PC Invasion looks at The Last Remnant, which first released in 2008 for the Xbox 360 and the following year for the PC. A decade later and it will no longer be available in either digital or physical format for PC players. The game will be delisted from Steam in early September -- so grab it while you still can.
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Game Rant - "From Star Ocean to Final Fantasy, there have been a number of JRPG's that have been unfairly undervalued by their Metascores. Here are 10 examples."
While I agree that the combat in Star Ocean 5's combat is pretty fun, saying that its story is more enjoyable than its predecessors is highly debatable. Also, it's not just the technical issues the game suffers from.
Completely disagree the games I played from the list all deserve their scores (Star Ocean, Nier, Tales of Zesteria, Type-0). While there are certainly people that love these games, they have flaws in many categories, that justify those scores.
Star Ocean especially bored the hell out of me. Lame story and face roll battle system (I finished the game anyway). These games are really niche and when rated by a broader public, fall short. In my opinion even in their own genre.
I personally have not played any game below 80 and thought wow this should have been 80-90 game. The only game I thought should have been 90 was Shadow Hearts II: Covenant. I am pretty sure there will be some games but average score usually is pretty good indication.
do you recommend any JRPG which you think were good/amazing but it didn't score well? I just purchased Tokyo xanadu but it seems way too slow like trails game but trail at least has good story. I will give it a shot
I think there were quite a few JRPG games that got hit with lower meta scores last gen when all these reviewers were on their anti-anime tropes kick. Not that they should get up there into the high 80s or 90s, but they weren't 60-70 games either.
That's mostly died off this gen, thankfully
I think Ni No Kuni 2 combat is pretty generic but if you add all DLCs then its combat is pretty awesome. I purchased the complete edition so I can say DLC changes the combat completely
Useless to argument troll, but e.g. Eat Lead is hilarious and extremely funny, yet mediocre on metastupids.... Lords of the Fallen, Strange brigade... I could name hundreds
In this episode, we explore The History of The Last Remnant. A game the recently received a remastered release and had an interesting development cycle.
It's a good game, but the story is only okay. The gameplay is where the game really shines, but the game itself does an atrocious job of explaining it's own systems. Basically, you need to read a "what I wish I knew before I started" somewhere online, and then the game becomes great.
I remember *really* wanting this game, but I didn't have a 360 or PC. I was holding out for the PS3 version but then it got cancelled.
I remember on the Famitsu most wanted list, up until like 2015 the fabled PS3 version of this game was still up there.
It's not even all that great of a game lol...
xbox kill this game
I hate when they don't even give a reason for why they're removing it. All the more reason to fear an all-digital future.
It had an interesting concept, but too many problems to be considered great. I couldn't even finish it, because in my quest to find materials to upgrade weapons (which is another problem of the game - finding those damn materials with enemies that may or not show up), I ended up "overleveling" my characters when comparing to my equipment and skills, and since enemies scaled with your level, they got too powerful and it became impossible for me to beat them. But for the price it is now, I think it's worth a try for those who never played it.