this games main issue is the party
not necessarily the party system, mind you. i think its a fine idea that can be done a lot better but this was a nice and humble start
but the party members themselves
there is literally 0 reason to use any team that isnt adol dogi aisha, maybe replace dogi with geis. mustafa/cruxie dont do dogis job as well as dogi, mischera doesnt do aishas job as well as aisha, and elk is just kinda really bad. they can be entirely ignored, however, up until the final boss. not a story spoiler, not marking it as one. the final boss forces you into 2 teams of 3 and adol. each teams respective phase of the fight is quite possibly the worst matchup for that team possible, making it an absolute chore to go through, as explained in the next paragraph.
this is only complimented by the party members braindead AI. they cant combo, they can only use a single attack. they can't draw aggro, and on the off chance the enemy does in fact hit them, it just goes straight through them anyways and theyll keep just hitting once every 2 seconds. when youre not attacking, theyre not attacking. when youre just trying to harvest, theyll either try to help you but get stuck in a corner, or just stand there. multiple times i have been harvesting while an enemy that dogi is super effective against is literally right there and dogi just stands there doing nothing, letting me get hit.
i do not mind item limits whatsoever, hell im a tales fan, but 5 and 3??? fucking 5 and 3. at least make it like 9 and 5 or something.
however, all in all, all of these complaints can be pushed to the side, because firstly this games story kicks absolute ass, and its definitely up there in top 3 (so far), secondly because all of my complaints about the party doesnt mean that the gameplay isnt fun, unlike celceta. celcetas mildly improved party ai was 1 step forward, literally everything else about the game was 12 steps back.
I am so glad to be done with the XSEED ys games before i have to go back to college and using my steam deck. onto ys 8, the alleged "best" one!
not necessarily the party system, mind you. i think its a fine idea that can be done a lot better but this was a nice and humble start
but the party members themselves
there is literally 0 reason to use any team that isnt adol dogi aisha, maybe replace dogi with geis. mustafa/cruxie dont do dogis job as well as dogi, mischera doesnt do aishas job as well as aisha, and elk is just kinda really bad. they can be entirely ignored, however, up until the final boss. not a story spoiler, not marking it as one. the final boss forces you into 2 teams of 3 and adol. each teams respective phase of the fight is quite possibly the worst matchup for that team possible, making it an absolute chore to go through, as explained in the next paragraph.
this is only complimented by the party members braindead AI. they cant combo, they can only use a single attack. they can't draw aggro, and on the off chance the enemy does in fact hit them, it just goes straight through them anyways and theyll keep just hitting once every 2 seconds. when youre not attacking, theyre not attacking. when youre just trying to harvest, theyll either try to help you but get stuck in a corner, or just stand there. multiple times i have been harvesting while an enemy that dogi is super effective against is literally right there and dogi just stands there doing nothing, letting me get hit.
i do not mind item limits whatsoever, hell im a tales fan, but 5 and 3??? fucking 5 and 3. at least make it like 9 and 5 or something.
however, all in all, all of these complaints can be pushed to the side, because firstly this games story kicks absolute ass, and its definitely up there in top 3 (so far), secondly because all of my complaints about the party doesnt mean that the gameplay isnt fun, unlike celceta. celcetas mildly improved party ai was 1 step forward, literally everything else about the game was 12 steps back.
I am so glad to be done with the XSEED ys games before i have to go back to college and using my steam deck. onto ys 8, the alleged "best" one!
2 Comments
The item limits are fine cause im never using them except against the final boss
PasokonDeacon
1 year ago