Comments on: Nostalgia: Play It Again, Eddie

By: Saturnus

Saturnus — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:29:07 +0000

I never understood how a completely written review (so no score given for any areas, just a final overall score) can have a decimal value… Like, how does a review think a game is 8.8/10… Based solely on what they were saying, so the value isn't even an average score. How one can put their opinion to 2 sigfigs I'll never understand…

By: Saturnus

Saturnus — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:29:07 +0000

By: ethelred

ethelred — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:59:12 +0000

Sure, the original Japanese script may have been really stale, and so in providing a totally bland and charmless translation, Ignition was faithful. And that's part of the problem. Lunar started out that way, too, you know. Does anyone think that Vic Ireland couldn't have turned a game like this into something magical and charming?

More is expected from a niche RPG publisher than bland, dry, and utterly humorless and colorless straight textbook translations, and Ignition is just not delivering. Away with them.

By: TheCleaningGuy

TheCleaningGuy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:32:35 +0000

I'm tired of ignition shitting on everything they touch, localization-wise. I was pretty hyped for this, but I like my RPGs to have character…

By: Hraesvelgr

Hraesvelgr — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:40:54 +0000

I thought about trying this game, but it'll have to wait for now. The past month has kept me busy/poor from MagnaCarta 2 and WotS3 and next month will be bringing Dragon Age and Assassin's Creed 2.

By: Hraesvelgr

Hraesvelgr — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:38:32 +0000

I think the biggest issue with numerical reviews is that the total score often doesn't add up properly, the overall score ends up being something strangely separate from the other scores or the numerical score ends up contradicting what's written in the review (i.e., text praises the game, but numerical score is ~7 or text faults the game on many levels, but numerical score is 9-10).

By: moriken

moriken — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:14:32 +0000

Well, the japanese script was really stale, and just uninterestingly written. If the english version is the same, it's actually a faithful translation…^^;;

And the airship battles were so incredibly frustrating…running into an encounter which decimates you within a turn despite having your airship upgraded to the best stuff possible at that point in the story, many thanks…>_>

By: Pichi

Pichi — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:20:22 +0000

Also like the review thing as well. Gets me straight to the points and such.

Still sad that the localization loses that magic flavor. A nice good localization could really have given the title a good push.

By: MelodyKitn

MelodyKitn — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:31:34 +0000

Aww.. why do I always end up inadvertantly being the bratty mage type?

By: MadMirko

MadMirko — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:36:51 +0000

Do want, even with the flat work Ignition seems to have delivered (again). I'm a complete sucker for retro-games, even in modernized form. It's a bit sad how these are sometimes handled in the west, though.

By: Ereek

Ereek — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:36:39 +0000

I've already made my dislike for Ignition's localization clear in other articles here, so I won't get into it again. It's just so sad that an adorable and charming game like this gets butchered for our release.

Also, I know it has been mentioned before, but I really appreciate you not giving the games numerical values in your tiny “reviews.” It makes them seem more personal this way.

By: malek86

malek86 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:16:00 +0000

Disappeared hero father? Adventurers association? I'm getting Grandia flashbacks here.

Except this one doesn't sound half as good.