"Unlimited Saga is revolutionary in that it calls for the creation of a new Classification: All Substance, No Flash."
This is one game that I personally like, but would never recommend to anyone, sadly. It is just that people nowadays would think of it as a pure waste of time, and get a nostalgic feeling that they are playing a common board game, reading a book, or back down in the basement with their friends playing good ol' Dungeons and Dragons. There are just other games that require less patience, reading comprehension, and overall personal attention span that, we as ganers, are known for (laugh).
Game play: The game play of this game is rather unique. The battles were a big disappointment for me the first ten hours into the game, but I got used to them after a while. My main pet peeve was the board game-like world map or dungeon map that it incorporated. If you are not up to at least a high school graduate level of reading comprehension and appreciation, then this game is definitely not for you. I'm not trying to put anyone down on that level, but it's true. Sadly over 90,000,000 Americans over the age of 18 have the reading comprehension skills of a 6th grade student, and an even worse attention span, according to American national polls. This can be contributed from many different sources, including the lack of games such as Unlimited Saga which challenges the mind and personal perseverance to undertake the task of completing it.
Story-wise Unlimited Saga is a treat that rewards the players who stick it out well with old-school ways of portraying things that are going on. The feeling of having a dungeon master creep back at you in various different ways as you traverse the board-like dungeon adventures and story. However, it may just be best to have a friend tell you about the game than to actually spend time playing it if you have better things to do than sitting at the television reading, when you could be playing another game, or have enough reading at work or school.
All in all, I believe the "6.2" rating that the attributes added up to when I rated each category fits the game well. It has many different factors to it that are pleasing, but equally as much that are red lights to stay way for both the average and hardcore gamer. In all honestly, I believe only the older generation, with the exception of myself being 20, would appreciate this game and the literary bliss it brings.