<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Now if you know me, I'm notorious for purchasing games when they come out, but putting them off for a while, sometimes years. It had been a long time since I had really sat down and played a new RPG, I played through Xenogears, and I am happy to say that I very thoroughly enjoyed it the second time through, the problems I had with it the first time through didn't seam to be nearly as much of an issue this time.
Lunar 2, I think that this game perhaps captures more emotion in the characters than Xenogears or any RPG I have ever played, and I'm only a few hours into it. Everything about it so far is great, the animated scenes are extremely well done, and very enjoyable, I don't think I've seen work this well done in the pre-rendered cutscenes aside from Final Fantasy 8.
The developers and translators obviously put a lot more effort into the characters than what is normal for an RPG, they are very human and all of the extra's surprisingly seam to have their own personalities. One thing I always noticed in RPG's of late is that you just talk to people, and they just tell you some information, the first game I played where this was different was Final Fantasy III where most of the extra's seamed to have a sort of unique identity and personalities to themselves, this was followed by titles like Earthbound and Mario RPG, but no game has yet gone to the level that Lunar 2 has. The composition in the game is amazing, it fits in perfectly with the game and combines for a very atmospheric experience. The gameplay is also among the most well balanced of any RPG ever created, it is similar to the first game, but this time it seams like they put even more effort into making it fun and at the same time allow players to think of what to do next. The battle engine is again fun as always. All in all, this is one of those rare titles that I would go so far as to call, a work of art (assuming the game keeps continues on the way it is). In fact, I think the only game that I have ever attributed as such has been Zelda Ocarina of Time.
If you don't have this game, I highly recomend getting it. I will hold off my comparissons to the first Lunar game until after I have finished this one, but so far, I am enjoying Eternal Blue more than the first. If you truly appreciate a good game, then you will very much appreciate Lunar 2: Eternal Blue.
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Lunar 2, I think that this game perhaps captures more emotion in the characters than Xenogears or any RPG I have ever played, and I'm only a few hours into it. Everything about it so far is great, the animated scenes are extremely well done, and very enjoyable, I don't think I've seen work this well done in the pre-rendered cutscenes aside from Final Fantasy 8.
The developers and translators obviously put a lot more effort into the characters than what is normal for an RPG, they are very human and all of the extra's surprisingly seam to have their own personalities. One thing I always noticed in RPG's of late is that you just talk to people, and they just tell you some information, the first game I played where this was different was Final Fantasy III where most of the extra's seamed to have a sort of unique identity and personalities to themselves, this was followed by titles like Earthbound and Mario RPG, but no game has yet gone to the level that Lunar 2 has. The composition in the game is amazing, it fits in perfectly with the game and combines for a very atmospheric experience. The gameplay is also among the most well balanced of any RPG ever created, it is similar to the first game, but this time it seams like they put even more effort into making it fun and at the same time allow players to think of what to do next. The battle engine is again fun as always. All in all, this is one of those rare titles that I would go so far as to call, a work of art (assuming the game keeps continues on the way it is). In fact, I think the only game that I have ever attributed as such has been Zelda Ocarina of Time.
If you don't have this game, I highly recomend getting it. I will hold off my comparissons to the first Lunar game until after I have finished this one, but so far, I am enjoying Eternal Blue more than the first. If you truly appreciate a good game, then you will very much appreciate Lunar 2: Eternal Blue.
More later</div>
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