Comments on: Magnacarta 2: Fun Fights With Kan

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:39:08 +0000

Rush: “Let's kick some A” :) Blame it on the script writer. So he's Nero too! No wonder people say he's over exposed, but JYB is cool. Do you know Tommy the Green ranger is fighting in those ultimate martial art thing, even though the edited show was campy, guess the rangers were all for real.

Yeah, it's technically a KRPG, but the style is along those of JRPG, so you know.. BTW, I usually lean toward original Jpn dub too, but I'm flexible and not that hard to please actually, so a good Eng dub is fine by me, it depends though, sometimes I'm able to get into an RPG in Jpn better, for Magna Carta 2, I just happened to get a head start w/ the US version while my Jpn 360 was in the shop, so I grew attached to the Eng. cast, I tried playing the beginning of the Jpn version and the dub is good, I must say the Eng. dub is very competent.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:39:08 +0000

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:08:14 +0000

yes you did, remember VR Trooper, Super Human Samurai, etc, *shivers* those are gonna haunt us forever haha.. I only saw season 1 too, almost makes me want to go visit his glory days as the Black Ranger, and each US Power Rangers would have the obligatory black dude and Asian chick, lol. I remember the pink Kimberly, red Jason, and green Tommy. Pterodactyl! Sabertooth Tiger! Tyrannosaurus! Yikes, all coming back to me

By: Mr_Qoo

Mr_Qoo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:11:23 +0000

He was the black ranger, I think. Let's pretend you just knew that and I somehow didn't. I haven't even watched that show after Season 1… >,<

By: Mr_Qoo

Mr_Qoo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:07:48 +0000

Well, maybe I won't have enough time to 100% this game x3 but I could at least try to beat it! Also, I should state it's a KRPG instead of JRPG like I mentioned. Just thought I should be proper here!

As for JYB, I'm on the fence about him. I'm not a big fan of dubs (read: I enjoy whatever material in it's original format/language; anything more is just extra and fun). I did enjoy him as Nero in DMC4 and got him to autograph my DMC4 artbook. Respect him for his talents, including martial arts, and his career but the whole anime thing using him as a main character is getting a little tiresome. I won't "hate" though, so I still respect his work. Go Go Power Rangers!! Hahah. I guess they all make the jump to the DMC series eventually...

PS: Aoshi, I thought his Rush was weak too!

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:59:58 +0000

lol I know. For me it's actually not that bad, since I don't watch that much anime, esp in Eng. (last one w/ him was Trigun's Vash I think), then the last game I heard him from was the Last Remnant and I didn't get to finish that. I thought he was weak as Rush but it's probably more due to the uninteresting character. I like Juto a lot and I think JYB shines in this one, his voice is kind of dreamy actually, lol. I love the rest of the cast as well, funny and interesting you care about them. Oh, it's also cool the game encourages you to use all 6 chars like you said, so the stock voices during battles (different btwn different members) are kind of fun to listen to. If he's a good voice, he's a good voice, or are you imagining him as a ranger, what color was him again, lol..

By: Louise Yang

Louise Yang — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:53:12 +0000

Johnny Yong Bosch is so ubiquitous in video games that every time I play something that he has a role in, I just picture *him* instead of the actual character. Not saying that's bad or anything, but man, that guy is everywhere!

By: Louise Yang

Louise Yang — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:51:09 +0000

This is going to be tough to beat 100% through. There are just tons of quests that NPCs around town and even in 'dungeons' want you to do.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:18:39 +0000

Yeah, despite the excellent artwork by the Koren artist, the man boobs were too hard to overlook, it's like they were on steroids w/ ballooned chest. Thank god that's all done away w/ in the 2nd game.

I vaguely remember how the first one was, I only played the Jpn version so the voice acting didn't bother me of course. I remember I liked the graphics too but the story was too slow to motivate me to finish it (only played 14-15 hours). And MC2 is pretty much nothing like the first game in every aspect, and many seem to be happy about that. I was skeptical when I saw the first trailer, but this is a solid old school RPG thru and thru. The story is actually very interesting despite having all the cliched elements, but you never go “oh boy”, instead it's pretty griping and you want to continue the journey. Hopefully I'd be able to finish this baby before FFXIII comes in Dec, or finish XIII and then get back on this.

By: ElTopo

ElTopo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:32:40 +0000

That first opening sequence really killed it. Not only are the graphics just sub par for a JRPG coming out that late in the PS2's lifetime, but yeah that voice acting was just downright terrible. Not too mention the totally androgynous lead male character, is it female, is it male? Or is it a pre-op transvestite? Terrible design, which is weird because other then that I actually find the artists style interesting.

By: Mr_Qoo

Mr_Qoo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:55:17 +0000

I never finished Magna Carta. I think the most I remembered is the voice acting was terrible for my taste–I mean really bad. Also, I believe, you couldn't even turn it off in the options? Maybe I'm wrong there, but I quit after that. Heard I didn't miss too much.

By: ElTopo

ElTopo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:27:16 +0000

The first game was so lame though…I picked up a used copy on PS2 and ended up returning it, 20$ was just too much for that cliched pile. I was more interested in the second one, but maybe in a year when/if Bandai drops it on PS3 (Like Tales?) I'll pick it up. Or if I win a copy in the Destructoid contest, well I guess I'll just have a nice shelf piece.

By: Mr_Qoo

Mr_Qoo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:06:59 +0000

Between this wonderful review and your constant comments on this game, I am going to definitely play this before the end of the year. I may play the heck out of Bayonetta first as it's in the mail, but right after Nobunaga's Ambition I'm going to play this into the ground. Thank you both for sparking my interest in the game, again. Finally, a JRPG that I might finish and pummel. It's been so long since I beat a JRPG straight through and 100% (Blue Dragon was it?)

By: Hraesvelgr

Hraesvelgr — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:14:42 +0000

Pretty good game, although it was sadly ignored. Might not have the best graphics or story (I still thought the story was decent enough, though), but I quite liked the gameplay. Bosses and enemies, for the most part, could actually provide some level of challenge, such as one late game boss nearly killing Juto in one attack, despite him having high def and 9999 HP. On the other hand, the final boss (no spoilers!) was easy, easy, easy. A little disappointing there.

By: Linegod

Linegod — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:35:51 +0000

This one looks good although I don't like Magna Carta on PS2 =(