SwordFox
02-23-2012, 08:19 PM
I got my copy of The Last Story a day before release due to online pre-ordering. Hells to the yeah. xD
I have to say, I'm quite impressed so far. I haven't played much, but it's a great game. The story seems to take a little bit of shape early on, getting to know a bit of back-story of the characters in flashbacks and the like and you really feel a part of the game.
The battle system works surprisingly well for something that seems so simple. By default it's set to an automatic battle system, where you run up to the enemy and you attack automatically. It sounds a bit generic and boring, but it works surprisingly well and is actually quite good. I haven't tried it in manual mode yet, I'll have to give it a go at some point.
My only complaint at the moment is that I can't really judge the graphics. The game only runs in 60 Hz (480i) mode and EDTV/HDTV (480p) mode. I don't have a component cable at the moment, (though I have been looking for one), so I can't get a decent picture using the EDTV/HDTV option and my TV makes the 480i mode look really fuzzy and horrible.
The music in the game is, as is to be expected, awesome. Unfortunately a lot of the voice acting is bloody terrible. Most of the characters seem to be British, which means that the voice acting is probably done by people who aren't British trying to do a stereotypical British accent and therefore sound awful.
I also encountered a glitch early on in the game where I fell behind the other party members and they waited in a corridor for me to catch up, but they were standing in such a way that they blocked the path and I had to reset the game. I hope this isn't a common issue. :/
But yeah, those few little niggles aside, the game so far is great. Looking forward to playing it some more, preferably with a component cable to get a better picture. xD
Anybody else playing it yet or picking the game up?
Discuss and all that. :D
I have to say, I'm quite impressed so far. I haven't played much, but it's a great game. The story seems to take a little bit of shape early on, getting to know a bit of back-story of the characters in flashbacks and the like and you really feel a part of the game.
The battle system works surprisingly well for something that seems so simple. By default it's set to an automatic battle system, where you run up to the enemy and you attack automatically. It sounds a bit generic and boring, but it works surprisingly well and is actually quite good. I haven't tried it in manual mode yet, I'll have to give it a go at some point.
My only complaint at the moment is that I can't really judge the graphics. The game only runs in 60 Hz (480i) mode and EDTV/HDTV (480p) mode. I don't have a component cable at the moment, (though I have been looking for one), so I can't get a decent picture using the EDTV/HDTV option and my TV makes the 480i mode look really fuzzy and horrible.
The music in the game is, as is to be expected, awesome. Unfortunately a lot of the voice acting is bloody terrible. Most of the characters seem to be British, which means that the voice acting is probably done by people who aren't British trying to do a stereotypical British accent and therefore sound awful.
I also encountered a glitch early on in the game where I fell behind the other party members and they waited in a corridor for me to catch up, but they were standing in such a way that they blocked the path and I had to reset the game. I hope this isn't a common issue. :/
But yeah, those few little niggles aside, the game so far is great. Looking forward to playing it some more, preferably with a component cable to get a better picture. xD
Anybody else playing it yet or picking the game up?
Discuss and all that. :D