This original post was written before the GC release and before i had completed it properly. Although i was playing it for ten hours every weekend at the time. So sorry if it doesnt make much sense at times, luckerly this will be the only thread of this kind.
What with the GC port out shortly i thought it was about time this brilliant RPG was talked about once more.
Ive been playing it over the weekend, was about ten hours through now im at the 22 hour mark, and still on disc 1!
Apparently there is 60 hours of gameplay here, but so far the story line has never let up and there has always been unexpected twists and turns which bring about a totally new way of playing, im impressed! Theres some extreamly clever ideas which ive never ever seen before. Wonderful!
The fighting aspect is a bit annoying, with loads of random battles, but seeing as they only appear in dungeons which are relatively small theres not too many. The world you travel in though is HUGE! And theres no loading between areas either, you can travel all around the map and still not uncover all of it.
The graphics still look impressive today and im probably gona be the only one to say this but the facial effects are better than zelda: Tww.
Theres so much to do as well, such as finding discoveries, shopping, flying your ship, huge ship gun battles, and superb story line, a mini vmu game, use of the actual vmu screen in game, online stuff, character building, and learning hundreds of spells, some cool move scenes and cut scenes which really set the errr scene.
EXCELLENT!
When i saw about this in the old DC mags as eternia arcadia i wasnt impressed, looked good but didnt want me to buy it, that all changed once i played the hour long demo on the official mag.
You must get hold of this game! And on a related note ive got one on the dc for sale. If you've got a gc though, you mya be better off waiting for its version, what with less random battles, slightly better graphics and a new part to the story.
*****
Riselem this thread (SoA fans will know what it means) to just tell you i have completed it!
Bloody brilliant, it is the best game ever made, well easily comparable to zelda Oot and Mario 64, but wow! The final boss battles took me 5 hours alone, the ending ties up all the lose ends and theres just so much emotion in it, the ending is a bit understated, but its more to make you think about you past 60 hours of gaming. And it is a very different twist to the ending you would have expected, again reminds me of zelda's ending where you feel a bit empty, its like reading a good book, when you finish it, you dont know what to do, you just dont want it to end.
It does do the annoying zelda thing though, doesnt save when you finish the game, just ends it and you never see the world all happy but it does have a huge hint at SoA2
The music was fantastic and some of the boss's special moves are simply awsome! I cant believe ive finished it, just under 60 hours of my life put into it, with a brilliantly wonderful story, one of the best stories ever told! The graphics just got more beautiful as you go on, and the emotion that pours out from it, you can keep your aries dying, this is much much better! Simply beautiful. I cant really say anything else without spoiling it all but wow, brilliant!
What with the GC port out shortly i thought it was about time this brilliant RPG was talked about once more.
Ive been playing it over the weekend, was about ten hours through now im at the 22 hour mark, and still on disc 1!
Apparently there is 60 hours of gameplay here, but so far the story line has never let up and there has always been unexpected twists and turns which bring about a totally new way of playing, im impressed! Theres some extreamly clever ideas which ive never ever seen before. Wonderful!
The fighting aspect is a bit annoying, with loads of random battles, but seeing as they only appear in dungeons which are relatively small theres not too many. The world you travel in though is HUGE! And theres no loading between areas either, you can travel all around the map and still not uncover all of it.
The graphics still look impressive today and im probably gona be the only one to say this but the facial effects are better than zelda: Tww.
Theres so much to do as well, such as finding discoveries, shopping, flying your ship, huge ship gun battles, and superb story line, a mini vmu game, use of the actual vmu screen in game, online stuff, character building, and learning hundreds of spells, some cool move scenes and cut scenes which really set the errr scene.
EXCELLENT!
When i saw about this in the old DC mags as eternia arcadia i wasnt impressed, looked good but didnt want me to buy it, that all changed once i played the hour long demo on the official mag.
You must get hold of this game! And on a related note ive got one on the dc for sale. If you've got a gc though, you mya be better off waiting for its version, what with less random battles, slightly better graphics and a new part to the story.
*****
Riselem this thread (SoA fans will know what it means) to just tell you i have completed it!
Bloody brilliant, it is the best game ever made, well easily comparable to zelda Oot and Mario 64, but wow! The final boss battles took me 5 hours alone, the ending ties up all the lose ends and theres just so much emotion in it, the ending is a bit understated, but its more to make you think about you past 60 hours of gaming. And it is a very different twist to the ending you would have expected, again reminds me of zelda's ending where you feel a bit empty, its like reading a good book, when you finish it, you dont know what to do, you just dont want it to end.
It does do the annoying zelda thing though, doesnt save when you finish the game, just ends it and you never see the world all happy but it does have a huge hint at SoA2
The music was fantastic and some of the boss's special moves are simply awsome! I cant believe ive finished it, just under 60 hours of my life put into it, with a brilliantly wonderful story, one of the best stories ever told! The graphics just got more beautiful as you go on, and the emotion that pours out from it, you can keep your aries dying, this is much much better! Simply beautiful. I cant really say anything else without spoiling it all but wow, brilliant!
ft: .
Comment