After hearing some negative impressions about Archaic Sealed Heat, the beautiful-yet-apparently-flawed SRPG from Mistwalker, Rolando of Siliconera approached the import with some understandable trepidation. He tried it anyway, however, and that worked out -- it seems ASH wasn't as bad as he expected. While he promises a full review later to come, for now he talks about the interesting combat system and the heavily stylus-dependent gameplay. It seems that if you're not a fan of stylus-based title, ASH is not for you ... but if you like SRPGs and don't mind the language barrier, this could be an import worth spending a little time with. Late game, he added later in the comments, things really pick up.
After hearing some negative impressions about Archaic Sealed Heat, the beautiful-yet-apparently-flawed SRPG from Mistwalker, Rolando of Siliconera approached the import with some understandable trepidation. He tried it anyway, however, and that worked out -- it seems ASH wasn't as bad as he expected. While he promises a full review later to come, for now he talks about the interesting combat system and the heavily stylus-dependent gameplay. It seems that if you're not a fan of stylus-based title, ASH is not for you ... but if you like SRPGs and don't mind the language barrier, this could be an import worth spending a little time with. Late game, he added later in the comments, things really pick up.
Reader Comments (4)
Posted: Oct 15th 2007 2:34PM SSUK said
The game is HORRIBLE. The story is shit, the characters are bland, the gameplay is just a poor clone of Fire Emblem meet every other cheap-ass RPG game since Final Fantasy I.
However, if someone has somehow found the silver lining of the game, then good for them. Personally, I'll keep this game locked away in a dark, cold place and feed it fish heads every now and again.
However, if someone has somehow found the silver lining of the game, then good for them. Personally, I'll keep this game locked away in a dark, cold place and feed it fish heads every now and again.
Posted: Oct 15th 2007 5:09PM (Unverified) said
The review on RPGAMER said that despite it's flaws this game is actually pretty good if you take the time to get into it. I would not go through the trouble of importing it, but if it gets localized I will be picking it up.
Posted: Oct 15th 2007 11:37PM (Unverified) said
I had no idea that ASH had such flaws. Rpgamer (which is quite reliable when it comes to RPGs...they've been around for a long while) has had a glowing hands-on with it, and Famitsu gave it good scores.
On the other hand, I believe Famitsu gave Blue Dragon -which apparently was a disappointment- good scores as well. I'll just assume for now that it's a must-have for strategy enthusiasts, but may be hit or miss by other genre fans.
On the other hand, I believe Famitsu gave Blue Dragon -which apparently was a disappointment- good scores as well. I'll just assume for now that it's a must-have for strategy enthusiasts, but may be hit or miss by other genre fans.
Posted: Nov 7th 2007 1:42AM (Unverified) said
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