So White Knight Chronicles looks and sounds pretty good, and starts things off with an interesting story, but when it comes to actually playing the game… it all falls apart. Why? Well, the game plays almost exactly like an MMORPG, only without the MMO part. Yes, the game has myriad online modes and functionality but the gameplay mechanics simply don't translate well into a single-player experience. To put it plainly, White Knight Chronicles is boring. Real boring. And all of the blame falls squarely on the broken combat system.
Grab your longsword, shield and round up the fantasy archetypes - there are Ice Dragons afoot!
Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
I am kicking things off by going back to a familiar well here - with a song from the Neverwinter Nights soundtrack. This is still arguably one of my favorite music scores in a video game ever, but I decided to lead off with it and then create something of a theme as I decided to pull all of this edition's songs from RPG games.
Neverwinter Nights (PC) - Battle - Forest Boss
I touched on the somewhat mystical quality of another Neverwinter Nights song last week when discussing City Docks Day. There were a lot of really good battle tunes in this one, but the Forest Boss song always stood out in my mind. The battle itself was not even the most memorable one, but right around the one minute mark, it reaches an epic level that just stuck with me.
Digitally Downloaded writes: "Below are the ten games we'd like to see make their way to the new generation of consoles this year. Or, perhaps, game collections that could be pulled together into a single disc package for even better value as we have seen other recent HD/ Remaster releases."
B-But FFXII isn't last-gen. I'd love to see it remastered regardless though. Brilliantly fun game, I just disliked the story unfortunately.
story was ok, but very unlike the other ff storylines where there is a clear villian.
i just want the game for vita/ps4. international zodiac version would be interesting to play but i hope that the original glitches(?) are still there.
i had more fun breaking the game then playing the game properly.
would also be cool if they added dual wielding. would make some rare weapons actually useful.
I really would like to see a HD Remaster of both Twilight Princess & Skyward Sword. Those games deserve to be in HD
Are you saying that they could make Ni no Kuni look even better, because I would like to see that.
they could easily make that game look better. just make it as detailed as the animation. the 3d models had a lot less detail.
not saying it didnt look nice, just saying it could be improved a lot.
what i want to see:
Patapon HD Collection
FFIX & FFVII Remastered
MadWorld HD
Thrasher:Skate&Destroy HD
EA Skate series HD
Lumines Collection
VibRibbon remastered
Mario Galaxy 1&2 Remastered
BF1942 Remastered
looks like it's back to Demon's Souls then
I cant argue his opinion, but to me WKC is freaking amazing. Its got such an epic nostalgic to it. To me WKC feels like a mix of old rpg classics all into one. The most obvious is Xenogears. Anyone who played and loved that game would have a game gasm everywhere. So ya, its like Xenogears, Dragon Warrior, FF, Skies of Arcadia all in one. Lets not forget they had to make it accessible for online play, so its battle system is designed with that in mind from the start. Besides the huge White Knight, the battle system also is reminiscent with the combo attack system in Xenogears. Its gorgeous, and the way you can equip items and it show such level of detail in the armor. The CG in the game uses the gaming engine for amazing details. I really could go on, but everyone thinks its garbage. Its my favorite rpg of all time and I haven't even went online yet.
Oh and btw, its the most gorgeous rpg Ive ever played. The tlc they put in this game is second to none.
Only shallow, single minded people would ever think that lip syncing affects gameplay in a game as huge and diverse as in WKC. Its in 4 different languages, and yet still the western version tells as grand a story if not better then its international counterparts. They also need to go find a new job cause they obviously dont like to play video games. Probably only truly started playing games this gen.
The only problem this game has is that the freaking retards review it are all young retarded gamers who haven't a clue what a JRPG game is and how to play it. They are all of this gen who thinks rpg = Mass Effect 1 and 2 or Borderland or Fallout 3.
Go into WKC expecting those games and 52/100 is what you get. Go in expecting a decent JRPG and 80/100 is what you get.
Don't listen to anyone who claims this game sucks, They just don't get the game and are expecting a shooter with light rpg qualities. This game is a solid 7.5 to 8.
Edit: Who would called their sites the gamers temple? Obviously the person who did take themselves and gaming too seriously.