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Eternal Darkness was a great game, it was longer than I had expected and left me with a memorable impression. The graphics was a bit dated, other than that the only thing I hated about this game was the repeating dungeons. There's probably 3 or 4 dungeons in total of this game, but you replay them in different time zones, so things are different about them. While it's enough to give you new puzzles, you're still…
E.G.G. was a short game, but I loved the puzzle solving. The battle system was kinda weak but Leon didn't have any reach at all, and monsters take a TON of damage on him. Some boss fights gave me trouble, and the last dungeon annoyed me because I couldn't exit it, but otherwise, this was a pretty good game. ----------Battle System---------- Elemental Gimmick Gear is a typical Action RPG Zelda clone. Leon won't pick…
Read the full review Elemental Gimmick Gear is a decent Zelda clone RPG.
In some ways, this game improves upon Dark Alliance's system, but in other ways it falls in the same problems I had with Dark Alliance. Ok, while the dungeons are generic, the battling is boring, the lack of puzzles, and the story and characters are lame. On the brighter side of things, the camera is free roaming, the graphics are nice, the ability to play with 4 players instead of 2 or 3... uh.. I guess that's…
Dragon Warrior 7 wasn't a terrible game, it was close, but not completely terrible. It was however extremely outdated by the time it came out, completely tedious, with terrible graphics and repetitive gameplay. Overall the game was just extremely slow at everything. Leveling up was slow, gaining skills was slow, it took 2 hours from the start of the game to get into your first tutorial battle. It wasn't until about…
Read the full review Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
Dragon Quest 8 is the best Dragon Quest I've played to date. The story, while not on par with a few RPGs out there today, is still solid and better than any Dragon Quest prior. The character designs are magnificent. The quest is just overall HUGE, with a ton of sidequests, secrets, skills to learn, items to make, things to collect. This game will keep you busy for a very long time to come if you want. The game…
Read the full review Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Contact was short, so there wasn't much of a chance to flesh things out. I did spent 11 hours on it initially, but atleast 4 of those was straight up power leveling up. There's only 9 Islands and only a few of them are big enough to hold a dungeon. There just wasn't enough content in the game to really hold the interest in the RPG fan inside me. Overall, my first initial run was fun, but I still feel a little gipped…
CIMA: The Enemy was a tiresome hack and slasher that got boring after the first couple dungeons. Since there was no variation in the dungeons, the game got pretty simple since you knew how to defeat the dungeons with ease. The only challenge I had with the game was some of the bosses, but after you knew their pattern you could defeat them pretty easily. I really liked the Idea of this game, the RTS elements…
Read the full review CIMA: The Enemy was a good idea in theory, but bad game overall.
I kinda liked Dark Alliance, but as time went on, the repetition with the game got to me and it just got plain ol' boring. I figured they would work things out with this new Champions of Norrath, but no, it's the same flaws and errors I found in Dark Alliance but multiplied. This game is so freaking boring and reptitive. There's barely a hint of story, or a single interesting character. So basically this is the same…
I don't know about this one. The lack of depth to the storyline was a little weak, the gameplay seemed kinda dumbed down. The game was way to easy, the graphics seemed dated. The game was just really short and the levels were really small. Outside of all of that, it was a fun game while it lasted, and if you're looking for an quick 'in and out' experience, then check this out. ----------Battle System----------…
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness is a small leap forward for the 3D Castlevania's, but not quite there yet. The graphics are a big improvement. The added elements like experience points, leveling, and Innocent Devils are a welcome return to form. The weapon forging and loot drops add alot of depth to the game. On the other hand, the controls seemed slow and clumsy, I missed the platforming elements. The storyline and…
Brave Fencer Musashi was not the Zelda killer Square pushed on us, but if you're a fan of Zelda I couldn't see a reason why you wouldn't enjoy this to a certain extent. There was a ton of Zelda elements to the game, but they slapped a bunch of random stuff into the game to make it seem less-Zelda cloney. There's alot of minigames you'll be forced to do in the game, like one boss you have to do a memory test, similar…
Blazing Heroes was my first Strategy RPG, my first 3D RPG, my first Saturn RPG, and my first 32 bit RPG all wrapped into one. I have alot of fond memories with this game, but I can't say it holds up to well. Most of the problems I have with the game is the extremely aged graphics, the bad loading times, the terrible storyline and annoying characters. Outside of all of that, I still like this games battle system. I…
Read the full review Blazing Heroes has not aged well, but still a decent RPG.
I fell for the Bioshock hype and I fell hard. While I enjoyed the final product, I still had alot of problems with it. I think if Bioshock was strictly a FPS, then it would suck, and if it was strictly an adventure game, then it would suck, but since it combines these two elements, it seems better than it really is. That's only because there aren't very many one-player FPS out there right now. The biggest hype this…
Beyond Good and Evil is one of the best games I've played for the Gamecube. Not only does it have one of the best stories for a video game, it also has great graphics, sound, an awesome control scheme. The only adventure game that is better than this is Windwaker, mostly because of the length and sheer amounts of things to do. The game is just way to short to warrant a full $50 price, so this might be why it…
I had very low expectations going in with Baten Kaitos, but I ended up enjoying it more than I had wanted to. There was a ton of flaws with it, including the story, characters, and voices but I stuck it out and finished the game without feeling bored. I did cringe with most of the dialog though. The battles dragged on a little long, even the sub-enemies, so I dreaded going into a fight. The way you level up is…
Read the full review Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
Baten Kaitos Origins is one of the better games for the Gamecube, heck, even solid title overall from the last gen. If you played the previous Baten Kaitos and liked it, then you'll love this game. With an improved battle system, less-linear gameplay, new lands and people, huge improvement in voice work and leveling, with some of the same great graphics and music, there's really nothing BAD about this game.…
Ok, this is basically the same game as the original, with little to no improvements. The only actual improvements I can thing of are the graphics, but it's such a small improvement that it doesn't matter. The world map is slightly better aswell.. but that's all I can thing of. This game falls into the same repetitive mess of a trap that all dungeon hacks fall into. It has a terrible story, cheap graphics, boring…
Badlur's Gate: Dark Alliance was an ok game, but it got repetitive really quick and it was extremely short. The story was lame, the world map was lame, and there was a bunch of other things that annoyed me. The Gamespot review of this game bugged me because I didn't suffer through any framerate problems, but I only played it on normal on single player, so things might be different in a harder mode. Other than that,…
I had very very low expectations with this game, I only paid $5 for it and only read bad reviews. The game was actually alot worse than my low expectations. I was hoping I would be surprised with a good story or a fun minigame or two, nope. None of those came true. The only good thing about this is the monster building thing, but it's slow and boring and I hate creating my own characters in games. The minigames were…
