RadRedRooster
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Formerly known as HutOnChickenLegs
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Post by RadRedRooster on Apr 18, 2022 9:14:00 GMT -5
Lost Kingdoms brings me back: I remember enjoying the title, but not playing it for more than a couple of hours. I was completely blown away by Tales of Symphonia, which I got at the same time, and made me forget all about Lost Kingdoms. Never picked up the game again. I can understand Tales of Symphonia distracting you from Lost Kingdoms. I wouldn't put Lost Kingdoms in the same quality bracket as it, at least from a production standpoint. However, Lost Kingdoms and Lost Kingdoms II are very fun games. They are basically third person dungeon crawlers with CCG battle systems. Except the CCG battle system is in real time as opposed to turn-based, which sounds like it wouldn't work and yet it does wonderfully work. Unfortunately, the majority of JRPG players ignored these entries because they were on GameCube and didn't have grandiose production or series lineage. They're worth going back to though. Here's my reviews of the LK games from years back: Conversely, I've never played Tales of Symphonia. I had it on GameCube forever, didn't get around to it, then bought the PS3 remaster version. So I'll play it on PS3 someday. According to your reviews, both titles are also quite short (for a JRPG, that is), so I might try the first one again. (I should still have a physical copy.) Sadly, I just don't have the time for really long games anymore.  |
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Post by Ex on Apr 18, 2022 9:17:33 GMT -5
Indeed the LK games are blissfully brief, easily finished in under 10 hours, even without a walkthrough or strategy guide. That's something I've always appreciated about FromSoftware's game design, focusing on gameplay over exposition.
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