Can someone tell me how the hell they managed to screw this one up? It's a grand idea...a revamped RPG with all new bells and whistles to play around with..the graphics and story are solid, and the score is good. So how the hell did they manage to overlook something as trivial as the camera angle.
Seriously, this camera is AWEFUL.
They have built a game where if the enemy sees you before you see him, he gets the advantage in battle. And then, they made the camera so that 90% of the time (literally) it's facing the wrong way. As in, "in your face, you can see everything behind you but nothing in front of you" wrong. How was this overlooked? Just a big red flag that says "we don't really know how to make a game."

And the battle system. Its horribly, horribly slow. Unnecessary pauses abound, half the time you aren't doing anything, and the enemy isn't doing anything either. You're standing around watching some stupid little "powerup" cinematic that every single participant goes through every single time they attack. Lame. And the dialogue in-battle? Even worse. Each person has 2, maybe 3 different things they can say. And they say all of them at least once, sometimes twice, in every battle. wtf?

Third: The voice acting. I'm not going to go into detail on this one, I'll just trust that everyone knows really bad voices when they hear them.


Overall a good solid game that got screwed up by someone who has no idea what they're doing.

well shit.

*removes from favorite forums

dang. i was planning on gettin this. GI said it was solid and good like u did but the loads r a joke and the voice-overs are horrible. so im 50/50 on this one. i will prolly buy it if i have an extra 50 bucks laying round from working. but if i see a better game out there that is worth than this one is gonna go on hold for me.idk. thx for the info though.

RURR

quote Sir_Spazzalot

dang. i was planning on gettin this. GI said it was solid and good like u did but the loads r a joke and the voice-overs are horrible. so im 50/50 on this one. i will prolly buy it if i have an extra 50 bucks laying round from working. but if i see a better game out there that is worth than this one is gonna go on hold for me.idk. thx for the info though.

RURR

Idiot...!

Is it just me or is "Tears of Blood" the worst title for a video game, ever? Sounds like the name of some crappy emo/gawth CD.

To be honest, the garbage title is one of the main factors keeping me completely uninterested about this game (the bad reviews its been getting haven't helped either). It's a shame, since I was one of the people looking forward to this ever since the Phantom Avalanche import hype started on Neo.

I agree that the camera angle is bad, but if you are in DETECT MODE, you can see the enemies before they see you; in the mini map you will see a red marker that show the enemy and the direction he is facing, you can get FIRST STRIKE in 90% of the battles - it add some challenge and strategy (you have to time right when to move and get first strike) to the game, you have to agree that is a lot better than have random battles....


In battle you don't have to wait for the bar to fill, you can just use some talismans and finish the battle in one or two turns in most battles... I know that talismans can be expensive, but there is some cheap ones that can be use like A4: Lovely Breeze (CHA +20 to all)[W1 + H6}, since the base talismans are cheap, and also you will get many W1 / H6 from enemy drops. Later in the game you can use L7: Unrivaled Strength (CHA +30) and
I8: The Way Things Were (CHA -30 to Enemies), since those 2 talismans give you total control over the Leadership Bar, even in boss battles.

Even so voice acting is not perfect, the real problem with this great and solid game is the loading times, they are terrible, there is laoding for everything, to change areas, to start a battle, to finish a battle.....



Overall is a good game, and it does not deserve some of the bad reviews, especially reviews that try to compare it to games in the FF series....

Well, that's you, chief. I still have hopes for the game.

After playing for at least 3 hours, I stopped playing and never touched it again. But I want to finish it and get it over with just because.

I actually thought it would be a great title like War Of The Genesis and/or Magna Carta: Phantom Avalanche, but well, it's good to have the Artbook. =P

Man, I hate you. I want the artbook.