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Final Fantasy VI
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Chrono Cross
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Bayonetta
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Ever17: The Out of Infinity
Ever17: The Out of Infinity
D2
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Seems a lot of fuss and muss for what ultimately ends up being a slower, blander Heroes of Might and Magic III, doesn't it?

High-spirited adventure game melange. The pan-Pacific Islander flavor complements its other stabs at genre style surprisingly well; it gives a youthful verve and brightness to what might otherwise have felt like an Indiana Jones ripoff. Much can be forgiven if you're on board with the game's sense of whimsy, even the instadeath rooms, up until the needlessly punishing last two chapters.

Why does every... character talk with the... exactsamecadence? Even if these actors had something palatable to offer, the director is clearly unable or unwilling to tease it out of any of them. One egregious example is a character who can lose their hand in one chapter and, after a few minutes of the expected pain and anguish, acts for the rest of the game as if there is nothing wrong with them. Maybe the production didn't have the resources to shoot and incorporate a few takes where this actor gave a recognizably human performance, or maybe they just blew them all on way more important stuff like Ariana Grande licensing fees. It truly isn't worth thinking about for a story so predictable, implausibly mounted, horrifically paced, and derivative of its far better predecessor.

Ryan and Dylan are maybe the two most annoying characters in the Supermassive oeuvre. Gay boys took a catastrophic L on this one. Ryan especially goes from terrible to wretched as the end credits roll and you realize that this brooding maverick is a superfan of the absolute worst podcast ever recorded.