey".
Got to beat the last part before my Persona 4 comes in the mail. Anyway if your an RPG fan I highly recommend this game its only 30 bucks brand new and probobly cheaper online, I love this games story which is my personal favorite in the game, but there are so many good things it does right at the same time like the bond between social links and personas.
The ending was so heart warming:) (the good one at leas, the bad one was complete crap):evil:
Simply amazing :D
Tomorrow is the day, the day where my connection is supposedly activated and I can play online.
But with At&t's crapiest customer service in the history of buisness customer service, it may not happen, which would be the third time this has happened. Long story short At&t have been lieing to me about these supposed dates getting activated and I cant get anything else like comcast because I live in an apartment which wont allow it.
So cross your fingers, if your religious say your prayers for me towards God that this will finally be it because my balls have been itching to play online.
P.S. my current internet sucks for gaming but ok for everything else, which explains why Im still able to post.
Ive been playing video games for as long as I can remember since the Atari Days so its pretty safe to assume that Ive had my more than fair share of quality games that have come out in the past. Since Atari with Pac-Man, Nintendo with SMB3, MegaMan series, Legend of Zelda, to the genesis games like Sonic, or the SNES with a great RPG like Chrono Trigger, Then came the original playstation which totally blew my mind, it felt like a true next-gen leap I was playing Tekken, Metal Gear Solid, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, you name it Final Fantasy VII, VIII, and IX I was playing the best games that came out for that system. Then the PS2 rolled in and it definatly did not dissapoint as its succesor with games like Devil May Cry, GTA, Final Fantasy X, God of War, Zone of the Enders, Shadow of the Colossus, and Tekken Tag. Their was so much damn quality its rediculous.
But in the midst of all these great games it was very hard for me to decide which was my favorite game of all time, in fact personally, I never liked to associate myself to singeling out a game to as my personal favorite of all time because even though some games were better than others they were never that much better than the other. In order for a game to stand out as one of the best in my eyes, they need to REALLY stand out from the crowd, this game needs to be a true masterpiece, an addiction from beggining to end, it needs to be more than just a game, it needs to be an experience, I wanna get that feeling that this game is so good, that any game that came out before or after will feel like dog poo after finishing up this particular game.
I for one can finally say that I have a favorite game of all-time. For once I can single out a game and proudly say without a shadow of a doubt, that METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS is my all time best game I have ever played. Everything you can think of in this game is Perfectly executed, wheather its the gameplay, cutscenes, voice acting, the sound quality, the visuals, graphics, physics, the awesome perfectly thought out story, I mean you wanna talk about using the most out of the PS3 Tech, this game wasted no time in using that hardware to help create this true masterpiece. Domo arigato Gozaimasu Kojima San for creating this game, I am very privledged and honored to have played, no not played, but to experience what I feel every gamer needs to experience. Playing the game is just a mere understatement, you need to fully embrace it. Oh and the final boss fight was just pure epic not to mention the end of act 3 (AMAZING!!!!!:o). Ive been wanting to create this blog for a while but I finally managed to find the time to do it since ive beaten the game the second day after it came out. Its games like these that remind me why I even started to play games in the first place.
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