Zero Punctuation: The World Ends With You
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Great review yahtzee and i have to agree aobut the lack of some freedom and why do most if not all jrpg games do that. You know the answer so why do you ahve to go to a npc to be told it -_- .
Keep them coming it's one of the few things that brighten up a wednesday ^^
Keep them coming it's one of the few things that brighten up a wednesday ^^
Whoa, someone actually read my huge paragraph-shaped rant on the game? I applaud you, KBKarma!KBKarma said:
Yeah, I noticed the healing function of Fusion, too, but it only heals you... what, 100 HP? One of those Cure Drinks has the same effect, essentially. If it weren't for the fact that I was unable to achieve a hyper-REM state whilst playing, I'd've actually liked the Fusion system; it had some good things going for it. I found it pretty shameful when my Onikiri pin did 600+ damage to anything before rebooting.
On that note, the fashion system was pretty amazing, although I kind of broke it when Neku was wearing all Jupiter of the Monkey clothes and pins and I ended up raping every kind of Noise after a few battles, wherein by that time, JotM would be the most popular brand in that area-- nay, all of Shibuya. But by that time, I neglected almost every other pin except the few I started with, and it was bloody annoying when I was trying to kill that one Pig Noise in Molco with ONLY Pyrokinesis... why do they make you do that? How do we, as a Player, profit from that?!
Ahem... but enough ranting on that note. Once again, applause for KBKarma! YAY!
Grinding isn't required at all, really. You can change the difficulty at any time (it only affects exp gained and drop rates), and on easy and normal you can put up a good fight at any level. I beat the game at 73 because I loved the fighting, but I had two friends do it at 36. Grinding is only necessary for optional bosses and ultimate difficulty.Psychedeliasmith said:
And while putting up the wall was a bit annoying, it was a perfect opportunity for your partner to be a know-it-all asshat, so it didn't bother me.
EDIT: Oh, and you people are completely missing out if you ignore fusions. Shiki's level 3 isn't anything special, (fun to watch, though), but Beat's does a good amount of damage and Josh's "Jesus Meteor" will destroy all non-bosses in one hit. If you think the healing is low, up your sync rate by eating stuff. A level 3 will heal me for 100% of my health no matter who uses it, and I have something like 8500 HP.
Wait till you get pin sets before you start talking about neglected pins. Once you get the Darklit Planet set it's all over. Oh and as for the pigs, some of them will have you pulling your hair out. Just wait till they fight back!Gregorius said:
great review, but i think it would be funnier if you review more games that's actually bad, just for our amusement. i suggest haze.
happy birthday yahtzee
happy birthday yahtzee
I just wish Yahtzee's fanboys would actually pay attention to his insights on the game industry rather than just focusing on the jokes and insults. In plenty of his reviews* he's had some incredibly interesting and insightful things to say on the gaming industry, but most of his fans are only noticing the one-liners that they abuse verbatim.
*(not so much this one, but only because he's already said just about everything he said this week in his Mass Effect and Super Paper Mario reviews)
*(not so much this one, but only because he's already said just about everything he said this week in his Mass Effect and Super Paper Mario reviews)
You know, I was planning to get the game before this review. Actually, I still am.
The overall thought seemed to be "I didn't like this game because I don't like JRPGs." I'm no JRPG junkie, but the genre's okay by me, and I know better than to make decisions based off of one person's opinion.
The overall thought seemed to be "I didn't like this game because I don't like JRPGs." I'm no JRPG junkie, but the genre's okay by me, and I know better than to make decisions based off of one person's opinion.
I have to agree with Yahtzee's review, I used to be a big fan of Japanese RPG's back when I was younger, starting with FF1 until about 10 years ago.
It's true that the majority of JRPG's are very VERY similar to each other, but I guess that's the style. I haven't played TWEWY nor do I intend to, I had never even heard of it before now, lol.
I was disenchanted with JRPG's after everyone started ripping off FF7(Which was great btw, though not as good as tactics) back in the day.
I outright abandoned them when FF9 was released and it was clear that FF7's influence would never fade.
Anyway, good review Yahtzee, I enjoyed it... and... OMFG, Yahtzee is only 25?! damn.
It's true that the majority of JRPG's are very VERY similar to each other, but I guess that's the style. I haven't played TWEWY nor do I intend to, I had never even heard of it before now, lol.
I was disenchanted with JRPG's after everyone started ripping off FF7(Which was great btw, though not as good as tactics) back in the day.
I outright abandoned them when FF9 was released and it was clear that FF7's influence would never fade.
Anyway, good review Yahtzee, I enjoyed it... and... OMFG, Yahtzee is only 25?! damn.
I am usually on the side of Yatzee, trying to wade my bigger penis in the threads of Nintendo fanboyism (which, granted, is a pool of small penises so it's easy)
I play (and still do) TWEWY and I love it. So when Yatzee started being negative, I though "Damn, I'll have to act like a fanboy, he is so stupidly wrong!", but then I realized that I don't actually try to get the brand bonus, that I told my gf just this morning how the amount of text was stupid, that it was the same company that released My Life As A King (which meant to say that I was complaining, because I always do when I play MLAAK), no way of skipping them, and that yes, the characters are androgynous JRPG regulars.
So is Yatzee wrong? Everyone with half a brain (ie : not a fanboy) will agree with him. And so do I. I still enjoy the game though, and I am not a JRPG fan (I didn't even play any FF after the 1st)
Thing is that, like many people who play TWEWY, it seems that Yatzee didn't get the point of the battle system. I get stars at every battles because I have sets of badges that works well (ie : that are similar in their strokes). I regularly change sets, but I find combination that work, and thats how the game was made. Also, I found a shape for the combo chain that suited me. So yes, I can watch the 2 screens, and yes, I can do 4-6 battles at the hardest setting and still get a star. And it's damn fun!
The food system should be adopted by every MMORPG out there, it actually gives an incentive to do battle other than quest/farming. The battle chain is a cool idea and the clothes abilities are better than the standard RPG "+1 hp +5 running" fare.
But a battle system does not make the game... The rest is pretty much your standard JRPG, and I might enjoy it too much because I went to Tokyo 4 months ago (Yes, Shibuya looks like the real thing, and "Shibuya 104" is actually "Shibuya 109" IRL but it's close enough)
I play (and still do) TWEWY and I love it. So when Yatzee started being negative, I though "Damn, I'll have to act like a fanboy, he is so stupidly wrong!", but then I realized that I don't actually try to get the brand bonus, that I told my gf just this morning how the amount of text was stupid, that it was the same company that released My Life As A King (which meant to say that I was complaining, because I always do when I play MLAAK), no way of skipping them, and that yes, the characters are androgynous JRPG regulars.
So is Yatzee wrong? Everyone with half a brain (ie : not a fanboy) will agree with him. And so do I. I still enjoy the game though, and I am not a JRPG fan (I didn't even play any FF after the 1st)
Thing is that, like many people who play TWEWY, it seems that Yatzee didn't get the point of the battle system. I get stars at every battles because I have sets of badges that works well (ie : that are similar in their strokes). I regularly change sets, but I find combination that work, and thats how the game was made. Also, I found a shape for the combo chain that suited me. So yes, I can watch the 2 screens, and yes, I can do 4-6 battles at the hardest setting and still get a star. And it's damn fun!
The food system should be adopted by every MMORPG out there, it actually gives an incentive to do battle other than quest/farming. The battle chain is a cool idea and the clothes abilities are better than the standard RPG "+1 hp +5 running" fare.
But a battle system does not make the game... The rest is pretty much your standard JRPG, and I might enjoy it too much because I went to Tokyo 4 months ago (Yes, Shibuya looks like the real thing, and "Shibuya 104" is actually "Shibuya 109" IRL but it's close enough)
^^ My thoughts exactly. While looking through the comments, it seemed like only 15% of people posting actually had reasons for disliking JRPG's, while the other 85% disliked them for the sole fact that they were Japanese.Sylocat said:
P.S: I'm not really a big fan of RPGs (Western or otherwise) myself. I'll play one every now and then though.
It's a way to immerse the player, believe it or not. There needs to be some logical reason the player can't just say "screw you guys, I'm going home" to The Plot, and the world being destroyed is the simplest way to do it, because it represents a hazard the player can't run away from. Most players *cough*Yahtzee*cough* get frustrated with the role they're playing if it takes control from the hands of the player for any reason less than "the game (world) ends if you do that."Spongeman25 said:
That said, there are RPG-like games with other goals... The Sims, Harvest Moon, and so on. Most people call them "sims" rather than RPGs, though.