left_hegelian
2023
Not as bad as people make it to be really. I found the gameplay to be more fun than other typical Tactical JRPG. I think the triangular all-out attack is a great feature because when you play smartly, it makes the gameplay much more dynamic and snappy and you can beat a stage with surprisingly few turns. But this mechanics also overshadows most of the other RPG mechanics in the game including the persona system, making it more like a puzzle game than an RPG. The last 1/4 of the game also felt dragged out because it's basically just wave after wave of boss rush without anything new or challenging.
2021
The gameplay is meh and the story is a huge disappointment. 90% of the time you're doing side-quest-ish things but it's in the main storyline. When you have done enough random chores for NPCs a sudden catastrophy will engulf you and everyone else thus forcing the plot forward. So basically the quest structure of the game is mostly irrelevant to the plot.... and the main character is literally a mute who displays no emotion at all throughout the entire 20hr campaign.
The only strength of this game is the art, which is a nostalgic acid trip back into a mixture of 1960s Japan's retrofuturism and 1980-90s JRPG and anime references. I really wish the beautiful world it built didn't feel so empty and devoid of meaning because of how weak the writing is.
The only strength of this game is the art, which is a nostalgic acid trip back into a mixture of 1960s Japan's retrofuturism and 1980-90s JRPG and anime references. I really wish the beautiful world it built didn't feel so empty and devoid of meaning because of how weak the writing is.
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2024
I rated Legends Arceus an 8 and Pokemon Gold (my favourite of the franchise) a 9, there is no way I could be consistent with myself if I rate a game lower than a 9 since I have been having more fun with this game than any of the pokemon game I've played ever (I've played every generations). It's a video game. I seek nothing but fun from a video game.
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