The Last Story takes place upon the island fortress of Lazulis, in a world that is slowly being drained of life by an unknown force. The story focuses on a group of mercenaries looking for work on Lazulis; one of their number, Zael, dreams of becoming a knight. During gameplay, the player controls Zael as he and the mercenary group to which he belongs undertake missions on Lazulis. Zael can command the rest of the mercenary squad during missions, and fights in battles that involve action, tactical and stealth elements.
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I don't remember a thing about this game but I played the fuck out of it as a kid therefore it is Peak Fiction.
Objectively? it's not the best game. Personally? it's my favorite game of over 150 games.
Why is it my most-liked game?
artistic choices:
Whether it be the design of the city or the music design, It gives the perfect vibe of medieval times mixed in with a bit of magic (fantasy). As you spend a lot of time in the city, as well as will hear certain music it is nice that they reinform your perception of how the game's world is portrayed as.
Story + characters:
I Mc's team contains a good mix of personalities and character designs (that fit into the world). For all characters, they feel they seem to be living, and based on their personalities you could imagine them doing the same things if they existed in reality.
Gameplay:
Difficulty-wise I felt it was good, not too easy, but nor did I win against some final bosses too easily. Maybe not the best System, but I felt it was quite good and I enjoyed it a lot especially diffusing circles or using ultimate abilities.
I also remember playing some side quests gathering items to either craft or buy certain cool armor.
Overall:
Everything felt so alive combined with a good combat system made the game feel so good. I have played it at least 2.5 times and even now while I'm not playing it I still like to listen to some music from the game. (e.g. toberu mono, sounds of the city)
Why is it my most-liked game?
artistic choices:
Whether it be the design of the city or the music design, It gives the perfect vibe of medieval times mixed in with a bit of magic (fantasy). As you spend a lot of time in the city, as well as will hear certain music it is nice that they reinform your perception of how the game's world is portrayed as.
Story + characters:
I Mc's team contains a good mix of personalities and character designs (that fit into the world). For all characters, they feel they seem to be living, and based on their personalities you could imagine them doing the same things if they existed in reality.
Gameplay:
Difficulty-wise I felt it was good, not too easy, but nor did I win against some final bosses too easily. Maybe not the best System, but I felt it was quite good and I enjoyed it a lot especially diffusing circles or using ultimate abilities.
I also remember playing some side quests gathering items to either craft or buy certain cool armor.
Overall:
Everything felt so alive combined with a good combat system made the game feel so good. I have played it at least 2.5 times and even now while I'm not playing it I still like to listen to some music from the game. (e.g. toberu mono, sounds of the city)
Un buen action RPG con personajes carismáticos y una historia decente, no es de los mejores trabajos de Sakaguchi pero se nota su mano, si te gusta final fantasy te gustara este juego, se merece una reedición en consolas modernas ya que gráficamente era espectacular.
This game holds a very special place in my heart. Going into GameStop in 2012 looking for Xenoblade, I came across this instead, not knowing this was part of the Operation Rainfall collection. I picked it up despite not seeing the greatest reviews online and I ended up playing it to Death, multiple times over.
I'm not going to act like it's perfect: it has quite a few bugs and jank. It even has an unfinished sidequest built into the game where the map dosent render fully. This happens every time I do this one particular sidequest. It has a somewhat cliche story. The gameplay is fairly simple and level ups don't mean much late game. It also dosent run the best in some areas.
That said, this game is so beautiful. Soundtrack, incredible. The characters are fantastic. Superb voice acting. The setting, the style, it's all stunning. And it has a great amount of content. Even coming back to this game so many times over, I kept finding secret areas and sidequests I never explored before.
There is just so much to love here. It is not the most amazing game but it's charming and great as is. Highly reccomend.
I'm not going to act like it's perfect: it has quite a few bugs and jank. It even has an unfinished sidequest built into the game where the map dosent render fully. This happens every time I do this one particular sidequest. It has a somewhat cliche story. The gameplay is fairly simple and level ups don't mean much late game. It also dosent run the best in some areas.
That said, this game is so beautiful. Soundtrack, incredible. The characters are fantastic. Superb voice acting. The setting, the style, it's all stunning. And it has a great amount of content. Even coming back to this game so many times over, I kept finding secret areas and sidequests I never explored before.
There is just so much to love here. It is not the most amazing game but it's charming and great as is. Highly reccomend.
If you go to this game expecting to find a Squaresoft kinda gem like Chrono Trigger/Cross, Parasite Eve or Xenogears, forget about it.
The Last Story it's an ok game that could have been better if the character writting and storytelling was better and focused on the important things, plus it has lots of clichés.
Gameplay it's ok with road for improvement, some of the battles are creative (although the damn npcs don't stop yelling at you to do something ALL THE TIME, even if you're doing it) and some of the others are just tight timings and bosses with stupid health.
Overall an ok entry, not close to the best Squaresoft had to offer...
The Last Story it's an ok game that could have been better if the character writting and storytelling was better and focused on the important things, plus it has lots of clichés.
Gameplay it's ok with road for improvement, some of the battles are creative (although the damn npcs don't stop yelling at you to do something ALL THE TIME, even if you're doing it) and some of the others are just tight timings and bosses with stupid health.
Overall an ok entry, not close to the best Squaresoft had to offer...
Es un precedente al gameplay de lo que hoy es FF7, tiene una buena historia pero creo que ya necesita actualizarse porque se siente como un juego algo viejo. Pero aparte de eso, es una joya del Wii.