If u r a fan of Dynasty Warrior series, then u will like this game. The
graphic is awesome, the fighting is similar to Dynasty Warrior, but the control
is a bit different.
The only drawback is the camera angle. The camera movement is very slow, it
doesnt follow the char's view, so I have to keep using right analog stick to
adjust the camera view which is pretty annoying.
I first played this for 2–3 hours in my first sitting. It was a bit slow, the controls were a bit different coming from games like Fable III and Dungeon Siege III, but you get used to them when you have a few more abilities to use.
When you get to the next step in the game, it opens up a lot more, freedom to do the main quest line, or side quest away. And there are a lot, ranging for kill X number of mob, go and kill this big guy, get me an item from here. And of cause, the escort ones. They are not bad, and it looks like they have spend time making the NPC AI not mentally handicapped as they could. There were very few pathing issues that I can remember, if any at all.
The game play and combat is like a mix of the above mentioned games and FFXII. You have a max of 3 in your party, you can control 1 of them but swap easily between the in and out of combat. The uncontrolled party members use their full range of skills, mostly well, and don't seem to use skills that are null dmg on a target (i.e. Fire ball on a ball of fire)
The game itself is well drawn, with minimal graphical issues. As most games do, the monsters have a different skin and have different skills and attributes. (There is an excellent Bestiary in game. So you can freely look at ones you have killed to see what to use.) all the areas are great. Lighting and shading, everything you would expect.
Games SFX and speech are good. There are a lot of talking scenes in towns and combat voices all the time. I did not listen to the BGM as nothing can compare to FFVII for me :)
Overall, this is a great game. With a lot of extras to get into. I can get a bit dungeon crawl, but what game doesn't, and there is plenty to break it up.
If you are thinking about this game, get it. Its well worth it.
87/100
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