The Enchanted Arms Hype Thread

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So how is this game anyway?

MEDIOCRE, AT BEST........PRETTY MUCH LIKE EVERY OTHER TURN-BASED RPG EVER MADE. I'VE SEEN REVIEW SCORES FROM 6-7.5.

 

[블라스]

Reviews kinda turned me off

 

[Avalanche]

Bah. It was never going to topple Final Fantasy. Not a chance in hell.

 

[AgentDenton]

Like Chromehounds - another From Software game released to critical yawns - Enchanted Arms reviews haven't really communicated the game. I'm playing it over Gabe's shoulder, so I'm not the person to do it either. Were I you, I might keep my eyes focused on the area directly beneath this post.

It's actually sort of funny: I turned down advertising for the game, as reactions to the import I'd read generated no faith in the title. Now, every night when I go to bed I see that both Gabe and Robert are both ass deep in the Goddamn thing. Robert is one of these completionist, Emerald Weapon-type mother****ers so he'll be under the hood for another week at least. I was surprised to hear Gabe praising it with such force - he even brought in his hard disc yesterday, with the idea of chipping away at it. Dedication.

I'm not going to tell you that it's the best RPG on any platform, it's not. But if you actually like RPG conventions, it's better than you've been lead to believe. There are outliers, to be sure, but Japanese role-playing games tend to be fairly linear in terms of narrative and feature a ton of strategic combat. These are genre staples. If you don't like those things, or if you wish they were something else, that isn't really the genre's fault. If you told me that you weren't fond of turf or kicking, I would hope that you'd have the wisdom to avoid soccer. We're really at that level. If you want to swing a chain with a sword on it or pull off a dragon head, they make those games too.

Action elements and phased or real-time experimentation have infiltrated this conceptual space to a tremendous extent, just as rich character advancement systems have bubbled up elsewhere - but those forays don't represent the core of it. There are, of course, iconoclasts who delight in the increasing hybridization of the traditional elements, on the grounds that the old ways have become staid and predictable. Well, yes. That's what makes them "old ways." An "elemental" damage metaphor or a "turn-based" battle mechanic represent universal concepts of astonishing utility that everyone grasps instantly. Like "hopping and bopping," these things constitute a kind of stable gameplay substrate upon which sometimes breathtaking elaborations are erected.

(CW)TB out.

Basically, the game is actually pretty awesome. The story, from what I've seen it (very little actually), is trash, and the voice acting is gut busting, but the game itself is fun. And it wasn't supposed to "topple" final fantasy, that's ******ed. Why is that even being said, they're in the same genre? Uh oh, I don't think Resistance will "topple" Halo, better go ahead and give up hope for that one (which is actually a great idea, but that's besides the point). It's a good little JRPG, not the best I've ever played, but still a good game, 7.5-8/10, though I haven't finished it yet.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

It would have gotten tens if it were called Final Fantasy, but it got 7.0s like it deserved I guess.

It wasn't like Anachronox like I was hoping. More crapful.

 

[AgentDenton]

It wasn't "crapful", it was just a JRPG. If you don't like JRPGs, then you really shouldn't have been playing to begin with

But yes, more Anachronox games would have been great.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Anachronox is, to this day, the only turn based RPG I can enjoy. It was just handled in a way that made sense of it being turn-based in the first place. And no piss-you-off random battles meant that you always new if you were in for something.

Probably the closest 3D conversion of Shadowrun's gameplay on the SNES we'll ever see.

I never got to finish it, because my new GFX card won't even run the thing.

 

[Zenien]

Your rating inflation standard scares me Denton. =\

 

[Zenien]

Alright, this game is amazing! Played it for a couple of hours last night, and it blew me away! Graphics are amazing, but the best part is the battle system. It's the best turn based battle system I've ever used. I got 10 bucks off on it because of a coupon for the Ubisoft store, but I would gladly pay 60 bucks for it.

And can you guys stop *****ing and actually stay on topic?

Just started playing it.


And yeah it rapes every FF game. But Tactics. Tactics destroys it.

There's no overstatements WHF, the game actually does kick ass. And CardPlayer, where are you at in it?

London City.

You?


The graphics are really gorgeous. This is quite simply the best looking JRPG yet.....

http://www.em-game.net/

Let's see how your impressions change moving forward!

 

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[Zenien]

Red X?

 

[블라스]

Red X?

LOL!

 

[XwolverineX]

If the story sucks, no buy. That's what draws me to JRPG's.

 

[AgentDenton]

Then don't buy it, because Enchanted Arm's story is trash.

 

[Avalanche]

http://www.em-game.net/

Let's see how your impressions change moving forward!

We don't want it.

 

[TheCardPlayer]

Actually, the story is pretty good. I'm glad to see that many people are enjoying it.

It's a very solid game and it's mechanics are miles ahead of what most JRPGs ever did.

 

[AgentDenton]

http://www.em-game.net/

Let's see how your impressions change moving forward!

They ported it? What the ****, worst game ever, not worth $5!

 

[Zenien]

Say goodbye to your precious thread, Xbox forumers!​

 

[Mankar Camoran]

This thread is about the xbox360 version, which will probably be different than the PS3 version (by not being bad), ergo this thread should remain here

 

[Zenien]

-119 posts for the 360 section

Your attempt to save this thread is irrelivant since we cannot discuss the games period in any of the exclusive sections if they're multiplatform. :evil:

 

[Mankar Camoran]

Yes we can, that's crap. There's no reason why we can't talk about the [insert console here] version of games, especially if they're different.

 

[Panophobia]

Yeah, this version's better anyways.

 

[XwolverineX]

Actually, the story is pretty good. I'm glad to see that many people are enjoying it.

It's a very solid game and it's mechanics are miles ahead of what most JRPGs ever did.

Dammit. I must find conclusive evidence on if it is good, or bad.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

So Assassin's Creed is moved too?

 

[Zenien]

From the Sony section? Yeah that was moved a while ago.

Yes we can, that's crap. There's no reason why we can't talk about the [insert console here] version of games, especially if they're different.

There's no proof of any differences, and any differences can be talked about in the thread in the multiplatform section anyway. =\