I just wanted to see if the context itself was wtf. It was. I was satisfied.Aiden Raine said:it's entirely in context, however. the entire story encompasses 3 whole games, with many materials which go into the history of the world. everything is entirely explained, but not within the first 5 minutes of game number 3 of 3. if you really have no interest in it, then it's best to just turn your head and walk away.DracoSuave said:Your explanation didn't make it LESS wtf. It only replaced the immediate WTF with deeper WTF.SpaceMedarotterX said:Oh I know it's spoilers but who the hell cares?
Okay couple things: 1) That doesn't make it any less confusing/weird, especially when its one of the first thing we see in the very beginning of the game. 2) Women can have a powerful physique and still look like women. I think the fact that her father created a spell to change his daughter into an ugly musclebound man just makes it all the more disturbing.SpaceMedarotterX said:See everything in the world of Ar Tonelico is essentially powered by Hymmnos an elaborate created language for the game. Mute sings EXEC_CUTYPUMP/. a Hymmnos created by her father that allows her to gain a more super powered physique. Because when you want to fight to avenge your father who was killed in AT2, you so want to have the body of a little girl.
No, that's just bad storytelling. Even in the third game in the series, you'd still want to catch people up to speed, not just alienate them right off the bat.Aiden Raine said:there're a lot of JRPGs that don't have bad voiceovers. unfortunately, NIS America does not do good dubs.Dooly95 said:Sounds like you've never seen a voiced JRPG before! Let me help you out by sayingScarim Coral said:I can't stop laughing at the whole big bed deal (yes it's huge and I would envy him for having a large bed). Also what's up with the actings? Sound like they are over dramatize or over doing it.
This is the rule of all voiced JRPG games.
There are exceptions. Persona4 is the only one that comes to mind at the moment.
I also love how everybody's talking shit about the game because this cutscene makes no sense. of course it doesn't make any sense. it's the first 5 minutes of a very story heavy 40-60 hour game. (edit) and it's the 3rd game of the series, no less.
*facepalm*
what the hell do you expect, a "previously on Ar Tonelico" video, or something? and how do you expect them to just fill you in on everything within the world in 5 minutes? I honestly don't see how this alienates anybody. even if you haven't played the first 2 games, this game is fairly standalone, and fills you in on the basics of everything that happened in the previous two.. just not within the first 5 minute intro cutscene.Taunta said:No, that's just bad storytelling. Even in the third game in the series, you'd still want to catch people up to speed, not just alienate them right off the bat.Aiden Raine said:there're a lot of JRPGs that don't have bad voiceovers. unfortunately, NIS America does not do good dubs.Dooly95 said:Sounds like you've never seen a voiced JRPG before! Let me help you out by sayingScarim Coral said:I can't stop laughing at the whole big bed deal (yes it's huge and I would envy him for having a large bed). Also what's up with the actings? Sound like they are over dramatize or over doing it.
This is the rule of all voiced JRPG games.
There are exceptions. Persona4 is the only one that comes to mind at the moment.
I also love how everybody's talking shit about the game because this cutscene makes no sense. of course it doesn't make any sense. it's the first 5 minutes of a very story heavy 40-60 hour game. (edit) and it's the 3rd game of the series, no less.
*facepalm*
No, obviously not, that's too obtuse, but plenty of books manage to do it mid-series.Aiden Raine said:what the hell do you expect, a "previously on Ar Tonelico" video, or something? and how do you expect them to just fill you in on everything within the world in 5 minutes? I honestly don't see how this alienates anybody. even if you haven't played the first 2 games, this game is fairly standalone, and fills you in on the basics of everything that happened in the previous two.. just not within the first 5 minute intro cutscene.Taunta said:No, that's just bad storytelling. Even in the third game in the series, you'd still want to catch people up to speed, not just alienate them right off the bat.Aiden Raine said:there're a lot of JRPGs that don't have bad voiceovers. unfortunately, NIS America does not do good dubs.Dooly95 said:Sounds like you've never seen a voiced JRPG before! Let me help you out by sayingScarim Coral said:I can't stop laughing at the whole big bed deal (yes it's huge and I would envy him for having a large bed). Also what's up with the actings? Sound like they are over dramatize or over doing it.
This is the rule of all voiced JRPG games.
There are exceptions. Persona4 is the only one that comes to mind at the moment.
I also love how everybody's talking shit about the game because this cutscene makes no sense. of course it doesn't make any sense. it's the first 5 minutes of a very story heavy 40-60 hour game. (edit) and it's the 3rd game of the series, no less.
*facepalm*
mayhaps evil porpoisesDanHibiki said:I would actuality hold my judgement on the second "girl". I mean it's wearing a metal chest plate, there could be anything under that.