01-18-2006, 09:12 AM
They were redesigned cause there was NO POSSIBLY WAY you could take the original designs seriously in part 2, which had a lot more of a 'mature' story to it (which was why they went with mature character designs over generic anime cutesy designs). The only reason I played 2 was to continue the story of 1, and it did its job. Now i'm hyped for Episode 3.
I'll agree, there were a lot of gameplay things that took a hit in the sequel. The battle system especially. As for the story, i found it more 'movie like' in the sequel due to the better directing IN the actual cutscenes. A lot of the originals were quite stiff. Either way, I still love the entire series (and of course episode 1 is the better game)
As for me... I beat Wild Arms 4 this morning. I'm still trying to work out in my mind if it really WAS my favorite game in the series. If not, then it was pretty darn close to the top of my list. What a fantastic game, ignore what all the lame-ass reviewers are saying.
I'll agree, there were a lot of gameplay things that took a hit in the sequel. The battle system especially. As for the story, i found it more 'movie like' in the sequel due to the better directing IN the actual cutscenes. A lot of the originals were quite stiff. Either way, I still love the entire series (and of course episode 1 is the better game)
As for me... I beat Wild Arms 4 this morning. I'm still trying to work out in my mind if it really WAS my favorite game in the series. If not, then it was pretty darn close to the top of my list. What a fantastic game, ignore what all the lame-ass reviewers are saying.
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