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UshiromiyaEva posted...

I think, and this is just through third hand observations, that the scores are slightly warped a little by it being one of those games where once you get through the harsh opening your rewarded with a great story, but a whoooooole lot of people who tried to play dropped off before breaking that barrier and don't have enough under their belt to score it.

It's like it's got its own, self contained A Real Reborn within itself.

I would use Tales of Graces as an example, but on reply that opening is pretty strong.

Yeah, the early game can repel people, because there's not much interesting going on. The graphics are garbage for the time, the battles are clunky (and tbh weren't that great even by the standards of the day), and things don't get interesting until Godwin takes the castle hostage. Once that happens, the game is mostly interesting from there on out. One of the best parts is when Godwin's rival guy - I forget his name, think it started with a B - tries to "help" Frey with foreign mercenaries, and Sialeeds (I think?) comes up with the idea to attack them to prevent an alliance with someone sketchy AF, then calls him and his offspring "fops" to their faces. I also went for the True Ending and that was pretty great, with Frey becoming Captain of the Guard, marrying Lyon, and the young queen saying she'll choose her own husband instead of relying on a centuries-old ritual that gave her a slimy usurper like Godwin.

I honestly think if I were to revisit the game, I'd want to watch a playthrough of it that cuts out the battles and focuses only on the plot. Because the battles are slow and even more redundant than most JRPGs, it's harder to soak in things as they happen. There feels like there's too much space between events because of gameplay, which makes it harder to enjoy the story.

Tales of Graces has a great opening, as it's one of the most memorable parts of an otherwise forgettable story. The writers nailed the humor there but that's about it.