Board 8 > Lost Sphear review zoen

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http://opencritic.com/game/5212/lost-sphear?tab=1&reviewId=99223

sounds like Lost Sphear is an improvement over Setsuna in the story and characters department, but the gameplay is too similar which is leaving reviewers wanting more
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more like lost interest am I right
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CVrFAeJbrE
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I thought this was made up because you spelled zone wrong
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the main problem I have with this game is it's double the price of I Am Setsuna when it sounds like it's about the same amount of content.

maybe I'll get it when it's down to $25 and not $50
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I do think B8's I am Setsuna expert @Whiskey_Nick should weigh in though
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this is already out?
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if not it will be up on your digital store of your choice soon
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The demo was shockingly boring. I had no idea this was supposed to be a big release.
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Lost Sphear is up on PSN
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I Am Setsuna was criminally underpriced.
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will you be pressing charges in gaming court
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https://kotaku.com/square-enixs-lost-sphear-feels-like-it-was-made-in-a-fa-1822335533
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ninkendo posted...

https://kotaku.com/square-enixs-lost-sphear-feels-like-it-was-made-in-a-fa-1822335533

This is a very poor article, I dunno. Six hours into an RPG is hardly enough to accurately review it imo. It isn't very exhaustive precisely because the reviewer didn't do an exhaustive play. I would expect a review like this from a random GameFAQs contributor, not a gaming publication.
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#kotaku
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I dunno, a lack of soul seems pretty accurate. The demo felt like an RPG Maker game.
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I love reviews of games where they played like the intro and decide that is enough to judge it all.

Also yes Icon, they have been brought forward.
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People come on.

6 hours is a long time.

If a game is bad for the first 6 hours then it's still a problem, even if it gets better. Even Tales of Graces insane awful opening was 4 hours.
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6 hours is nothing for most RPGs.
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But most good RPGs also don't suck for 6 hours.
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the kotaku article also isnt a review so Im not seeing the issue here
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LapisLazuli posted...

But most good RPGs also don't suck for 6 hours.

FF13?
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The Mana Sword posted...

the kotaku article also isnt a review so Im not seeing the issue here

yeah i don't get why people think writing impressions on a 20ish hour rpg after the opening 6 hours is in bad faith
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Its not even a full review, hes basically saying Ive played 6 hours and its boring as fuck so far.
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Whiskey_Nick posted...

LapisLazuli posted...

But most good RPGs also don't suck for 6 hours.

FF13?

Honestly that game got bad to me when it opened up. First 6 hours was the best part!
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Yeah FF13 super fell off a cliff when you got to Gran Pulse honestly

It lost all momentum in its story and just ground to a screeching halt.

Best part of FF13 was the installation I guess
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Every time I read the word Sphear, I feel like it's a Japanese person failing to pronounce Spheal the Pokemon.
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Eerieka posted...

Every time I read the word Sphear, I feel like it's a Japanese person failing to pronounce Spheal the Pokemon.

Oh, good, it isn't just me

Well I keep seeing I as a typo of Spheal, at any rate
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I'm sure the game could easily suck but it seems almost irresponsible given the influence that such non-reviews can have coming from a large publication.

I really didn't learn anything about the game itself outside of the story and its apparent factory-made feeling (yes, I get the joke). Why does he keep talking about inns? Is "lacking a soul" code for feeling generic? What kind of game is it really? Why is the combat unexciting? He says the characters are flat, but the way he describes them it's just typical RPG tropes that may go in many different directions. I could describe most RPG characters that way, even the best of them.

I guess I don't see the point in a half-washed 6-hour rushed first impression that Kotaku put out for hits.
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Setsuna wasnt very good so if this isnt any better and it costs way more. :(. I had some hope for RPGF
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that kotaku article is great and anybody who thinks that isn't long enough to form those opinions (and facts, like the stuff about reused and reskinned assets) is silly and fooling themselves
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