...Not your typical RPG, in more ways than one.
I must say, both Game Spot and Game Trailers really hit nail on the head here with this next-gen game (if you would call it that). One thing I’d have to disagree with them however is the random placements on the battle system. Because that is what makes this game a challenge in the first place, and therefore fun… Also, the fact that you control your party order before it enters the rink, and the fact that you can arrange them however you want anyway, just makes me contemplate over why anyone even considers this so-called ‘pet-peeve’ to be annoying in the first place. [If you think it is, I swear—you’re just like the Comic-book Guy from The Simpson’s.]
Gamespot is absolutely right, though: This game will definitely be forgotten in no time flat once you beat it. I haven’t finished it yet but it’s just not sticking with me as much as other RPGS I have played in the past. I mean, the plot-line is the most cliché scenario ever written by our modern media, the graphics just aren’t completely tapping the full potential of the newer systems (although I can’t deny that are extremely good) and don’t even get me started with the character Makoto, because what I’d say is probably already known by a majority of people. Graphics: 7
Score: 8
Story: 5
Value: 8
Characters: 3
Game Play: 10
TOTAL SCORE: 6.8