27th May 2012, 7:22 AM
I've been hearing about this game for a while, but for some reason all the news sites seem to focus on is the "weird" name. I don't see what's so strange about it myself. I think the name is pretty interesting.
The game is really nice. It seems to be Capcom's attempt to make an "American style" RPG. It's got a massive sprawling overworld in the Elderscrolls style to explore, the ability to customize a unique character, and some very impressive graphics. The combat system is leagues ahead of Elderscrolls though, in that it's actually fun. Killing monsters is a lot like Monster Hunter, with well developed move sets to use and finding out how monsters behave to properly defeat them. You can also cut parts off of monsters and that's how you get ingredients for crafting and so on (far more interactive than just "looting a corpse"). You can have a large number of "followers" helping you in combat. Again, the combat is amazing. You can do things like jump up and grab onto the underside of a dragon to properly gut it, or if an ogre grabs your friend you can attack the hand to make it let go. There's plenty of questing to do, and those quests do a good job of updating in real time. Sometimes quests get dropped into your log in the middle of combat, which streamlines things a lot better.
The online mode basically consists of taking your friend's characters and putting them in your party as AI controlled followers. Rather disappointing, but it's something.
Oh, the music starts out a little soft but then goes into a rock and roll style that is classic Capcom.
The game is really nice. It seems to be Capcom's attempt to make an "American style" RPG. It's got a massive sprawling overworld in the Elderscrolls style to explore, the ability to customize a unique character, and some very impressive graphics. The combat system is leagues ahead of Elderscrolls though, in that it's actually fun. Killing monsters is a lot like Monster Hunter, with well developed move sets to use and finding out how monsters behave to properly defeat them. You can also cut parts off of monsters and that's how you get ingredients for crafting and so on (far more interactive than just "looting a corpse"). You can have a large number of "followers" helping you in combat. Again, the combat is amazing. You can do things like jump up and grab onto the underside of a dragon to properly gut it, or if an ogre grabs your friend you can attack the hand to make it let go. There's plenty of questing to do, and those quests do a good job of updating in real time. Sometimes quests get dropped into your log in the middle of combat, which streamlines things a lot better.
The online mode basically consists of taking your friend's characters and putting them in your party as AI controlled followers. Rather disappointing, but it's something.
Oh, the music starts out a little soft but then goes into a rock and roll style that is classic Capcom.
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