Ishin is a game that definitely feels old by this point. It feels a lot like 5/0, but on an engine that you can tell the team isn't nearly as familiar with. There are a lot of problems presentation-wise that weren't nearly as prevalent in any other games, like horrendous pop-in and some screen space effects not looking right during cutscenes.
Once you get past the technical issues, it still feels like an RGG game. The story is incredibly well told, both in the main story and in the substories. Every actor brings their all like usual. There was one line at the end where you could hear the booth that Ryoma's voice actor was in, but that was the only time I noticed it being anything but stellar. Most of the substories didn't feel very substantial, but there were a few winners. I really liked the one with the old couple that's looking for a place to bury their dog. That one tugged at the heartstrings a bit. I never bother with most of the side activities in these games because I'm scared of Mahjong, but the rhythm games are a little weak this time around. For some reason they seem to be locked at 30fps which makes it harder to track and doesn't feel as good as it should.
The combat took a bit to get used to, but once I did I was really into it. The brawler style is basically just the brawler style from 0, which is a massive detriment in a game where gear is very important, so it didn't get used very much. The swordsman style was mainly reserved for boss fights, but it felt pretty good during those. The gunman style was really funny, but I rarely used it. The wild dancer style was the one I got the most use out of. Once I got it leveled up a bit, it became incredibly broken. I rinsed one of the late game bosses just by spamming square until he died. There's a smoothness to the wild dancer style that just feels really good. Every move can be canceled into another move and it just feels really solid.
I can definitely see the places where the budget wasn't there, but overall this is one of the better RGG games. Being a samurai is just cool as hell. They also gave me a farm. I spent hours on that farm.
Once you get past the technical issues, it still feels like an RGG game. The story is incredibly well told, both in the main story and in the substories. Every actor brings their all like usual. There was one line at the end where you could hear the booth that Ryoma's voice actor was in, but that was the only time I noticed it being anything but stellar. Most of the substories didn't feel very substantial, but there were a few winners. I really liked the one with the old couple that's looking for a place to bury their dog. That one tugged at the heartstrings a bit. I never bother with most of the side activities in these games because I'm scared of Mahjong, but the rhythm games are a little weak this time around. For some reason they seem to be locked at 30fps which makes it harder to track and doesn't feel as good as it should.
The combat took a bit to get used to, but once I did I was really into it. The brawler style is basically just the brawler style from 0, which is a massive detriment in a game where gear is very important, so it didn't get used very much. The swordsman style was mainly reserved for boss fights, but it felt pretty good during those. The gunman style was really funny, but I rarely used it. The wild dancer style was the one I got the most use out of. Once I got it leveled up a bit, it became incredibly broken. I rinsed one of the late game bosses just by spamming square until he died. There's a smoothness to the wild dancer style that just feels really good. Every move can be canceled into another move and it just feels really solid.
I can definitely see the places where the budget wasn't there, but overall this is one of the better RGG games. Being a samurai is just cool as hell. They also gave me a farm. I spent hours on that farm.