You barely scratched the surface of the game, you probably didn't even attempt to explore what the game had to offer or came in with completely different expectations and got turned off the moment they weren't met so you pretty much fall under the "haven't actually played it" category.
@kazeswen: Again, do YOU know their situation? You seem to think that EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPER has unlimited or the same amount of resources as a Nintendo 1st/2nd party when it's most definitely not the case, you also think that "no 3D = lazy" so GameFreak is lazy for not including 3D in their Pokemon games? No, there's no 3D because the system can't handle it.
7th Dragon likely doesn't have 3D because the game's performance would suffer greatly (and yes, the New 3DS exists, but why would you waste time and money on a feature that only a small fraction of 3DS owners would have access to?) while the other 2 are eShop titles, meaning they likely have limited budgets to deal with and can't be bothered to include a feature they feel doesn't add to their title. Just because a system has a feature, does NOT mean the devs have to use it, it's like the Wii U's GamePad, Nintendo doesn't force any developer to use it because they understand that not all games need it or could even make good use of it. 3D is the same way and what more is that it greatly affects the performance of a game.
I'm pretty sure none of them are lazy, you're just because an ignorant brat because most of the games you listed are great games, "being lazy" does NOT result in the creation of a great game.
@kazeswen: Ever considered that this game had a limited budget? Remember that this game almost didn't even happen because of how poorly the series as a whole has sold, I'm grateful that Aksys allowed this series to be concluded, even though it'd likely lose them money, 3D would've been nice, but it's largely inconsequential to the overall experience.
I'm not excusing other developers because I don't know their situation or reasons but it's clear why this title didn't have 3D and to call him lazy just because you didn't get this feature is just straight up being a selfish brat.
"No reason some crap looking games like this can't be 3D" oh so not only are you a selfish brat, but also an idiot? So you mean to tell me that you believe this team of developers were given the SAME EXACT resources as teams working directly with Nintendo for 3DS exclusives?
Given my explanation, if you can't understand why a title like this couldn't be done in stereoscopic 3D, then you're just another stupid moronic brat who has no damn clue about anything and will trash talk anyone just because you didn't get exactly what you wanted.
@csward: Unless you're repeating a cutscene, you can't skip through any of them, hell just one fragment took about an hour just to watch because of the numerous cutscenes (it provided one of the biggest twists in the game though).
Making a 3DS version is pointless? Uhh, the series STARTED OUT on Nintendo handhelds and to most 3DS users, 3D is simply a feature to turn off, plus I prefer these kinds of games on the 3DS due in large part to the dual screen touchscreen/stylus setup compared to the Vita's single screen.
Plus the game had some framerate drops which clearly means that the 3DS couldn't handle outputting this game in 3D, it's not the devs being lazy, it's simply that the 3DS can't handle the newer games coming out.
EXACTLY, the original took me over 20 hours, while Virtue's Last Reward took me over 40. This one was shorter but still took me around 23 hours to beat.
I love the series, one of my all time favorites BUT if they do make a 4th one, it needs to be a completely new start with new twists (which would basically make it a spiritual successor) because while I loved ZTD and nearly everything about it, the overall impact was not as strong as the first 2 primarily because it's the finale and anyone who knows exactly what has happened in the first 2 games should have already figured out how this game would end.
But yeah, unless you're some kind of genius puzzle solver or looked up guides on how to progress, there's absolutely no way you could beat this game in 12 hours.
Hmm, then shouldn't all Wii U games be getting high scores? OH wait that's not the case so no validity to dumb statements like this one just because you can't accept that a Nintendo game has gotten high praise.
It's just as stupid as assuming that 1st party Wii U games sell well because of the "severe lack of games" yet there are numerous quality 1st party Wii U titles that have sold rather poorly.
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