What a pleasant surprise of a game.
Worldbuilding is wonderful, and as some people have pointed out, I definitely see the Xenoblade 2 resemblances.
Got mechs, got titans with the titano-machina (and one looks a lot like Urayan titan), got the CLOUD SEA!
Even without leaning on XB2 comparisons, the world is unique and beautiful, and the great soundtrack emphasizes it more.
The characters are mostly pretty damn good. I wish Chocolat got some more development, but most of them are good (Red, Elh, Marveille especially).
The villains were good too, though a bit on the weak side imo. Part two's were better but still wish they were a bit more compelling. (I may have a high bar when it comes to this)
Now for the weakest part of the game, the gameplay and controls. The controls less so, they're not SO bad. It's limited to 8-directional movement so it's awkward at times when the game demands precision platforming.
And the combat, well...At least it's easy. It's not too deep, and fairly button-mashy. Pick up and throw, that's basically it. It's a breeze to play through but it's also not very challenging.
Ok anyway I loved it overall, it's a severely underrated gem for DS. Shame about the outrageous price for the physical version.
Worldbuilding is wonderful, and as some people have pointed out, I definitely see the Xenoblade 2 resemblances.
Got mechs, got titans with the titano-machina (and one looks a lot like Urayan titan), got the CLOUD SEA!
Even without leaning on XB2 comparisons, the world is unique and beautiful, and the great soundtrack emphasizes it more.
The characters are mostly pretty damn good. I wish Chocolat got some more development, but most of them are good (Red, Elh, Marveille especially).
The villains were good too, though a bit on the weak side imo. Part two's were better but still wish they were a bit more compelling. (I may have a high bar when it comes to this)
Now for the weakest part of the game, the gameplay and controls. The controls less so, they're not SO bad. It's limited to 8-directional movement so it's awkward at times when the game demands precision platforming.
And the combat, well...At least it's easy. It's not too deep, and fairly button-mashy. Pick up and throw, that's basically it. It's a breeze to play through but it's also not very challenging.
Ok anyway I loved it overall, it's a severely underrated gem for DS. Shame about the outrageous price for the physical version.