Comments on: Review: Enchanted Arms

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:47:32 +0000

I’ll take the advice to grab a used copy … not bad but not great

By: The_Glovner

The_Glovner — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:39:37 +0000

And anyway I played it, completed it and it’s all just a bit too gay.

And since when do all gay men speak like Makato anyway, if anything he is grossly sterotyped.

By: hurricanepilot

hurricanepilot — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:07:38 +0000

My main complaint about the random battles so far has been that they are almost always over in 2 rounds. At the beginning, everything has 150 hitpoints, and you can hit them twice for 75 damage and they’re dead…..later in the game, everything has 2000 hitpoints, and you can hit them twice for a 1000 points. It’s a J-RPG though, so it’s more like reading a book than playing a game in places.

By: Nino

Nino — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:02:09 +0000

Makoto’s sexual preference hasn’t affected the score, it wasn’t even mentioned in the review. I just said that he had an annoying voice in the American dub. Quit barking up the wrong tree. And eventhough I never complained about the random encounters they are way more frequent that every 20-30 second if you’re walking through.

By: narsil

narsil — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:34:14 +0000

btw you should definitely put an edit option there next to reply lol. when i was talking about environments it shopuld be “but they aren’t as bad /…/” nad makoto part - “to speak like gay right?”

By: narsil

narsil — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:30:51 +0000

i finished this game a few weeks aho and i loved it. unlike you, i never got bored of it because of the pretty cool storyline and golems. i also don’t get why people hate on makoto so much. he’s gay so he needs to speak like right? that should be a plus for getting it right and not something that should help downgrade the score. (AND which other game have you seen a gay character in? NONE). having original japanese dub is also a plus because as far as i remember no other game has included them - should definitely help the score go up. another thing that i haven’t seen in other turn-based RPGs is the fast forward feature during battles and if you dont like to battle you can just let the the game do it (which is surprisingly effective). i agree with you on the environments being a bit too lifeless than they should’ve been but they are as bad and “dull” as to make you bored. one more thing: random encounters aren’t as frequent as you or other people make them sound. i played FFX and i remember i had to do random battles every 20-30secs - now that was annoying (but i still loved the game. actually it’s my favourite RPG ever).

By: Nino

Nino — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:12:13 +0000

I enjoyed the beginning and I agree that it gets a bit better after a few hours but it goes downhill really fast after that as far as gameplay is concerned.

By: Sam Jackson

Sam Jackson — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:45:44 +0000

Yes, i know of J-RPGs style consists of random encounters.

The problem is, the fighting is boring + it has ONE repetitive bad music that’s totally unbearable, FFX fights were fun, but this..

By: Julio

Julio — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:42:22 +0000

Turn based RPG’s blow. Never even played a single FF since FFVII back in the PS1 era for the same reason. Oblivion and Marvel UA is more my styule.

By: Zik

Zik — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:36:22 +0000

The game is good, but only after about 5 hours of playtime. The beginning is really boring, but once the game as stared well, its really fun. (i agree there is too much gay random battle though…)

By: The DarkFire

The DarkFire — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:12:09 +0000

I really had high hopes for this game, but after having read all the mediocre reviews I decides not to buy it. Hopefully Blue Dragon will get an early European realese, but alas that probably won’t happen :(.

By: Nino

Nino — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:06:03 +0000

In the game’s defence: random encounters go hand in hand with the J-RPG genre, they’ve been around for ages and there’s no other way to implement this battle system if you didn’t have those random encounters. Doing turn based battles without doing random encounters would be really hard. I think the problem lies in the fact that the battles just aren’t diverse enough.

By: Sam Jackson

Sam Jackson — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:57:34 +0000

I got tired and bored with it after realizing every 4 seconds their is a random battle with a GOD awful music that if you skip it you’ll later get raped by bosses.

And the voice acting is average at best.

By: Nino

Nino — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:55:26 +0000

I enjoyed it until I had my strategy down and every battle consisted of the same set of moves and attacks. Not enough diversity in the fighting system, which is the only real gameplay you’ll basically encounter in this game, to keep it interesting.

By: Nekro

Nekro — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:54:25 +0000

Forgot to mention, the game lets you use the original Japanese Voice overs, this is a guarenteed plus point.

By: Nekro

Nekro — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:52:23 +0000

It’s not that bad, though the fighting system is a little odd. I enjoyed it while it lasted. Some of the locations are actually quite stunning, some aren’t, but the story is pretty much what you’d expect from a Japanese RPG.

My advice, get it second hand, or around half the brand new price. 6/10 is about the right score here.

By: kobejonez

kobejonez — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:48:55 +0000

Firs…. best not, This is definitely a non purchase for me with that sloppy 6/10