AndCallMeCharlie wrote:will never understand the appeal of doom, claustrophobic and too samey for me
Paul the sparky wrote:Backbone
Well that was something. Definitely doesn't go where I thought it was going. Loved it even though I'm not sure it all hangs together
Paul the sparky wrote:Backbone
Well that was something. Definitely doesn't go where I thought it was going. Loved it even though I'm not sure it all hangs together
EvilRedEye wrote:Not bad overall but it was probably for the best that MercurySteam had the chance to cut their teeth on this before tackling Metroid Dread. A solid [7]. On to Super Metroid!
mistercrayon wrote:Finished the Voice of Cards: the isle of the dragon. It's one of two new Square-Enix games which are extremely pared back RPGs. This one is the Yoko Taro one and if you've seen the video it's the one that looks like it is on a table with playing cards representing the map.
Now I finished it (it's doable in about 15hr) and I think it's a little bit disappointing but it's also a really cheapo game but it's also arguably a cheap game(is £25 a cheap game now?, it's a third of PS5 RRP which is about the same ratio as when we paid £50 a game). There are bits in the game that feel like they need a lots of months of polish (for example the movement and enemy encounter rate make the game feel horrible and slow and there is a plot element that seems to reward being nice but towards the end the plot element just ends up being objects you find in chests, so it feels like they ran out of writing time). One hilarious aspect is you can run away from battles but to match the aesthetic it rolls a pair of dice to see if you escape. Towards the end though I was getting messages saying I could escape on a roll of 2 with two dice, a cleaner game would avoid me having to roll the dice and all the associcated animation.
The gameplay is servicable - it's way too easy to accidently grind too hard and make everything a bit of a cakewalk and the strategic elements of a battle are pretty plain to see and completely transparent to unpick.
The story has some fun writing but it's all a bit standard - This guy is good but he's not when you learn stuff towards the end.
Overall it's a 5 or 6 out of ten at max but also breezy so not too irritating.
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