Vexx's
Sands of Destruction
Review
Platform - DS
No. of Players - 1
Genre - RPG (Japanese RPG)
Vexx's classification - A JRPG where you try to destroy the world...OOOOOO
Time played - About 24-26 hours
"We are gonna destroy the world!"
This game was a mixed bag. I bought it out of impulse and then the reviews came in by websites and they tore it apart. Despite that I still had fun with this game.
To take a quote from one of my old blogs on Gamespot the story is basically:
"Those beast dudes from Fire Emblem (the Lupiz or something like that) took over the world and now the humans are like "Well this place suc4s now" and there is one group of humans that are like "Hey lets just destroy the world and start over" Enter the World Annihilation Front. Wrecking the Beast mens **** where ever they go. Then out in the country some kid (Kyrie) minding his own damn business when he realizes he has the power to destroy the world by turning everything into sand (half the world is already sand and already dying anyway). After **** hits the fan he meets up with Morte a chick on the World Annihilation Front who is apparently there biggest badass and seems to always have a bounty on her head. She is all "HEY YOU ARE THAT GUY THATS GONNA HELP US DESTROY THE WORLD" and Kyrie is all "Wha?" and together they are on a quest to basically...Destroy the world."
Pros
-Game gets points for story originality
-A combo system I haven't seen before. That's new and refreshing.
-Likeable and fresh characters
-Soothing town music
-Doesn't take itself to seriously.
Cons
- Said combo system and move customization system makes a majority of the game a cakewalk.
-You cant use the words character development that much
-The battle music is bland as hell
- It also doesnt take it seriously in how the game progresses from one area to another wither.
-Virtually no sidequest until the end of the game and at that point its only to get everyones final most powerful weapon
-Only 2 bosses are actually a threat in the game (in my opinion)
-Final Boss is a cake walk (maybe I grinded to much?)
-The ending just kinda...happens
Overall
I dunno. If they put more work into gameplay as they did the characters I would have loved it much more.
Jay delves into the past & reviews an NDS missed gem
Oprainfall writes:
"When I first discovered the wonders of watching anime on Netflix, one of the first series that caught my eye was Sands of Destruction. The heroes want to destroy the world? And it’s produced by SEGA?! I was intrigued, since I’d already enjoyed some Square Enix-published animes (Soul Eater and Fullmetal Alchemist). Once I was finished, I did a little research, hoping to find more of SEGA’s work, and discovered that Sands of Destruction was actually adapted from a Nintendo DS game of the same name. And thus, my journey with this RPG began."
I remember, before this came out, the hype was through the roof because a few people from Xenogears were involved. Ugh. This piece here couldn't be more true:
http://rpgland.com/uncatego...
It goes for all kinds of overhyping, really.
"Nintendo’s handheld system has been home to many incredible titles, including some that pushed the boundaries of genres and paved the way for touchscreen gaming. On the flipside, many of the system’s most promising games ultimately failed to live up to expectations and left us feeling a disappointed, underwhelmed, and possibly a little cheated." - GameZone
I really enjoyed 'Hotel Dusk.' It made me nostalgic for the point-and-click PC adventure games of the 90's.
Same here, I really enjoyed that game. The story was good and I loved the film noire style.
Scribblenauts never lived up to the hype for me, I didn't quite get all the praise to The World Ends With You either.
i guess super scribblenauts getting critical acclaim everywhere was bad huh? stupid article
The DS has a sh*tload of great games, albeit, it does have its underwhelming ones also, most being in the form of shovelware. You'd definitely go broke picking up the good games on the system, but you wouldn't do your DS justice by avoiding most of those games.
Hotel Dusk is to date my favourite DS title and is a fantastic game. Its Sequel is also and incredible thought-provoking hand-held title. Both games grip you, I was unable to stop playing both until completion.
"Last Window: The Secret of Cape West", I hope you enjoy it, its a fantastic game. Its a shame the Developers (Cing) filed for Bankruptcy, they knew how to make such great games...
The reason why you probably didn't know that Hotel Dusk had a sequel (called "Last Window") is because it was never released in USA. Only in Japan and Europe.
Sadly, Cing went bankrupt and we'll most likely never get another Kyle Hyde story after Last Window.
