Forsaken Lover
06-01-2014, 08:02 PM
So this game came out right around the time I got a new PS3 so I figured it was Destiny! Well more like I saw that and just figured I'd preorder it because I love me some JRPGs.
The game was really, REALLY good, much better in every respect than I imagined. If you are used to FF style combat and you want to play MSZ, just recognize this one objective truth: MSZ's battle system is better than any FF battle system. In fact, it's better than every FF battle system combined x 100. It is ridiculously fun and addictive but also very layered and complex. It makes the most recent FF games look like FF1 by comparison. There is so much to the gameplay that I would not even be able to do it justice...just check out a real review of the game or some videos on YT.
A couple huge surprises for me though was the quality of the audio ie. the quality of the English dub and the soundtrack. The dub was FANTASTIC and probably better than any FF dub save XII's. I would say the real standout vocal performances were Alys' and Tioni's. I have no idea who voices Tioni but Alys was voiced by the same lady as the first game, Erin Fitzgerald. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Fitzgerald
I knew from the second I heard Alys' voice during an early cameo that she was gonna be in my party. Ms. Fitzgerald is beyond perfect.
That isn't to say Cherami Leigh as Syrma (the main character) was lacking, because she was absolutely perfect. You get to hear her full amazing range during her Fetish Poses.
I was also a huge fan of Ace's VA. Ace was by far my favorite character in the game and I wish I knew who did his voice...
The only complaint I have about the dub is that there isn't enough of it. I guess Final Fantasy and Xenosaga spoiled me because NISA can't afford to voice everything like Square and Namco could.
Now getting to the soundtrack, it isn't Best EVAR material or anything but it was very very good and I am gonna buy the soundtrack when I actually have money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDkwSWVCvX0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrS6_BrPKT8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9t3hkc3eR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3vn5gF9EQ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Llsqi8qYo
Overall the game was a lot of fun. Once the DLC is out I'm gonna return to it and try to get up to Level 1000 with my stats in the millions.
Oh and Fetish Poses...yeah, Syrma will do various poses for the other monsters (and you). "Forgive Me" is the "I wiggle my butt at the camera" pose. Not all the personalities are that sexualized of course - Hyper for example is pretty whatever. Sadist and Masochist are definitely the most sexual. Ditz also has a weird sexual vibe when she says "let's take a nap together." I wonder what Ms. Leigh thought while saying all this in the voice-actor booth.
The game was really, REALLY good, much better in every respect than I imagined. If you are used to FF style combat and you want to play MSZ, just recognize this one objective truth: MSZ's battle system is better than any FF battle system. In fact, it's better than every FF battle system combined x 100. It is ridiculously fun and addictive but also very layered and complex. It makes the most recent FF games look like FF1 by comparison. There is so much to the gameplay that I would not even be able to do it justice...just check out a real review of the game or some videos on YT.
A couple huge surprises for me though was the quality of the audio ie. the quality of the English dub and the soundtrack. The dub was FANTASTIC and probably better than any FF dub save XII's. I would say the real standout vocal performances were Alys' and Tioni's. I have no idea who voices Tioni but Alys was voiced by the same lady as the first game, Erin Fitzgerald. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Fitzgerald
I knew from the second I heard Alys' voice during an early cameo that she was gonna be in my party. Ms. Fitzgerald is beyond perfect.
That isn't to say Cherami Leigh as Syrma (the main character) was lacking, because she was absolutely perfect. You get to hear her full amazing range during her Fetish Poses.
I was also a huge fan of Ace's VA. Ace was by far my favorite character in the game and I wish I knew who did his voice...
The only complaint I have about the dub is that there isn't enough of it. I guess Final Fantasy and Xenosaga spoiled me because NISA can't afford to voice everything like Square and Namco could.
Now getting to the soundtrack, it isn't Best EVAR material or anything but it was very very good and I am gonna buy the soundtrack when I actually have money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDkwSWVCvX0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrS6_BrPKT8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9t3hkc3eR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3vn5gF9EQ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Llsqi8qYo
Overall the game was a lot of fun. Once the DLC is out I'm gonna return to it and try to get up to Level 1000 with my stats in the millions.
Oh and Fetish Poses...yeah, Syrma will do various poses for the other monsters (and you). "Forgive Me" is the "I wiggle my butt at the camera" pose. Not all the personalities are that sexualized of course - Hyper for example is pretty whatever. Sadist and Masochist are definitely the most sexual. Ditz also has a weird sexual vibe when she says "let's take a nap together." I wonder what Ms. Leigh thought while saying all this in the voice-actor booth.