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Top drawer RPG

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 17, 1999
Author: Amazon User

One of the best RPG's ever, and definitely the best RPG this year. And to think, we almost didn't get it at all. The story line is excellent, gameplay is superb, and the characters are outstanding, and for the first time the people are actually talking, not just printing their words on the screen.

AS GOOD AS FF8, IF NOT BETTER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 20, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game has a unique battle system, superb, crystal clear graphics and the sharp voice-over alone makes it worth getting. It's a classic RPG filled with inovative new ideas. The plot is quite interesting as well and very provocative. A definite must for all die-hard RPG gamers.

Great RPG, Innovative and engrossing!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: November 21, 1999
Author: Amazon User

In Septerra Core, you play Maya a Junker in the lower shell. Then you see Chosen warships, a nd everything goes bad. The graphics are amazing, the storyline engrossing, and the gameplay easy to learn. You'll find up to 9 allies, tons of weapons, gear, and skills along the way. With a huge world to explore, superb cinematics, and Quick load times, Septerra core looks poised to strike as the Best RPG of the Year!

"Need...more...caffeine. Must...keep...playing."

-Computer Games Online

Best PC RPG I have ever played.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 24, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the best RPG's ever, with only some of Squaresofts RPGs to offer competition. The charecters are each interesting and diverse,and the combat system is the best I have ever seen. I heard that the graphics looked kinda outdated, but I have played this game and the graphics might only seem old to all those Quake 3 fanatics out there. While at first sounding like your run-of-the-mill save the world from evil maniac game, Its storyline is very inventive and original, Especially its history and different atmosphere of each shell(Layer of planet with continents) I definitly give this my RPG of the year award.

A Must for RPG fans!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! This new style of fighting really makes the fights more interesting. Good variety of items in the game. One that will keep you interested and not get tired of. Also, an RPG you can steal on. . .you can't go wrong with those!

Best RPG since FF7!

Very fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'm not too far into this game, but so far, I think it's really great. There are some features that hard-core RPG'ers might be turned off by, but in my opinion they enhance the game. For example, combat is relatively simple. In fact, if a character reaches zero hit points, he isn't killed but is merely rendered unconscious until the end of the battle. Also, the game progresses very linearly. But again, I personally think this is a good thing, because I don't like to really have to think about where to go next or keep track of a ton of quests. There are a few things about the interface that could have been improved, but nothing major. My only big complaint is that there's no auto journal (I've recently played Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment and appreciated this feature in those games). The cut scenes, which tell the story, happen so fast that it's easy to miss something, and I don't think there's any way to replay them. Still, this is one of the most enjoyable games I've played, and I'm looking forward to the rest of my journey!

Have you all lost your minds?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: January 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

How can you even think of comparing ff8 to this piece of boring garbage?

Why do I think this game sucks?

1. The peoples faces are the same everyware 2. There are a total of about 15 faces and 16 voices for about 200 people, it reminds me game boy rpg's 3. The loading thing is terrible: you have to wait to enter an area , enter the world map, save, and fight. 4. The characters are stiff. 5. The magic sucks 6. Takes tooo long to do a single task such as in shell 7. 7. The characters are just stiff sprites 8. The only reason i gave this game 2 stars instead of 1 is that the movies are high quality. (But not as good as in ff8)

Why only one CD?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 13 / 18
Date: February 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

One of the best stories I have played in years, great movies and good characters. The concept is great, but, this are the things that destroy it in the end:

1. Very few kinds of enemies

2. Very few kinds of friends

3. You have to search in the same maze a lot of times, and every time you leave an area all the enemies you just destroy appear again, making this game boring after a while

4. The concepts of the magic and abilities are great, but the animations of the spells are childish

5. The world is very small

For the next game, at least, put three CDs in the package, and you will have a winner

Looooooong game gets old after a while

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Septerra Core is a fun game with terrific graphics, a nice plot, and a very good combat system. However, the game is so darn long that it gets REALLY old after a while. As others have complained about, it is really frustrating to have to backtrack and re-fight battles you've seen before. Even when you aren't backtracking, the same opponents appear time and again. The game would be much better if it were a little more like Planescape: Torment -- much less fighting and much more puzzle-type quests. I'm finally pretty close to the end, but I'm thinking of quitting because I can't take the monotony of it any more!

Rrrrrrrrruuuuuullllllleeeeeeeeessssssss!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: May 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Rules! Rules! Rules! This game really rocks! How can some people not like it?

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