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GameSpot: Infinite Undiscovery Review

GameSpot writes: "Role-playing games strike a tricky balance between gameplay and narrative that is easy to take for granted when everything goes together correctly. Infinite Undiscovery is sadly an example of how flawed design and myriad imperfections can mar an otherwise enjoyable adventure. Square Enix manages to provide the frame of a role-playing game epic that falls short on execution."

The Good:

* Detailed character models and world architecture
* Characters and their stories are engaging
* Fast-paced battles with spiffy-looking special moves

The Bad:

* Gameworld is lonely and bland
* Too much repetition
* Short and lacking in depth for an RPG

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InfiniteUnfloppery5717d ago

The Floposaurus species is indeed exclusive to the Xbox regions

QueefyB_Angelitos5717d ago

I heard the next extinction are actually games for the 360

Bombibomb5717d ago (Edited 5717d ago )

Tri-Ace fails yet again.

Winter47th5717d ago (Edited 5717d ago )

A flop after another, apparently they're aiming for a streak.

sonarus5717d ago

lets cross our fingers for star ocean...before the ps3fanboys start wishing it ill remember its probably just a timed exclusive...probably:s lol

Homicide5717d ago

Fails again? What was their first failure? If it's Star Ocean III, then I kinda agree. The plot twist was terrible. I'm disappointed by the score. Was really looking forward to it. It's a rental.

gambare5717d ago

I just hope that "time exclusivity" was just a time space to see how the public will react to that rushed product, and then try to polish the product when they make the PS3 release. Really, their attempt to reach the american soil giving a exclusive to the 360 is not what they desired, they needed to give time to cook the title and tried not to rush it.

sunnygrg5717d ago

Now when was the last time I heard that word?

Back to topic, guess I will have to wait some more to fill my RPG hunger.

Montrealien5716d ago (Edited 5716d ago )

meh, your opinion is as usefull as a butthole on my elbow Mr bomb. I`ve tried it for an hour and I enjoy it. It`s a good game.

*shoves pop tart in mouth*

and it`s a videogame.

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Jeremy Clarkson5717d ago

Personally I don't think a meta score accounts for much. I like to read each review to see how the reviewer sees the game from their point of view.

However, I would have liked to have seen it get an average of 8+ even though I don't own an Xbox 360.

tocrazed4you5717d ago

That japanese developers seriously learn their lessons from making rpg exclusives on the xbox 360. They don't do well and they don't sell well. Except for tales of vesperia which got a great score but isn't selling as well as a game like that should.

WIIIS15717d ago (Edited 5717d ago )

Are you trying to be stupendously retarded? What has creating good gameplay and story for a game have anything whatsoever to do with the platform it is created for? I personally have a general distaste for Japanese RPGs because the genre is just not progressive, but there are fans of JRPGs out there, and for them, what matters now is that 360 is the console that offers them by far the most JRPGs (the same can be said for most other genres of game). I know there are many hungry gamers out there looking for JRPGs to whet their appetite until FF comes out (on 360 as well...), but they can't really find that on the PS3 now can they? Be a gamer, not a waiter.

NowGen5717d ago

i hope not. so, let me see. are you saying that if this same exact game was being released on the ps3 instead of 360, it just would be all around better. just fore being on another platform?

ZeroBlitz5716d ago

Actually, what he's said makes sense if you take even a moment to consider that perceptions other than your own do exist.

The companies that create JRPGs are used to making them for a Japanese market. The 360 obviously isn't doing very well in Japan so they are attempting to adapt to the American/360 market (which as a whole isn't so much JRPG fans as they are FPS/XBL fans) in order to sell more games. Clearly, this is causing games of a standard below we're used to expecting - shorter with simpler stories and little depth with attempts at faster-paced gameplay. If they were making games for the PS3 they could continue focusing on the Japanese market and we'd have better games.

It's likely better RPGs will appear on the 360 once developers realise that the older JRPGs sell better than they do now. Though, due to the poor start it wouldn't surprise me if they started making them multi-platform rather than 360 exclusive.

xBot Lemmings5717d ago (Edited 5717d ago )

*snif* *snif* B-B-B-B-BUT WHY ?! *snif*

*CRYING OUT LOUD*

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Tri-Ace still uses their old game engine from 2008

The gaming community lately makes jokes about companies making games that look like "PS3" or "PS2" games. While this is such a nasty dig, there may be some truth to this in the case of tri-Ace.

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GoodGuy09334d ago

Sad really. I used to love these guys but man...they just aren't what they used to be.

phallusitator333d ago

According to the this they are exactly what they used to be…

Noskypeno333d ago

The Cod games have been using an engine built in the mid 90s. Nothing wrong with using an old engine if they update it. Bioshock used UE2 and looked better than most UE3 games. Arkham knight used UE3 and looked better than most UE4 games.

Chriswynnetbh333d ago

I would give my left nut for an infinite undiscovery pc port

shinoff2183333d ago

Sh it does suck but I enjoyed star ocean 6 the most out of any game last year. I thought it was solid af start to finish. My favorite game that year.

I'd love for Sony to get ahold of them.

shinoff2183333d ago

To late to edit but I just wanted to add not every game that comes out needs to push a consoles boundaries. Star ocean 6 looked fairly good to me.

shammgod333d ago

Yeah. They definitely squeezed every drop out of that engine for SO6. It was a fun game

nitus10333d ago (Edited 333d ago )

I assume you are talking about "Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness" which I do have and am still playing. IMHO it is a good game but for some reason I still prefer "Star Ocean: The Last Hope" that I played on my PS3.

As a side note I have "Star Ocean: Till the End of Time" (PS2 version) which I played on my first gen PS3 but unfortunatly the Australian version of the PS3 did not have full backwards capability like the US version did. I got so far in the game and hit a bug (advancement to a new area between two mountains) that prevented further play.

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Xbox One's Last Batch of Backward Compatible Games & Rare's Enhanced for Xbox One X Shown in Action

During the Inside Xbox live stream today, developers from the backwards compatibility team announced that the program would sadly be coming to a close.

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mkis0071784d ago

Already? No more bc games to be added? This is huge news.

slate911784d ago

What a good run. Assuming every og xbox, 360, and One title will be available on Scarlett. Will make next gen transition easy. Hats off!!

Bigman4k1784d ago (Edited 1784d ago )

I'm not surprise at all I saw this coming

AK911784d ago (Edited 1784d ago )

As long as they continue adding more BC once the Scarlett comes out.

badz1491784d ago

so this partial BC program ended?

FGHFGHFGH1782d ago

well they're actually developing new games now so isn't that better?

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We're Still Waiting on these 10 Games to Come to Xbox Game Pass

The current game selection on Game Pass is impressive, but it’s still missing a handful of big games.Here are the 10 most dumbfounding omissions from Game Pass.

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xboxcult1843d ago

I can see most of these coming to gamepass sometime this year. Even some of them could make it GWG.

lxeasy1842d ago

Some of these are exclusives so I def see them coming to gamepass.