Well my Second review in the brand spanking new series, and I have decided to play catch up. There are so many games out there I haven't played yet but want to, however money means I am limited to what games I can have. The World Ends with You now, Saints Row 2 next. Maybe throw in some Final Fantasy VII. Not too late for that review am I?
Anyway, enjoy the review.
Oh and made a banner! ^^
Anyway, enjoy the review.
Oh and made a banner! ^^
I am going to say this once and only once.
AT FUCKING LAST!
I have been trying to get my hands on this game for God knows how long. I got so fed up of waiting for it to be in stock I ended up saying "Screw it!" and imported it from the land of Super-Sized, Home Delivery Fast Food and also Good Actors, known as America. Well I have it now and I am actually going review it.
Deep Characters, Deep Story, Deep Trouble!
Guess what? I was right to have these expectations.
TWEWY has not only fulfilled my expectations, but exceeded them. That is more than I could have ever wanted from this game. I can't recommend it enough, but you came here for an intelligent review, and if you wanted to hear someone making short gasping sounds about how much they liked something you'd check out a
The story is that you play as a boy called Neku who awakes in the middle of a really busy street with absolutely no memory of anything but his name. He also finds out he is invisible to everyone, and can walk through them, LIKE A GHOST! He then finds out that he is in a daring game where he must team up with a friend and complete challenges or die. Wow, this game doesn't spend any time dawdling around by sleeping in or throwing in your friends like other J-RPG's! You are literally told your name and told if you don't do what your told, you will die. This is how you open a game!
The characters within this story all are deep. Even the one's that you see as you go along have a very deep story to them with emotion! Remember emotions in RPG's before Oblivion came along and shown off very bland characters with bland facial expressions the look so forced you could have sworn that the entire game was made in G-Mod? Yeah, there are emotions in this game, most of which come from not the characters but you. You will connect with the people in this game. Even Neku, who is a miserable old bastard and hates everything, and rather than cut himself, he'd rather go up to said people and tell them straight to their face "I Hate You, so Piss off!" I don't know why he is so lovable, but that's probably because of character growth, another Human feature I can love.
Easy to Learn, Hard to Master! Story of the Combat...
It seems that this game seems to have combined the best parts of a J-RPG into one beautifully seamed dress. There is only one flaw and that is when fighting, the game sometimes gets confused about what pin you want to use, such as if you want to use a pin the says "Touch the Screen." It might mistake you for a Pin who's instructions is "Press the screen." Kind of a small thing though, and does not really affect the gameplay at all, unless you are really bad at this game.
The game lasts about 25 hours of gameplay if you only want to complete it once, which trust me, you do not want to do. At the end, apparently, all loose ends are tied up if you complete little challenges in each mission. They are hard and I'm still doing them, so I'll tell you how they are if I get the chance.
Finally, I want to talk about the one Mini-Game that this game offers which is called "Tin Pin Slammer." You use your pins to knock your opponents pins out the arena. Think sumo wrestling with Pins, or better yet, think of Beyblade. Exactly of Beyblade, except it is only this one little part of the game. Not including the super secret bonus chapter which has nothing to do with the main story and is completely Non-Canon which brings up the question of why to have it. "TO HAVE MORE FUN!" I say. The Mini-game is fun and offers a nice distraction from the combat and actually fits in ruddy well, so no bitching please.
Recommendation: How can I not recommend this to you? Right now, it's cheap and amazing. It's like going to a pound shop and walking out with a diamond ring that's not stolen, not fake and perfect. If I had the opportunity to change anything about this game, I would change the fact that I could interfere with it.
Calumon's End of Review Tip: You know Jack leaves White text at the bottom of most of his reviews don't you?
The Game!