Can't wait for you to see it

Extremely high lol my expectations are average at best but I’ll play it for awhile and see for myself

Yeah my expectations were definitely low when before I got it after having played overdose but it's really good. Definitely an upgrade!

@@LAGSAS Just finished the game. The credits are rolling right now as I type this, actually. After finally getting around to playing it, I have to say, it surpassed my expectations. I went from disliking it for the first 10 hours, to liking it for the next 30, to thinking quite highly of it by the end. For a B/C level JRPG (as far as budget goes), the story has a lot of heart, and the combat is very impressive. I'll be looking forward to the possibility of a third game.

@@dasein8638 Do I have to play any of the previous games to enjoy this one, you think?

So did ypu play the second game by now? how is it?

agreed. Thats why other games like Biomutant and Back 4 Blood had so much potential, if a sequel to those happens it could be much much better. However B4B should have had an offline mode and bots only instead of needing ppl etc. tons wrong with it tbh

It's really only the jp producing company that's the same, ther are entirely different companies actually developing the titles.

Monark demo is out!

@@champdancer19 yep, demo has me excited for the full game. Story so far also has me interested in it even more.

@@maroXUprising yup I am enjoying the game too. I just have to decide which system to get it for Switch or PS5.

@@champdancer19 shouldn’t be difficult to choose. If you like trophies, graphically looks better then the switch version albeit not too different. Go with the PS4 version. If you are willing to sacrifice graphical fidelity for portability, then the switch version is where you go.

The lyrics have now got official translations available from NIS America, so it's now a nonissue

@@LAGSAS That's awesome!

i do too

it will the same as 1 did

totally right

Thanks for the comment! Our scores are on a Metacritic, but we come at our reviews as fans of video games so this makes us stand out :)

@@NoisyPixelNews I kind of gave up on reviews, when BotW, one of the worst Zelda games ever made, got 10/10, or 100 scores almost everywhere. BotW was full of fetch quests and that slow trawl across the huge empty landscape to complete them was so boring and combined with the shocking VA (some of the worst I've heard), poor OST (worst of any Zelda) and lack of excitement, poor dungeon's, stamina comparable to a baby who's parent's smoked 40 a day through pregnancy, lame puzzles, repetitive enemies of up turned buckets and trolls, boring enemy design (forementioned buckets) and the failed visual combination of Ghibli meets Valkyria Chronicles just looking like a washed out Ghibli. The fact it got any top scores whatsoever is beyond me. It is a game that is past floored, to the point of complete ruin and I questioned for the first time in my life if companies were getting back handed cash bungs for reviews. I find it impossible to rate it above a 2/10 at £45 for 6 hours of being bored to tears by my favourite franchise of almost 30 years. And I did that twice. I played WiiU first and then foolishly gave it a second chance on Switch. I remember being sat there saying over and over in my head please something just happen, I've waited years for this and want it to be good and it never did and is one of gamings biggest let downs. This seeing games that don't get mentioned getting 9.5 gives me some hope, I have not enjoyed a AAA game since Fire Emblem 3 Houses and hoping that this is maybe the game I've been looking for. I have subbed.

Try Tales of Legendia

I love Angel Beats haha

Yea you can play it without playing the first :)

that's correct. You can always go back if you'd like but this is an incredible improvement

It’s said that the stories between 1 and 2 are disconnected. You don’t have to play the first game to understand the story of the 2nd one.

Combat's improvements combined with actual dungeon design has me thinking you'll stick with this one longer. The limit to 1 on the Imaginary Chain will mean you aren't just using rapid trigger over and over and auto battles can be interesting.

@@LAGSAS that's cool to hear. I finished the last one and loved the story characters and music but the combat got dull later on and that dungeon design was bad lol

@@Pikagreg oh yeah I looooooove confusing hallways where everything looks the same with unavoidable enemies. Thankfully none of that is here.

It's on Steam now. I don't know for how long it's been available on the platform hough, but what led me to look for a review.

@@TheOwwen Yeah - I know. I already bought it. It's a bit disappointing it's only on the Steam platform, because I have the first game on GOG, so I would have loved to see that second game on that storefront too. But that's a minor niggle, because I am already glad this game has come to the PC.

totally understandable, if you grab the 2nd i think you'll enjoy it more, and i hope you do

@@LAGSAS Thanks for the reassurance! I have been listening to the sequel's OST this past few months. It was the only thing that kept my hopes up in this franchise to do better.

I guess it sorta makes sense though? The reason for the magician route in Overdose is because Ritsu (Trauma: Social Anxiety Disorder) was curious what the other musicians thought of Mobius - doesn't change the fact that it's somewhat annoying though

I'm pretty sure there's like an auto mode or something that speeds up the battles.

2 has an improved auto mode, and combat refurnishings have made it cool in practice as well as paper

there's a lot of combat balancing and the sidequest system has been greatly improved. I left out talking about it for time but it's much more streamlined.

As mentioned in the review, you can easily just skip 1. If anything I reccommend you do.

@@LAGSAS Amazon literally just dropped this off & I'm booting it up. Was putting phone on silent when I read this

YOOOOO have funnnn

Haven't heard anything bad about the switch version besides minor frame drops. Runs way better than the first one.

Nope :)

Nope, but it'll enhance the experience. If you don't wanna play the first one I recommend a LP. Either way it's not necessary to enjoy.

You don't need to, there's a unique thread that is made for new or returning players

2 just lets you take nearly on all of them at once.

it sure is actually fun now lmao

absolutely.

100%

Watch the review to find out

They actually didn't directly say

Did you play the first game on Vita?

I know this post is old but - I think it's a mix of UK and Australian