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Post by Warchief Onyx on Jul 30, 2007 12:19:18 GMT -5
I think by "everyone" he meant "everyone who hates Vagrant Story." I've yet to see anyone complain about how Ashley and Sydney suck as characters, or that the plot is a mess. Because it's almost impossible to fault the game on those two things since they were done very well.
The gameplay, however, is almost universally reviled by those who do hate the game. Count me in among them. IMO, for everything VS does right, it fails miserably as an enjoyable game. I probably would've enjoyed it immensely had it been, say, a series of graphic novels.
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Post by morzas on Jul 31, 2007 0:35:23 GMT -5
Man, that had to have been the most pretentious article I've seen on this site. The game's mechanics (a.k.a. the reason why everyone hates it) aren't even touched upon. As you might notice by reading this thread, not 'everyone' hates it by a long margin. Maybe you'd like to explain what is wrong with the mechanics of the game in your opinion? HG101 is not the mainstream, lots of games that most people hate are praised on this site. If you asked a hundred people that've played VS and don't go to HG101 if they hate the game, you'll get 100 yes answers.
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Post by chaoticgood on Jul 31, 2007 16:06:30 GMT -5
As you might notice by reading this thread, not 'everyone' hates it by a long margin. Maybe you'd like to explain what is wrong with the mechanics of the game in your opinion? HG101 is not the mainstream, lots of games that most people hate are praised on this site. If you asked a hundred people that've played VS and don't go to HG101 if they hate the game, you'll get 100 yes answers. Maybe, but I still very much doubt this; it got great reviews in many respectable places when it came out. And it is, in fact, a great game. I might as well tell you to find 100 people who actually understand how to play it, and ask how many of those people hate it. I doubt you'd find many. BTW, if GameFAQs counts as a place where the 'normal guys' would express their thoughts, you might take a look at the reviews there; they don't seem all about hate either, do they?
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Post by Warchief Onyx on Jul 31, 2007 21:27:33 GMT -5
I'm really sick of the "If you don't like it, you must not get it" argument Vagrant Story defenders use concerning its gameplay. I get how to play it. That doesn't mean I don't find it a boring, tedious chore of a game.
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Post by morzas on Jul 31, 2007 21:43:36 GMT -5
HG101 is not the mainstream, lots of games that most people hate are praised on this site. If you asked a hundred people that've played VS and don't go to HG101 if they hate the game, you'll get 100 yes answers. Maybe, but I still very much doubt this; it got great reviews in many respectable places when it came out. And it is, in fact, a great game. I might as well tell you to find 100 people who actually understand how to play it, and ask how many of those people hate it. I doubt you'd find many. BTW, if GameFAQs counts as a place where the 'normal guys' would express their thoughts, you might take a look at the reviews there; they don't seem all about hate either, do they? Except you forget that the type of people that review games are usually fans of it and therefore will give a positive review, so GameFAQs review scores are not a good sample.
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Post by hashin on Aug 2, 2007 15:29:29 GMT -5
Nice and unique review, but i dont think it persuades people to give a second chance to this game :[ BTW how many playthroughs the screen shot guy made? Scary
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Post by xorthen on Aug 4, 2007 20:59:34 GMT -5
I got into Vagrant Story when I was younger. I like the art direction and the story is great. I usually don't like Square games, but I did like that one a lot.
Hmm, maybe next time someone can write about how crappy Kingdom Hearts is. I do hate that game.
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Post by Discoalucard on Aug 4, 2007 21:32:32 GMT -5
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