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    Magna Carta 2 (360)

    It?s worth pointing out, just for a starter
    There?s cliches galore in Magna Carta
    A by the numbers Softmax JRPG
    (I can hear you despairingly crying ?whoopee?)
    Indeed you may be aghast
    To hear the lead character has forgotten his past
    Yes, he?s got a bout of amnesia
    And things get even cheesier...
    The girls are endowed with implausible breasts
    Fighting crabs on a beach is your first combat test
    There?s a 15 year old girl with a very short skirt
    With displayed sexuality uncomfortably overt
    A map of each area, displayed from above
    No freedom of movement, to speak of..
    A flashing direction arrow to show you the way
    Text boxes when unvoiced NPCs have something to say
    Evil protagonists with eye patches, generic
    The female in your party is obviously the cleric
    She?s called Zephie, she?s a former princess
    (She?s the one I told you about before with the very short dress)
    You?re called Junto, you have spiky hair
    A hidden past (which impending events will make clear)
    The other characters are all rather forgettable
    The voice acting is often rather regrettable
    But to be fair the combat is quite entertaining
    As it?s realtime and features some complex attack chaining
    And battering of A, X and B
    Which counters the enemies attacks to a degree
    Because there?s no cut between exploration and fighting
    It feels a bit like an MMO, and is almost exciting
    The graphics are nice, Unreal 3 with no hitches
    The entire thing is well done, no obvious glitches
    The core problem is it?s all fairly routine
    The gaming equivalent of chicken chow mein
    It?s also very expensive to buy new
    Which is a good thing, (depending on your point of view)
    As while it?s generic, and utterly rote
    The fact it?s quite rare makes it of note
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    #2
    Bravo!

    I put about 25 hours into this and enjoyed it to varying degrees. I should really go back to it and try finish it off.

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      #3
      I enjoyed it when I played, the only glitches I ran into were supporting party members getting stuck in the scenery so a lot of times you'd end up in combat wondered where the rest of your party were.

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        #4
        Haha great write-up. Was wondering if anyone would do a FP on this, think it came out winter 09? Quite an enjoyable little JRPG.

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