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"As the Ides of March roar in like a lion, we also have a bustling crop of PC games coming out that look to be solid contenders for your hard earned dollar. It is surprising that here in March, I can find seven titles that look like they are quality titles. Normally this time of year equals a boneyard, full of shovelware and basically everything gamers don't want to see. Whether you like games with movie stars, or games that deliver the long ball, or even games that let you blow the crap out of your enemies with nukes, you will have your fill on the PC. So sit back and check out the games that are on worth looking for on the PC in March, 2009."
Many overlooked RPGs lie dormant in the catalogues of gaming, but players can pick up their swords and shields with these amazing JRPG hidden gems!
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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
I already know where my money is going and that's World In Conflict baby. The first was one hell of a ride and I can't wait for this expansion. The others I can't really say I care since it's typical console dross apart from Total War and Panzars. Never been keen on the historical Total War series, I want tactical nukes not wooden spears and panzars always felt like hard work. That and the fact it uses windows live which is now a major turn off for me.