Experimental one, But failed

User Rating: 4.6 | Wild Arms: The 4th Detonator PS2
By Felled | Review Date:
You can see Media Vision want to develop the new direction from this series. So they put a lot of new experimental elements in [4th Detonator] (That`s the name DETONATOR came from) But sadly, as my opinion, It failed. It`s a game bears the name of Wild Arms but lost the spirit of it.
I can`t deny that the combat is very rapid and exciting. I see a revolution of RPG in combat. But beside this, every single part of the game is VERY terrible.
Characters: flat and lousy. The meaning of most characters is to be beaten by player. Most of the time, They show up suddenly, say few beautiful words (and meaningless ) Then fight with you.
Story: Simple and lack of climax, It should be a story about a boy how to grow up to become a man. But what I see is a boy & a girl escape from bad guys,
Then save the world...and it`s about 20 playing hours. The only one I like is the ending, Sadly and realistic.
Anyway, this is a new step of WA series, It`s disappointed and I don`t suggest any one who love the series to try this one. Maybe next one will be better, I hope.

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