RPG Failure. T.T
posted by Noxious (WILLOUGHBY, OH) Apr 24, 2007
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When I got my PS3 I was very excited to check out Enchanted Arms as it was one of the few RPG games out right now. I rented it from here after receiving good reviews from the friendly guys at GameStop. They said it was good for hardcore RPGers, so I figured that I would love it. I was pretty wrong.
The Pros: The opening cinematic was great. It gave me goosebumps and I was very excited to play through it. The music in the beginning was also enticing. For it being an opening game, the graphics are decent.
The Cons: The voice acting. I thought it was horrible. The voice actors didn't give the impression that they were really trying to BE the characters. It did sound like they were just reading from a script. Not to mention blonde-haired guy's voice was incredibly annoying.
I wasn't too keen on the battle system either. While many people like a system where you need to move on a grid, I prefer games that either have an ATB gauge or is real time fighting.
The biggest thing that was a turn off for me was that when the characters spoke to each other, you got a default screen with the characters switching back and forth between positions as they spoke. It really takes away from the game, I think, because it makes it seem like you're watching more dialog than playing the game. I prefer having the character run up to NPCs or allies with a dialog boxes appearing.
All in all, the graphics for the game are nice and the music is beautiful at times, but I think that the overall design of the game makes it rather boring. I couldn't play it more than five minutes and I hadn't even gotten into the main plot yet which was disappointing.
I love RPGs with a passion. They're my favorite Genre of gaming, but this to me, is a disgrace to all RPG games. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure a lot of people will love this game, and hey, more power to you, but I certainly wouldn't recommend this to a friend to play. Rent it before you buy it. You'll save yourself fifty bucks.
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