White Knight Chronicles

How is it Tom?

from what he has told me it is a great game and i'm gonna go and pick it up in the next couple days.

It was rated well a long time ago when it was released in Japan.

i looked at getting it ages ago but i forgot about it

I am really dissapointed in the reviews it was given by crappy American sites and magazines. This is a true JRPG and I love it.

You can choose the skill set you want, the weapons you want to use, the spells you want. You can set up combos which if executed perfectly deal massive damage (combos are made up of up to 6 normal abilities whether they be sword attacks, axe attacks or magic etc.).

The story follows a young boy from a wine company who is tasked with collecting some wine to bring to the palace for the princess' coming of age celebration. During this celebration the castle is attacked and Leonard (the boy from the wine company) tries to get the princess out of danger.
Whilst running away from a great beast Leonard stumbles upon a set of armour and when cornered by the beast chasing them he decides to try it out.
It transforms him into a 7 metre tall 'White Knight' (an ability you can do in any fight later on).
He uses this White Knight to defeat the creature but the attackers still manage to make off with the princess as their captive.
Leonard tasks himself with the return of the princess.

I won't tell anymore of the story because it is pretty much exactly the same as any other JRPG.
The reason this game doesn't look amazing graphically speaking is not just because it has HEAPS going on, but also, it was in production before the ps3 came out and was released in japan in 2008.

They are making a sequel and because of the reviews the first one got Level 5 are unlikely to release an English edition.

Fucking Americans

Sorry, one other thing (remembered this after posting in the modnation thread)

I have to really point out how good it is to play a game that never loads. The loading must be done through cutscenes or something, because the framerate never faulters - even with heaps of enemies running around you and spells going off everywhere. Once a cutscene is done you are straight back into playing. When you open a door you just walk right on in to the building.

The Japanese know how to make games properly, without faults.

This is why you should never listen to review sites, and especially magazines.

wottagunn wrote:This is why you should never listen to review sites, and especially magazines.

I didn't, I bought it.

This is a particularly bad case though, it is only rated like a 5 on metacritic.

Metacritic is only English spoken sites though.

im saying that to everyone. Just because a game gets 5 doesn't mean it's bad. Reviews are mostly wrong.

Usually I can tell if a game is good, just by looking at it. It's not hard. If im really uncertain about a game, ill watch a GameTrailers review.

Jeez I am happy I got this game. It is so damn good.

Sparto, lemme know what you think. Also we should have a bash online at some point, it's meant to be awesome.

sorry to say this cap but i actually don't like it. i don't like the way you have to play it..
sorry bro. i'm gonna give it back tomorrow and get something else instead.

sparton wrote:sorry to say this cap but i actually don't like it. i don't like the way you have to play it..
sorry bro. i'm gonna give it back tomorrow and get something else instead.

Dont apologize to me, I didn't make it.

Just seems odd that you made that judgement after playing for 10 minutes...

i don't like the combat and the controls of this game.. not my thing

sparton wrote:i don't like the combat and the controls of this game.. not my thing

Fair enough

tbh I am not really that fussed because I enjoy it - a lot.

KICK HIS ASS!