Nikodemos
Member
OK, that one to me doesn't just not rhyme at all, it's also the wrong cadence/rhythm for blank rhyme.Okay, try this one:
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GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
The rhyming isn't bad because sometimes they use half rhymes, it's because it's BAD.
The Hermit
Member
Okay, try this one:
Jesus crhist you are right.
How is The french version though? I havê yet to see a poem properly translated
They should have consulted Gruntilda best rhymer I've seen in games.
http://banjokazooie.wikia.com/wiki/Gruntilda_Winkybunion/quotes
Oh, I took that post at face value. I only skimmed the OP for fear of spoilers (it's on my to-play list). No need to get catty there, fella.
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
Haven't finished it yet, but am enjoying it enough. Just wish they weren't so stingy with the occuli.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Ah, that explains it then. The same guy who thought FC3 had amazing and deep subtext that nobody outside of the development team understood.
toythatkills
Member
I got enough in the end so that at least Aurora can be set up okay, but I never felt like I got enough to actually play with the mechanics of it. Definitely Ubisoft trying to get people on Uplay and micro transacting.
Gaffercake
Member
Far Cry 3 writer, so no surprises there. The guy has to be the most technically limited writer at Ubisoft, every one of his works seems like a high school project.
Wolfgang Jr
Banned
In this thread: All poems rhyme. OR ELSE!
Steiner_Zi
Member
The game was really really good. Bought it Day 1 and enjoyed it thoroughlly. I love JRPGs and had not played any Grandia before so the gameplay was really novel for me. But guys, you should make sure that you play it on hard. I always go for Normal but if I had done so here this game is so easy that it would put me to sleep. Even in Hard mode there are very few challenging battles and by the end you are overpowered anyway.
toythatkills
Member
Maybe you should read the fucking thread before blundering into it like an idiot?
I've said I like it a few times, I believe, but the writing is dire and really brings it down. With good writing it would have been an 8/10 game, as it is we're pushing 5-6.
Hey, OP.
Just came to update thee.
Long time reader, third time poster.
I kind of think you don't cut the mustard.
Finally beat the game today
And thought you'd like to hear me say:
You make some fairly decent points
But your vitriol has me quite annoyed.
Child of Light, what a game!
The writing, sure it's a bit lame.
But if you're too jaded to love the complete package
Perhaps you're just a bit too brackish.
The look, the feel, the sounds, and music:
None of these deserve an OP abusive.
So for those sitting on the fence,
Just know that this guy lacks... good judgment.
Just came to update thee.
Long time reader, third time poster.
I kind of think you don't cut the mustard.
Finally beat the game today
And thought you'd like to hear me say:
You make some fairly decent points
But your vitriol has me quite annoyed.
Child of Light, what a game!
The writing, sure it's a bit lame.
But if you're too jaded to love the complete package
Perhaps you're just a bit too brackish.
The look, the feel, the sounds, and music:
None of these deserve an OP abusive.
So for those sitting on the fence,
Just know that this guy lacks... good judgment.
I didnt't like that at first either but it grew on me. Switching characters is a free action and most of their skills are necessary during any given boss battles (on Hard at least).
I always assumed the poor rhyming was a translation thing. It didn't bother me as much as it seems to bother a lot of other people.
Gameplay, art style and music were all great. Never had a problem with oculi. By the end of the game I had the Princess stone and tons of the Brilliant stones. Doing the side quests helps a lot, since you usually get oculi as rewards. Halfway through the game, enemies start dropping them as loot pretty regularly.
Gameplay, art style and music were all great. Never had a problem with oculi. By the end of the game I had the Princess stone and tons of the Brilliant stones. Doing the side quests helps a lot, since you usually get oculi as rewards. Halfway through the game, enemies start dropping them as loot pretty regularly.
I like the writting, the sentences are that way on porpouse, I mean even I got what the characters were saying, and I'm not english native speaker, beautiful art style, battles are tedious and boring, build occuli is actually fun, didn't like the igniculus gimmick.
I found the music kinda meh, too repetitive, some themes were catchy and fitting though.
I found the music kinda meh, too repetitive, some themes were catchy and fitting though.
Dr. Buni
Member
I am grateful I am not a native English speaker, so whatever issues there are with the translation didn't bother me. I got what the characters were talking about and that is enough to me.
So did I. @OP: Try playing Fire Emblem Awakening if you want to know what a shitty writing actually is.
Damn... back at the release week eeverybody was like "oh my god im in love im an elf dancing in happyland with this game"
Thank god i never bought it
No. 'tis good game, have you no shame.
I loved the music and the visual presentation. The combat was interesting (No background of playing Grandia) and on the harder difficulty, it wasn't a breeze through either. The story arc was decent enough, even if the jump to the final battle came from the left field.
The rhyming was kind cringy for the most part, but there were some real comedy gems hidden within. Opening that one chest in the cellar that you were hired to clear out. It was something along the lines of " What is inside" and a monster jumps out, saying "Homicide." I really laughed at that one.
I loved the music and the visual presentation. The combat was interesting (No background of playing Grandia) and on the harder difficulty, it wasn't a breeze through either. The story arc was decent enough, even if the jump to the final battle came from the left field.
The rhyming was kind cringy for the most part, but there were some real comedy gems hidden within. Opening that one chest in the cellar that you were hired to clear out. It was something along the lines of " What is inside" and a monster jumps out, saying "Homicide." I really laughed at that one.
I'm certain the game was written in English originally.
paragonpro
Banned
This game makes me sad because I really wanted to like it more, everything was there for me except for well the combat imo, admittedly I'm not a huge fan of turn based stuff and child of lights system was solid as far as that goes, I'm willing to give it another shot.
BulletTheory
Neo Member
I did find some of the ryhming a bit cringeworthy but its not as bad as you make out OP. At least they actually tried to do something a bit different with the narrative. They nailed pretty much everything else about the game, I personally absolutely loved it.
I agree OP. I'm not some knuckle dragging Neanderthal (I wrote a dissertation on post colonial literature and studied modernist poetry! Ooo get me etc) but the writing in this was utterly horrendous.
The verse had no sense of rhythm, cadence or flow. It was incredibly sophomoric and completely hocked up its own backside.
It was a smug little bastard of a game. Hated it!
Oh the gameplay was also shallow and challenge free (even on hard). It was just a bland, bland experience entirely lacking in depth and completely in love with how clever it thought it was.
(Lovely art though)
The verse had no sense of rhythm, cadence or flow. It was incredibly sophomoric and completely hocked up its own backside.
It was a smug little bastard of a game. Hated it!
Oh the gameplay was also shallow and challenge free (even on hard). It was just a bland, bland experience entirely lacking in depth and completely in love with how clever it thought it was.
(Lovely art though)
freethoughtbubble
Member
I enjoyed everything but the rhyming.
Are you contrary folks simply lying?
A might too attached...
The messenger, dispatch!
A knee-jerk reaction most blinding!
Are you contrary folks simply lying?
A might too attached...
The messenger, dispatch!
A knee-jerk reaction most blinding!
Huh. All righty then.
Jawbreaker
Member
It could use work and the writing made it difficult to follow along at times, but there was some charm to it. Definitely not perfect or outstanding in any sense. I enjoyed the characters however, and seeing them interact with one another with all these different personalities. The art is very nice of course, as is the OST. I found the combat to be pretty simple and it got old as the game progressed. Fusing the oculi was a pain in the ass though, and more trouble than it should have been. That was my least favorite aspect of the game. I played it on the hardest setting which seemed like normal difficulty aside from one or two encounters which tested me.
WrenchNinja
Member
The rhyming criticism is why I avoided it, which sucks cause it looks really cool otherwise
The rhyming was a little forced sometimes, but the story was still pretty simply, I though, and easy to follow. The rest of the game - OST, gameplay, art design - I really enjoyed. The game was not a big masterpiece, more like the small indie or art house films, you expect nothing from, but still gives you a nice surprising experience.
Far more poignant than I, but I agree with this. The writing/rhyming got a little annoying at times but wasn't nearly so bad to ruin the whole thing - which I thought ultimately was pretty great.
FWIW I played on the Vita with the sound turned off half the time, so that may have reduced my annoyance.
Orakio Rob
Member
I saw her name in the credits and immediately googled it. Well, turns out her albums are pretty good! I've become a fan.