by Marius Gheorghe
30. July 2009 05:51
Here my personal top of JRPGS on the 360 :
1. Lost Oddysey
By far the best one on the platform. It's a massive release (spanning 4 DVD) and takes around 30 hours to complete. The best feature of the game it's the writing (both the storyline and the little stories you find through the game). Related to the little stories......it's pretty weird to have a 28GB game on a HD system and say that the best time you have in the game is simply squinting to read pieces of text. The combat is kind of annoying (standard turn based jrpg fare) but again the writing more than makes up for all the game shortcomings.
2.Tales of Vesperia
This one is a game from the tales series by Namco. Pretty good overall, with some "strong" connections between the party members and some genuine funny writing. The overall story arc is not that interesting. I liked the graphics style (cell shading) and while the quality doesn't reach Eternal Sonata's level , it is quite good.
3.Eternal Sonata
Gorgeous cell shaded graphic and THE best battle system (it's real time in a "arena") in any JRPG. These 2 are the best elements of this game. The quirky setting also helps....the game is based on the last hours in the life of Chopin. The storyline is not that interesting unfortunately.
4. Infinite undiscovery
The only good part of this game is the battle system (it's real time on the same map as exploring). Unfortunately the characters are not that interesting and neither is the story.
5. The last remnant
Again a interesting battle system (it's a little more tactical than the rest and it's based on the idea of controlling multiple units) is the only good part of this game.
6. Star Ocean : The last Hope
From my point of view the worst game so far....uninteresting plot, cliche characters, worst checkpoint position in the history of JRPGS and the list goes on. Avoid this one.
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