A little late to the party on this one, but thought I'd might as well give you my thoughts since I played it casually over the week. Did you guys pick it up too? Let us know your thoughts. Comments and thumbs up help us massively! If you want to pick it up and need some eShop credit, consider supporting us by buying through these links: $10 eShop Cred: bit.ly/2I7hgzj £15 eShop Cred: bit.ly/2INNOBc ¥1000 eShop Cred: bit.ly/2DDfQLH
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@USAlienGames Hi! Yeah, so, from our point of view we wouldn't recommend buying these eShop credits for your own currency. This is more useful if you want to buy foreign eShop credit which isn't so easy. And, in all honesty, I didn't realise the big price hike for £, seems we're getting slightly shafted on that one! But it does support the team. We would certainly champion the idea of you guys buying something that's at a good price for you first and foremost, but for those that don't mind spending money to pass on to us, then we appreciate it massively. This Play Asia stuff, as much as we don't enjoy shilling things (even though we're always brutally honest), it's made a big impact for us since we've started. The eShop credit less so than other things, but every little helps.
@ShinoSeven I believe it's only English audio. I had a look for Japanese but couldn't find anything. I'll double check later when I'm back to my Switch.
@@SwitchWatch Hey there! Thanks for the detailed response; buying currencies for foreign stores... now I get it. ;) I totally respect and understand the need for affiliate links, partnerships with businesses like Play-Asia etc. to help fund your work. I didn't mention it before, but yet another great review too. Cheers.
This game is giving me strong FF12 vibes, Even looks like it could take place in the same space. Almost looks like the protagonist is Vaans older brother.
BEAST MODE I’m playing tales of zestiria now And the boy Symphonia was one of the best tales ever especially 2 for the wii that had me laughing all day
I played this back on the 360 port I loved the gameplay even then but my god how awful it was on a technical level. Slow pop-in environments and the ridiculous animation stalling made it hard to play through. had no idea the remaster dropped though
The game really does not teach you enough about it’s systems. In order to invest time to learning it, a guide is a must. Just playing the game the way it is, you’ll probably getting far just mashing buttons together, while still wondering why certain things are happening (or not happening). The UI also just doesn’t show you enough of what is going on wrong when you did something wrong. So, yeah, good gameplay, but less than stellar effort to sell it to the players.
You cannot actually control your army and instead you need to coordinate with system ai, which is one of the charms in this game. Moreover, although you cannot assign equipment to units, unique unit leader will request specific weapon from you, especially some remnant weapons. Also unit class changing is pretty in depth design. This game has always been one of my favorite jpgs. Regardless of its graphics, performance etc, I would say its gameplay is a 10/10. You can easily dump shit load of hours in it.
You give an order but you can actually see what they will do exactly - he didn't get/show this? When you choose orders you can switch the health bars to the actions they will do and it's not that hard/bad I swear! In the beginning I thought I would never understand the war mechanics but the game beats the stuff into your head and you learn as you move on and THEN it happens - you're addicted. ♡
Wacchi Bacchi indeed you can see specific actions by pressing square on ps4 version. He also pointed out sometimes you want to recover your health but you cannot, which is partially not true. I remember if you put a healer class as the leader of a union, recovering options will always be there.
Dang Hecker It's sad because it wasn't even close to the best JRPG on the 360 and the 360 version wasn't even the best version of this game at the time.
Edited for grammar. It seems that you don't understand this game through and through. So please sit down for a moment and let me share good info with you. - Morale favors enemies? Psionics skill line let you shift morale easily. - Massive enemy army? wipe the battlefield with Arcanas. - Don't know what each unit does what? press Y to see what exactly what they gonna do. - Want to heal? which type heal? for Remedy heal set union leader with these classes : healer, bishop / for herb heal set union leader with these classes : scout you'll most likely to get "heal" command each time. - Party members will ask you what attribute of their equipment should they focus on (Attack / Mystic) and they ask you 2 times for each person as game progresses. - There's almost no luck involved you can control what action enemies will take by controlling morale, by having high morale certain enemies won't do AOE cheap moves. And by only enable / disable skills of your party members you will have a limited variety of useful also situational skills that will favor you more. - What works with unit grouping? simple : Physical single target moves for bosses, Mystic AOE for enemy unions which has multiple units in it. - So you think all of your union should be equal....its nothing wrong to think like that but know this, this game is like controlling army and you said it yourself. There will be tanking union, flanking union, dps rush down union, mystic users union, support union (healing specific union doesn't really work here because you SHOULD have a healer in each union) and these unions I mentioned must have an appropriate leaders with appropriate classes and appropriate union members to get appropriate BATTLE COMMANDS that suits your need, otherwise these won't happen. - This game's gameplay mechanics is a masterpiece and brilliant soundtrack slapped on top. The real cons of this game is horrible battle camera angle And those I mentioned above mostly never told by the game itself, you'll have to wiki for it. Anyways, I appreciated the review, its good to know that this absolute gem gets some love.
When it came out, there are 2 ways of levelling, levelling stats and battle rank (BR) which the later would increase with chained battles. This meant that when I was getting to the post-game content, there was an optional dungeon, and the gold dragon I could not beat because my BR was too high to increase my stats, the only monsters that could increase my stats were past that gold dragon! Then I rearranged my unions, and tried again, the battle was epic easily 60 turns and 2-3hrs, it killed some of the members inside my unions early on, which meant that later, when the dragon spams its AoE attack, there was less hits and the union HP was still the same as the beginning. Every member of every union could heal. That fight is the best fight i have had in any game!
I find it hard to believe that anything can top the first "The Fallen" victory a player has. That battle is intense, manic, and mostly impossible if you dont plan your entire game around that one battle. It is still the crown jewel of my x box game score.
But it isnt anymore in this remaster! I was playing this Game without taking care on BR to see if it is still broken. But it isnt. I did grinding on two parts on the game. To beat the fallen and finally the true concuerer. between this i was fighting at least every enemy I came across. I too was farming for rare ones . I beat this game with an BR of around 123 and I could still max out the stats of my units.
This is honestly one of my favourites even though you have alot to learn about the mechanics/ leveling system. Especially the BR system Now I hope they remaster Infinte Undiscovery
You dont own the units in your game, you just hire them. They control their own gear. There is actually an option in game to change their gear, but it is disabled in the code(it is literally a single line of code that is set to 0). The number of unions you run is kind of dependent upon where you are in the game. I personally run 5 at the end of the game(one party is literally 2 units(Blocter and Jager because of the wonder bangle letting you clear debuffs fast). You can also partially control your actions by disabling ones that you dont want to pop up(I disable traps on Rush and evocations on Torgal for instance). The game has a ton of depth and a lot of mechanics that casual players may use, but have no idea what they are(like getting a specific class for Rush, crafting, etc). There is no best way to play either(you can grind early or late for instance. You can choose to run generic leaders or soldiers over unique ones.) It is actually possible to just speed through the game and beat the game fast(missing half of the content) or you can clock a couple hundred hours doing everything. 8/10. One of my favorite games ever made. Im kind of borderline on this particular version though. The switch to unreal 4 has actually produced a couple issues that were not in the original pc version that the switch version is based on. Mainly aoe attacks. They are a bit more broken in this game. It is entirely possible to have all of your units taken out by a common enemy attack even when they are behind an attack that clearly goes forwards. So imo, the pc version is still the best version(not having sprint kinda sucks, but you can just use a trainer mod for that). The pc version allows customization through the in game files if you want to thoroughly break the game
The best way to play is to go into boss fights with as low BR as possible, because the higher your BR is the more skill sets bosses will use and in turn artificialy make them more difficult than they need to be.
How do I know what attack/spell they're going to use? - Disable the ones you don't want them to use. I can't ensure my units will heal. - Either put a class that gets an increased chance of having healing commands (Healer for example) as the party leader, switch targets until you find an enemy that gives you the heal command, or look into what the commands do and see if any of the commands not listed explicitly as healing commands cause units with healing abilities to defer their turn until the end to see if you need to heal or not. Want to make sure a certain unit uses certain abilities? - Specialize that unit. Put mages together, melee characters together, etc. There's far less "luck" and "randomness" than this reviewer says. It's just not a game that's friendly to people who don't enjoy learning the nuance of the mechanics. Not being friendly to newcomers is accurate. The aforementioned monikers are not.
Pink I completely agree with you. I have this game on 360 still and I used to spam AOE spells. In order to get you’re guys to use certain moves more often just use those moves every time they come up in the options
Fair enough, but there is still a lot of randomness. Particularly in some boss fights. You just kind of have to hope they dont use certain moves that are, in my opinion, a little OP. Especially early on when no one union has a ton of hp or utility.
Usually utilizing Rangers for quick flanks will push the Morale bar enough that most bosses will default to reducing morale instead of AoE moves. Only really luck-based fight I can think of that you can't do much about is Nest of Eagles.
Instant respect when you started reciting all those old Xbox 360 exclusives! Can you imagine what Lost Odyssey would be like if it was re-released on Switch? I played Last Remnant a long time ago but never beat it- very tempted though at this price.
I really appreciated how honest this review felt. I never played it on launch and bought it recently on Switch. I played for about an hour and was intrigued by the setting and overall vibe, but the combat confused me. Glad to hear that it's not just me so I'm down to jump back in with a bit more patience lol
Sadly the reviewer has not reached the depth of game's mechanics to deliver the purest of review. if you find this game interesting, please find my comment, it has really good info according to this review.
While it’s true your units have their own equipment lines they use, you can influence what sort of equipment they take, as well as help them upgrade. You can also influence what actions units will take in battle depending on how you set up your unions. It’s quite in depth and can take a while to get a handle on. Note: this is from my experience with the PC version so the switch version may be slightly different.
Love this game. My major complaints are the lack of info about all the existent systems and especially that the BR system encourages the player to avoid battles way too strongly. It's a JRPG, I want to explore every inch of the maps and fight to my heart's content, yet if I do this I will probably hit an unsurmountable wall since the game difficulty increases the more enemies you fight and the better and faster you defeat them.
The br part is only true until you get the max amount of people that you can have in your party at once, (18 units and 5 unions). so that's on disk 2, not going to say the name of the place because of spoilers for the switch. Once you get all 18 players, you don't have to reset your stats pretty much when getting a better character. You will have almost every character you need by then, a bit of character side quests still held back by story which may be a bit hard. The max battle rank is also 255, so if you were to theoretically get max br in the first part of the game, you could become overpowered right after you leveled up a bit more. You could make rush your main tank and damage dealer at the very start and make every person with heals you have in seperate teams just to heal. You could also wait until you get a specific few people and just level them all up at the same time before max br, but ofc that isn't needed at all and might take a bit. I have 25 or so br while inside of disk 2 and others have 65 at the end of disk 1. I can't get past this part of the main story, so I have the low enough br to justgrind stats a bit without goign through the trouble of max battle rank because of having to replace characters at the start of the disk. I also never hhad to replace characters once I got all 18 because I have a lack of them to be honest.
Generally the combat is pretty easy to understand. You go for the higher numbers, unless you need to revive a squad, and then make sure you hit the critical triggers. I can understand why ppl may not like the ambiguity of moves presented to you, but for me it makes the gameplay way more exciting since turn based games can go on for a long time and not be interesting. I do genuinely believe this was a conscious decision to combat boredom.
I had this on pc back in the day i need to buy it for my switch.. I was really surprised when i accidently came across it in the eshop when just flicking through.. Im not really into jrpgs especially with turn based but this one had some charm to it. And a hell a lot of confusion as some stuff just didn't explain a thing on what to do or how to do it. Plus i probably spent like 10+ hours grinding combat just to try get tougher to fight that big bird dominator or something on an edge of a cliff.. It was years ago so im not hugely remembering what happened.. I didn't get round to finishing it but did get far into it then just got completely stuck on where to go and what to do
Tbh i find the combat system very unique compared to other jrpgs like final fantasy. I love it. And invested 120+ hours on it on PC. Probably gonna grind again on switch :p
This is one of those JRPGs that I really tried to love but never could. I remember seeing the adverts on the telly at the time and thinking how amazing it looked. It very much looked like the next gen equivalent of FFX. Finally got it when it came to PC the following year and just couldn't get into it.
Won't lie, it's not for everyone. You're either interested enough to deal it or you're not. This game doesn't hold your hand and the system can be real convoluted at time
@@alpharabbit2353 the battles were probably the game's strongest point for me. I just can't stand Rush, at all, as a protagonist. Other issues such as inconsistencies with the voice acting from delivery to volume to some downright poor quality audio. And the fact that the world seemed almost Ivalice like, but having the game confine you to specific small areas was a letdown. I wouldn't be opposed to a sequel with a bigger budget, though. ;)
You said quite a lot positive stuff about this game and gave it 7/10. Don't get me wrong, it is a good score. What I'm trying to say is, a lot of reviews these days are generous and even a garbage can get a 7 from a "professional" reviewer. You sound more realistic and you just earned a new subscriber. Moving on... I played this game years ago on X360 and I liked it, even with all those problems (slowdowns were the worst, I don't even remember loadings). I didn't play PC version so I can't compare. I hoped that slowdowns were fixed, and they are. That is all I need to know before I dive into and spend another 50+ hours. This and Astral Chain will fill the void nicely while I wait for Romancing SaGa 3 and Scarlet Grace.
Another great review! Damn fine one too. Best line was about the composer, about how the composer wasn’t known for any game except this: “who’s known for THIS game!” LOL. Sad that the composer is known mainly for one game or that the composer just hasn’t had anything memorable in so long, at least in the West. Detailed review that really gave me more than I always need compared to the mainstream reviews, especially considering it’s not a “normal” JRPG. This is one of those games where the more you know going into the game helps to make your decision. Kudos!
Thanks buddy! I was looking through the composers work and this certainly looks like their biggest job so far. Shame they haven't seemed to go on to bigger things because they do have talent.
The 360 had a lot of hidden gems as far as RPGs went. Last Remnant, Lost Odyssey, Infinite Undiscovery, Blue Dragon, Enchanted Arms, etc. I'm hopeful that Lost Odyssey & Infinite Undiscovery in particular will get the same treatment that Last Remnant has already gotten. Lost Odyssey is thus far the only game to actually make me come close to crying.
That is true, but it's always nice to be timely with them. I panic as to how many people buy the game and then wish they'd have watched my review first. Don't want to let people down! 😊
the biggest appeal to this title is that it plays pretty damn good in hand held mode and being such a long game, its a perfect value. A bit grindy to get past some of the cheesier optional bosses and rare monsters but i have been having a blast! The game play is not for fall but considering i never beat the game and will probably never fire up my xb360, i gladly double dipped on this title. If the Switch are picking some mothballed titles, i hope Operation Darkness is rediscovered which was microsofts response to PS3s Valkyeria Chronicles.
another 360 title i never got to finish haha, those 3 -4 disks were pretty intimidating at the time but if switch brings it over for 20$ i'd def get it again. The character designs were pretty sweet too, oh another 360 title that needs a revive is Magna Carta 1-2!!!
this game was recomended to me randomly by a guy on a game store, you know, those stores with physical games and, until now, i consider this game battle system is perfection, not only that but this game was pretty well optimized on its pc version, i had a bad pc and it runned perfect, great game.
Long time no see Jordan, i bet you're busy with the other Green Lantern! I bought this as soon as it was available bcuz i remember playing it on the pc and never finish it! Great review as always
Loved this but couldn't play it back in the day. With all the games coming soon I doubted buying it, but your video made me really want to play it now! Thanks!
This game been sitting in my library since its release on Steam and haven't even installed it once. Wish they release this remastered on Steam. Wouls like to play this one day. One day...
Very underrated game. Playing it now on PS4 and it's night and day compared to the Xbox 360 version in terms of performance! Glad to hear the Switch version is great also. Big surprise that it was released on there also!
I have only just found out that this game was released, certainly on my wishlist as I remember borrowing it on 360 but never finishing (although it was enjoyable). Do wish it was released physically but will eventually pick it up. Shame Lost Odyssey won't be rereleased as I played that to 100% completion and thoroughly enjoyed it.
At 7:50. You need to group them together based on their individual skills. The strongest person should be the leader during tough battles, but you have to mix and match to find who works well with who. It seemed pretty straight forward on the Xbox 360, but it's even easier on the switch because there's not a union leader category that is limited. This game is SO fun because it's so customisable and I know what skills to look for. I may have played this game way too much, but it's the strategy that brings me back and made me make the purchase on the switch. And PC. It's all more or less the same, but gameplay isn't difficult if you are familiar with blancing teams or team members in other games such as final fantasy. I agree though, that changing equipment on everyone would be a benefit to the game as a whole. I feel like it was very well thought-out for the time during its release. And it still holds up today. Sometimes, you just have to get good and intuit what is going to happen based on experience. Difficulty spikes are a thing, but it's Square.
Totally agree! I would insta buy any of these physically. Digital i will wait for a heavy discount or an eventual physical release truh a limited release company or something.
I'm half and half. Yes, as a collector, I would LOVE physicals of all these games. But the other half of me is praying for the sake of my bank balance.
I wonder how many sales are lost because of digital only games? Especially of this size. Lost of games I would buy physical but don’t wanna download because of storage.
It looks good for an JRPG, but I realized a while back that the genre doesn’t really excite me . Monster Hunter stories was very cute and it got me into games again, but the whole turn system is not my cup of tea . Pokémon Sun I got bored pretty soon. I still have to play a typical Final Fantasy . Thanks for breaking down the battle system . This game seems a bit more interesting that most, for the genre .
I remembered playing this game when I was young had no idea what I was doing. I wanna try it again but apparently if you try level grind early the game itself will get harder
It all depends on BR (Battle Rank). The higher it is, the more that enemies (and bosses) scale and the stronger their abilities get. Some enemies even learn new abilities that can really mess you up. You can get good items/arts if you build your team correctly and pretty much breeze through the main story, but there is a looot of content. Lots of side quests (some of which have pre-requisites or can be locked out of your playthrough if you complete things too early or out of order) and several optional areas to unlock. It's insane how much this game has. It's worth grinding on at least one playthrough to get materials and key items (which cross over onto new game+s) to get a better new game+ start and on subsequent playthroughs. There are even items that are not obtainable in the first (or even second, depending on how much of the game you've completed) playthrough. Like the Valeria Heart, a Remnant sword which does only 1 physical damage but has an innate insta-kill passive ability (does not work on bosses)! Man, I really wish they expanded on this one-off game into a franchise. It has so much potential.
Best way to get your healers to heal more often is go train them by repeating areas over and every time you’re given the option to heal use that option. The same goes for learning specific spells or physical skills. Like I like to have all my spell casters learn an AOE spell and abuse the shit out of it all the time. And by end game I have a bunch of units that can AOE multiple enemy unions for massive damage making battles so much easier Your comment about the limitations on the units tells me you never played very far into the game. Ya you start out only able to have a couple of unions (2 strong 1 weak) but by end game you can have 5 or 6 full unions (all strong). David is pronounced “Dah-veed” and Marquis is pronounced “mar-key”. they say them around 100 times throughout the game
Regarding the Unions, yes, by the end you have a full fledged army, but when you're spending so much time with the game underpowered, unbalanced units, I just think they didn't think it through. It should have been balanced throughout. Also, I refuse to give into dumb pronunciation. I don't care if they want me to pronounce David as Dav-eed or Marquis as Marquee. He's regal, not a fancy tent. 😂
you said its up to the computer which attack he uses , but thats not entirely true, you can activate or deactivate abilities , limiting the rng. in fact, activating only one specific spell or action of a certain ability group most often ensures its activation. you can also choose what equipment your partymembers use to a certain degree. so i dont understand your point. the games difficulty also depends on how you are playing, its similar to Final Fantasy 8. the more you grind levels (BR) the stronger the enemies will be. obviously. the lover your level is the easier the game is,
Never seen your channel before but really enjoyed the review. Just finished DQ11 on Switch and debating what to play next :P Its between this and FF12 remaster but I hear FF12 has a barebones plot where this seems much more story focused. Waiting for Indivisible / Tokyo Mirage Encore / and Xenoblade Definitive and need something to play.
@@SwitchWatch Personal preference, heres whats on my backlog. Golf Story, The Last Remnant, FF12, Shining: Resonance Refrain, Valkyria Chronicles 4. Which would you play and why? Sorry to ask such a detailed question just really enjoyed your thoughts in the video and would respect your opinion. Thanks again for your content!
It’s a tough one. Personally I’d go with either FF12 or Valkyria 4. Although you’ll get some very different experiences from both so it’s not easy to say which one first. Valkyria 4 is a slow burner game, each battle is very long and methodical which needs a certain frame of mind or mood. But when you’re in that mode, it’s excellent. Whereas FF12 plods along at a very nice pace. You’re always going from place to place with a goal in mind and it’s a more laid back experience. I would say the story is quite good actually. So my answer is... which kind of mood you’re in?
@@SwitchWatch So little time, so many games! Haha I enjoyed Valkyria Chronicles 1 but the difficulty curve on bossfights ended up annoying me greatly (and I didnt want to cheese the fights with all scouts). FF12 I just always heard was barebones plot-wise with "90% of the game having no story" so that had kinda scared me cause I play RPGs generally for the story. Last Remnant I looked up some FAQs and holy crap theres so many systems/quests/etc it seems a little daunting. Shining:Resonance seems just like a generic RPG but with music and dragons!! I just wanna get immersed into a world like I did with DQ11, I literally was so excited to get off work just to dive more into the story
Completed my playthrough of this title last week such a phenominal game it really is, I definitely will be doing the new game plus, so many great characters, great ending though its a shame the game didn't sell well initially as that seems to be the reason it didn't recieve a sequal though depending on how you view the post credits scene, does it need a sequal? Is there more? I'd like to see a sequal or a new chapter in that world altogether, the characters alone and their journey is worth the play.
I completed this game on steam before it even got remade and is honestly one of my favourite jrpgs. I’m just trying to see if i can justify playing it again on Switch.
@@MiguelRPD the party micromanagement, large sprawling battles, the visual aesthetic and art style (not necessarily graphics quality), the city design and the sense of progress I had throughout (in comparison to other jrpgs I’ve played where the progress feels stagnant).
Played and loved it back in the day on pc, hoping the remaster will be released on pc as well. The regular game has been taken off Steam which I think is a shame.
yeah... each chapter limits your level up. Can't go higher in first chapter. That's why I dislike Lost Odyssey. When I play a RPG I want to grind and level up as much as I like and if I want a challenge boss then I will do less level up, but at least it's my choice. This took that choice and forced us to level up they want you to play. Can't support a game like that
I might get this when it goes on sale since I prefer portable game than playing the TV. I also just recently bought this on PS4 when it was on sale but never played. I even have a copy for 360, which is still sealed and like the PS4 never played it.
Awesome review Jordan like always👍🏽.. now for the game, it’s a pass for me for now. I own it on the xbox360.. plus it’s so many games coming out. I had to narrow it down to ten..that was tough 😅
I'm just taking a break from Splatoon 2 to watch this. Seems like a very solid game, but having played Final Fantasy IX recently, I'm not really in the mood for another jrpg.
What I wanted to know is if I have all the PC features in the Switch version like the optional characters that were not available in the xbox version but I can't find this info ANYWHERE not even on the square enix site. So has somebody already completed the game and can answer this question? Already bought the remaster though.. xD
The Last Remnant is also on IOS. Although, this port on Switch seems to have slightly better Special effects, the iOS version isn’t bad either and makes me question how a game of PS3 level could be played on an “Underpowered” iOS Device like how everyone is secretly saying ...I guess iOS is just really powerful in 13 years to play even some ps4 games on 2GBs..graphics aren’t everything and once you start playing, you stop complaining.
I remember playing it back in X360... it was shit. fight could snowball horribly cuz of the RNG elements and the performance was horrendous. Thank lord the final boss didn’t really have these problem. Wish they just remaster Lost Odyssey or Blue Dragon instead
I've finished it on PC when it was out back there. It's a unique jrpg at the time I played it, the system was new for me. That was the first time in rpg I found that overgrinding could make the game harder to beat lol
I got this on pc way back when it came out on the 2010s and never played it cause it just had horrible controls and issues. been thinking of getting it for the Swish
Another Square Enix cash in. Nearly effortless port to the Switch. This was made on Unreal Engine and we all know that all Xbox 360 and PS3 games can run perfect on the Switch.
I really want to love this game. I really do. On paper it sounds like it was made with me in mind! But I just cant. And I cant put my finger a single thing that trips me up. Whether it's the lack of real unit choice (because lets be honest, some generals outtier everyone else so badly it's not even reasonable to use anyone else), the trash fights alone that can last a half hour, the seeming coin toss you take on whether or not youre gonna win some fights, and the constant backtracking, it all just piled up and got in the way of the bits that i loved. A shame. :/
A little late to the party on this one, but thought I'd might as well give you my thoughts since I played it casually over the week. Did you guys pick it up too? Let us know your thoughts. Comments and thumbs up help us massively! If you want to pick it up and need some eShop credit, consider supporting us by buying through these links:
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@USAlienGames Hi! Yeah, so, from our point of view we wouldn't recommend buying these eShop credits for your own currency. This is more useful if you want to buy foreign eShop credit which isn't so easy. And, in all honesty, I didn't realise the big price hike for £, seems we're getting slightly shafted on that one!
But it does support the team. We would certainly champion the idea of you guys buying something that's at a good price for you first and foremost, but for those that don't mind spending money to pass on to us, then we appreciate it massively.
This Play Asia stuff, as much as we don't enjoy shilling things (even though we're always brutally honest), it's made a big impact for us since we've started. The eShop credit less so than other things, but every little helps.
@ShinoSeven I believe it's only English audio. I had a look for Japanese but couldn't find anything. I'll double check later when I'm back to my Switch.
@@SwitchWatch Hey there! Thanks for the detailed response; buying currencies for foreign stores... now I get it. ;) I totally respect and understand the need for affiliate links, partnerships with businesses like Play-Asia etc. to help fund your work. I didn't mention it before, but yet another great review too. Cheers.
Lol the game does tell you what skills you're using, this reviewer is a noob at this game knowledge wise
This game is giving me strong FF12 vibes, Even looks like it could take place in the same space. Almost looks like the protagonist is Vaans older brother.
I am really hoping that they released the lost Odyssey that was amazing as well
I highly doubt it but I do to. I hope they put Mass Effect, Tales of Symphonia on.
That's the one I would love, but I highly doubt it since Microsoft probably paid a lot of money for that one.
BEAST MODE I’m playing tales of zestiria now And the boy Symphonia was one of the best tales ever especially 2 for the wii that had me laughing all day
SwitchWatch I think it’s about time Microsoft stop doing things like that and give games like these a chance to be on every system
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Almost 100 hours on PC, extremely underrated JRPG. Most people didn't invest time into learning the combat system and just criticized it, their loss.
I spent 20 hours on it and still don't really understand the combat system.
I masted this game on 360! I still play it till this day! I love it! My question is is the remastered version the remastered PC or 360?
I played this back on the 360 port I loved the gameplay even then but my god how awful it was on a technical level. Slow pop-in environments and the ridiculous animation stalling made it hard to play through. had no idea the remaster dropped though
The game really does not teach you enough about it’s systems. In order to invest time to learning it, a guide is a must. Just playing the game the way it is, you’ll probably getting far just mashing buttons together, while still wondering why certain things are happening (or not happening). The UI also just doesn’t show you enough of what is going on wrong when you did something wrong.
So, yeah, good gameplay, but less than stellar effort to sell it to the players.
Their loss affects us because we need a second. SQEnix should hopefully release a second.
You cannot actually control your army and instead you need to coordinate with system ai, which is one of the charms in this game. Moreover, although you cannot assign equipment to units, unique unit leader will request specific weapon from you, especially some remnant weapons. Also unit class changing is pretty in depth design. This game has always been one of my favorite jpgs. Regardless of its graphics, performance etc, I would say its gameplay is a 10/10. You can easily dump shit load of hours in it.
You give an order but you can actually see what they will do exactly - he didn't get/show this? When you choose orders you can switch the health bars to the actions they will do and it's not that hard/bad I swear! In the beginning I thought I would never understand the war mechanics but the game beats the stuff into your head and you learn as you move on and THEN it happens - you're addicted. ♡
Wacchi Bacchi indeed you can see specific actions by pressing square on ps4 version. He also pointed out sometimes you want to recover your health but you cannot, which is partially not true. I remember if you put a healer class as the leader of a union, recovering options will always be there.
This game is one of the best JRPG game I’ve ever played back in the days on the Xbox 360
Thats sad
@@colinmx. yes, shame on him for enjoying something.
Dang Hecker
It's sad because it wasn't even close to the best JRPG on the 360 and the 360 version wasn't even the best version of this game at the time.
Lol y’all funny
@Lain
Yes sure he can believe what he wants does not mean he is factually correct.
Edited for grammar.
It seems that you don't understand this game through and through.
So please sit down for a moment and let me share good info with you.
- Morale favors enemies? Psionics skill line let you shift morale easily.
- Massive enemy army? wipe the battlefield with Arcanas.
- Don't know what each unit does what? press Y to see what exactly what they gonna do.
- Want to heal? which type heal? for Remedy heal set union leader with these classes : healer, bishop / for herb heal set union leader with these classes : scout
you'll most likely to get "heal" command each time.
- Party members will ask you what attribute of their equipment should they focus on (Attack / Mystic) and they ask you 2 times for each person as game progresses.
- There's almost no luck involved you can control what action enemies will take by controlling morale, by having high morale certain enemies won't do AOE cheap moves.
And by only enable / disable skills of your party members you will have a limited variety of useful also situational skills that will favor you more.
- What works with unit grouping? simple : Physical single target moves for bosses, Mystic AOE for enemy unions which has multiple units in it.
- So you think all of your union should be equal....its nothing wrong to think like that but know this, this game is like controlling army and you said it yourself.
There will be tanking union, flanking union, dps rush down union, mystic users union, support union (healing specific union doesn't really work here because you SHOULD have a healer in each union)
and these unions I mentioned must have an appropriate leaders with appropriate classes and appropriate union members to get appropriate BATTLE COMMANDS that suits your need, otherwise these won't happen.
- This game's gameplay mechanics is a masterpiece and brilliant soundtrack slapped on top.
The real cons of this game is horrible battle camera angle
And those I mentioned above mostly never told by the game itself, you'll have to wiki for it.
Anyways, I appreciated the review, its good to know that this absolute gem gets some love.
When it came out, there are 2 ways of levelling, levelling stats and battle rank (BR) which the later would increase with chained battles.
This meant that when I was getting to the post-game content, there was an optional dungeon, and the gold dragon I could not beat because my BR was too high to increase my stats, the only monsters that could increase my stats were past that gold dragon!
Then I rearranged my unions, and tried again, the battle was epic easily 60 turns and 2-3hrs, it killed some of the members inside my unions early on, which meant that later, when the dragon spams its AoE attack, there was less hits and the union HP was still the same as the beginning. Every member of every union could heal.
That fight is the best fight i have had in any game!
It can certainly reach epic proportions!
I find it hard to believe that anything can top the first "The Fallen" victory a player has. That battle is intense, manic, and mostly impossible if you dont plan your entire game around that one battle.
It is still the crown jewel of my x box game score.
But it isnt anymore in this remaster!
I was playing this Game without taking care on BR to see if it is still broken. But it isnt.
I did grinding on two parts on the game. To beat the fallen and finally the true concuerer. between this i was fighting at least every enemy I came across. I too was farming for rare ones . I beat this game with an BR of around 123 and I could still max out the stats of my units.
This is honestly one of my favourites even though you have alot to learn about the mechanics/ leveling system. Especially the BR system
Now I hope they remaster Infinte Undiscovery
Would love to see Inifinite Undiscovery
You dont own the units in your game, you just hire them. They control their own gear. There is actually an option in game to change their gear, but it is disabled in the code(it is literally a single line of code that is set to 0). The number of unions you run is kind of dependent upon where you are in the game. I personally run 5 at the end of the game(one party is literally 2 units(Blocter and Jager because of the wonder bangle letting you clear debuffs fast). You can also partially control your actions by disabling ones that you dont want to pop up(I disable traps on Rush and evocations on Torgal for instance).
The game has a ton of depth and a lot of mechanics that casual players may use, but have no idea what they are(like getting a specific class for Rush, crafting, etc). There is no best way to play either(you can grind early or late for instance. You can choose to run generic leaders or soldiers over unique ones.) It is actually possible to just speed through the game and beat the game fast(missing half of the content) or you can clock a couple hundred hours doing everything.
8/10. One of my favorite games ever made. Im kind of borderline on this particular version though. The switch to unreal 4 has actually produced a couple issues that were not in the original pc version that the switch version is based on. Mainly aoe attacks. They are a bit more broken in this game. It is entirely possible to have all of your units taken out by a common enemy attack even when they are behind an attack that clearly goes forwards. So imo, the pc version is still the best version(not having sprint kinda sucks, but you can just use a trainer mod for that). The pc version allows customization through the in game files if you want to thoroughly break the game
The best way to play is to go into boss fights with as low BR as possible, because the higher your BR is the more skill sets bosses will use and in turn artificialy make them more difficult than they need to be.
How do I know what attack/spell they're going to use? - Disable the ones you don't want them to use.
I can't ensure my units will heal. - Either put a class that gets an increased chance of having healing commands (Healer for example) as the party leader, switch targets until you find an enemy that gives you the heal command, or look into what the commands do and see if any of the commands not listed explicitly as healing commands cause units with healing abilities to defer their turn until the end to see if you need to heal or not.
Want to make sure a certain unit uses certain abilities? - Specialize that unit. Put mages together, melee characters together, etc.
There's far less "luck" and "randomness" than this reviewer says. It's just not a game that's friendly to people who don't enjoy learning the nuance of the mechanics. Not being friendly to newcomers is accurate. The aforementioned monikers are not.
Pink I completely agree with you. I have this game on 360 still and I used to spam AOE spells. In order to get you’re guys to use certain moves more often just use those moves every time they come up in the options
Fair enough, but there is still a lot of randomness. Particularly in some boss fights. You just kind of have to hope they dont use certain moves that are, in my opinion, a little OP. Especially early on when no one union has a ton of hp or utility.
Usually utilizing Rangers for quick flanks will push the Morale bar enough that most bosses will default to reducing morale instead of AoE moves.
Only really luck-based fight I can think of that you can't do much about is Nest of Eagles.
Instant respect when you started reciting all those old Xbox 360 exclusives! Can you imagine what Lost Odyssey would be like if it was re-released on Switch? I played Last Remnant a long time ago but never beat it- very tempted though at this price.
Infinite Undiscovery would be great as well.
I really appreciated how honest this review felt. I never played it on launch and bought it recently on Switch. I played for about an hour and was intrigued by the setting and overall vibe, but the combat confused me. Glad to hear that it's not just me so I'm down to jump back in with a bit more patience lol
Sadly the reviewer has not reached the depth of game's mechanics to deliver the purest of review.
if you find this game interesting, please find my comment, it has really good info according to this review.
I was in the eshop and saw this. I like the battle system and character design. I want this game
Very decent game indeed 👍😃
While it’s true your units have their own equipment lines they use, you can influence what sort of equipment they take, as well as help them upgrade. You can also influence what actions units will take in battle depending on how you set up your unions. It’s quite in depth and can take a while to get a handle on. Note: this is from my experience with the PC version so the switch version may be slightly different.
Love this game. My major complaints are the lack of info about all the existent systems and especially that the BR system encourages the player to avoid battles way too strongly. It's a JRPG, I want to explore every inch of the maps and fight to my heart's content, yet if I do this I will probably hit an unsurmountable wall since the game difficulty increases the more enemies you fight and the better and faster you defeat them.
The br part is only true until you get the max amount of people that you can have in your party at once, (18 units and 5 unions). so that's on disk 2, not going to say the name of the place because of spoilers for the switch. Once you get all 18 players, you don't have to reset your stats pretty much when getting a better character. You will have almost every character you need by then, a bit of character side quests still held back by story which may be a bit hard. The max battle rank is also 255, so if you were to theoretically get max br in the first part of the game, you could become overpowered right after you leveled up a bit more. You could make rush your main tank and damage dealer at the very start and make every person with heals you have in seperate teams just to heal. You could also wait until you get a specific few people and just level them all up at the same time before max br, but ofc that isn't needed at all and might take a bit. I have 25 or so br while inside of disk 2 and others have 65 at the end of disk 1. I can't get past this part of the main story, so I have the low enough br to justgrind stats a bit without goign through the trouble of max battle rank because of having to replace characters at the start of the disk. I also never hhad to replace characters once I got all 18 because I have a lack of them to be honest.
Infinite undiscovery is actually made back compact on the xbox this week.
Hmm... maybe that means a 'remaster' isn't on the cards?
Now I gotta buy an Xbox since that game is one of my favourites
Generally the combat is pretty easy to understand. You go for the higher numbers, unless you need to revive a squad, and then make sure you hit the critical triggers. I can understand why ppl may not like the ambiguity of moves presented to you, but for me it makes the gameplay way more exciting since turn based games can go on for a long time and not be interesting. I do genuinely believe this was a conscious decision to combat boredom.
I had this on pc back in the day i need to buy it for my switch.. I was really surprised when i accidently came across it in the eshop when just flicking through.. Im not really into jrpgs especially with turn based but this one had some charm to it. And a hell a lot of confusion as some stuff just didn't explain a thing on what to do or how to do it. Plus i probably spent like 10+ hours grinding combat just to try get tougher to fight that big bird dominator or something on an edge of a cliff.. It was years ago so im not hugely remembering what happened.. I didn't get round to finishing it but did get far into it then just got completely stuck on where to go and what to do
Tbh i find the combat system very unique compared to other jrpgs like final fantasy.
I love it. And invested 120+ hours on it on PC. Probably gonna grind again on switch :p
This is one of those JRPGs that I really tried to love but never could. I remember seeing the adverts on the telly at the time and thinking how amazing it looked. It very much looked like the next gen equivalent of FFX. Finally got it when it came to PC the following year and just couldn't get into it.
Fair enough pal. It's certainly different.
Won't lie, it's not for everyone. You're either interested enough to deal it or you're not. This game doesn't hold your hand and the system can be real convoluted at time
@@alpharabbit2353 the battles were probably the game's strongest point for me.
I just can't stand Rush, at all, as a protagonist. Other issues such as inconsistencies with the voice acting from delivery to volume to some downright poor quality audio. And the fact that the world seemed almost Ivalice like, but having the game confine you to specific small areas was a letdown.
I wouldn't be opposed to a sequel with a bigger budget, though. ;)
@@steviedee9826 Protagonists aren't always done well... To be fair, he's certainly better than Tidus
@@steviedee9826bruh, ivalice is a negative? 😅
You said quite a lot positive stuff about this game and gave it 7/10. Don't get me wrong, it is a good score. What I'm trying to say is, a lot of reviews these days are generous and even a garbage can get a 7 from a "professional" reviewer. You sound more realistic and you just earned a new subscriber.
Moving on...
I played this game years ago on X360 and I liked it, even with all those problems (slowdowns were the worst, I don't even remember loadings). I didn't play PC version so I can't compare. I hoped that slowdowns were fixed, and they are. That is all I need to know before I dive into and spend another 50+ hours. This and Astral Chain will fill the void nicely while I wait for Romancing SaGa 3 and Scarlet Grace.
Glad to have you on board buddy. Hope you enjoy our future content! (and your play through of the Last Remnant!)
Another great review! Damn fine one too. Best line was about the composer, about how the composer wasn’t known for any game except this: “who’s known for THIS game!” LOL. Sad that the composer is known mainly for one game or that the composer just hasn’t had anything memorable in so long, at least in the West. Detailed review that really gave me more than I always need compared to the mainstream reviews, especially considering it’s not a “normal” JRPG. This is one of those games where the more you know going into the game helps to make your decision. Kudos!
Thanks buddy! I was looking through the composers work and this certainly looks like their biggest job so far. Shame they haven't seemed to go on to bigger things because they do have talent.
Yay! You're back! Great review :) I was initially interested in this game, but it just seems so convoluted for me @_@
It feels good to be back!
I know am 3 years late but I still have this on my Xbox 360
This and Infinite Undiscovery were some of my favorite xbox jrpgs.
Lost odyssey?
I prefer Infinite Undiscovery 😁 hope that gets released again on switch .
I had them both. Awesome games. I hope for the same.
Same, really enjoyed the game back then but never finished the game. Got stuck on a boss near the end game.
The 360 had a lot of hidden gems as far as RPGs went. Last Remnant, Lost Odyssey, Infinite Undiscovery, Blue Dragon, Enchanted Arms, etc. I'm hopeful that Lost Odyssey & Infinite Undiscovery in particular will get the same treatment that Last Remnant has already gotten. Lost Odyssey is thus far the only game to actually make me come close to crying.
Jordan is back! Nice one mate- It’s great to put out a review, doesn’t matter if it’s a week, games like this take a week to get through!
That is true, but it's always nice to be timely with them. I panic as to how many people buy the game and then wish they'd have watched my review first. Don't want to let people down! 😊
the biggest appeal to this title is that it plays pretty damn good in hand held mode and being such a long game, its a perfect value. A bit grindy to get past some of the cheesier optional bosses and rare monsters but i have been having a blast! The game play is not for fall but considering i never beat the game and will probably never fire up my xb360, i gladly double dipped on this title. If the Switch are picking some mothballed titles, i hope Operation Darkness is rediscovered which was microsofts response to PS3s Valkyeria Chronicles.
Glad you're enjoying it buddy! I'm happy to have all these older titles on the Switch. I'd love to give Lost Odyssey a try for the first time.
another 360 title i never got to finish haha, those 3 -4 disks were pretty intimidating at the time but if switch brings it over for 20$ i'd def get it again. The character designs were pretty sweet too, oh another 360 title that needs a revive is Magna Carta 1-2!!!
this game was recomended to me randomly by a guy on a game store, you know, those stores with physical games and, until now, i consider this game battle system is perfection, not only that but this game was pretty well optimized on its pc version, i had a bad pc and it runned perfect, great game.
Thinking about getting this game on iPad. Seems like one of the most in depth JRPGs on the platform, outside of the older FF series offerings.
Long time no see Jordan, i bet you're busy with the other Green Lantern! I bought this as soon as it was available bcuz i remember playing it on the pc and never finish it!
Great review as always
Thanks as always buddy 😀
Remembered this as quite a good game. Although not super epic, but still solid.
Pretty much my conclusion too 👍
Wow i didnt know it was released on switch. Gonna buy and play it again lol
Invested more than 120 hours on this game on PC years ago.
Loved this but couldn't play it back in the day. With all the games coming soon I doubted buying it, but your video made me really want to play it now! Thanks!
This game been sitting in my library since its release on Steam and haven't even installed it once. Wish they release this remastered on Steam. Wouls like to play this one day. One day...
Very underrated game. Playing it now on PS4 and it's night and day compared to the Xbox 360 version in terms of performance! Glad to hear the Switch version is great also. Big surprise that it was released on there also!
Yeah it's nice to see it play so smoothly
Still playing Final Fantasy XII on Switch, but I have LR on PS4. Interesting combat system.
I would say 12 is a much better game, but this is commendable.
Of course. FF Zodiac Age is one of the best games I've ever played.
I have only just found out that this game was released, certainly on my wishlist as I remember borrowing it on 360 but never finishing (although it was enjoyable). Do wish it was released physically but will eventually pick it up.
Shame Lost Odyssey won't be rereleased as I played that to 100% completion and thoroughly enjoyed it.
This game looks amazing, the design reminds me a lot of FF12 and tactics
ive been playin it non stop for the past 5 days
I always thought this world looked like Ivalice! Good to know I’m not the only one.
Give Alice the Blackjack and let her loose. She won't disappoint.
That is one hell of a collection now Jordan! Was curious about this one. Thanks for the review my man!
It's definitely growing! It's not going to be long until the wife starts to notice 😂
SwitchWatch When That happens make a pro gamer move outa there! 😂
I played this game on pc. Love it. The music in this game is the best !
Glad you enjoyed it buddy!
At 7:50. You need to group them together based on their individual skills. The strongest person should be the leader during tough battles, but you have to mix and match to find who works well with who. It seemed pretty straight forward on the Xbox 360, but it's even easier on the switch because there's not a union leader category that is limited.
This game is SO fun because it's so customisable and I know what skills to look for. I may have played this game way too much, but it's the strategy that brings me back and made me make the purchase on the switch. And PC. It's all more or less the same, but gameplay isn't difficult if you are familiar with blancing teams or team members in other games such as final fantasy.
I agree though, that changing equipment on everyone would be a benefit to the game as a whole. I feel like it was very well thought-out for the time during its release. And it still holds up today. Sometimes, you just have to get good and intuit what is going to happen based on experience. Difficulty spikes are a thing, but it's Square.
You looked like Sheldon Cooper of Big Bang Theory
I am Sheldon. This is my part time job 😂
I wish Square would release these remakes/remasters physically.
Collection of mana is getting a physical release on switch. Thats unexpected. And Trials of mana remake will probably be physical
Totally agree! I would insta buy any of these physically. Digital i will wait for a heavy discount or an eventual physical release truh a limited release company or something.
I'm half and half. Yes, as a collector, I would LOVE physicals of all these games. But the other half of me is praying for the sake of my bank balance.
@@SwitchWatch true can't afford to buy everything already so im happy to hold of on digital games 😉
I wonder how many sales are lost because of digital only games? Especially of this size. Lost of games I would buy physical but don’t wanna download because of storage.
It looks good for an JRPG, but I realized a while back that the genre doesn’t really excite me . Monster Hunter stories was very cute and it got me into games again, but the whole turn system is not my cup of tea . Pokémon Sun I got bored pretty soon. I still have to play a typical Final Fantasy .
Thanks for breaking down the battle system . This game seems a bit more interesting that most, for the genre .
It's not easy to find the right one. FFVII Crisis Core is a good one. Some JRPGs are too ridiculous and childish, so they're not all the same.
Thanks !
I remembered playing this game when I was young had no idea what I was doing. I wanna try it again but apparently if you try level grind early the game itself will get harder
I didn't really feel the need to grind except when I came across tough bosses.
It all depends on BR (Battle Rank). The higher it is, the more that enemies (and bosses) scale and the stronger their abilities get. Some enemies even learn new abilities that can really mess you up. You can get good items/arts if you build your team correctly and pretty much breeze through the main story, but there is a looot of content. Lots of side quests (some of which have pre-requisites or can be locked out of your playthrough if you complete things too early or out of order) and several optional areas to unlock. It's insane how much this game has. It's worth grinding on at least one playthrough to get materials and key items (which cross over onto new game+s) to get a better new game+ start and on subsequent playthroughs. There are even items that are not obtainable in the first (or even second, depending on how much of the game you've completed) playthrough. Like the Valeria Heart, a Remnant sword which does only 1 physical damage but has an innate insta-kill passive ability (does not work on bosses)! Man, I really wish they expanded on this one-off game into a franchise. It has so much potential.
Pc has a static br mod so you can play it like a classic rpg where you can overlevel if you get stuck
Best way to get your healers to heal more often is go train them by repeating areas over and every time you’re given the option to heal use that option. The same goes for learning specific spells or physical skills. Like I like to have all my spell casters learn an AOE spell and abuse the shit out of it all the time. And by end game I have a bunch of units that can AOE multiple enemy unions for massive damage making battles so much easier
Your comment about the limitations on the units tells me you never played very far into the game. Ya you start out only able to have a couple of unions (2 strong 1 weak) but by end game you can have 5 or 6 full unions (all strong).
David is pronounced “Dah-veed” and Marquis is pronounced “mar-key”. they say them around 100 times throughout the game
Regarding the Unions, yes, by the end you have a full fledged army, but when you're spending so much time with the game underpowered, unbalanced units, I just think they didn't think it through. It should have been balanced throughout.
Also, I refuse to give into dumb pronunciation. I don't care if they want me to pronounce David as Dav-eed or Marquis as Marquee. He's regal, not a fancy tent. 😂
Great review Jordan thanks! Will pick it up when I finish some of the other great RPGs I have.
Cheers buddy! Lot of RPGs to get through on the Switch!
you said its up to the computer which attack he uses , but thats not entirely true, you can activate or deactivate abilities , limiting the rng. in fact, activating only one specific spell or action of a certain ability group most often ensures its activation.
you can also choose what equipment your partymembers use to a certain degree. so i dont understand your point.
the games difficulty also depends on how you are playing, its similar to Final Fantasy 8. the more you grind levels (BR) the stronger the enemies will be. obviously.
the lover your level is the easier the game is,
Never seen your channel before but really enjoyed the review. Just finished DQ11 on Switch and debating what to play next :P Its between this and FF12 remaster but I hear FF12 has a barebones plot where this seems much more story focused.
Waiting for Indivisible / Tokyo Mirage Encore / and Xenoblade Definitive and need something to play.
Thanks very much and glad you like our channel. Slme great games those!
@@SwitchWatch Personal preference, heres whats on my backlog. Golf Story, The Last Remnant, FF12, Shining: Resonance Refrain, Valkyria Chronicles 4. Which would you play and why?
Sorry to ask such a detailed question just really enjoyed your thoughts in the video and would respect your opinion.
Thanks again for your content!
It’s a tough one. Personally I’d go with either FF12 or Valkyria 4. Although you’ll get some very different experiences from both so it’s not easy to say which one first. Valkyria 4 is a slow burner game, each battle is very long and methodical which needs a certain frame of mind or mood. But when you’re in that mode, it’s excellent. Whereas FF12 plods along at a very nice pace. You’re always going from place to place with a goal in mind and it’s a more laid back experience. I would say the story is quite good actually. So my answer is... which kind of mood you’re in?
@@SwitchWatch So little time, so many games! Haha I enjoyed Valkyria Chronicles 1 but the difficulty curve on bossfights ended up annoying me greatly (and I didnt want to cheese the fights with all scouts).
FF12 I just always heard was barebones plot-wise with "90% of the game having no story" so that had kinda scared me cause I play RPGs generally for the story.
Last Remnant I looked up some FAQs and holy crap theres so many systems/quests/etc it seems a little daunting.
Shining:Resonance seems just like a generic RPG but with music and dragons!!
I just wanna get immersed into a world like I did with DQ11, I literally was so excited to get off work just to dive more into the story
The best thing about the remaster is the ability to use leaders only! No rules about only using 5 leaders among 16 units.
I wasn't aware that was a change for the remaster (my memory is quite hazy of the original). Great to know!
I really hoped that they would up the number of active units to 20 or 25 so you could have all full unions
It was forgotten because of the massive bugs it had, but the story is amazing. Hope this one is fixed.
What bugs? I played the original and remastered but never encounter any bugs
One thing you forgot to mention in your review, AOE attacks are bullshit.
Oh no doubt
Completed my playthrough of this title last week such a phenominal game it really is, I definitely will be doing the new game plus, so many great characters, great ending though its a shame the game didn't sell well initially as that seems to be the reason it didn't recieve a sequal though depending on how you view the post credits scene, does it need a sequal? Is there more? I'd like to see a sequal or a new chapter in that world altogether, the characters alone and their journey is worth the play.
I completed this game on steam before it even got remade and is honestly one of my favourite jrpgs. I’m just trying to see if i can justify playing it again on Switch.
What did you like about this game ?
@@MiguelRPD the party micromanagement, large sprawling battles, the visual aesthetic and art style (not necessarily graphics quality), the city design and the sense of progress I had throughout (in comparison to other jrpgs I’ve played where the progress feels stagnant).
@@nics9840 oh no is the story not up to par ?
@@MiguelRPD it’s a bit generic, sometimes confusing but serviceable. Again my love of the game came from everything previously mentioned.
One of the best looking games ever released at that time
I don't really like the combat system though and the conversation is a bit cringe to me
Played and loved it back in the day on pc, hoping the remaster will be released on pc as well. The regular game has been taken off Steam which I think is a shame.
Played it and beat it on the 360. Not worth a double dip for me. If they make Lost Odyssey then I'll double dip.
Yeah probably not worth the double dip unless your memory was hazy like mine. Would love to try LO for the first time though.
yeah... each chapter limits your level up. Can't go higher in first chapter. That's why I dislike Lost Odyssey. When I play a RPG I want to grind and level up as much as I like and if I want a challenge boss then I will do less level up, but at least it's my choice. This took that choice and forced us to level up they want you to play. Can't support a game like that
Have you played the PS4 version as well? If so how are they in the comparison? Is the switch that far off in visuals?
Man, I was always envious of the 360's jrpgs. They were not the best, but certainly more than ps3. WIll definitely pick this one up.
It was a crazy time!
Missed u pal. Can’t wait to see what u lads have got for us this second half of the year. Gonna be proper mental lol so many games
We need to have a major strategy meeting to cope with what's coming the end of this year haha
I might get this when it goes on sale since I prefer portable game than playing the TV.
I also just recently bought this on PS4 when it was on sale but never played. I even have a copy for 360, which is still sealed and like the PS4 never played it.
Wow, going to triple dip?
@@SwitchWatch The 360 version was owned by my older brother. If Last Remnant goes on sale for Switch, it will be a double dip.
This actually looks really interesting
Thanks. Great Review
You're welcome buddy! Thanks for watching! 😊
I want the last story for switch
Awesome review Jordan like always👍🏽.. now for the game, it’s a pass for me for now. I own it on the xbox360.. plus it’s so many games coming out. I had to narrow it down to ten..that was tough 😅
No need to double dip then bud. This second half of the year is going to be crazy!
Square should put Mischief Makers on the Switch
In PC Version you don't have to add any soldier... Then u can get end game villains the seven...
Hey Jordan. Has anyone ever told
you look like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory.
So. Many. Times. 😂
Great review, thanks!
You're welcome buddy! Thanks for the comment!
I love your review! I watched a couple of reviews for this game, but yours is the best one because of the details.
Thank you! It means a lot!
Looks cool definitely added to my list
A sale shouldn't be too far away, Square do them at regular intervals
It was really fun untill i got to Jager and Lob Omen boss fight, no idea how im supposed to beat that, every single attack is insta kill.
Just pay Yojimbo
The hell is that?
Very, very nice review as usual, Jordan. I actually own this game on Steam and never gave it a try, so let's do this! ^_^
Cheers buddy! Enjoy!
I'm just taking a break from Splatoon 2 to watch this. Seems like a very solid game, but having played Final Fantasy IX recently, I'm not really in the mood for another jrpg.
Really appreciate you taking the time out of an awesome game to watch our stuff 👍😊
What I wanted to know is if I have all the PC features in the Switch version like the optional characters that were not available in the xbox version but I can't find this info ANYWHERE not even on the square enix site. So has somebody already completed the game and can answer this question? Already bought the remaster though.. xD
Finished this on PC way back but damn.. this game is too long you'll enjoy it.
Is there a physical release or digital only on switch?
wonder why they have not made a Sequel yet, with the Dialog that is said at the end of the game
Maybe they are waiting for ps5
It probably just didn't sell well enough.
This game was best on the pc. you had the options to enable manual controls for everyone as well as equip them manually.
The Last Remnant is also on IOS. Although, this port on Switch seems to have slightly better Special effects, the iOS version isn’t bad either and makes me question how a game of PS3 level could be played on an “Underpowered” iOS Device like how everyone is secretly saying
...I guess iOS is just really powerful in 13 years to play even some ps4 games on 2GBs..graphics aren’t everything and once you start playing, you stop complaining.
Did they not give all the pc updates to this remaster,if so you should've been able to have full groups of leaders.
Do you know if Japanese dub with English sub is available?
I remember playing it back in X360... it was shit. fight could snowball horribly cuz of the RNG elements and the performance was horrendous. Thank lord the final boss didn’t really have these problem. Wish they just remaster Lost Odyssey or Blue Dragon instead
I've finished it on PC when it was out back there. It's a unique jrpg at the time I played it, the system was new for me. That was the first time in rpg I found that overgrinding could make the game harder to beat lol
The PC version was actually pretty good, the 360 version... eh...
I've never beaten the "LOST REMNANT" in game. probably the most difficult boss out there.
Yeah it was quite difficult but collecting remnants (side quests), special characters are fun and helpful with the final boss.
I got this on pc way back when it came out on the 2010s and never played it cause it just had horrible controls and issues. been thinking of getting it for the Swish
I had to Archive 4 games Just to get this bad boy on my Console 😂🤣
It breaks my heart every time haha
@@SwitchWatch I've got a 125gb card, think I need to upgrade soon.
I wonder how playing xbox 360 one on series x compares to the remastered ps4 and switch version.
tlr2 for pc.. go square enix, get to it!!
Infinite Undiscovery needs a remake
Another Square Enix cash in. Nearly effortless port to the Switch. This was made on Unreal Engine and we all know that all Xbox 360 and PS3 games can run perfect on the Switch.
To be fair, this is probably based on the PS4 version rather than the originals
Has anybody else remade their Unreal Engine 3 games in Unreal Engine 4? Square Enix literally can't win with you people LOL.
Its going for a good price
yeah I think so!
How many leaders can you have in your union?
I love this game.
I sold my 360 copy because Last Remenant was more tedious then enjoyable. I don't think this remaster improves enough to make it worthwhile.
That's fair enough, I wouldn't argue with anyone who thought it was tedious. It definitely can be if you're not into what it's trying to go for.
does the switch ver has japanese audio? cuz the eshop says it supports japanese language
I really want to love this game. I really do. On paper it sounds like it was made with me in mind! But I just cant. And I cant put my finger a single thing that trips me up. Whether it's the lack of real unit choice (because lets be honest, some generals outtier everyone else so badly it's not even reasonable to use anyone else), the trash fights alone that can last a half hour, the seeming coin toss you take on whether or not youre gonna win some fights, and the constant backtracking, it all just piled up and got in the way of the bits that i loved. A shame. :/
It is a shame but so many games to choose from so don't be too dissapointed 👍😀
This is ff legend and Saga Serie ! That the reason about music are excellent