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Originally posted by Silender@May 20 2002,04:18
I'm dying to know what's happening in Black Matrix cause from what I see it's a great game, I hope not see the same stupid dialogues (according to you) as in Lunar Magic School.
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I've only played AD on the Dreamcast. I hear the Saturn version is much better because the characters move around on the screen and dialogue boxes come up while they speak. The Dreamcast port suffered a lot because you couldn't see anything the characters were talking about as the screen only showed large images of them and no actual events.
The story is different enough, I'll say that. I'd even go as far as to say shocking. It's a direction most games don't want to head. But the it didn't appeal to me much. Not to say it's not a good game. It is, but it just wasn't my thing. Really well done and great game but just not my thing.
You might want to head over to GameFAQs, I think Oogami has been working on a text file translation of the Saturn port (like people did with the Sakura Taisen series) that might be able to help you out.
As for Lunar: Magic School. I have firsthand seen kindergarden kids write better literature with a box of crayons. The dialogue is dry and uncreative. The characters really don't have all that much emotion to them. The writers never heard of a plot twist in their life (take some lessons from Terranigma). And the whole concept behind the game just makes my skin crawl as a writer. You'll find more quality entertainment and storytelling in the Berenstein Bears than Magic School.
The intro to the game floored me at it's absolute cheapness. The magic school recruiter guy JUST HAPPENS to be walking through an apple orchard looking for a cave (apple orchards are the first place I go to look for caves) for who the hell knows why when Elly just descides to start flying and go pick the apples at the top of the tree Lena's dad can't reach. The old man nearly shits a brick in amazement because DAMN, THAT GIRL'S FLYING and Lena basically say "OH YEAH! Of course she can, it's a gift." because you know, everyone can fly and does so all day long. Then they go to the cave and BAM, this fortress just comes out of the ground. "Oh by the way I'm a scout for the magic school, why not come along!!" Gee that sounds like a great idea, two little pre-teen girls going along with a creepy old man after seeing a fortress come out of the ground, and of course Lena's dad lets them with little or no discussion.
There's a limit to how far I'll let an RPG drag me through CRAP storyline and this game managed to find it. The other Lunar games, while I'm not a Lunar fan, did a pretty good job on the stories. They were believeable (in a fantasy respect) but come on... this game just doesn't cut it... |