Hate to say it but this was a disappointment.
If this game ended halfway through, after a certain epic fight, I would be like 'oh fuck yea, amazing game, 9/10, loved it!'
But when you enter the Aethersphere and everything after, the whole 50% of my playtime being that final act, it sucked. Shitty areas, story (which is honestly not that good) comes to a standstill, enemies become annoying to fight, random big bad enters the fray. It blows.
Up until then I loved it. The music is fantastic, arc is beautiful, and the 2d sprites in and out of combat are some of the best I've ever seen. Loved the characters, though some of the later ones barely get any development, and Mary barely gets screentime in the 2nd half of the game, despite being an early join. Also most of the early game you're chasing the antagonist that I barely ever felt we are supposed to have any motivation to dislike. I kept asking 'who is he again? We haven't seen him in a while'
I loved the combat up until that halfway point, though some fights near the end are great and not all the fights are annoying there either.
Was hyped to play this, but 17 of my 36 hours playing this were not that fun, so 6/10. The original was like this too, tbh, so good on them for an accurate enough remake.
If this game ended halfway through, after a certain epic fight, I would be like 'oh fuck yea, amazing game, 9/10, loved it!'
But when you enter the Aethersphere and everything after, the whole 50% of my playtime being that final act, it sucked. Shitty areas, story (which is honestly not that good) comes to a standstill, enemies become annoying to fight, random big bad enters the fray. It blows.
Up until then I loved it. The music is fantastic, arc is beautiful, and the 2d sprites in and out of combat are some of the best I've ever seen. Loved the characters, though some of the later ones barely get any development, and Mary barely gets screentime in the 2nd half of the game, despite being an early join. Also most of the early game you're chasing the antagonist that I barely ever felt we are supposed to have any motivation to dislike. I kept asking 'who is he again? We haven't seen him in a while'
I loved the combat up until that halfway point, though some fights near the end are great and not all the fights are annoying there either.
Was hyped to play this, but 17 of my 36 hours playing this were not that fun, so 6/10. The original was like this too, tbh, so good on them for an accurate enough remake.
Kinda wish I'd played this with the fan translation that had come out recently when we started this, but overall I had a fun time playing it. The combat is up there with the best of the 2D lineup, the graphics look great, and the music's heights are certainly among the series's peaks. Shoutouts to my girl Rutee.