Prodigy
05-16-2003, 10:56 AM
I just finished it last night after 32 hours. (Incidentally I realised now that if I had found the last 3 puppies then I would have got the secret ending - doh! I'll finish that today I think).
Now I'm thinking that this game was definately great fun to play. Ok the camera angles were absolutely shocking and made me writhe in fury sometimes but apart from that the battle system was fun, there were LOADS of sidequests to do, the disney characters worked really well and it was great seeing them again. Also the story had great potential and the design of some of the levels (Hollow Bastian comes to mind) is superb. Maleficient was also great, shame she wasn't developed further.
Now when I say I feel cheated I'm referring to the absolutely laughable, godawful dialogue. It ruined the atmosphere totally spoilt the storyline. All this silly cheesey rubbish about hearts. Every line was cliche after cliche and Sora was a real big girl. It had the potential to be so very dark and atmospheric but I just had to cringe whenever the characters spoke.
Also the ending battles were so utterly pointless. Easy fight after easy fight after....for no apparant reason. Not quite as random as FF9s ending but it's getting there. It just seemed to fall apart a bit at the end.
Oh well, I'm guessing it was aimed more at children but Square don't usually let me down with the dialogue. It's either tongue in cheek or mildly cheesey but never gorgonzola supreme.
Now I'm thinking that this game was definately great fun to play. Ok the camera angles were absolutely shocking and made me writhe in fury sometimes but apart from that the battle system was fun, there were LOADS of sidequests to do, the disney characters worked really well and it was great seeing them again. Also the story had great potential and the design of some of the levels (Hollow Bastian comes to mind) is superb. Maleficient was also great, shame she wasn't developed further.
Now when I say I feel cheated I'm referring to the absolutely laughable, godawful dialogue. It ruined the atmosphere totally spoilt the storyline. All this silly cheesey rubbish about hearts. Every line was cliche after cliche and Sora was a real big girl. It had the potential to be so very dark and atmospheric but I just had to cringe whenever the characters spoke.
Also the ending battles were so utterly pointless. Easy fight after easy fight after....for no apparant reason. Not quite as random as FF9s ending but it's getting there. It just seemed to fall apart a bit at the end.
Oh well, I'm guessing it was aimed more at children but Square don't usually let me down with the dialogue. It's either tongue in cheek or mildly cheesey but never gorgonzola supreme.