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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
I'll go against the grain and say it's not a clear GOTY for me either. I enjoy the game. Just beat Act 1 yesterday. Music is awesome as are the sound effects. I like how the menus aren't paragraphs of stats or text. Nice and simple and easy to get into.
I like the combat system in general but it gets repetitive, and there's bad guys every few steps. Also noticed yesterday that bad guys resurrect when you use the portal entrance to leave an area and return. Bleh, don't like that.
I don't mind the parrying system and feel I get rewarded fairly when I pull it off. What I don't like in the combat are the QTEs to get maximum effect. I have hated QTEs ever since Shenmue introduced in back in the Dreamcast days and I hate it even more when games these days don't give the option to turn it off. I want to watch the beautiful animation play through, but instead I'm paying attention to a square box waiting to press at the right moment, all with sparks and colors flying all over the place. If the QTE took place prior to the animation, I'd be more forgiving, but I feel I haven't gotten to fully watch the attack animations and appreciate them because the QTE happens simultaneously and I am focusing on that. Maybe it's a minor thing nobody else notices/cares about, but first thing I do in most games is go to the options menu and turn of QTEs if they are there. Wish I could do the same here.
Overall a really fun game. Reminds me lot of Persona, but then again I quit Personal 5 about 20 hours in as it got way too boring for me. Hopefully E33 keeps going strong until the end.
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I think the QTE is kind of what helps this game rise above normal turn based games as without that it may have got lost in the shuffle. I do agree that QTE in general is not something I am fond of but in this game I felt they did a really good job of integrating it. That's a good observation in that it does take away from witnessing some of the animations as your eyes and ears are largely focused on the cues for QTE attacks or dodge/parry. Still a very good game and will probably land in my top 5 this year.