16th April 2005, 10:04 PM
watch me! i just did it! like TEN TIMES!!! TIMES TEN!!!!
Ok, so you guys want impressions? Here are some brief ones:
On the positive side:
-Amazing graphics. The art is incredible, sooooo much better than the bland KOTOR. On par with Fable in terms of RPG visuals. Some of the environments make you wish you could jump into the game and just sit there for ever.
-Combat system is fun and doesn't get old.
-Load times are better than KOTOR's.
-Environments are much bigger than KOTOR's.
And on the negative side:
-Lack of customization! They took away some of the cool stuff you'd come to expect from a Bioware game. Can't change the appearance of your character at all. Can't even go nekkid!
-The voice acting sounds extremely out of place. American English with sometimes strange grammar in ancient China? Ugh. And the second made-up language sounds almost as bad as the dinosaur talk in SFA. The acting is solid, but it's very out of place. If you have a game take place in China, use Mandarin or Cantonese! Are gamers really too dumb to read subtitles? I don't think so!
-The story doesn't interest me at all.
-Not enough interaction/freedom. Not really any less than KOTOR, but I always love more freedom... damn I can't wait until Elderscrolls IV comes out.
Overall I like the game a lot, but I haven't made up my mind just how much.
Ok, so you guys want impressions? Here are some brief ones:
On the positive side:
-Amazing graphics. The art is incredible, sooooo much better than the bland KOTOR. On par with Fable in terms of RPG visuals. Some of the environments make you wish you could jump into the game and just sit there for ever.
-Combat system is fun and doesn't get old.
-Load times are better than KOTOR's.
-Environments are much bigger than KOTOR's.
And on the negative side:
-Lack of customization! They took away some of the cool stuff you'd come to expect from a Bioware game. Can't change the appearance of your character at all. Can't even go nekkid!
-The voice acting sounds extremely out of place. American English with sometimes strange grammar in ancient China? Ugh. And the second made-up language sounds almost as bad as the dinosaur talk in SFA. The acting is solid, but it's very out of place. If you have a game take place in China, use Mandarin or Cantonese! Are gamers really too dumb to read subtitles? I don't think so!
-The story doesn't interest me at all.
-Not enough interaction/freedom. Not really any less than KOTOR, but I always love more freedom... damn I can't wait until Elderscrolls IV comes out.
Overall I like the game a lot, but I haven't made up my mind just how much.