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Phantom Brave: Yay or Nay?
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Drinky Crow
Banned
yes
Drinky Crow
Banned
RUN don't walk to pick up Phantom Brave!
TheMissingLink
Member
Dear lord no.
Totally didn't understand the stat system (even bought the strategy guide to try to figure it out), annoying lead character and story and the biggie:
The sphere-movement system. What a fucking joke. GRIDS. STICK WITH GRIDS! You do not need to change the square grid system!
And wow confining, grar!
Totally didn't understand the stat system (even bought the strategy guide to try to figure it out), annoying lead character and story and the biggie:
The sphere-movement system. What a fucking joke. GRIDS. STICK WITH GRIDS! You do not need to change the square grid system!
And wow confining, grar!
Drinky Crow
Banned
If you're a fan of NI game mechanics, it's their best title by far.
If you're a story or loli/anime fruit, though, it might be their worst.
If you're a story or loli/anime fruit, though, it might be their worst.
Walter Matthau
Member
I couldn't get into the game. I payed $50 for the special edition version at launch and i've regretted it ever since.
CompositeMolar
Member
La Pucelle is good. I found the story much better then the one in Disgaea. The monsters are not to great to play with but if you use the story characters it's fun =3
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Yann said:
That and I abused the hell out of the summoning streams.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
I'd say yay ONLY IF you have played every other SRPG on the market and need something new. Otherwise, run far, far away.
Don't listen to these guys. It's an awesome game. I haven't played Makai Kingdom, but out of Disgaea, La Pucelle, and Phantom Brave, Phantom Brave is the best.
The battles are really great. They get really creative with them. Like boss fights where you can't hurt the enemy and have to figure out a way to kill him. Or one where you can't bring in weapons and have to use only the stuff you find in the map. And speaking of weapons, you can use normal stuff like swords and axes, but also pretty much anything on the field can be used as a weapon. Flowers, trees, rocks, treasure chests, watering cans, starfish, skulls, all kinds of stuff. And along with all the goofy weapons come themed skills to match the items. Like treasure chests will have you attack with money, mine carts will have you run over the enemy.
And a lot of people hate how your party members are only in a battle for a few turns before they disappear, but it gives the game a feeling of speed. You can't waste time, so you're always moving and trying to finish a stage quickly and efficiently. It makes FFT feel like a chore in how long it takes to do something. Press o, move cursor to where you want to move, press o again and 20 button presses later you've moved. Here it's move cursor to the guy you want to hit, press X and the character will automatically plot a path and hit him for you.
The story's good. I don't really care about stories in games, especially SRPGs, because lets be honest here, most game stories suck. If you play video games for stories, i lol at you. PB's story is really sad at the beginning. People are so mean to cute little orphan Marona that you feel really bad and you wish she'd use her powers to get revenge, but she just takes it and turns the other cheek.
So yeah, it's easily worth $20.
The gamerankings.com average is 82% so most reviewers liked it.
The battles are really great. They get really creative with them. Like boss fights where you can't hurt the enemy and have to figure out a way to kill him. Or one where you can't bring in weapons and have to use only the stuff you find in the map. And speaking of weapons, you can use normal stuff like swords and axes, but also pretty much anything on the field can be used as a weapon. Flowers, trees, rocks, treasure chests, watering cans, starfish, skulls, all kinds of stuff. And along with all the goofy weapons come themed skills to match the items. Like treasure chests will have you attack with money, mine carts will have you run over the enemy.
And a lot of people hate how your party members are only in a battle for a few turns before they disappear, but it gives the game a feeling of speed. You can't waste time, so you're always moving and trying to finish a stage quickly and efficiently. It makes FFT feel like a chore in how long it takes to do something. Press o, move cursor to where you want to move, press o again and 20 button presses later you've moved. Here it's move cursor to the guy you want to hit, press X and the character will automatically plot a path and hit him for you.
The story's good. I don't really care about stories in games, especially SRPGs, because lets be honest here, most game stories suck. If you play video games for stories, i lol at you. PB's story is really sad at the beginning. People are so mean to cute little orphan Marona that you feel really bad and you wish she'd use her powers to get revenge, but she just takes it and turns the other cheek.
So yeah, it's easily worth $20.
The gamerankings.com average is 82% so most reviewers liked it.
BobJustBob
Member
big yay
Drinky Crow
Banned
Be prepared to skip all the story content, though, because as sonarrat says it's fucking saccharine to the point of creepiness.