LogFAQs > #956940786

Some thoughts on Utawarerumono Mask of Truth, which I'm a bit over 14 hours into now (last notable thing that happened was Munechika joining up a couple hours ago).

1. I didn't mention this earlier, but Shinonon is great. Any scene with her is basically guaranteed to be joyful (including in MoD). She might be the best character in the game, since she doesn't have annoying flaws bringing her down.

2. MoT is definitely much better than MoD. The changes with Haku make for a much better experience, with less stupid comedy. The greater focus on war is also nice. Most characters are better in this game in general.

3. It's nice that there are more battles. I dunno if there's much of a point in all the side battle stuff though. I didn't do any free battles in MoD.

4. Unfortunately MoT still shares some of the same flaws as MoD. The game can be incredibly slow, and though it's better this time, the comedy's still not very good. They could cut at least half of the slice of life scenes, since they're mostly not written very well. The problem's gotten much worse since Kuon became a major character again. For a while I thought she might be better, and she's not quite as bad as she was in MoD, but since most of the rest of the cast is much better here, she's even more the worst than she used to be.

5. This is irrelevant, but is it just me, or is every single character, male or female, young or old, single? Even the parents are all widows/widowers. That's... kinda weird.
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